Love spicy food? Just whisk 1-2 teaspoons of sriracha, garlic chili sauce or hot sauce with the soy sauce. Use more veggies: ...

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8 cloves garlic, thinly sliced; ⅓ cup neutral oil, such as grapeseed; Kosher salt; 3 cups day-old cooked white or brown rice, chilled; 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil ...

Add in the egg and rice mixture, and stir fry on medium heat until fluffy and dry. 7 /10. Season with soy sauce (or salt). 8 /10. Add in the shrimp and mix well.

Alternatively, you can boil the gyoza. For sui gyoza (boiled dumplings): Fill a medium pot halfway with water and bring it to a boil. Add six or seven gyoza to the water and simmer for 4 or 5 minutes.

Cut each chicken thigh lengthwise along the bone; remove and discard bone and cartilage. Heat a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium. Cook chicken, skin side down, undisturbed, until skin is crisp ...