PTFS Recipe Index

what we've covered thus far in cooking

Hey there, if you’d like to check out the newsletter recipe archive via an index, you’re at the right place. This listing of about 150 recipes covers the first three years of the newsletter from its inception in late 2022.

The recipes are grouped in broad categories but are not listed in alphabetical order within the categories. I’ve done my best to cross list them but this is not a professionally done index.

How to use this index

You have 3 basic options: Browse the entire list from top to bottom, use the search function on your computer (⌘ + F on a Mac; Ctrl + F on a PC) to look for specific terms, or click on a link below to jump to particular categories.

• Appetizers and Savory Snacks

• Bread, Dumplings, and Pancakes

• Dessert, Sweets and Drinks

• Eggs

• Grilled

• Meat (chicken, pork, beef, duck, lamb)

• Rice and Noodles

• Salads and Soups

• Sauces, Dressings, and Seasonings

• Seafood

• Stir-fries

• Tofu (without meat)

• Vegan, Vegetarian, and Vegetable Sides

Appetizers and Savory Snacks

• Pate Chaud (including meat + veg filling recipes)

• Curried Oysters with Cucumber Sauce

• Viet-Spiced Petit Palmier

• Japanese Fried Chicken Karaage

• Basic Chilled Tofu Blueprint (+ 4 sauces)

• Chili Crisp Candied Nuts

• Gingery Wontons in Chili Oil

Bread, Dumplings, and Pancakes

• Mandarin Pancake Mini Class

• Pate Chaud (meat + veg filling recipes)

• Helen Goh’s Traveling “Speckled Bread” (bara brith)

• Cucur Badak (a Malaysian dumpling)

• Easy Wonton Noodle Soup

• Gingery Wontons in Chili Oil

Dessert, Sweets and Drinks

• Boozy Fruitcake Bites (a cookie)

• Shortcut Silken Tofu and Ginger Syrup

• “Beginner’s” tart tatin

• Apricot-ginger jam

• Shortcut sticky rice and mango

• Coconutty Black-Eyed Peas and Rice Pudding (che dau trang)

• Grilled Bananas in Sticky Rice with Coconut Sauce (chuoi nuong)

• Egg Coffee + Salt Coffee (2 recipes)

• No-Churn Lemongrass Ice Cream with Coconutty Cashews

• Easy Almond Cake

• Orgeat (almond syrup for cocktails)

• Best Bellini and Windowsill Spritz (summery peach cocktails)

• Slice-and-Bake Matcha Cookies

• Persimmon Spice Cookies

• Petit Palmiers with Viet Cinnamon

• Flourless Almond Cookies

• Lemongrass Ice Cream with Roasted Pineapple

• Vietnamese Shiso (Tia To) Shrub

• Easy Lime Pound Cake

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Eggs

• Perfect boiled eggs

• Caramelized pork and eggs in coconut sauce (a southern Viet icon)

• Egg Coffee (Ca Phe Trung)

Grilled

• Grilled Lemongrass Beef Skewers

• Indian lamb steak with lemon rice and chutneys

• Tamarind-Glazed Chicken

• Char Siu Pork Ribs + Char Siu Pork Steak (2 recipes)

• Chicken Tikka Skewers

• Grilled Lemongrass Pork Dinner Plan

• Yakitori Chicken and Vegetables

• Grilled Roast Fish with Viet Tamarind Sauce

Meat (chicken, pork, beef, duck, lamb)

• Any Meat Moo Shu (pork, chicken, beef, shrimp)

• Shortcut Chinese-style Roast Duck feast

• Meat Pate Chaud

• Red-Cooked Chestnut Chicken

• Mapo Tofu Macaroni and Cheese

• Chicken and Lemongrass Curry

• Lemongrass Chicken Stir-Fry

• Grilled Lemongrass Beef Skewers

• Indian lamb steak with lemon rice and chutneys

• Mapo Tofu (my best recipe for the classic)

• Taiwanese Five-Spice Pork Sauce Rice Bowl (Lu Rou Fan)

• Tamarind-Glazed Chicken

• Maggi Roast Chicken and Butternut Squash

• Char Siu Pork Ribs + Char Siu Pork Steak (2 recipes)

• Bo Kho Bolognese, a Beef, Star Anise, and Lemongrass Pasta

• Chicken Tikka Skewers

• Mapo Tofu Meat Sauce (+ 6 ways to enjoy it!)

• Grilled Lemongrass Pork Dinner Plan

• Yakitori Chicken and Vegetables

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Rice and Noodles

• Sticky rice, chestnut and shiitake dressing

• Sticky rice with roast chicken (Xoi Ga Ro Ti)

• Japanese chestnut Rice (Kuri Gohan)

• Carrot Fried Rice and Crispy Fried Eggs

• Taiwanese Oil Rice (Youfan)

• Tamil lemon rice

• Microwave Sticky Rice

• Wok-kissed Tofu-Mushroom Pho

• Umami shiitake garlic noodles

• Crab and asparagus garlic noodles

• Pad Thai (vegetarian and vegan adaptable)

• Ginger, Carrot, and Scallion Noodles

• Singapore Noodles

• Grilled Bananas in Sticky Rice with Coconut Sauce (chuoi nuong)

• Viet Roast Chicken and Sticky Rice (xoi ga ro ti)

• Kien Giang Fish and Shrimp Noodle Soup (Bun Ca Kien Giang)

• Chicken pho salad (Pho Ga Tron)

