Recipes From Cuisine: Asian
Cranberry and Almond Couscous
Couscous is coarsely ground semolina wheat the same wheat used to make many dried pastas. Unlike pasta that can take 10 or more minutes to cook, couscous is ready in about 3 to 5 minutes. Cooking couscous is similar to cooking quinoa or rice. Couscous is added to seasoned boiling ...
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Spicy Middle Eastern Style Chicken
For thousands of years, spices were used to preserve foods and make ingredients past their use by date palatable especially in hot climates. These properties made some spices worth more than their weight in gold. When you compare the cuisines of warm versus cool climates, you’ll find cooler climates (northern Europe ...
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Teriyaki Marinade & Sauce
Teriyaki chicken, beef, and seafood are popular quick serve and casual restaurant items. Soy sauce is a major ingredients that is high in sodium. So, most teriyaki style foods are high sodium foods. Foods served teriyaki style can also be high in sugar. This Japanese style teriyaki marinade and sauce obtains ...
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One-Pan Chinese-Style Shrimp & Vegetables
Chinese and other Asian foods can be very low calorie. A 10 ounce (270 g) serving of One-Pan Chinese-Style Shrimp & Vegetables has less than 300 calories and takes about 30 minutes to prepare and cook. This recipe using frozen Chinese-style stir fry vegetables. In the United States there are two ...
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Vegetable Fried Rice
Vegetable Fried Rice is usually offered as an entree menu item at most Chinese restaurants that can be eaten as a side dish instead of steam rice. It takes a few more minutes of preparation and cooking, but is worth the effort. It turns low fiber white rice into higher ...
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Ginger Beef
Americanized Chinese food has gotten a bad rap lately for being high in calories and sodium, and not the healthy food Americans make it out to be. So what’s new? Isn’t that the way it is with all Americanized ethnic foods? Americans expect large portions at low prices and restaurants are than ...
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Curried Beef, Poultry or Seafood
Curried Beef, is a simple Chinese style recipe you can make with beef, chicken, pork, fish, seafood or any combination. You can also omit or substitute tofu (bean curd) for the meat for a vegan or vegetarian recipe. Curried Beef has the intense flavor of an Asian curry with quick cooking, ...
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Spicy Asian Marinade
Spicy Asian Marinade goes well with chicken, seafood, beef, and pork. You can make the marinade mild, medium, or spicy by adjusting or omitting the amount of hot sauce. Marinade seafood 30 minutes to one hour, and chicken, beef, and pork 3 hours to overnight. Never used leftover over marinade that ...
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