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As Simple as it Gets Japanese Broth Soup (The Possibilities are Endless)

October 28, 2022 By Joi Sigers

Japanese Broth Soup with Maifun Rice Sticks

Japanese Broth Soup with Maifun Rice Sticks

When I had to start eating gluten-free years ago (Celiac made the decision, not me), one of the things I missed most was Japanese food. Sushi, salad, and soup at one of my favorite restaurants became something I “used to enjoy.” Over the years I’ve looked for different options but it’s been pretty much one disappointment after another (gluten-free Japanese food is a wide-open field if any company wanted to pave the way!).

I always, always, always scour the Asian section at my favorite supermarkets for new products. Recently the magic words (“gluten-free”) caught my eye when I spied a box of Simply Asia Japanese Inspired Ramen Chicken Broth.

Into the cart it went! I envisioned rice noodles or rice sticks and green onions in what was going to be a quickly thrown-together lunch, so I grabbed a package of Dynasty Maifun Rice Sticks (Amazon link). I use these QUICK and easy noodles in so many cold salads and hot soups!

I came home and heated the broth, placed the rice sticks in warm water for about 10 minutes, then added them and some chopped green onion to the broth to simmer. I wish I had grabbed some Shitake mushrooms at the store, too, because very thinly-sliced mushrooms would have been amazing.

This broth is PHENOMENAL and the possibilities are honestly endless.

Check your favorite grocery section for the Simply Asia Japanese Broth (Amazon link) or click through and grab some on Amazon. The flavor will blow your mind.

Simply Asia Ramen Broth and Maifun Rice Sticks

The Makings of a Ridiculously Quick & Easy Japanese Soup (Gluten-Free!)


Filed Under: Asian Recipes, Food Reviews, Gluten Free Food Reviews, Quick and Easy Recipes, Reviews, Soup, Stew and Chili Tagged With: Gluten-free Japanese Soup, Japanese Soup, Simply Asia broth recipe

Lucky Rice: Review of a Gorgeous New Cookbook

March 2, 2016 By Joi Sigers

Lucky Rice by Danielle Chang
You’re looking at one uncommonly beautiful cookbook. Lucky Rice: Stories and Recipes from Night Markets, Feasts, and Family Tables, by Danielle Chang, is about as lovely (inside and outside) as a cookbook can get.

What would you expect from a cookbook that was both an O Magazine “Cookbook of the Month” and Yahoo! Food’s Cookbook of the Week? You have to be a pretty special cookbook to achieve either one of these distinctions… but both? Wow!

After I received my copy in the mail, the first thing I thought was, “It’s even more beautiful and nicer than I’d expected.” You can tell, at first glance, that this is a high quality cookbook. Hardback, gorgeous, colorful, and filled with beautiful pictures.

As I always say in my cookbook reviews, though, looks will only get you so far in life. You have to have substance! When it comes to cookbooks, this means you’d better be filled with wonderful information and delicious, doable recipes.

If we’re being 110% honest, when I first began looking at the recipes, I was a little afraid that the cookbook was going to be a complete disaster in the “doable” category.  Somehow, when I flipped open, the first 3 recipes I saw called for ingredients I would either never use or could not easily find in my hometown.  I mean, there’s simply no way I’m going to find a Longgang heritage chicken in western Kentucky.

However, when it comes to cookbooks (remember I’m the avid collector with a collection numbering in the hundreds), I’m not easily dissuaded. I made myself a chai tea latte and got comfortable in my favorite chair. Within 5 minutes, I discovered that the vast, vast, vast majority of recipes in Lucky Rice are completely doable. What’s more, they’re recipes you will want to do over and over again.

Just a few of the recipes that fit this description are:

  • Grilled Peaches
  • Almond Cookies
  • Vietnamese Iced Coffee Pops
  • Almond “Tofu” with Fruit Cocktail
  • Longevity Noodles
  • Lion’s Head Meatballs with Napa Cabbage
  • Tea Smoked Eggs
  • Indonesian Fried Rice
  • Grilled Sticky Rice on a Stick
  • Savory Rice Balls
  • ABC Beef with Broccoli
  • Vietnamese Banh Mi
  • Perfect Steamed Rice
  • Steamed Turnip Cakes

After I found so many recipes that I could easily find ingredients for (at my neighborhood Kroger, even), I went back and confronted the first 3 recipes I’d seen. I looked them over and decided that even they could be approached with a few simple substitutions.

Substitutions is a word most people don’t take into consideration when judging cookbooks. They fail to remember that just because a particular recipe calls for one thing doesn’t mean they have to make it that way. For example, one of my favorite “go to” recipes – for Spinach Artichoke Dip – was actually tweaked to the point of barely resembling the original recipe and, trust me, it’s a knock out.

As for the ingredients I can’t find at Kroger, they would most assuredly be easily found at an Asian market or even in a super store in a larger city. When all else fails, I turn to Amazon. They haven’t let me down yet.

{Review Continued Below….}

Lucky Rice by Danielle Chang
Lucky Rice is so much more than just good looks and exciting and delicious recipes – it’s an education in Asian Food Culture…. and it is completely fascinating. The Asian community’s respect of and love for food is palpable. It makes you realize how they’ve been able to come up with some of the world’s most beautiful and scrumptious dishes of all time.  They have so much pride in what they “create” in the kitchen.

It’s downright contagious!

From Amazon:

In Lucky Rice, Danielle Chang, founder of the festival of the same name—which brings night markets, grand feasts, and dumpling-making sessions to America’s biggest cities—feeds our obsession for innovative Asian cuisine through 100 recipes inspired by a range of cultures.

Here, comfort foods marry ancient traditions with simple techniques and fresh flavors—and include a few new classics as well: chicken wings marinated in hot Sichuan seasonings; sweet Vietnamese coffee frozen into pops; and one-hour homemade kimchi that transforms pancakes, tacos, and even Bloody Marys. With a foreword by Lisa Ling, this lushly photographed cookbook brings the fun and flavors of modern Asian cooking to your kitchen.

I completely love this cookbook and hope you’ll check it out for yourself. Lucky Rice would make a beautiful gift for anyone and an excellent addition to your cookbook collection. It’s a perfect 10 out of 10.

Lucky Rice by Danielle Chang
 

Note: I received this book from the Blogging for Books program in exchange for this review. The opinions are entirely my own.

Filed Under: Asian Recipes, Cookbook Reviews, Rice Recipes Tagged With: cookbook review, Cookbook Reviews, rice, rice recipes

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