• Panfried wheat noodles with a choose-your-own adventure stir-fry topping

• Crispy panfried rice noodles with a stir-fry topping

• Shortcut sticky rice and mango

• Beef Short Rib-Vegetable Pho

• Japanese Fried Chicken Karaage

• Easy Wonton Noodle Soup

• Garlicky Noodles with Maggi and Butter

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Salads and Soups

• Vietnamese pomelo salad

• Burmese Ginger Salad

• Thai-Khmer Tom Kha Gai (+ vegetarian recipe)

• Vietnamese Bouillabaisse (Canh Chua Ca)

• Wok-kissed Tofu-Mushroom Pho

• Snap Pea and Carrot Shira Ae

• Green Bean Shira Ae

• Hawaiian-style Tofu Watercress Salad

• Viet Thai Melon Salad

• 4 Salads to go with Nuoc Cham Vinaigrette

• Creamy Tofu Seafood Chowder

Sauces, Dressings and Seasonings

• Cambodian Kroeung

• Tamarind date chutney + cilantro-mint chutney (2 recipes)

• Tamarind glaze for chicken or tofu

• Japanese orange-ginger dressing

• Shira-Ae, umami tofu dressing

• Quick Japanese Seasoned Soy Sauce

• Korean Seasoned Soy Sauce

• Chile and Sichuan Peppercorn Mix

• Taiwanese-Style Soy Paste

• Yakitori Sauce

• Nuoc Cham Vinaigrette (+ 4 salads)

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Seafood

• Crispy lemongrass salmon tails

• Crab and asparagus garlic noodles

• Tamarind shrimp-vegetable stir-fry

• Crispy lemongrass fish

• Grilled (or Roasted) Fish with Viet Tamarind Sauce

• Crispy salmon and caramelized ginger-onion jam

• Shrimp-Tofu Stir-Fry with Bok Choy side (2 recipes)

• Crispy Seafood Cakes (crab, smoked fish, or veg)

• Coconut-Caramel Shrimp and Tofu (Tom Kho Dau Hu)

• Garlic-Black Pepper Crab (cua rang toi tieu)

• Viet-Cajun Seafood Boil

• Crispy Fried Smelts

Stir-Fries

• Any Meat Moo Shu (pork, chicken, beef, shrimp)

• Vegetarian Moo Shu (vegan adaptable)

• Lemongrass Chicken Stir-Fry

• Tamarind shrimp-vegetable stir-fry

• Tamarind tofu-mushroom stir-fry

• Shrimp-Tofu Stir-Fry with Bok Choy side (2 recipes)

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Tofu (without meat)

• Coconut Curry Tofu (+ Curry Fried Rice recipe)

• Tamarind-glazed tofu

• Coconut-Caramel Shrimp and Tofu (Tom Kho Dau Hu)

• Tamarind tofu-mushroom stir-fry

• 20-Minute Char-Siu Tofu

• Umami Tofu Stir-Fry with French Fries

• Vietnamese Spicy Burst Tomato Tofu (dau hu sot ca chua)

• Tofu Dressed with Basil and Garlic

• Tofu Noodle Salad with Chili Crisp

• Shira-Ae, umami tofu dressing + 2 salad recipes

• Chili Crisp Yuba Noodles

• Creamy Tofu Seafood Chowder

• Tofu-Wakame Chowder

• Fried Tofu Smothered in Green Onions (Dau Hu Chien Tam Hanh La)

• Easy Pan-Fried Tofu

• Basic Chilled Tofu Blueprint (+ 4 sauces)

• Yakitori Tofu and Vegetables

• Wok-kissed Tofu-Mushroom Pho

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Vegan, Vegetarian, and Vegetable Sides

• Cambodian Kroeung (seasoning paste)

• Buttery Chestnuts

• Vegetarian Moo Shu (vegan adaptable)

• Vegan Pate Chaud

• Braised Chestnuts with Napa Cabbage (a Shanghai dish)

• Burmese Ginger Salad

• Wok-Kissed Tofu-Mushroom Pho

• Vegan mapo tofu

• Umami shiitake garlic noodles

• Pad Thai (vegetarian version provided)

• Curry Fried Rice + Coconut Curry Tofu (2 recipes)

• Carrot Fried Rice and Crispy Fried Eggs

• Thai-Khmer Tom Kha Hed (mushroom version of Tom Kha Gai)

• Tamarind date chutney + cilantro-mint chutney (2 recipes)

• Tamarind tofu-mushroom stir-fry

• Apricot-ginger jam

• Shortcut sticky rice and mango

• Hanoi-style Sticky Rice, Buttery Mung Beans and Fried Shallot (xoi xeo)

• Umami Tofu Stir-Fry with French Fries

• Coconutty Black-Eyed Peas and Rice Pudding (che dau trang)

• Grilled Bananas in Sticky Rice with Coconut Sauce (chuoi nuong)

• Minimal Mess Smoky Eggplant with Scallion Chili Oil

• Tofu-Wakame Chowder

• Tofu Noodle Salad with Chili Crisp

• Pickled Shallots (dua hanh, for Tet)

• Hawaiian-style Tofu Watercress Salad

• Green Cherry Tomato Pickle

• Reduced Sugar Jam

• Yakitori Tofu and Vegetables

• Dashi-soaked eggplant

• Roasted carrots and creamy nuoc cham

• Vegan Hot and Sour Soup

• Eggplant in Garlic Sauce

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