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Home › Recipe Index › Cuisines › Taiwanese

Taiwanese recipes

Taiwanese food holds a special place in my heart. People often ask, “What’s the difference between Taiwanese and Chinese food?” While there are many similarities, Taiwanese cuisine tends to be lighter, more savory and sweet, and less spicy.

Taiwanese cooking is all about simplicity, with dishes that are comforting yet packed with delicious umami flavor. Whether you’re a beginner learning to make Taiwanese cuisine or a pro craving mom’s home cooking, these recipes will delight and bring the best of Taiwan to your kitchen.

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)

Main Course

A side close shot shows Braised Taiwanese minced pork rice bowl.

Taiwanese braised minced pork and rice (rou zao fan)

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

Main Course

Feature image shows a bowl of cold noodles covered in Taiwanese sesame sauce served in a blue white color bowl with sesame seeds on top.

Taiwanese cold sesame noodles

Salads

Photo shows a bowl of silken cold tofu salad bowl with garlic sesame tofu dressing served with cucumber and chicken.

Silken tofu salad

Main Course

An overhead shot image shows a blue and white color bowl with boiled cold noodles inside with Peanut butter sauce and veggies on the side.

Taiwanese cold peanut noodles

Main Course

A close shot shows juicy shrimp stir fried with cashew, ginger, garlic, scallions with shacha sauce and served on a white plate.

Sha cha shrimp

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

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

Side Dishes

Image shows Din Tai Fung fried rice recipe with shrimp and eggs plated and served just like the restaurant's in a plate.

Din Tai Fung fried rice recipe with shrimp

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