Creative Ways to Cook with 1 teaspoon of sugar – Recipes You Haven’t Tried
Shake up your routine with these unexpected yet delicious 1 teaspoon of sugar recipes — fun, easy, and full of flavour.
Recipes with 1 teaspoon of sugar
As soon as these fermented bean curd chicken wings arrive, the aroma hits your nose! The skin is grilled to a gleaming shine, then crispy and tender. The salty aroma of fermented bean curd, combined with the gravy, wafts through your mouth, soaking up the flavor even between the bones. The best way to enjoy them is to just bite them with your hands, skipping chopsticks. You'll have to wipe the sauce off your fingers afterward, and then stare at the plate wondering, "Why didn't you grill a couple more?"
This dish of tender tofu and preserved egg salad may seem simple, but it has a lot of special "meanings" in it: • A wonderful collision of tastes: tender tofu is as smooth and soft as pudding, with a sweet bean fragrance; the preserved egg is chewy and elastic, the egg yolk is dense and has a special "runny" feeling, and a unique salty fragrance. One soft and one tough, one light and one strong, the combination of a particularly rich taste is the key to many people falling in love with this dish.
The tender tofu lies in the white porcelain bowl, like jade soaked in a spring stream, trembling and shaking with fine waves when touched by fingertips. The aroma of soybeans exposed to the summer sun is hidden in the texture. A sip is as refreshing as autumn dew, and swallowing it is as sweet as the melting water of winter snow floating in the throat. With a light pinch of chopsticks, it turns into half a pool of clouds, mixed with the green of chopped green onions, as if the four seasons are crushed and gently fed into the mouth
Sichuan and Chongqing's salty shaobai (rice shao) is a melt-in-your-mouth pork belly. The fatty, glutinous pork belly is not greasy at all, while the lean pork belly is perfectly flavorful. The chopped bean sprouts are salty and fragrant, with a crisp and flavorful chew. Mixed with the pork belly, the combination of salty and sweet flavors is so fragrant it's almost intoxicating! In Sichuan and Chongqing, this dish is a common dish at banquets and restaurants. I, a meat-averse person, saw this shaobai (rice shao) at my grandmother's house and tried a piece. My eyes widened, and I devoured the entire plate! Since then, I've become a true meat-eater. Every time I go back to my grandmother's house, the first thing I shout is, "I want shaobai!"
This dish is a common sight on the streets and in every household across China. Whether in the north or south, at summertime cold food stalls or at home dinner tables, this crispy, flavorful cold lotus root salad is a must-have. Take a bite and the lotus root crackles with a crisp, fragrant, and spicy flavor. Paired with rice, it's a delicious side dish, perfect for drinking. Even a novice cook can whip it up! It's a truly down-to-earth and delicious national dish!
The spicy boiled fish is super appetizing and goes well with rice. The aroma of pepper and chili pepper is overflowing. It is oily but not greasy, spicy and refreshing. The frog meat is tender. It looks spicy, but it tastes fragrant, spicy and very smooth.
"On the left is the non-spicy seafood sauce section: the aroma of freshness hits your nose as soon as it's served. The fish is soaked in the sweet fragrance of seafood sauce, so tender it trembles when you pick it up with chopsticks. My child immediately started gnawing on the fish belly, even chewing the lotus root slices soaked in the sauce with a satisfying crunch, exclaiming, 'Mom, this is even better than what you get at restaurants!'—the seafood sauce gives the vegetables a subtle sweetness, light yet not bland at all. My child even ate rice faster than usual. On the right is our spicy dry pot section: the aroma of the dry pot ingredients fills the kitchen as soon as the sauce is poured on. The fish skin is grilled until slightly crispy, bursting with juice with every bite when coated in spicy oil. Even the celery stalks are infused with the spicy fragrance, becoming more flavorful the longer they cook. In the end, even the last bit of sauce at the bottom of the pot..." It had to be poured over rice and polished clean. The moment this pot of fish was served, the kids on the left exclaimed, "Mmm, this is so tender!" while we on the right were shouting, "Wow, this is so spicy and delicious!" The divider clearly separated the flavors; some were tender, some were fragrant. Even the usually picky kid devoured the lotus root slices. We used a special grill pan for fish that can be heated directly. It bubbled and steamed as soon as the flame was turned on, making it incredibly satisfying to eat and cook at the same time—the kids on the left were plucking at the tender, seafood-flavored fish, while we on the right were enjoying the juicy, spicy pieces of fish, taking a sip of wine, the spicy aroma mingling with the wine's fragrance, enveloped in the warmth—it was so addictive! If you don't have this special pan, a small alcohol stove with a regular grill pan works just as well, filling the air with a smoky, hearty atmosphere. Life is just too good!
Shredded pork with Beijing sauce is a classic Beijing dish. The pork tenderloin is shredded, stir-fried and coated with a sweet and salty yellow sauce, which is bright red in color. Served with shredded green onions and pancakes, the sauce is rich in flavor when rolled up, the shredded pork is tender, and the onion flavor relieves the greasiness. The sauce is thick and sticky, sweet and salty, and fresh in the saltiness. It is a versatile dish that can be eaten with rice or as a staple food, with a mellow and homely flavor.