20 Best Chinese Food Bakersfield (2022 Updated)

I have read through the cookbook. I am Asian and an avid lover of many kinds of Asian cuisines, and this book has many of the things I absolutely love eating. Since the author is Thai and grew up in the restaurant industry—his recipes are legit.

There’s also a note on the core ingredients of each cuisine and the differences between certain similar ingredients and substitutions. There isn’t a picture for every recipe, but I’d say maybe 80% do, and those pictures are gorgeous.

I will say that the recipes are easy to follow, but they are authentic recipes so they vary in difficulty—some will require a little extra effort, but little “love” is the secret ingredient to good cooking and totally worth it.

If you take it a step at a time, you can do it. But if you’re not looking for a basic beginner book of adapted recipes and you’re looking to achieve that authentic taste of eating something from a restaurant or something your friend’s mom would approve of—this is EXCELLENT.

The author does include some “shortcut” recipes too like for the different beverage recipes.

In the Rock The Wok: Stir-Fry Mastery chapter, Kung Pao Shrimp, while very popular in the U. S. , originated in southwest China. Jet makes a classic version but substitutes cashews for the peanuts which add a nice crunch and flavor.

The dish is quite versatile so you can substitute the shrimp with meat, seafood, or tofu. The shrimp are plump with a nice snap. The sauce is rich and full of flavor. All you need is a bowl of rice and you’re set.

Rating: 5/5 Mongolian Beef is a Chinese-American dish. The secret to this dish is the marinade which turns out tender pieces of beef. The beef is so tender and the sauce has the perfect balance of flavors: salty sweet, sour, and spicy.

Another dish where a bowl of rice would be great to utilize all the sauce. You won’t want to waste a drop! Rating: 5/5 Szechuan-Style Green Beans uses a “twice cooking” technique. They are blanched in hot oil, not quite deep-frying, and then stir-fried in a wok.

The technique removes the “rawness” of the green beans and jumpstarts the cooking process. These are some of the best green beans I have ever had! The green bean flavor is intact and amplified by the flavors of the sauce – sweet, salty, zingy, and refreshing.

Rating: 5/5 Buddha’s Delight – Vegetable Feast is perfect for the vegetarian or if you are just craving veggies. It’s crammed full of veggies like bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, bean sprouts, Napa cabbage, and snow peas.

Tofu and mushrooms adds that meaty, protein packed texture to the dish. Personally, I would use this as a side dish to chicken or seafood. I need my meat! Rating: 4. 5/5 In the Sushi, Salads And Other Veggies chapter, Chinese Chicken Salad has become a California favorite since the 1990s and is displayed on menus as an entrée salad all across the country.

Jet makes this dish easy to make at home. It has all the flavors and textures you know and love about Chinese chicken salad from the crunchy cabbage and wonton strips to the sweetness of the dressing and mandarin orange segments.

Rating: 5/5 You know I can’t end a review without dessert! In the Sweets: The Tastiest Way To End Any Meal chapter, Cinnamon And Five-Spice Easy Donuts shows you a donut “hack”. Yes, you can make a yeast donut from scratch, but if you don’t have time to wait for the dough to rise, these donuts are amazing! This hack includes some Asian flare by utilizing five-spice into the sugary outer goodness.

It’s like pixie dust for Foodie Neverland! Rating: 5/5.

Best thing I have found to keep arthropods out that is also still safe for humans and our dogs. Since it is just naturally ground up seashells it is non toxic making it the perfect alternative to toxic chemicals.

In my opinion it works better than the toxic chemicals ever did. The pest company kept saying “we just need to keep spraying extra to keep silverfish out of the basement” (since we have a drop tile ceiling in one room) however since we dusted the drop tile ceiling and any crevice we haven’t seen any.

A bonus is we also are not seeing any spiders since it works on all arthropods by slicing up their exoskeletons and eliminating them naturally. Due to my husband’s multiple health issues we have been eliminating any toxins in our environment.

I highly recommend this product! It goes a long way especially when you use the yellow puffer.

This stuff really works surprisingly well!! We got rid of a terrible flea infestation in the yard several years ago with this stuff very effectively! Now in an apartment, I got rid of very stubborn sugar ants living in an electrical plug.

