I’m Aihoa! I created Food with Aihoa to share my food experiments and favorite recipes.
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One of my favorite dishes growing up was this Vietnamese chicken salad (gổi gà). My mom would serve this either alone or with rice porridge drizzled with ginger fish sauce (mắm gừng). It’s light, tangy, slightly sweet, and full of yummy herbs like Vietnamese coriander and fried shallots. For an added crunch, you can add some shredded cabbage, but it’s totally optional!
This dill pickle potato salad is a twist on your standard potato salad. It's loaded with potatoes, fresh dill, and dill pickles. It's the perfect make-ahead side dish for the summer!
This is one of my favorite salads, inspired by my fiancé’s mom. I’m a huge fan of bulgur wheat - I love that it’s so versatile, you can add almost anything to it and you won’t go wrong. The flavor bomb of sweet, tangy, and citrusy in this salad is perfect for spring or summer.
Canh chua cá is an iconic Vietnamese sweet and sour soup made with pineapples, tamarind, tomatoes, and catfish. It’s sweetened with pineapple and its sour component comes from tamarind.
One of my favorite ways to repurpose leftover duck? Make roast duck noodle soup! Tip: if you reheat the duck in an air fryer, the skin will come out extra crispy and the meat super moist, just as if it’s freshly roasted!
Seared salmon fillets basted with a sweet and savory lemon infused honey, soy sauce, and garlic glaze. This is a must try!
These creamy egg noodles and meatballs are made with flavor-packed homemade meatballs smothered in savory, saucy goodness and served over egg noodles. So yummy!
This shrimp scampi is made with tender pan-seared shrimp in an incredibly delicious, yet insanely simple, garlicky bath of butter, olive oil, and splashes of white wine and lemon juice. What more could you ask for?
This versatile lemon chicken orzo soup is a one pot wonder loaded with lemony deliciousness. It's just about as comforting as it gets.
I had some udon, chicken, and baby bok choy in the fridge and was inspired to make this quick stir fry. Honestly, it was a great idea. The result - this super simple, super comforting, and deliciously saucy udon with chicken and baby bok choy.
If you have some noodles lying around, you’re going to want to try this one. The acidic, spicy tang of kimchi is the star of this soup and is perfectly rounded out by earthy mushroom and rich chicken broth.
Once you start making these, I promise you’ll become addicted! Store bought tortillas crisp up perfectly when cooked and don’t taste like tortillas, but rather like the perfect thin crust pizza dough. These single serving tortilla pizzas have a salad on top of them with roasted mushrooms, arugula, and parmesan, finished with a spritz of lemon juice.
