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Karl’s Chinese Chive Stem and Sichuan Pickle Stir Fry

I tend to make some Chinese dish at least once a week for a week day meal—this comes from having spent several years in Asia. Wife Jan really likes mapo doufu and it makes frequent appearances on these nights. However, mapo dofu has little in the way of green vegetable matter—beyond some green onion—so I tend to make a vegetable stir fry as a second dish.

Karl’s Chinese Chive Stem and Sichuan Pickle Stir Fry

Karl’s Chinese Chive Stem and Sichuan Pickle Stir Fry

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Mimi’s Confetti Rice

No Chinese meal is complete without some rice. You can eat until you are bursting, but if you have not eaten at least one bite of rice, then all you have had is a “snack.” To leave rice out of a New Year’s meal would be very inauspicious.

Mimi’s Confetti Rice

Mimi’s Confetti Rice

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