Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated, I’ve just been missing in action. With the holidays, Andrew’s move to a new school and life’s usual duties — I took a few weeks off. I hope to be returning to my What’s For Dinner posts in a week or two and in the next day or two I’ll share a great recipe for Pineapple and Banana Bread with Pineapple Glaze. For today, I’m sharing with you one of my favorite new books – Spice Temple by Neil Perry.
Perry’s restaurant of the same name, Spice Temple, is located in Australia serves “stylish Chinese fare and zodiac-themed cocktails in chic, black-and-red surrounds”. Fortunately, we are now able to experience Perry’s recipes in our own homes.
I’ve already made the Bang Bang Chicken from this book and it was wonderful — I adapted the recipe a bit -making it a crispy version and we all loved it. Spice Temple is a beautiful book with stunning photos and drool worthy recipes. Shaanxi White-Cut Chicken with Black Bean and Sesame Dressing, Crispy Pork Belly and Smoked Tofu with Spicy Ginger and Garlic Dressing and Lucky Duck Noodles with Pickled Vegetables are examples of the standouts in this book.
The publisher’s website shares several of the recipes at these links Northern Style Lamb and Fennel Dumplings, Stir Fried Twice Cooked Pork Belly With Leek and Sichuan Black Beans and Three Milk Cake with Pistachio and Raspberry.
GIVEAWAY: I love this book so much – I have an extra copy of this title to give away to one lucky reader. The giveaway is open to U.S. addresses only. To enter please leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite Chinese dish is. For an extra chance, please share this recipe on social media and leave a second comment telling me you did so. A random winner will be chosen on January 31st.
Random Number Generator chose – #36 – Christine Dutton — congratulations!
Spice Temple was purchased by myself as well as the giveaway copy. Good luck!
Kung Pao Shrimp!
My favorite Chinese dish is Singapore style shrimp mei fun
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We all love Kung pao shrimp.
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Cashew chicken!
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General Tso Chicken!
Moo Go Gai Pan. Glad you’re back. I hope Andrew’s new school is wonderful and he thrives there.
Chicken with fresh vegetables
Sesame Noodles
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Peking Chicken and fried rice is my favorite.
My favorite Chinese dish is dan dan noodles. Yum.
I love cumin lamb, sometimes called Mongolian lamb.
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Sweet and Sour Shrimp!
Sesame Chicken is my favorite Chinese dish.
My favorite Chinese food dish is Walnut shrimp. I haven’t been able to find a recipe for it and I own 13 Chinese and Asian cookbooks. There is a Chinese restaurant in Eagle CO that makes it and it is one of the chefs signature dishes. I eat it every time I go there! It has a very mild and creamy lemon sauce, toasted English walnuts and batter fried shrimp. It is luscious! I also had a version of it at a tiny family owned Chinese restaurant in Scottsbluff Nebraska of all places! They did a good job with it too. Yummy.
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Yum!! Radish cake (lo bou gao) or steamed dumplings! Book looks fascinating;))
Cool! Hadn’t even heard of this one. I don’t really have a favorite Chinese dish (I haven’t really made enough to be well-versed in Chinese food, but would LOVE to be), but I love homemade potstickers and scallion pancakes that my friend Hsiao-Ching taught me how to make last year.
My favorite is sate beef.
I just love mo shu pork.
Hot and sour soup and cashew chicken!
My favorite Chinese dish is Sesame Chicken.
Sesame chicken!
I love Peking Duck
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I love dumplings
We love all dim sum especially sticky rice with Chinese sausage.
I lové Salt and pepper schrimps
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love Szechuan food, Kung Pao chicken, potstickers, etc
One of my favorite is Chinese style crisp pork belly!
Singapore noodles
Singapore Mei Fun!
I like Shanghai soup dumplings
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Garlic and Ginger beef
Chicken with black bean sauce.
I love sesame chicken!
I posted the giveaway on Twitter. https://twitter.com/sharylmk1/status/687758399220486145
Fave dish is Cantonese style noodle called Harmoon #123 at at my fave restaurant in Chinatown (Deer Garden) It is much like Singapore Noodle but no curry whatsoever! I had hot chilies!! Yum!!!
Love Sesame Chicken! And crab Rangoon
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We love Sesame Chicken and Shrimp with Cashews
I love eggplant and tofu in a spicy garlic black-bean sauce.
I love dumplings of all kinds!!
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Crab Rangoon with lots of crab!
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Shrimp and brocolli.
Salt and pepper pork or Anything Salt and pepper…
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So many favorite Chinese dishes, probably a go-to when we have take-out is General Tso’s Chicken! Loved the recipe for the pork belly, looks like a good book to work with!
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Sesame orange chicken
My favorite Chinese dish is Pressed Chicken. I haven’t had it in about 15 years, as it has disappeared from the menu of my favorite Chinese restaurants. The chicken was super moist and the crust super crispy. It was served with a brown gravy and a generous sprinkling of bean sprouts. I wish I could still get it.
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I love shrimp with fruit sauce.
Dumplings, dry pepper chicken, and chicken with vegetables. Good yo see you again!
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