What to Cook with Bay Leaves – Tasty Recipes to Try
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Recipes with Bay Leaves
These grilled chicken thighs are made practically without charcoal, resulting in tender meat with a sweet and savory flavor typical of homemade spices. The surface of the chicken is grilled until golden brown and fragrant, perfect served warm as a main dish for lunch or family dinner.
This Sweet and Spicy Dry Tempeh offers a harmony of textures: tempeh fried until dry and crispy combined with peanuts and crispy anchovies—each bite delivers a satisfying crunch. The sweet touch of brown sugar and sweet soy sauce blends with the warmth of spices like shallots, garlic, and fresh chilies, then enhanced by the distinctive aroma of bay leaves, kaffir lime leaves, and galangal. The slowly thickening sweet and spicy spices coat the tempeh, peanuts, and anchovies with layers of flavor full of character: fresh, warm, spicy, and sweet in one unforgettable deliciousness—perfect as a companion to warm rice or a delicious snack anytime.
This is a classical Taiwanese comfort food with braised meat and rice. Silky braised pork belly and shiitake mushrooms simmered in a fragrant soy-based sauce with black vinegar, rock sugar, star anise, bay leaves, and cinnamon, then topped with crisp deep-fried scallions for a rich, savoury-sweet finish over rice.
I really can't eat the braised dishes sold outside. I tried a Chaoshan bagged marinade that was popular on the Internet before, but the greasy smell was too strong when it was cooked, and I couldn't get used to it. It seems that you can't be lazy when making braised food. It's still more reliable to carefully prepare a pot of marinade yourself. After each braising, carefully filter out impurities, boil it, let it cool, and put it in the refrigerator for the next time. Why does the old braising become more fragrant as it is braised? First, the protein, amino acids, and fat of the ingredients will melt into the sauce during the braising process, and the flavor of the spices will be released repeatedly. Under the interaction, the taste becomes more and more intense and the layers are richer; second, the more times the braising is done, the spicy aroma of the spices in the marinade and the umami flavor of the ingredients will gradually balance and stabilize, and the braised food will naturally be more mellow. You should also pay attention to the storage of the old braising: filter and boil it for sterilization after each braising, seal it well and refrigerate or freeze it. It is recommended to use it within 1-2 weeks, and it is best to boil it again once a week for sterilization to prevent deterioration.
A comforting, slow-braised oxtail dish where red wine brings gentle sweetness and depth, mixed vegetables add aroma, and the oxtail turns tender and collagen-rich in a glossy, savoury sauce. A heart warming dish that is full of flavours, from the sweetness of the red wine, to the aromatic taste of the mixed vegetables and finally the tender oxtail that is full of collagen!
Braised Beef Brisket Noodles is a rich, flavourful soup built on beef brisket and pork trotter, simmered with classic Chinese spices like dried chillies, Sichuan peppercorn, star anise, cinnamon bark, and bay leaves. The broth is seasoned with chilli bean sauce, soybean sauce, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, brown sugar, and salt, then poured over your noodles of choice (with optional vegetables) for a hearty bowl.
Salt Baked Prawns is all about clean sweetness from prawns wrapped in a bold, fragrant salt crust. Coarse salt is perfumed with bay leaves, star anise, dried ginger, Sichuan pepper, dried chillies (to your preferred heat), and a touch of onion, then finished with a splash of hua tiao wine for a warm, unmistakably aromatic lift.
This is a Northeast China way of making the big bones in rich and flavourful taste! Deeply savoury and richly aromatic, these big bones are braised Dongbei-style with a bold mix of soy sauces, beer, warming spices like cinnamon bark and star anise, plus dried tangerine peel for a subtle citrus lift—finished with a gentle chilli warmth.
Telur Bacem is a traditional Javanese dish featuring cooked eggs in a sweet and savory sauce. It's made by boiling eggs in a mixture of sweet soy sauce, brown sugar, spices such as coriander, shallots, garlic, ginger, galangal, lemongrass, and bay leaves, then cooking until the sauce reduces and the eggs are completely absorbed. The result: rich, brown eggs that are perfect as a side dish with warm rice or as a casual snack.
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