My mom had them in her apartment in the same way and management kept spraying toxic crap over and over and over and she still had sugar ants for YEARS. I wish I would have known about this then. Perhaps most importantly, as a precaution I apply it strategically in my apartment to protect from bed bugs from neighbors.

If one of those bugs gets into my apartment, they’re gonna die!! Love this stuff. Highly recommend! Follow directions which are easy. PH Harris Co did great on the fast shipping. Overall, very successful experience and much healthier and safer than chemicals!!.

Mites Flea tics spiders Dog Cat any animal this works. You need the duster before and after you sweep. You can not apply this by hand it is like talkum power. Now on fur coats just dip you comb in the dust and brush deep into the fur but carpets beding you need a duster.

Kills mites flea tics in 48 hours but eggs 3-4 days. Mange mites this is the stuff Even good to eat provides minerals to feed Gardens will elemiate all yard bugs with out toxic chemicals. Kitchen Bath use just like Comet but again has no toxic chemical only good stuff.

Kid safe Adult safe Pet safe. Kills insects all insets and you must have the free duster to apply around home and garden.

The flavor of this dish is pretty good. The potatoes taste like they were browned before the freeze drying process. The sausage is slightly above average as far as breakfast sausage goes. We always add black pepper.

Sometimes we add a little salt. A packet or two of Tapatio, Tabasco or Cholua always contributes to the dish. Preparation considerations: We add the salt and pepper before we add water. We cut the biggest chunks of egg, sausage and potato in half or thirds so they have more surface area exposed to water to facilitate re-hydrating.

After we add hot water and seal the bag, we fold over the top and wrap insulation around it to keep it hot longer. We stir it half way through soaking. We also let it sit 5-10 minutes longer than the instructions say.

Everything is re-hydrated thoroughly with this method.

5 years ago I purchased a variety of preserved foods with the intent of storing them for 5 years, then trialing to see which options preserved best for our hurricane kits. At this point I was new to living in the south’s hot humid environment.

We purchased a box of mountain house #10 cans that included this beef stroganoff, lasagna, chili Mac. and I don’t remember what else. We also purchased emergency essentials 4 person 72 hour kit and emergency essentials #10 cans.

Aside from a brief move across town and 5 days without power post hurricane Irma all items mentioned were kept in an AC controlled environment. After 5 years of storage we opened to evaluate. All items were edible, but the mountain house cans were the only items that had preserved good taste.

They really were quite good! Each flavor! Thank you mountain house for making an excellent product!.

I used a little more water and turned out great. Easy ( recycling options too) nonsense meal on the go (Emergency , Prepers, RV, hiking ). Hits the sweet spot of carbs and protein (not keto, not Paleo, not med) My only suggestion is fiber & veggie option: Athought it’s a really easy to eat meal, fiber should be in it.

Old MRES had zero fiber. Too bad you don’t have a vegetarian option of this- mushroom stroganoff can be easily made, just add lots of dried mushrooms ( same sauce, same flavor ). I’d buy that more often.

Use TVP for protein and most (99. 99%) won’t realize it’s veggie based. Healthy, hits that yum feeling of a satisfying meal. Decent prices, but Walmart beats your price ( and deliver next day!).

I bought the tea to help regulate my menstrual cycle as it has been irregular as of late. I started drinking 2 – 3 cups a day and my period started on Day 4, so I’d say it’s successful so far. It also lowered my sugar cravings.

The only thing is the taste. It’s not bad, but it is tolerable. Kinda tastes like a mix between celery broth and chicken broth. I’m definitely buying it again.

I have been having a hard time sleeping, relaxing and stressed to the max with all this craziness going on. Before I could sleep 6 hrs straight and feel great. Now I am lucky to get 2 hours and then be awake in the middle of the night.

Now I use herbs and homeopathic medicine instead of pharmaceutical medicine. So when I came across this blend, I decided what do I have to lose. Yesterday was the first time I drank this tea and I did really feel relaxation come across me.

I slept through the night and was up at 6 AM. First time in a while I have slept 6 hours straight.

light, delicate, i usually drink it without any sweetener and pretty cold admittedly as I am just getting into tea the last year or so. This is served best with slightly hot water to get the best flavor out of this tea.

