I feel I now have a second home in Skokie, Illinois. When I went to do an event there for the Skokie Kollel, last Monday, I was given the warmest welcome I’ve ever had. The women of the entire community packed into the beautiful kollel building. I totally enjoyed working with the rabbis who run the kollel as well as Tami & Barbra, the pair that chaired the event. They were fantastic and we have become fast friends. My assistants for food prep were Sharon Matten (a culinary celeb in her own right), Debbie and Rebbetzin Rosenberg. We worked so well together! All150 women who attended enjoyed a superb tasting, if I do say so myself and couldn’t stop thanking me. I was blown away by their intense appreciation. I’ve been in a lot of places, folks, but I have never experienced anything like this. Listen, when your day starts at 3:30 am to catch a flight, and you spend the whole day cooking, preparing and doing a program until 10:30 pm, you really relish a word of thanks.
So you want to know what I served that evoked such praise? You can check out the entire menu here, but one of the stars was one of my favorite recipes from my new book, Quick & Kosher Meals in Minutes– Asian Chicken Salad — which was developed around a bottled dressing that I particularly like. That’s a huge stretch for me because I don’t go for most bottled dressings. But Asian Carrot Ginger from Wafu is different.
Apparently, it’s the best-selling dressing in Canada. Who new Canadians had such good taste? (Just kidding, just kidding.) Unfortunately it’s not distributed widely in the US. So we called up Wafu and asked them to gift a case to one lucky winner. If you happen to be unlucky and don’t win this contest – you can use a recipe I created for homemade Asian Carrot Ginger Dressing. If you still want a shortcut (which I totally understand), you can pick up any other Asian style dressing, ginger or tamari, or peanut Thai in a bottle and it will still work wonderfully with this recipe. Believe me, I have tried them all.
So thanks Skokie, thanks Wafu and thanks to all my new friends – may we continue to enjoy Asian Chicken Salad and other wonderful goodies together!
***CONTEST DETAILS*** For your chance to win a case of assorted Wafu Dressings (Kosher Certification is the MK) please leave a comment below telling us your favorite Kosher Asian Dish. One winner will be chosen at random from qualified entries. Contest ends Friday June 10 2011 at 9 am EST. Contest is open to Canadian and US Residents only.
CONTEST EXTENDED UNTIL 9 AM EST MONDAY JUNE 13 2011
And the winner is…… Susan K Benesch! please check your email, Susan, for info on how to claim your prize.
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We have a new contest up – you could win 4lbs of kosher Ground Beef – click here.
I think Kosher Korean Marinated Ribs are awesome!
My favorite is Egg Thread Soup with Asparagus
We have several favorite dishes: stir fried chicken or beef with veggies and nuts. Chicken soup broth with blanched veggies and hot pepper to taste. I used to make wonderful vegetarian egg rolls that everyone loved- till I lost my cookbook.
i love cashew chicken
Ginger chicken
I love ginger chicken!
My favorite is Steamed Fish with Young Ginger.
Vegetable fried rice.
i like Steamed Fish with Young Ginger
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My favourite kosher Asian dish is a tofu peanut stir fry with snow peas, mushrooms, red peppers, and onions, served over steamed rice.
My favorite kosher Asian dish is orange chicken. In fact I’m craving it right now! Thank you for the lovely giveaway.
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I like the Chicken Egg Roll!
I love a simple steamed tofu with mixed vegetables. I like it with a white garlic ginger sauce on the side.
i love Curry Chicken and also Sesame noodles!
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me and my daughter love to cook but it takes so much time so we found a great meal called sesame noodles with chicken so me and my daughter can make it and it saves time.
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My favorite dishes can be kosher but normally don’t come as such with the exception of Tofu Pad Woon Sen. Others are crispy duck curry, any type of Pho really, Panang curry, and sushi of any type with a good sashimi sauce. Sadly Asian is a little misleading and a coverall for so many different types of food I could almost go on forever with all of the delicious things I adore from different cultures. B”H!
i LOVE sesame noodles with chicken breast and broccoli!!!
Chicken lo mein!!! Soooo intensely boring yet so delicious!!! 🙂
Jamie thank you very much for this chance to win an awesome prize. As for a favorite Asian dish, my family would vote for the Japanese chicken I make called Mizutaki. I use the recipe in The New York Times Cookbook by Craig Claiborne. To maintain Kashru, I substitute a dry sherry for sake and I do not use monosodium glutamate. Now I know what I hope to prepare for this Shabbos!
fried rice.
