The woks of life

We look back on our most popular recipes of 2020 that you cooked through all the Zoom calls, pajama changes, and banana-bread-baking.

Most takeout lo mein is sadly lacking—not enough veggies or too little beef! Our classic beef lo mein is tried and true.

Pad See Ew, a Thai dish of stir-fried wide rice noodles with Chinese broccoli, egg, and beef, is a popular Thai street food that you can also make at home!

This mapo tofu recipe is the true blue, authentic real deal—the spicy, tongue-numbing, rice-is-absolutely-not-optional mapo tofu that you get in the restaurants!

Beef and Broccoli was one of the most popular dishes in our family’s Chinese takeout restaurant. Get our restaurant secrets in this authentic beef and broccoli recipe.

This Chinese-style Tomato Hot Pot with Beef is a warming, satisfying meal, with tart tomatoes, marbled beef, mushrooms and glass noodles.

Sichuan Dry Fried String Beans (or Gan Bian Si Ji Dou, 干煸四季豆) are cooked in China using Sichuan peppercorns with a little heat from the addition of dried chili peppers and ground pork

This pepper steak recipe is a quick and easy stir-fry loaded with tender beef, peppers and onions. It’s a must-try Chinese restaurant classic!

This beef onion stir-fry is one of those recipes that doesn’t require much more than the ingredients in the name—beef...and onions!

Chao He Cai, a "harmonious" stir-fry of clear noodles, eggs, chives, carrots and bean sprouts, is Chinese home-cooked comfort food.