The box and presentation are fantastic and the tea although not the most remarkable I would drink it again if someone offered it to me or I wanted to take a break from the stuff I usually drink.

These are pretty good, especially with the La Choy canned chow mein meals. They come in a re-sealable can with a plastic snap on lid. Once the seal is open, the plastic lid gives me a few weeks to finish them off before they get stale.

They are still good after all of these years. A fine product that I have been eating for more than 25 years.

I love these crunchy noodleswe use them in salads and soups and anything else we can think of. They are nice and thin, not heavy like the other kind. Try them. Dont think you will be disappointed.

Lee Kum Kee hoisin sauce is always in my fridge. I can use this for many meals, from spring roll dip sauce, til baby back ribs BBQ seasoning sauce, or even the dipping sauce for my pork crackling. It goes well with so many foods, from Asian to Western style.

You really need to have one of these in your kitchen :).

This stuff is a miracle dip/ingredient. Very thick, rich, and full of ooey-gooey goodness. We use this many times to make our staple peanut dipping sauce for spring rolls. This is the classic brand we always buy from the Asian market.

Love it!.

I received a jar of this in a kit for a cooking class. The very same week I saw Katie Lee use chili crisp in an egg recipe on Food Network which got the ball rolling because I’d never heard of this ingredient before and wasn’t sure how to use it.

I am now completely addicted. It’s like nothing else I’ve ever tasted. I fry breakfast eggs in it and it gives them the most amazing results. The other reviewers are right – you have to thoroughly stir the jar before you use it to get the bits from the bottom mixed in.

It is full of deep umami and packs a punch of flavor and despite being szechuan it is not too hot or spicy. Love it and so glad I can now get it at Target!.

Let me just say that my family and I love the chili crisp. It’s flavorful, and we can’t get enough of it. We like making the vinaigrette from it as well. We’ll likely order it again. The reason I dropped a star is because of the shipping.

I ordered this as a gift for a friend, eager for her to try it out, and the product arrived completely shattered. Hot sauce and chili oil everywhere. This can happen, right? So we tried again. Same thing again.

The shipper does not take care to package this item for shipping appropriately. Just put it in a plastic mailer and send it off with no extra padding, no bubble wrap, nothing. While I credit Fly By Jing for replacing my initial order and then refunding me after the second fail, I really think work needs to be done to ensure quality control on the shipping end.

When you order a product that costs close to $40, you’d think that care would be taken that it arrives intact. Unfortunately this has left a rather sour taste in my friend’s mouth as well, and you’ve lost a potential customer.

IšverstiShow in original languageI love this rice! I never taste it but plan to soon. I use it more so for my hair as a rice water rinse. It makes my hair feel so good and has so many antioxidants and nutrients that hair needs.

I also read that some Chinese has used it for their hair for centuries. I originally brought this rice from Amazon but they overly charged and sent me the wrong package. They did refund me without having to return the rice so that was a plus (no hassle).

I then seen this sight for way cheaper and decided to buy from here for the 1st time. Hopefully I’ll be satisfied, if so I’ll order from here from now on so we’ll see.

IšverstiShow in original languageI love it for health reasons but I also love the taste. The people I have recommended it to, fall in love with it too. I rarely eat white rice since discovering black rice.

I initially heard about it from a customer I didn’t know in the grocery store. She told me how nutritious it was and once I tried it, I never stopped. That was 4 years ago. Love, love, love it.

IšverstiShow in original languageMy family always purchases this rice. We really like the jasmine version. It tastes great and I’ve never had any issues with it, but also rice is rice so I’m not sure I necessarily need to buy such an expensive brand.

Still if you prefer eating organic I would definitely give this product a try. .

So good! Love the flavor and the mega bonus, is my kids like it too. A little goes a long way, as it’s very flavorful and savory. I’ve used it in stir fried vegetables and beef or chicken, and I’ve also poured it over grilled chicken.

I recommend this product, it’s a win win.

I love this. I put it on rice, pasta and any potatoes. I also love it on veggies. It adds flavor when there is none. Im in a nursing home after having a stroke and being paralyzed and the food has No flavor to it.

