Yen Can Cook ~ Chinese Yam & Egg Drop Soup

Are you a fan of thick soup? Chinese style thick soup, to be precise, for example hot and sour soup (酸辣汤). Many restaurants or homemade version are normally thickened the soup using cornstarch or potato starch, rendering a thick and starchy broth, which I don’t really fancy of.  Today, I’m going to share an easy thick soup recipe with a “magic […]

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Yen Can Cook ~ Matcha Pound Cake

Why pound cake is called pound cake? It is traditionally made with an equal weights (one pound each) of flour, butter, eggs, and sugar. Pound cake is served either dusted with powdered sugar, lightly glazed, or with a coat of icing. Texture wise, pound cake is a dense cake with a sturdy crumb structure. Adding mix-ins, interesting flavorings, and delicious glazes and drizzles to […]

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Yen Can Cook ~ Stir Fried Garlic Scapes with Pork

Do you know or have you seen this vegetables? These are Garlic Scapes,  the tender stem and flower bud of a hardneck garlic plant.  If left unharvested, the scapes eventually bloom flowers when the garlic plant fully matures. However, the scapes are usually harvested before they flower so the garlic plant can channel all its energy into producing the most […]

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