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Cooking Therapy Delicious Vietnamese and Chinese recipes for the home cook. Also matcha and ube dessert recipes! All recipes available on my blog!

Chao Tom (Vietnamese Shrimp Paste Skewers). This dish is one of those things that is a favorite among the Vietnamese com...
05/08/2026

Chao Tom (Vietnamese Shrimp Paste Skewers). This dish is one of those things that is a favorite among the Vietnamese community but outside of that, it’s not as well known. It’s like if you know, you know. I grew having this dish at big parties or at restaurants. It’s made with a shrimp and pork paste wrapped around sugarcane sticks that are then steamed and fried to perfection. However, I found it super hard to find sugarcane. I looked for a few weeks and nothing…so I decided to use lemongrass as a substitute. I think it works just as well! Grab the recipe in bio.

NEW ON THE BLOG! One of my favorite dishes to have at Vietnamese dinner parties is Chao Tom. However when I make them, I...
05/08/2026

NEW ON THE BLOG! One of my favorite dishes to have at Vietnamese dinner parties is Chao Tom. However when I make them, I make them with lemongrass sticks instead of sugarcane. Read all about my version of this recipe on the blog!

https://www.cooking-therapy.com/chao-tom/

New on the blog is my homemade Char Siu sauce. I use it to make all my Char Siu dishes including my classic Char Siu po...
05/05/2026

New on the blog is my homemade Char Siu sauce. I use it to make all my Char Siu dishes including my classic Char Siu pork. Unlike store bought sauces, this sauce is free from maltose, red food coloring, and high fructose corn syrup.

https://www.cooking-therapy.com/char-siu-sauce/

Banana Miso Biscoff Cookies. This combination of banana, miso, and Biscoff in a cookie is heavenly. I gave a test batch ...
04/16/2026

Banana Miso Biscoff Cookies. This combination of banana, miso, and Biscoff in a cookie is heavenly. I gave a test batch to a few friends and they absolutely love these. I’ve honestly never had such an enthusiastic reception to a cookie recipe. Grab the recipe on the blog!

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