Wok on a high-pressure propane burner
Our van kitchen
Recipes
The food I cook for the four of us on the road, mostly the Cantonese dishes we grew up on. Every recipe is written down from the video where I made it, with a link that jumps straight to the cooking.
Cantonese
Pan sear, then pressure cooker
Borscht Soup 羅宋湯
Our borscht soup recipe, Cantonese style: seared beef soup bones, tomato paste, carrot and celery, 30 minutes on high pressure in a small pot in our van.
Pressure cooker, then a pot on the stove
Cantonese Beef Stew 牛腩
Cantonese beef stew from our van: flank, tendon and tripe with chu hou paste and rock sugar, 45 minutes in a pressure cooker, then daikon. Comfort food.
Pressure cooker
Chicken Ginger Goji Berry Soup
Chicken goji berry soup from our van: a pound of drumsticks, ginger, garlic and goji berries, 25 minutes on high pressure while we drove to Park City.
Steamer on the stove
Chinese Steamed Egg 蒸水蛋
Chinese steamed egg the way my mom makes it: two eggs and half a can of chicken broth, no water, a little salt, then 12 minutes on high heat in the steamer.
Stainless steel pan on the stove
Eggplant With Minced Pork 魚香茄子
Our eggplant with minced pork recipe from the van: pork marinated in soy and cornstarch, eggplant fried soft, then about 3 tbsp of spicy garlic sauce.
Stovetop, then the oven in our van
Hong Kong Baked Spaghetti
Our Hong Kong baked spaghetti recipe, cooked in our van in Florida: chicken drumsticks, a sweet tomato sauce with ketchup and oyster sauce, cheese, 425°F.
Milk tea pot with a cloth filter, on the stove
Hong Kong Milk Tea 港式奶茶
My Hong Kong milk tea recipe from my mom's tea sock pot: about 5 spoonfuls of fine black tea, a low simmer for 15 to 18 minutes, then evaporated milk.
Cast iron pan on the stove
Pork Chops With Garlic Sauce
Hong Kong pork chop like the cafes in the San Gabriel Valley: thin chops soaked in baking soda water, then a sweet garlic sauce with hoisin and ketchup.
Cast iron on the stove
Shrimp Paste and Shrimp Cakes 蝦滑
Shrimp cake recipe from our van: shrimp chopped into a paste with salt, pepper and garlic powder, thrown until bouncy, then pan-fried flat in cast iron.
Wok over a flame, cooked outside
Supreme Soy Sauce Pan-Fried Noodles 豉油皇炒麵
Soy sauce pan fried noodles the way I make them at the campground: egg noodles, bean sprouts, chives and a light and dark soy sauce with Maggi and Shaoxing.
A pot on the stove, then the fridge
Sweet Chili Chicken Feet 鳳爪
My mom's chicken feet recipe, made in our van: blanch them about 10 minutes, trim the nails, then marinate in a whole bottle of sweet chili sauce overnight.
Small pot on the stove
Three Egg Soup
Three egg soup with bok choy, the way we make it in the van: dried shrimp, a preserved duck egg and two salted yolks, then a fresh egg set with the heat off.
Cast iron pan on the stove, with a lid
XO Prawn Vermicelli Pot
XO prawn vermicelli made in one cast iron pan in our van at Fort De Soto: XO sauce, shrimp, enoki, and a crispy bottom from a last blast of high heat.Asian
Pan on the stove
Beef and Broccoli
Our beef and broccoli recipe, made in the van many times: thin-sliced tri-tip with a baking soda marinade for tender beef and an oyster sauce gravy.
Wok on a high-pressure propane burner
Char Kway Teow 炒粿條
Our char kway teow recipe, campground style: Argentinian red shrimp, fish balls, shrimp paste and flat rice noodles on a wok outside our van in Florida.
One small pot on the stove, cooked and carried to the table
Hot Pot at Home 打邊爐
Hot pot at home, the way we do it in our van: tomato soup boosted with two beef bone broth tablets, fatty beef, homemade shrimp paste and our dipping sauces.
Two pots on the stove
Japanese Curry Chicken
Japanese curry chicken from our first van: chicken thighs, canned potatoes, half a pack of curry mix, and rice soaked first so it cooks in about 15 minutes.
Korean BBQ grill pan on a camp stove
Korean BBQ
Korean BBQ at home, campground style: marinated LA galbi short ribs, pork and squid, cheesy corn and steamed egg on one round grill pan on our camp stove.
Pressure cooker
Pork Neck Bone Soup
Pork neck bone soup in a pressure cooker: blanched with ginger, then tomato, corn and a beef bone broth base for 30 minutes, potatoes in for 10 more.Van classics
A big pot on the stove
Homemade Beef Tallow
How to make beef tallow the way I do: have the butcher grind the fat trimmings, add a little water, simmer close to an hour, strain. 3.3 lb gave us one jar.
Low oven, then a hot oven for the crust
Prime Rib Roast
My prime rib recipe from our Christmas Eve party: a 7 lb roast dry brined about 20 hours, cooked at 225°F to 120°F, then 500°F for the crust, with au jus.
Charcoal smoker grill, off the fire first, then over the coals
Smoked Steak
Smoked steak the way I do it at home in New York: smoke a prime ribeye off the coals to about 107°F, then sear it fast over hot charcoal and pull it at 116°F.
Sous vide, then cast iron on the stove
Sous Vide Steak
Our sous vide steak method from the van: 132°F for 2 hours, cooled and patted dry, then seared in smoking hot cast iron with beef tallow, garlic and butter.
Cast iron on the stove
Surf and Turf
Our surf and turf recipe from the van: ribeye first, then scallops dried and seared hot, then garlic shrimp, and the seafood butter becomes the steak dip.Come along on YouTube
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