CookingBomb Recipes

Five-Element Veggie Soup 五行蔬菜汤

A 10-minute Traditional Chinese Medicine soup with five colors for five organs — white enoki for the lungs, green pea tips for the liver, black wood ear for the kidneys,...

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Steamed Preserved Mustard Greens with Tofu Rolls (梅干菜响铃卷)

Makes 1 container Prep time 20 min prep From frozen Check from 22–25 min 梅干菜 — is Shaoxing dried preserved mustard greens. Dark, earthy, intensely savory, with a smell that...

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Garlic Cabbage Yuba Noodles (蒜蓉白菜腐竹粉丝)

Makes 1 container Prep time 15 min prep From frozen Check from 18–20 min This is the dish that surprises people. It looks like a simple vegetable side. Then you...

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Garlic Broccoli & Lotus Root 蒜蓉西蓝花莲藕

Makes 1 container Prep time 15 min prep From frozen Check from 15 min — do not overcook Most people think frozen broccoli means grey, soggy broccoli. This dish proves...

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Tofu Skin Veggie Rolls 豆腐皮素菜卷

Makes 6–8 rolls per container Prep time 20 min prep From frozen Check from 18–20 min It is thin pressed tofu skin, and it is both the wrapper and an...

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Vegan Mushroom Tofu Skin Noodle Soup in a Jar

This is the plant-based version of my Mushroom Chicken Rice Noodle Soup — and honestly, it might be my favorite version of the two. Instead of chicken, I use soaked...

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Apple and Orange Tea-Traditional Chinese Wellness Recipes

A sharp-eyed reader reached out to me recently with a DM, she bought my book and tried to make the Apple and Orange Tea, and noticed something was off. She...

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Pickled Bamboo with Wild Peppers

This recipe is a shortcut—my cheat sheet—for making flavorful pickled bamboo quickly, using 野山椒 (Ye Shan Jiao)and a splash of white vinegar to jumpstart the process. My traditional pickle jar...

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