Sides Recipes

  • Simple Omelet: Plain, Dumb but Yummy

    Simple Omelet: Plain, Dumb but Yummy

    Sometimes you just need something quick and simple to go with your rice. Perhaps it’s the end of the week, and the only thing left in the fridge are a few eggs. A la Thai Malay dishes also tend to be excellent when paired with an egg dish. For these times, we can make…

  • Chicken Paprik

    Chicken Paprik

    It’s been over a year since Kak’mbang retired. She used to prepare all kinds of dishes to accompany our rice for every meal, and all of them were simple yet really good. Those were the good ‘ol days, and I truly miss her cooking. Now, the task of preparing our daily meals is passed…

  • Honey Butter Biscuits (Texas Chicken Copycat)

    Honey Butter Biscuits (Texas Chicken Copycat)

    At one point in 2022, I went into a biscuit-making craze. I made various biscuit recipes, revisiting my Cheesy Garlic Biscuits, as well as trying out Joshua Weissman’s take on Red Lobster’s Cheddar Bay Biscuits (But Better). Wondering what else I could try making, I thought about Texas Chicken’s honey butter biscuits. Why didn’t…

  • Ramen Eggs (Ajitsuke Tamago)

    Ramen Eggs (Ajitsuke Tamago)

    Having made the chashu as part of the toppings for my ramen, next thing to make are the eggs. I used the leftover chashu braising liquid as a marinade, but if this is not available and you simply want to make the eggs on their own, you only need just a few ingredients. Got…

  • Chicken Chashu for Ramen

    Chicken Chashu for Ramen

    We were gifted a set of DIY ramen, which came with 5 portions worth of noodles, broth paste and chili seasoning. I’d like to prepare this for the family, but obviously I shouldn’t waste the opportunity by serving a bowl of noodles in soup and nothing else. Toppings were definitely required.

  • Breadmaker Kicked-up Dinner Rolls

    Breadmaker Kicked-up Dinner Rolls

    I wanted some bread to go with the Honey-butter Baked Chicken I made, so I decided to make some of my own.  These fluffy, buttery dinner rolls are not too sweet or flavorful on their own, great for soaking up pot roast gravy or soups.  I just wish I had some soup or gumbo…

  • Duck Fat Mashed Potatoes Recipe

    Duck Fat Mashed Potatoes Recipe

    We had friends over for steak dinner, and I offered to make the sides and starches. On the menu was my Bayou Chicken Pasta, breadmaker brioche, and I wanted some mashed potatoes to go with the giant steaks we bought. I’ve tried a few mashed potato recipes in the past, but most were really…

  • Sweet & Sour Chicken Luncheon Meat with Potatoes

    Sweet & Sour Chicken Luncheon Meat with Potatoes

    Recently Rudy ordered a few items from Lolili’s Delights, which sells halal Chinese delicacies like bakkwa, chang, stuff that was completely inaccessible to us in the past. Among the few things we bought was the luncheon meat, and I wasn’t sure how best to use it. Searched online and found this really simple, yummy…

  • Chinese Stir-Fried Tomatoes and Eggs

    Chinese Stir-Fried Tomatoes and Eggs

    I usually leave our daily meals to Kak’mbang who is an amazing cook (but of course she denies it for some reason), where we usually have a few meat, veg and/or egg dishes with plain white rice. On rare occasions I contribute a dish to the table, and today I made a simple egg…

  • Smoked Chicken and Cheese Chowder

    Smoked Chicken and Cheese Chowder

    It’s strangely hard for me to find turkey ham of late. Chicken toast is everywhere, but turkey… not so much. I went to the usual places like B.I.G. and Cold Storage near my house and they are always out of stock. So I reached out to Merv, whom I can always count on for…