Side dishes

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 an easy veggie side dish we like to make. Cauliflower is a healthy veggie so it is both a yummy and tasty dish!

Napa Cabbage Glass Noodles is a Chinese dish with napa cabbage stir fried 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 a sweet, juicy, and crunchy taste to them! When cooked with shiitake mushrooms – this stir fry makes a delicious and healthy veggie side dish! Here’s how to make Snap Peas Shiitake Mushrooms Stir Fry!