Deuki Hong, founder and chef of Sunday Hospitality Group, is in his backyard cooking Jajangmyeon. This black bean noodle dish is a Koreanified take on a Shandong dish brought over by the Chinese in the early 1900s. Deuki starts by frying chunjang, a Korean black bean paste, to create a… Continue Reading Korean Chinese Black Bean Noodles

Steve Chu, chef and co-owner of Ekiben in Baltimore, is in the MUNCHIES Test Kitchen making a dish so popular in America, you may be eating it right now: General Tso’s Chicken. This Chinese-American takeout classic is made with double-fried chicken breast meat and an iconic sauce that Steve puts… Continue Reading How to Make Takeout Icon General Tso’s Chicken

Lucas Sin of Junzi Kitchen and Nice Day Chinese Takeout is in the Munchies Test Kitchen making his take on an iconic takeout dish: Chinese-American restaurant-style egg rolls. Lucas pays homage to the mighty egg roll with this step-by-step recipe that includes store-bought egg roll skins and DIY duck sauce… Continue Reading Make Takeout-Style Egg Rolls

Who influenced the flavors you love today? For chef Zhou Yongle, it was his grandmother. In this video, Zhou traces his roots to China’s Hunan Province and rediscovers the spicy flavors of his ancestors. 0:00 ‘Every dish has its own genes’ 1:10 A childhood filled with spicy food 2:07 What… Continue Reading A Chef’s Search for the Spicy Flavors of His Ancestors

Henry Cai, the owner of 3 Little Pigs Chi in Chicago, has no signs, no sit-down, and takes orders over Instagram DMs for his BBQ Chinese and fried chicken. He preps his meals in a 200-square-foot shared kitchen, yet has people traveling for hours out of state to get a… Continue Reading The Best Secret Chinese Restaurant in Chicago