https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/gluten-free-recipes/ a culinary genealogy Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:37:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://thewoksoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-TWOL-favicon-4-32x32.png https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/gluten-free-recipes/ 32 32 https://thewoksoflife.com/black-pepper-chicken/ https://thewoksoflife.com/black-pepper-chicken/#comments Thu, 16 Nov 2023 06:22:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=74636 Black pepper chicken is a Chinese American dish that combines a comforting Chinese takeout-style brown sauce with a good amount of black pepper. While you mostly see Chinese cooks using white pepper, this dish highlights the floral aroma and heat of black pepper!  Where I First Encountered Black Pepper Chicken I admittedly didn’t grow up ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/black-pepper-chicken/feed/ 30 https://thewoksoflife.com/gluten-free-dumplings/ https://thewoksoflife.com/gluten-free-dumplings/#comments Mon, 06 Nov 2023 05:08:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76795 We finally have a wrapper recipe to make gluten-free dumplings! The dough can be thrown together with a few ingredients from your gluten-free baking arsenal. Rolling them out is easy, and you can pleat the dumplings just as you would with regular dumpling wrappers!   Previously, the closest thing we had to a gluten-free dumpling was ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/gluten-free-dumplings/feed/ 36 https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-postpartum-confinement-porridge/ https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-postpartum-confinement-porridge/#comments Mon, 23 Oct 2023 05:28:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=75844 Today we have another recipe in our postpartum series—a lightly sweet postpartum porridge made with 7 nourishing Chinese ingredients. In Chinese, the porridge is called yuè zi zhōu (月子粥) which roughly translates to postpartum confinement porridge, and it’s especially meant for the first month after giving birth!  Give Chinese Dessert Soups a Try!  To be ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-postpartum-confinement-porridge/feed/ 10 https://thewoksoflife.com/pickled-daikon/ https://thewoksoflife.com/pickled-daikon/#comments Sun, 08 Oct 2023 04:28:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=74198 This recipe for pickled daikon with carrots is a classic appetizer that was once often served as a freebie in Cantonese restaurants, along with fried peanuts.  I would usually let my parents take control of perusing the menu and concentrate all my attention on this sweet, crunchy pickle in combination with the salty fried peanuts—the ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/pickled-daikon/feed/ 17 https://thewoksoflife.com/loofah-stir-fry/ https://thewoksoflife.com/loofah-stir-fry/#comments Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:28:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=75574 This loofah stir-fry with chicken is a super tasty and satisfying way to cook loofah (luffa?), a Chinese vegetable (ahem, fruit) that doesn’t get enough love!  What is Loofah?  When we were promoting our cookbook last year, a journalist came out to our house (the TWOL HQ) for an interview, and we showed her around ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/loofah-stir-fry/feed/ 20 https://thewoksoflife.com/stuffed-bitter-melon/ https://thewoksoflife.com/stuffed-bitter-melon/#comments Sun, 17 Sep 2023 07:10:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=75529 This stuffed bitter melon recipe in black bean sauce is a classic Cantonese dish that highlights a produce item in abundance right now in Chinese groceries and backyard gardens: bitter melon!  While beef with bitter melon might be more well-known, this recipe might be tied with it for my favorite bitter melon dish! Interested in ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/stuffed-bitter-melon/feed/ 16 https://thewoksoflife.com/miso-fish/ https://thewoksoflife.com/miso-fish/#comments Fri, 08 Sep 2023 04:26:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=74187 This miso fish comes together with just four ingredients (not counting the fish, hehe). All you need is white miso, mirin, and sesame oil. It’s also REALLY easy.  It’s a recipe born of necessity—those nights when I realized it’s 8:30, and I haven’t eaten dinner yet. There’s no complicated blackening technique, no fancy Japanese sake. ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/miso-fish/feed/ 29 https://thewoksoflife.com/gluten-free-chinese-food/ https://thewoksoflife.com/gluten-free-chinese-food/#comments Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:30:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=74147 Today, we’re talking about cooking gluten-free Chinese food. Many of you have asked questions about which Chinese ingredients contain gluten or about gluten-free substitutions over the years, so we’re laying it all out here.  We’ll discuss recipes and ingredients that are already gluten-free, as well as GF substitutions for key Chinese ingredients.  An Easy Cuisine ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/gluten-free-chinese-food/feed/ 33 https://thewoksoflife.com/vegan-ants-climbing-a-tree/ https://thewoksoflife.com/vegan-ants-climbing-a-tree/#comments Sat, 05 Aug 2023 06:57:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=74584 Today, we’re making Vegan Ants Climbing a Tree—a vegan and vegetarian version of a beloved Chinese dish!  Traditional Ants Climbing a Tree (蚂蚁上树 – mǎyǐ shàng shù) consists of glass noodles in a tasty, spicy sauce with bits of ground pork and scallions. The long strands of noodle represent the “tree,” while the bits of ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/vegan-ants-climbing-a-tree/feed/ 16 https://thewoksoflife.com/tomato-potato-soup/ https://thewoksoflife.com/tomato-potato-soup/#comments Thu, 27 Jul 2023 04:20:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=74067 This simple tomato potato soup is a summer staple, with just 5 ingredients (plus water). It’s a light snack or side dish that replenishes your body with fluids and salt on those sweat-inducing hot days!  A Simple Childhood Soup from Shanghai In our cookbook, I shared stories of my childhood encounters with food while living ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/tomato-potato-soup/feed/ 13