You are so funny! You think you’ve got troubles. I have no ankles! Wish I could tweeze those babies to size. Why me?
Mmmm, the Chinese BBQ pastries sound wonderful
Hy Jaden…those look awesome! I’ll be making them for restaurant friends Monday. I didn’t see the note on the mushrooms, though.
Thanks for sharing!
btw…hilarious intro….would love to see those old family photos, though…yikes!
It looks good, but I’m laughing too much to think about food. Almost daily I am lamenting my own lack of eyebrows. To make matters worse, now that I am (ahem) a bit older, my eyebrows are partly gray so they look even thinner. I have to use eyebrow pencil or I have no eyebrows at all, and everyone knows that eyebrow pencil is so 70’s. So, moral of the story, no one is ever satisfied!
Yummy! And a big thanks to the pre-made puff pastries. Now we can enjoy these pastries without going through the pastry making process. I have done it once, and it’s not a very friendly process.. 😛
You have truly distinguished your blog from all the other food blogs; sexy and informative. Bushy e.b. is a prelude to bushy a.p. in time for summer?
Chicken BBQ pastry is healthier than the traditional pork BBQ and using ready made pastry saves time. Adding a few green peas and you can turn this into Malaysian Siew Pao.
Hehe – I take it the eyebrows are under control now?
I love making pastries with pre-made puff pastry – it’s so more-ish plus you can just add any filling – savoury or sweet! Great move adding chili! yum!
An awkward, pimply-faced frog?! I can’t believe it!
Love this recipe…. good to see you had more brains than I did: I pulled some puff pastry out of my freezer to cook a pie last week…couldn’t see a use-by date on the packet, assumed it would be OK. Flat and terrible…. one ruined pie!
When Mary and I taped the official video of Taste of the Nation: Toledo this past April 29th, one of the four National Chefs was Eve Aronoff of Eve’s, The Restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan (just around the corner from the famous Zingerman’s Deli). The dish she served at Taste was right off her appetizer menu, the Thai Chicken Dumplings. Jaden, these Chinese BBQ Pastries look just like Eve’s Thai Chicken Dumplings, which were so good! The recipe is available in Eve’s cookbook. I’ll have to point Eve to your recipe next time I see her.
LOL! My daughter has such issues with eyebrows that she saw Freda and could only think “Eyebrows – there should be two of them!”
I love making the lettuce wraps but never thought of putting it into a pastry. You’re a genius!
Think PF Chang is now serving Minced Chicken Lettuce Cups and they highly recommended it to diners. Your puff pastry is “puffed” up to the fullest (was the Big Bad Wolf just around the corner to *huff and puff* ?)- it’s like those 2inch-tall toasts that some HK tea cafes served.
Those pastries look and sounds yummy! I like how you used minced chicken rather than pork. I will have to give this a go. Do you think that the taste will be compromised if I don’t use any Shaoxing wine? I don’t have it in my pantry.
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I cannot believe that I actually have everything to make these in my pantry right at this minute! I did laugh at the eyebrow stuff…but I’m glad this post ended up with these yummy-looking puffs.
I more than enjoyed the pastries….am contemplating moving to the States! LOL….Meanwhile, will have to deal with the cruelty I’m subjected to each time I visit your blog!
Everytime someone suggests that we go to PF Chang’s for dinner, they always say, I love their lettuce wraps. They are good, but I think your recipe looks better. And PF Chang’s is totally overrated.
I tried making these last weekend. I had problems finding puff pastry (turned out to be looking in the wrong section) so a friend advised me to get “fillo dough, it’s the same thing really”.
Well it wasn’t. What I ended up with was tasty but looked nothing like yours. A few days later, having found the puff pastry in my local grocery, I tried again with much more success.
At the same time I used up the rest of my fillo dough to make a spring roll type of thing with the same filling. Mmmm, very tasty.
This weekend I’m going to try that again with some veggies in it.
You are so funny! You think you’ve got troubles. I have no ankles! Wish I could tweeze those babies to size. Why me?
Mmmm, the Chinese BBQ pastries sound wonderful
hmm … yummy. Haven’t had Chinese pastries for long time.
I’ve got puff pastry in the freezer, i definitly will be trying this out.
Do you buy the chicken pre-ground or do you grind it yourself?
Melinda- yeah, tweezers on ankles just wouldn’t do a thing for you. I heard duct tape works wonders!
Ninja- thank you!
Guy- I bought pre-ground- but my market grinds them fresh daily.
Hy Jaden…those look awesome! I’ll be making them for restaurant friends Monday. I didn’t see the note on the mushrooms, though.
Thanks for sharing!
btw…hilarious intro….would love to see those old family photos, though…yikes!
It looks good, but I’m laughing too much to think about food. Almost daily I am lamenting my own lack of eyebrows. To make matters worse, now that I am (ahem) a bit older, my eyebrows are partly gray so they look even thinner. I have to use eyebrow pencil or I have no eyebrows at all, and everyone knows that eyebrow pencil is so 70’s. So, moral of the story, no one is ever satisfied!
Wowww..!!!Looks very good.
Yummy! And a big thanks to the pre-made puff pastries. Now we can enjoy these pastries without going through the pastry making process. I have done it once, and it’s not a very friendly process.. 😛
j, that picture of your aunt fannning the hot porridge was hil-freakin-arious.
