Side dishes

Looking for a new veggie side dish idea? Check out this Air Fryer Korean Gochugaru King Oyster Mushrooms with Furikake! So easy to make and so delicious... seriously packed with flavor.

This Chinese Broccoli Recipe with Oyster Sauce 蠔油芥藍 is so easy to make and makes a delicious veggie side dish!

Looking for a super easy and tasty side? Try these Air Fryer French Fries! It's easy, tasty, and way healthier than deep fried fries (like those you get from fast food places or restaurants!)

King Oyster Mushrooms Stir Fry with Asparagus is an easy veggie side dish to make. I love the texture the king oyster mushrooms provide and how it contrasts with the crunchy asparagus!

There are so many variations of bok choy, including Taiwan Bok Choy! This particular bok choy is long, with white stems and leafy greens at the end. Here's how to cook Taiwanese Bok Choy Stir Fry.

Air Fried Chinese Eggplant is an easy and tasty veggie side dish. We marinate the eggplants with a soy sauce mix, and then pop it in the air fryer, sprinkle with green onions and serve!

Bitter melon is not for everyone - but if you've acquired the taste and are looking for an easy tasty bitter melon recipe, check out this Stir Fry Bitter Melon with Dried Fish and Douchi recipe!

Wood ear mushroom salad is a Chinese cold dish or appetizer made with wood ear mushrooms, garlic, vinegar, soy sauce, and sesame oil. The salad is refreshing and dressed with a simple vinaigrette that brings out the flavor of the mushrooms.

Chinese Steamed Eggplant with Garlic Soy Sauce is a tasty veggie side dish that we like to make at home! It is made by steaming Chinese eggplants until it is soft and tender, then drizzling it with a flavorful sauce.

This is a simple stir fry vegetable we make very often at my house - A Choy Stir Fry with Garlic. If you've never had this veggie - I recommend it!

Stir Fry Cauliflower is one of our go-to veggie side dishes—it's quick, healthy, and super tasty! The garlic gives it a fragrant punch, and the carrots and green onions add color, texture, and extra flavor.

Napa Cabbage Glass Noodles is a Chinese dish with napa cabbage cooked with glass noodles, shiitake mushrooms, dried shrimp, garlic in a shiitake mushroom soy sauce!

Wood Ear Mushroom Stir Fry with Shrimp and Eggs 黑木耳虾仁炒蛋 is an easy way to cook up some wood ear mushrooms! In a stir fry the wood ear mushroom is crunchy and the texture goes great with stir fried shrimp and eggs!

Have you ever had Luffa before? It's a gourd, also known as silk melon or si gua in Mandarin. Delicious and nutritious - we love to stir fry this veggie with dried shrimp!

Tender water spinach stir fried with smashed garlic and fermented tofu - I have many favorite veggies, but this is my favorite veggie dish of all times! In this post, I'm going to show you how we usually cook it - easy and delicious, and nutritious too!

I love stir frying snap peas because they are sweet, juicy, and have this crunch to them! When cooked with shiitake mushrooms, it adds to the delish flavor! Here’s how to make Snap Peas Shiitake Mushrooms Stir Fry!

This Sautéed Asparagus and Mushrooms is super easy to make and makes a tasty veggie side dish that works with almost any meal! This dish also only takes 10 minutes to make!

This super easy Sweet Corn Casserole was a major hit at Thanksgiving! It's not too sweet, just sweet enough, just the way my family likes it. The corn is super tasty and the bread came out perfectly baked.

This Chinese Mustard Greens Stir Fry shows you how to make tender gai choy, stir fried with smashed garlic. We also enjoy adding dried red peppers to add an extra flavorful kick to the dish.

These Air Fryer Green Beans are so easy to make and the perfect yummy and healthy veggie side dish! This recipe only takes 10 minutes too, talk about a simple recipe!

Have you ever had Lettuce Stir Fry? It is a very tasty and crunchy vegetable when stir fried just right, and with the addition of smashed garlic and crunchy onions? What a delicious veggie side dish - easy to make too!

Tomato Tofu Stir Fry - Cubed tofu gently stir fried with tomato, garlic, and green onions. This dish is easy to make, and a very yummy dish that goes well with rice too! Perfect as a side dish to any meat or seafood entrée, or even as a vegetarian or vegan entrée!

