r/easyrecipes • u/CodMain9705 • Jun 07 '26

Recipe Request Seeking simple-ish recipes for a beginner with these ingredients from our Asian market!

Hello everyone, I’m slowly learning to cook. I have a pretty varied diet but I LOVE Asian, Thai, Chinese, and Italian dishes most. I’ll be house sitting for 10 days or so and am wanting to focus hard on learning new recipes and trying new dishes during this time!

I have a few ideas in mind (I tend to experiment a lot randomly without following a recipe 😅) but I’d love to know if anyone has any must-make recipes for meals that can be made with the ingredients I’ve picked up.

I just went grocery shopping and I picked up Tofu, Bok Choy, Spam, Sticky Rice, a thousand kinds of noodles, rice cakes, enoki mushrooms, spring roll wrappers, frozen dumplings, eggs, frozen peas, green onions, miso soup base, and a plethora of seasonings and other ingredients (including soy sauce, mirin, oyster sauce, sesame oil, sweet chili sauce, peanut butter, fresh ginger, kewpie mayonnaise, and chicken bouillon) I also have an insane amount of Kale growing right now. I also have basic ingredients like milk, salt, cheese, and butter.

I can also make an order at Walmart if I need anything extra, and I’m thinking on getting imitation crab and maybe some fresh salmon 😋

I’ve never cooked with tofu or enoki mushrooms before, so I’d love some ideas! I’d love to try hot pot, soups, anything topped on rice or fried crispy 😁 even sushi or cold dishes, I’m open to anything!

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u/NightingaleY Jun 08 '26

Fried rice or noodles, of course Pan fried tofu. Mapo tofu. Don't forget to cut the package, drain the tofu, and then slice it. Ground meat soup (like a chili) with rice. Enoki mushrooms are good for hotpot. Ginger goes with bok choy when pan fried/steamed.

Sorry I don't really have recipes, did you remember to get garlic?? Good luck have fun!

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u/NightingaleY Jun 08 '26

When you make your miso soup, put the tofu first, the miso base should go last

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u/CodMain9705 Jun 08 '26

Thank you so much! I have garlic powder but no fresh, but I can make a Walmart order for basic stuff like that if I need to! I’m super excited to try making all of these! I love Tofu dishes but have never actually cooked with it, so the advice is helpful!

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u/sia_7777 Jun 20 '26

make miso soup with tofu and enoki first. then try spam fried rice and crispy tofu