Vegetarian Thai Curry!! Num num num.
we love to make sushi!
My favorite would be the Asian Chicken Salad!
chicken broccoli stirfry
Chicken Egg Role!
My favorite is the Chicken Egg Foo Young
My all-time favorite asian dish that we make at home are Asian Lettuce Cups – made with (we use turkey) your choice of meat, water chestnuts, and all types of yummy asian seasonings. My mouth is watering just thinking about them.
Wow, that Asian chicken salad looks incredible, I’m going to have to try it! 🙂
My favorite of Kosher Asian dish is probably the Green Tea-Jasmine Sorbet if that counts!
i once went to a kosher chinese restaurant had amazaingly delicious honey chicken. Where i live kosher restaurants and meat is hard to come by, so it was a real treat.
New family favorite: pad see ew (simple flat rice noodles with a soy sauce/egg/garlic sauce)
I would love to win a case! I make a pretty good hot and sour soup with lots of veggies and tofu, it’s a nice change on Friday night from chicken soup or a good weekday dinner.
Hi! It’s Debbie from Skokie. It was such a fabulous event, thanks for coming. My favorite Asian dish would have to be Pad Thai, either with tofu or chicken. (Pad see ew)
Sesame noodles — an oldie but a goodie!
Asian chicken and spaghetti- its quick and easy too!!
Sushi. And I make my own hot and sour soup which I like better than in restaurant.
Although I now live in Florida, I am Canadian, (Montreal-home of the MK) and of course I have good taste! My favorite Asian Dish is Broccoli and Beef Stir Fry (great for Pesach too) I use a can of water chestnuts, beef cubes,frozen broccoli, onion (or onion powder) , lots of garlic powder, pepper and stir fry it until the beef is brown. Tres Delicieuse!
Also, I buy Wafu on Amazon.com in bulk. We love all three – the carrot ginger, the vingarette and wasabi edamame.
I love WAFU dressing!! My favourite meal is good greasy chicken and broccoli & wonton soup.
My favorite Asian dishes are Curry Chicken with onions, beef egg rolls and Chicken Egg Foo Young.
My favorite dish is pad see ew.
Jamie,
You are a true professional. With the heat & the luggage delay you never lost your cool. Thanks for coming, we enjoyed every minute with you.
Barbara & Tami
I made fried rice to go with the chicken for last Shabbos night, and it was gobbled up pronto. I hadn’t made it in a long time, so I think we especially enjoyed it. (Is this a more American than Asian dish? It definitely has Asian overtones.)
I too love Asian stir fry. I make it about every 2 weeks for an easy, quick meal for my husband and I.
I love to cook Asian stir fry dishes, with or without meat. But at the restaurant, gotta love classic cashew chicken.
I make a Panang curried chicken in a slow cooker which my wife and I truly enjoy. But I would love to try Wafu Dressings and make my life easier
My favorite Asian dish is your Asian Chicken Salad. I was at the event in Skokie and got to taste the salad. It was delicious!!! It was a fun and enjoyable night.
Thank you!!
Jamie, you are so sweet! I really enjoyed meeting you at that event, and was excited to get a picture with you (i.e. the new-age autograph). The food was great, and the next day I made the tofu with soba noodles dish. I already had both of your books, but for some reason, I was afraid to make tofu. It turned out great. Thank you for the great recipes and a fun time with my mother and mother in law.
My favorite Asian dish is Mongolian Beef. Back before I kept kosher, this was my favorite, and the best (kosher) version I had was in Atlanta when I did USY on Wheels. Maybe I’ll try to make it myself someday.
My favorite kosher Asian dish is Thai yellow curry (chicken). Really must try to make it myself.
First of all, I enjoyed this article. The gratitude expressed by the Skokie residents says a lot about their character.
My favorite kosher asian dish is Chicken and Noodles with Teriyaki sauce. I love the Veri Veri Teriyaki sauce by Soy Vay Enterprises. It’s an all natural garlic asian sauce that is delicious and loaded with sesame seeds.
To prepare the dish I cut boneless chicken thighs in strips and marinate them in a little of the teriyaki sauce for about 30 minutes. I then drain off the sauce and sear the strips in hot oil. Once the chicken strips are done, I add the teriyaki sauce and deglaze the pan. I serve this mixture over whole wheat linguine with diced green onions and more sesame seeds.