Mac and Cheese is such a tasty comfort food - creamy cheese all over pasta? Makes a delicious side! Yes, you can buy a box of mac and cheese and just have that but I promise making it from scratch with yummy cheese, butter and milk? SO much more delicious! Here's how to make Mac …

Malabar Spinach is a very interesting vegetable - it makes me think of okra, but as a leafy vegetable. If you've ever had it before you know what I mean! If you haven't, you should try it some time - this Malabar Spinach Stir Fry recipe is how I usually prepare it.

Not everyone's an eggplant fan - but this Fried Eggplants recipe just might change your mind. The eggplant slices turn golden and crispy on the outside while staying soft and tender on the inside. SO delicious.

This Broccoli and Cauliflower Stir Fry is super easy to make, and a tasty way to get some healthy veggie in to your diet! The veggies are also super healthy for you, making this the perfect side dish.

Shiitake Mushrooms Stir Fry with Peppers - I absolutely love simple stir fries like this dish. It's easy to make but also incredibly flavorful! I use fresh shiitake mushroom and green peppers, but you can use other types of bell peppers as you prefer also.

This Thai Basil Eggplant Stir Fry is a quick and flavorful veggie dish that’s perfect with rice or noodles! Traditionally, Thai basil eggplant is made with a combination of garlic, chilies, Thai sweet soy sauce (or oyster sauce), and of course, fresh Thai basil.

This Chinese Cucumber Salad is super refreshing and perfect when it's warm out! We make this as a side dish often, and the garlicky goodness and spicy kick to it is so delicious!

This quick and easy Chinese Pea Shoots Recipe (炒豆苗 Chao Dou Miao) is a classic Chinese veggie side dish you’ll often see at restaurants—and for good reason! Tender, leafy pea shoots are flash-cooked with garlic for a fragrant and flavorful side that pairs well with almost any Asian entrée.

I love my air fryer because it's so easy to cook anything in it! My latest veggie side dish made in the Air Fryer is Air Fryer Red Potatoes. This method makes is crispy on the outside, tasty and tender on the inside, perfect side dish for any entrée!

It's officially Spring today - which means that carrots are in season! I don't eat carrots very often, but I really should because they're super healthy for you. Carrots are a good source of beta carotene, fiber, vitamin K1, and potassium and promote eye health! This Air Fryer Baby Carrots Recipe is super easy to …

If you've decided to join the Air Fryer club, you might be interested in cooking ALL the things in your air fryer at the moment. I know, because I got mine a while ago, and every so often I think the same thing. One of my favorite things to do with it is cooking Broccoli …

Have you ever had Yu Choy before? This is another one of those veggie side dishes that's often on my rotation growing up in an Asian household. It tastes a little similar to baby spinach with a little peppery note and more crunch! If you would like to try making some, this Yu Choy Stir …

Chinese Tomato Egg Stir Fry (aka 番茄炒蛋 in Chinese), is a popular household dish in China and Taiwan. It's easy to see why - it's not only tasty, it's also easy to make!

This Garlic Parmesan Mashed Potatoes recipe is so incredibly flavorful and easy to make! I'm not going to say I'm never making my mashed potatoes another way, but this is probably my go to recipe for mashed potatoes now.

Looking for a quick, tasty, and healthy side dish? This Chinese Green Beans Stir Fry is a simple, delicious recipe you can whip up in just 10 minutes! Perfect to serve with your favorite Asian dishes, this stir fry packs flavor with minimal ingredients.

This Stir Fry Spinach with Garlic is an easy side dish that I make quite often. The garlic makes the spinach aromatic, and both spinach and garlic is very healthy for you so it's not only a tasty dish, but also a nutritious one.

These Twice Baked Potatoes are awesome because it's basically baked potatoes with all the delicious things... without all the hard work for the person eating! Haha, okay now I'm just making it sound lazy, but really - it's super tasty and just makes the normal baked potato seem fancier!

So I finally caved and bought me an Air Fryer. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. At about the same time, I received a giant home grown organic eggplant as a present (yes, everyone knows I love food as presents, haha). So what to do? Air Fryer Eggplants of course!