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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.

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

Main Course

Feature image shows a big plate of tender shrimp with velvety lobster sauce.

Shrimp with lobster sauce

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

How To & Guides

Image shows fluffy white rice made from a rice cooker and fluff with a rice paddle.

How to cook rice in a rice cooker

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

Side Dishes

A close shot image shows crisp rice grains air fried in an air fryer basket with chicken and vegetables.

Air fryer chicken fried rice

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

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

Taiwanese braised minced pork and rice (rou zao fan)

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

Appetizers

Feature image shows a plate of crispy dumplings made with rice paper wrappers with garlic chive filling inside.

Rice paper chive dumplings

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

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

Side Dishes

Feature image shows garlic broccoli that is tender and coated with garlic sauce and served in a blue white color plate.

Broccoli with garlic sauce

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

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