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Home › Recipe Index › Cuisines › Chinese

Chinese

Chinese cuisine is as vast and diverse as the country itself, and it holds a deep connection to my roots. Growing up in Taiwan, with grandparents and parents hailing from both North and South China, I was fortunate to experience a rich variety of authentic Chinese dishes from a young age.

Here, you’ll find my interpretation of Chinese cuisine, blending traditional flavors with an approachable style. These recipes are made with easy-to-find ingredients and simplified cooking techniques, so whether you’re just starting out or already a seasoned cook, you can recreate the bold and comforting flavors of Chinese cooking right in your kitchen.

Side Dishes

Feature image shows a bowl of Chinese sticky rice stuffing with sausage, shiitake, chestnuts served in a blue white color bowl.

Sticky rice stuffing

Soup

Feature image shows a bowl of shrimp wonton soup with northern Chinese style wonton broth served in a blue white color bowl.

Authentic Shrimp Wonton Soup

Soup

Feature image shows a pot of Napa cabbage soup with egg ribbons in a claypot.

Napa cabbage egg drop soup

Main Course

Image shows a bowl of Chinese braised beef stew with daikon and carrots.

Chinese beef stew

Soup

Feature image shows a bowl of lotus root soup with baby pork ribs and broth served in a soup bowl.

Lotus root soup with pork ribs

Soup

Image shows a bowl of Chinese winter melon soup with chicken and shiitake in a soup bowl.

Winter melon chicken soup

Main Course

An overhead image shows Chinese beef with garlic sauce with tender beef stir fried in rich garlic sauce, served over a bowl of white rice.

Beef with garlic sauce

Main Course

Feature image shows Asian cold noodles with salad greens and cooked proteins tossed in a big salad plate.

Cold noodle salad

Side Dishes

A side shot image shows buttery soft eggplants stir fried with tofu puffs with basil, chili, and garlic sauce.

Eggplant tofu with garlic basil sauce

Main Course

An overhead image shows a plate of sweet corn kernels sauteed with chicken and served with rice on a plate.

Stir fry corn with chicken (玉米雞丁)

Cuisines

Image shows a bowl of thinly sliced pork velveted with pork stir fry marinade, covered in a red bowl.

How to velvet pork

Course

Feature image shows Persian cucumbers sliced to spears and marinated with Asian pickling juice and served in a white oval plate.

Asian pickled cucumbers

Appetizers

Feature image shows tofu puffs with golden brown color outside and fluffy inside, served in a bamboo basket with dipping sauce and lettuce greens on the side.

Tofu puffs

Side Dishes

A close shot shows blanched yu choy stacked onto a serving plate and covered with minced garlic with garlic sauce.

Yu choy with garlic sauce

Side Dishes

Feature image shows sticky rice made in a microwave.

Microwave sticky rice

Side Dishes

Feature image shows sticky rice made in a rice cooker.

How to make sticky rice in rice cooker

Side Dishes

Image shows sauteed napa cabbage with garlic ginger and shiitake mushrooms Asian style served in a light gray color plate.

Sauteed Napa cabbage with shiitake

Side Dishes

Feature image shows crispy Cantonese chow mein noodles with bean sprouts, onion, and garlic give served in a big white plate.

Cantonese chow mein

Main Course

Image shows crispy chow mein noodles house special with chicken and shrimp served in a light blue color plate.

House special chow mein

Main Course

Image shows chicken breast stir fried with oyster sauce with shiitake and snow pea leaves in a red color plate.

Oyster sauce chicken stir fry with snow pea leaves

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