This and some other sauces are my saviors. It Id give it a Strong 5stars! It would be a great addition to hamburgers before they were grilled too.

This sauce is so delicious. I sautéed chicken with this and served it with rice and steamed vegetables. It was a hit with my family. Even my picky eaters loved the taste of this sauce on the chicken.

I highly recommend this sauce to anyone who loves Panda Express. Their mandarin chicken is one of my husbands favorites and this sauce allows me to bring that flavor home to a home cooked meal.

We love these noodles. One of my family’s Favorite Things is stir fry. We have a big family so it works out well to be able to buy them in bulk so they’ll last a while. They are yummy and cook quickly.

Be careful not to overcook them so they don’t get mushy. They are the yummiest when they are a bit firm still. You pre-cook them then add it to your stir-fry. So they continue to be cooked more in the stir fry.

So you do not want to overcook them when you pre cook them according to the package directions.

Impressed with the quality and price. Literally done cooking in 3 minutes. Used with teriyaki sauce, shrimp & veggies. Quick & easy cheap meal. Recommend!

I was really curious how this would turn out – and it was amazingly good. People need to stop comparing it to grandma’s version — for crying out loud! This is a freeze dried meal, ok??! When I have it, it’s bone-sticking hearty and good.

I think it’s all about water amount control. I’ve had the MH beef stew more than any other of their meals — and most of the times it turns out perfect, but on occasion it turns out soupy and terrible because of it.

My guess is that some packs just don’t get filled enough and then when you add the instructed amount of water, it’s just too much in those instances. So having learned this lesson, I’ve resorted to putting in about 3/4 of the instructed amount of boiling hot water, and stirring it up well.

From there I just eyeball it and add water a little by little to get it to the right looking texture. The seal it and wait. Have some more hot water boiling in case when you open the package to stir a second time and it looks too dry.

Add more boiling water but by bit as needed. This is how I do it now, with better results. Less common I think is where there’s just too much filling — the very first MG meal I had was this way — I used the right amount of water, but it waa a super dry lump of unappetizing dough-lime mass.

Threw it away. But I had bought two of the same pack (Southwestern Skillet), and later I tried it again, but this time added a LOT more water than the instructions and — it turned out really good.

The look and taste of this product has changed over the past few years and not for the better. I followed the directions exactly and I got croutons that were soggy on the outside ands had a crunch on the inside.

Tiny bits of sausage which had decent flavor, watery gruel looking gravy and too much of it. I prepared it again with just over half the amount of water, this time scalding water, really worked the bag and waited.

The end result was a cafeteria quality Thanksgiving “stuffing”. It did not taste bad. It was a bit bland. The gravy It was not Peak Refuel “real food” looking but not inedible. Its just a texture thing.

I kind of expect backpacking meal companies to compete for taste. Its not like we are prepping for the apocalypse and don’t have a choice. Most of Mountain House products are reliably good and I use a lot of their meals, bit this was not a hit at home here.

Let me change your life. Buy these. Choose a fatty meat of your choice. A cheap option is bacon, but if you can dish out a couple of coins for pork belly do it. Cook the meat then take the meat out when done and use the fatty oil‘s to sauté up some onions and bell peppers.

Once your veggies are cooked, in a separate bowl mix the base that comes in the package, with a rich milk. I use coconut milk, but you can use whole milk if that’s what you have. Use About 1/4 cup, but feel it out, you don’t want to water down your mixture but you want enough to make it a bit creamy/rich.

Add red pepper, sesame oil, black pepper and a bit of garlic powder if you don’t have actual garlic. Return the meat to the pan with the veggies. Do not overcook your Ramen. It says 3 to 5 minutes, I do four minutes.

Add the cooked Ramen to the pan sauté it for about 15 seconds with the veggies and meat. Then add your soup mixture on top. Cook it till it’s well mixed for another 15 to 20 seconds and take it out. Top it with chopped green onions.

You’re welcome mate.

This is good noodles. Now this version is made in the USA and it is very noticeably different from the Korean import variant I bought from the Asian stores and the version bought from Costco. Both Costco and the Asian stores have the same quaility and type of noodles.

