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We love an easy meal that whips together in less than 5 minutes using pantry staples, especially when it's spicy, nutty, garlic-y Sichuan dry noodles!  Our friend Jen over at Indulgent Eats has just the recipe for us. Using only 7 ingredients (or less!) and ready in just a few minutes, these sweet, nutty & spicy noodles are perfect for a weeknight dinner, late night snack, and everything in between.     RECIPE Ingredients 6 oz. Taiwanese instant noodles (3 bundles), or your preferred noodles 4 tbsp. peanut butter (more to taste) 1 tbsp. Chinkiang vinegar (more to taste) 2 tbsp. Sichuan Chili Crisp (more to taste) 1 tbsp. sesame oil (more...

Our founder Jing and her favorite pantry picks were recently featured by our friends at Pineapple Collaborative and we are swooning over the gorgeous pictures by photographer Sarah Ellefson! A self-described 'flavor-forward' and 'hoarder-adjacent' pantry maximalist, Jing is always on the lookout for new condiments and tools for her kitchen arsenal and there's a LOT to feast your eyes on.  Head over to their website to read the full piece! Photos courtesy of @ pineapplecollaborative and @sarahellefson Jing's Chinese Pantry Essentials Chinese cuisine, and Sichuan food in particular, is all about balance, flavor, fragrance and mouthfeel, working in conjunction to dance across the palate. Its chefs have always been...

This recipe is a twist on the classic scallion pancake, flavored with our fragrant Mala Spice Mix- a blend of 11 potent herbs and spices, including Erjingtiao chili and our prized Tribute pepper.

I recently made some of my favorite dishes for Food & Wine Magazine on their Youtube channel, and of course you know I had to pull some noodles. The producers asked me to make three dishes using the same dough, so I made my all-time favorite Sweet Water Noodle, scallion pancakes, and stretchy, chewy Biang Biang noodles!  Biang Biang noodles are famously from Xi'an in Shaanxi province (where the terra cotta warriors live!) and are as fun to make as they are delicious to eat. The Chinese character for 'biang' notoriously contains the most number of strokes of any character in the language (look it up! it's...

Over the past two weeks, we have committed to the active, constant, and arduous practice of unlearning and reevaluating our role and complicity in an ecosystem of systemic oppression as members of the global Asian community and conscious members of society. As a small minority female-led company founded on principles of equity and inclusion, it's imperative for us to build power in solidarity with the fight for Black lives. But this will not be an overnight sprint. Nor is “anti-racism” a stasis within reach after volumes of books purchased or podcasts downloaded.  As the author Lauren Michele Jackson writes, “The...