Zahra Tangorra

Feb 17, 2023 | epicurious.com | Kaitlin Leung |Zahra Tangorra |Marcella Hazan |Anna Stockwell

When Chinese bakeries and dim sum houses whip up curry puffs, they make the filling just as sweet as it is savory. Here, we're using ground chicken, stirred into a smooth curry sauce punctuated by plenty of caramelized onions. These chicken curry puffs have a pleasant balance of salt, spice, and sugar, making them perfect for an appetizer, afternoon snack, or even breakfast with a cup of tea. These puffs taste best made with homemade puff pastry, but you can also use store-bought.

Feb 17, 2023 | epicurious.com | Kaitlin Leung |Zahra Tangorra |Anna Stockwell |Marcella Hazan

To make salt-baked chicken, or yim guk gai in Cantonese, a whole chicken is marinated, wrapped in a parcel, placed in a wok or ceramic pot that is then filled with heated salt, and roasted. The purpose of the salt is not to flavor the chicken, but rather to transfer the heat evenly to the chicken, cooking it gently and resulting in silky, juicy meat.