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Vietnamese Fried Chicken Wings

My family loves these wings! Vietnamese Fried Chicken Wings with delicious sauce: bird’s eye chilies, garlic cloves, lime zest and juice, marmalade, fish sauce, cilantro, green onions, Thai basil, sesame oil. I marinated them in fish sauce, garlic powder, cider vinegar, black pepper, brown sugar. After the marinade, I made batter: cornstarch, ginger, cayenne pepper, salt, sugar, baking powder,...
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Honey cake, medovik

What I cook for my favorite people… Another dish I never understood why people are so obsessed with, honey cake ( medovik). I tried many times before from different bakers, and I really don't get it. Plus it’s sooooo complicated to make, at least for me, it takes forever if you are doing a perfect version of the...
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Vietnamese tomato onions salad and dressing

Vietnamese tomato onions salad, with baguette, Thai basil, cilantro, pistachios, crispy shallots. For the dressing: fish and soy sauce, maple syrup or honey, lime zest and juice, mustard, red chili. Love it!
Serves 4
For the dressing
1 tbsp fish sauce or soy sauce
1 top maple syrup or honey zest of 1 lime plus 1 tbsp juice 1 red...
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Slivyanka, plum liqueur

Skivyanka, plum liqueur. From 10 kg of plums, a little more than 10 l of super delicious drink. plums 1 kg vodka 0.5l sugar 300g Rinse the ripe plums thoroughly, remove the pits and cut into small pieces. 2. Place the chopped plums in a jar or wine bucket. I also put them in a special wine making bag. 3. Add vodka, Plum...
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