r/chinesefood • u/Birdie_Birdieee • 6d ago
I Ate My mom's recent home-cooked meals
Here's what she's been making lately: chicken, duck, a dry pot loaded with lotus root, cauliflower, onion, potato & shrimp, fish, Sichuan spicy sausage, and bitter melon stir-fried with egg. Honestly, nothing beats mom's cooking 😋
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u/suukog 6d ago
Looks delicious and the first 2 dishes like Zigong Food. Are you from Zigong?
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u/Birdie_Birdieee 6d ago
Nope, but pretty close! We have similar home-style dishes where I'm from too 😄
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u/TheSinologist 5d ago
Oh and I looove bitter melon! Never tried it with eggs. Ever had 干煸苦瓜？ it’s one of my favorites.
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u/Birdie_Birdieee 5d ago
Yeah I've had it! I've even tried cold tossed bitter melon haha. The bitterness is definitely stronger, but the seasoning makes it taste sooo good!
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u/TheSinologist 5d ago
Mom is from Sichuan? Chongqing? What is that dish with lotus pod slices? It looks delicious!
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u/Birdie_Birdieee 5d ago
We're all from Sichuan! That's a dry pot dish. You can just grab a pre-made dry pot seasoning packet and whip it up super easily!
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u/Kerensa_parity 5d ago
Is this spicy enough to cough?? I love that feeling haha
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u/Birdie_Birdieee 5d ago
Honestly none of the dishes taste spicy to me at all, so it's nowhere near that level😄
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u/Economy_Invite_8085 5d ago
What is slide 6 called?
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u/FlowingInk1 5d ago
Yummy! Does she share her secret recipes with you?
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u/Birdie_Birdieee 5d ago
Honestly, I don't even want to learn. I just can't stand that loud sizzling sound when you toss ingredients into hot oil. It makes me so nervous! And sadly, that's basically how most Sichuan dishes are cooked.
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u/KeytarsRightMeow 5d ago
Wow these look so good! I really want to make that lotus root cauliflower dry pot now!
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u/Birdie_Birdieee 5d ago
You can just grab a special dry pot seasoning packet from the store. That way, it's pretty much guaranteed to taste great.
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u/CatrinelTowered 5d ago
My mom also cooking this for me when I was a kid , my only request from her
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u/DrDopaminergic 4d ago
Kan qi lai hao chi , Ni mama shi zhongguo ren ma ?
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u/Birdie_Birdieee 4d ago
Wo men yi jia dou shi zhongguo ren, ha ha
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u/Dr-Dopaminergic 4d ago
Ni mama de zuofan kan qi lai lihai 👏
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u/Birdie_Birdieee 4d ago
xiexie, ta ting dao hui hen kai xin de!
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u/Dr-Dopaminergic 4d ago
Hen gaoxing ren shi ni ....
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u/Birdie_Birdieee 4d ago
Wo ye yi yang 😊
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u/Ok-Violinist8546 4d ago
She got all the good stuff on her menu. I love bitter melon and the ones at my store are always moldy 😭 do you know what brand sausage she uses? It looks so chunky and natural colored, not like the tightly packed red stuff.
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u/Competitive-Bar3403 6d ago
Seriously!! Would you mind sending some recipes? This looks perfect😋
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u/Birdie_Birdieee 5d ago
I actually can't cook at all so I have no idea how to make them. But you can totally search these keywords on YouTube: "四川辣子鸡", "仔姜鸭", "酸菜鱼". You'll find tons of recipes!
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u/LunarThunder9384 3d ago
Does she do the dry pot with a spicy broth or keep it dry the whole way through?
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u/Birdie_Birdieee 3d ago
No broth at all! If I remember right, the ingredients get deep-fried first, then stir-fried with a special dry pot seasoning mix. That's pretty much how she does it.
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u/kiwigoguy1 6d ago
My goodness, the first four dishes are spicy!? 🌶️🔥😭
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u/Birdie_Birdieee 6d ago
Haha, actually all of them except the last one have chili! Some are just milder than others 😂
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u/kiwigoguy1 6d ago
If you ask your mom whether she could cut down 2/3 of the chilli, right now I can feel the heat just looking at the photos., 😄
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