San Francisco’s Vietnamese-American garlic noodles gets an update and an upgrade with the addition of button mushrooms, shiitake and shimeji.
Cook time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4 people
3-mushroom garlic noodles
Main Course
Spaghetti with salted duck egg sauce
The sauce is made with pureed salted duck eggs, olive oil, sun-dried tomatoes and basil. Cooked noodles and lightly fried chorizo are then tossed with the sauce. The result is a richly textured spaghetti dish with all the richness of salted duck eggs.
Cook time: 12 minutes
Servings: 3 people
Meatballs in coconut cream curry sauce
Seasoned ground pork is formed into balls, broiled then braised in coconut curry sauce made with shallot, ginger, garlic, kaffir lime leaves, lemongrass, curry powder, chili flakes and coconut cream.
Cook time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Mushroom fried rice
Chopped shiitake, button mushrooms and shimeji were combined with bell pepper and carrot, and three soy sauces, to cook this meatless fried rice.
Cook time: 8 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Thai hot and sour soup (tom saap)
It’s nothing like Chinese hot and sour soup. Tom saap is lighter and brighter with lovely citrusy notes courtesy of lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves.
Cook time: 2 hours
Servings: 4 people