Dear Jaden,
You have truly distinguished your blog from all the other food blogs; sexy and informative. Bushy e.b. is a prelude to bushy a.p. in time for summer?
Chicken BBQ pastry is healthier than the traditional pork BBQ and using ready made pastry saves time. Adding a few green peas and you can turn this into Malaysian Siew Pao.
Hehe – I take it the eyebrows are under control now?
I love making pastries with pre-made puff pastry – it’s so more-ish plus you can just add any filling – savoury or sweet! Great move adding chili! yum!
An awkward, pimply-faced frog?! I can’t believe it!
Love this recipe…. good to see you had more brains than I did: I pulled some puff pastry out of my freezer to cook a pie last week…couldn’t see a use-by date on the packet, assumed it would be OK. Flat and terrible…. one ruined pie!
When Mary and I taped the official video of Taste of the Nation: Toledo this past April 29th, one of the four National Chefs was Eve Aronoff of Eve’s, The Restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan (just around the corner from the famous Zingerman’s Deli). The dish she served at Taste was right off her appetizer menu, the Thai Chicken Dumplings. Jaden, these Chinese BBQ Pastries look just like Eve’s Thai Chicken Dumplings, which were so good! The recipe is available in Eve’s cookbook. I’ll have to point Eve to your recipe next time I see her.
LOL! My daughter has such issues with eyebrows that she saw Freda and could only think “Eyebrows – there should be two of them!”
I love making the lettuce wraps but never thought of putting it into a pastry. You’re a genius!
Think PF Chang is now serving Minced Chicken Lettuce Cups and they highly recommended it to diners. Your puff pastry is “puffed” up to the fullest (was the Big Bad Wolf just around the corner to *huff and puff* ?)- it’s like those 2inch-tall toasts that some HK tea cafes served.
Those pastries look and sounds yummy! I like how you used minced chicken rather than pork. I will have to give this a go. Do you think that the taste will be compromised if I don’t use any Shaoxing wine? I don’t have it in my pantry.
Nora- try dry sherry or just regular white wine instead of Shaoxing. Let me know when you’ve made it!
Tiger- yeah, they puffed up really high! Pepperidge Farms puff pastry
Lynn- Freda shoulda used Tweezerman!
LPC- I’ll have to try a thai version with ginger, lemongrass and thai basil next time.
Stephanie – wait til I show you pics…you’ll agree about the pimply faced frog!
W&S- Yes, brows tamed.
Mrs. HBT- what is a.p.?!
Bee- yeah and she can fan at different speeds too
Anh- i don’t think i will ever attempt the home made version. store bought is too convenient.
Viji- thank you!
Kalyn – eyebrow envy is bad kharma
Bruce- Take pics of your puffs and post it!
My apologies, I abbreviated, e.b. is eye brow, a.p. is arm pit.
Hi Jaden,
Looks wonderful. My mom makes similar pastry filled with curry potatoes and minced chicken, an easy version of our famous curry puffs.
Hi, Jaden, Thanks for coming by my blog. You are hilarious! I really enjoyed reading your post and your BBQ puffs look amazing!
[…] Sunburst and StarBurst fonts. What do bushy eyebrows and chinese bbq pastries have in common? Why Jaden, of course. Talented, funny, and obviously a winner in the dna pool, i find it intensely comforting […]
I cannot believe that I actually have everything to make these in my pantry right at this minute! I did laugh at the eyebrow stuff…but I’m glad this post ended up with these yummy-looking puffs.
Mm mmm mm, these look delish! No PF Changs here, but at least I won’t have any expectations for this dish other than supreme deliciousness!
Mrs.HBT- hairy armpits! yikes! 🙂
Maya- please post a recipe – I’d love to try your version.
Carol- Thanks my new friend!
Ample Sanity- yes, there is order in the universe. …
Lydia- and nicely manicured brows, might I add
Ellie- Thank you! PF Changs is totally overrated anyways.
i can’t wait to try a veggie version of this. you are such a talented photographer!
I more than enjoyed the pastries….am contemplating moving to the States! LOL….Meanwhile, will have to deal with the cruelty I’m subjected to each time I visit your blog!
Everytime someone suggests that we go to PF Chang’s for dinner, they always say, I love their lettuce wraps. They are good, but I think your recipe looks better. And PF Chang’s is totally overrated.
Linda- let me know what kind of veggie version you make!
WMW- come visit! I’ll feed you well my friend.
Lizzy- thank you! maybe i should start my own “PF Jaden’s
which would stand for “Phhhhhenominally Fabulous”
I tried making these last weekend. I had problems finding puff pastry (turned out to be looking in the wrong section) so a friend advised me to get “fillo dough, it’s the same thing really”.
Well it wasn’t. What I ended up with was tasty but looked nothing like yours. A few days later, having found the puff pastry in my local grocery, I tried again with much more success.
At the same time I used up the rest of my fillo dough to make a spring roll type of thing with the same filling. Mmmm, very tasty.
This weekend I’m going to try that again with some veggies in it.
Thanks! Great recipe.
Jasper- Sounds like you are having fun experimenting! I’ll have to try the fillo dough-egg roll thing.