Stir Fry Basics

The three things that make a home stir-fry taste like restaurant food: velveting the protein so it stays tender, a...

A Choy Garlic Oyster Sauce

A Choy (AA Choy/油麦菜) cooks up quickly in this simple stir-fry. The combination of garlic and oyster sauce never...

Chicken Long Beans

Chinese long beans with velveted chicken and a garlicky brown sauce. Dry-frying the beans until they blister and...

Chinese Potstickers

Homemade potstickers filled with pork, shrimp, and napa cabbage. Can be boiled or pan-fried for crispy bottoms. Made...

Stir Fry Chicken Vegetables

The default weeknight stir-fry. Velveted chicken, blanched broccoli and carrots, basic brown sauce. Once the prep is...

Stir Fry Shrimp Long Beans

Blistered Chinese long beans and snappy brined shrimp in a garlic brown sauce. The beans get dry-fried until wrinkled,...

Stir Fry Shrimp Vegetables

Shrimp doesn't get velveted the way chicken does — it gets a baking soda brine that gives it that snappy, almost...

Thai Basil Chicken

Quick 15-minute stir fry with less than 10 ingredients. Perfect weeknight dinner option with bold Thai flavors.

Thai Garlic Fried Shrimp

Succulent shrimp stir-fried with lots of fragrant aromatics and fish sauce. Quick, one-pan dish ready in 15 minutes.

Tom Kha Gai

Pailin's recommended dish for beginners to Thai food - milder and creamier than tom yum. "Tom" means to boil, "kha"...

Vietnamese Garlic Noodles

Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken

Classic Vietnamese grilled chicken with aromatic lemongrass. Pairs with garlic noodles for family meals - go light on...