This particular Shin ramyun from Walmart has different type of noodles, slightly thinner and more fried. The color is slightly darker than the other variants, strings are slightly thinner, and the fried noodles are way more crispy which is good if eaten raw, but it’s really bad for transporting because they break down so easily, especially in these bags with no cardboard.

I don’t mind the difference but my wife certainly prefers the original version (and costco version) as opposed to this one.

One of my favorite instant ramens on the market. It’s an absolute flavor bomb and filling, unlike most instant ramen (at least for me). I like to top mine off with green onion and Thai basil if I have it on hand.

The noodles come out to a nice firm texture so long as you follow instructions. Fair warning, this ramen is definitely spicy. If you’re sensitive to spicy food or just not a fan, you may want to consider something else.

But if you like beef flavored ramen and enjoy spicy foods, this is a fine option.

This didn’t really taste of hoisin sauce. Very strong garlic taste and not much else to it. Used a little of it but then threw the rest away. I really like the Sharwoods hoisin sauce but only tried this one as unfortunately I can’t get the Sharwoods one on my delivery shop.

I was absolutely surprised with this product, often times if you have a frozen microwave rice dish the rice texture is off putting. The steam style pkg allowed for the rice and veggies to stay moisturized and not mushy or hard.

I would say it would be great on it’s on as a side dish but I wanted to use it as a main dish and I added I was able to do so in about 15 minutes total. Got a bag of fresh stir fry veggies and a pkg of cubed ham pieces and cooked in a pan with EVOO, garlic, some bagel seasoning and a little teriyaki sauce.

While that was cooking I popped my rice in the microwave, when done it was dumped in with my veggies and pork and tada a complete meal for 4!!! I will be buying this again for the simplicity and fast to the table with great flavor aspects.

There are 2 packets of chicken in each box and there’s a sauce packet in each chicken packet, so 2 sauces. Since I was the only one eating lunch I just air fried one chicken packet in my Ninja air fryer (also opened the sauce packet and poured into a large bowl and left it on the counter 15 minutes to thaw while chicken air fried).

I also fixed some jasmine rice to have on the side to “sop up” any extra sauce. When the chicken was done, I put it in the bowl that I had put the sauce in and used tongs to mix it all up. OMG it’s so yummy! It IS spicy (which I like) but those who don’t like any spice you’ve been warned LOL.

I guess I must not eat a lot compared to some others, or just that I was the only one eating, but I had enough leftover for dinner tonight and am looking forward to it. This will become a favorite on my Sam’s Club list for sure!.

Happened to be browsing the frozen foods category and came across this. Trusted the reviews and glad I did! Tastes like non-spicy, mainly white-meat General Tso’s, IMO. Just add rice and broccoli, and you’re there! ( No soup and egg rolls, though.

;-)) Very easy and relatively quick to make (I prepared it in oven air fryer), and it really does stay crispy after tossing in the sauce! I like that the ingredients seem cleaner than anything I would get from a take-out.

Only one tiny minus: It’s not spicy at all to me, but it’s so tasty I forgot to add some heat. 🙂 Nicely done!.

Wow! So, we have a chain Korean restaurant near us that we love to frequent. Our kids (6 and 10) are obsessed with the crunchy fried chicken. I got this to try with minimal hope that it could even come close….

and it really surprised me. I made this in the oven and the extra crispness was definitely there. And honestly, I like this spicy sauce better than the restaurant’s, which has more spice than flavor.

I would ABSOLUTELY buy this again! I also made the Bibigo fried rice to go with this (pan fry method) and it was a delicious meal.

I received these products complimentary in exchange for my honest review. I was super excited to try these dumplings and these were beyond my initial expectations!! I love how these dumplings can easily be popped into the microwaves in under 2 minutes and come out steaming hot to eat.

The sauce even when taken out from the freezer, isn’t completely frozen and you can easily warm it up in some warm water or even just squeeze it straight from the packet. Don’t know how they did it, but my sauces were in semi liquid form straight from the freezer so I didn’t even really need to defrost them.

The sauce itself is similar to a soy sauce, but sweeter like a terriyaki soy sauce flavor. It goes great with the dumplings. I got the chicken version and loved how the outer skin didn’t become soggy from the microwave and had the perfect amount of bounce and elasticity.

The meat inside had some soup and made the succulent chicken meat even more savory.