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Home › Recipe Index › Holiday/Season › Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year Recipes

Celebrate Chinese New Year with dishes that bring joy, prosperity, and togetherness! Growing up in Taiwan with parents and grandparents from China, this has always been the biggest event of the year in my family.

Here, you’ll find my take on our Lunar New Year dishes—from savory wontons and long noodle soups to sweet Chinese almond cookies. These recipes are perfect for ringing in the Lunar New Year.

Whether you’re hosting a big family feast or a cozy dinner, you’ll discover both traditional and modern favorites to make your celebration unforgettable.

Salads

A vibrant cold enoki mushroom salad with spinach, red peppers, and roasted peanuts, tossed in a garlicky, tangy soy-vinegar dressing and served in a deep red bowl.

Enoki mushroom salad (涼拌金針菇)

Main Course

Feature image shows a bowl of dan dan noodles with dan dan sauce served in a red color bowl.

Taiwanese dan dan noodles

Condiments

feature image shows a person scoop up a spoonful of Taiwanese thick soy sauce (soy paste) from a glass jar.

Taiwanese thick soy sauce (醬油膏)

Condiments

Feature image shows sweet and sour dipping sauce in a bowl, dipped with egg rolls.

Sweet and sour dipping sauce

Side Dishes

Feature image shows a plate of crisp and yellow golden fried rice, topped with crispy shallots, scallions, served over a white color plate.

Golden fried rice

Main Course

Feature image shows a plate of crispy chinese lemon chicken drizzled with lemon sauce, served over a big blue white color plate.

Chinese lemon chicken

Side Dishes

Feature image shows a close shot of pickled garlic cloves in a sichuan style ginger peppercorn brine.

Pickled garlic

Main Course

Overhead feature image shows a plate of golden crisp fried rice with Chinese sausage served in a blue white color plate.

Chinese sausage fried rice

Side Dishes

Photo shows a plate of stir fried choy sum with garlic, served over a blue white color plate with chopsticks on the side.

Stir fried choy sum

Main Course

Overhead feature image shows a plate of delicious crispy tofu bites coated in a sticky Asian honey garlic sauce with peanuts on top.

Honey garlic tofu

Main Course

Overhead feature image shows a plate of crisp shrimp seasoned and coated with salt and pepper seasoning over a blue white color plate.

Salt and pepper shrimp

Appetizers

Feature image shows a bowl of soy egg sauce with eggs marinated inside with soft egg yolk center.

Soy sauce eggs

Main Course

Feature image with a close shot photo shows crisp brown tofu braised in a brown sauce and garnished with scallion in a wok.

Braised tofu (Hong Shao Dou Fu)

Side Dishes

Feature overhead image shows a plate of crisp stir fried bean sprouts topped with crispy shallots and thin sliced snow peas, Taiwanese style.

Bean sprouts stir fry

Side Dishes

Feature image shows a bowl of noodles seasoned with scallion oil and with crispy shallots on top, served in a blue white color Asian noodle bowl.

Scallion oil noodles 蔥油拌麵

Main Course

Feature image shows crispy chicken thighs with scallion oil drizzled on top, served on a blue white color plate.

Scallion chicken (蔥油雞)

Condiments

Feature image shows a ceramic bowl filled with ginger scallion sauce and serve with a spoon.

Ginger scallion sauce

Soup

Feature image shows a big clay pot filled with daikon radish soup with clear chicken broth, sliced carrots and scallion garnish over.

Daikon soup (蘿蔔湯)

Main Course

Feature image shows Taiwanese lu rou fan served in a light blue color bowl with rice, lu dan, and blanched vegetable on the side.

Lu Rou Fan (Slow cooker Taiwanese braised pork rice)

Soup

An overhead feature image shows a bowl of delicious Creamy chicken and rice soup Taiwanese style with garlic chips, ginger, green onions, and a poached egg served in one bowl.

Taiwanese chicken rice soup

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