How to Make Yee Chai Peng (Ear Biscuits)
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How to Make Yee Chai Peng (Ear Biscuits)

ByJackieM

Yee Chai Peng (Cantonese for “ear biscuits”) were these intriguing spiral-patterned, curved fried pastries from my childhood in Malaysia, which were crunchy, slightly sweet and yet savoury. The only ones I ever ate were factory-made; this wasn’t one of those things that you would find people making fresh at home or at their street stall…

How to Make Jackie M’s XXO Sauce
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How to Make Jackie M’s XXO Sauce

ByJackieM

I remember when XO sauce started popping up in Chinatown menus as an option for your stir-fried Chinese dishes a couple of decades ago, and thinking it must refer to cognac. I eventually learned that it was in fact a condiment made with dried scallops, an ingredient that’s expensive enough that it would deter me…