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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.

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

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

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

Main Course

Image shows stir fried Shanghai rice cake with napa cabbage and bok choy in Asian brown sauce on a purple color plate.

Shanghai rice cake with napa cabbage and bok choy

Appetizers

Feature image shows beef wonton pan seared then steamed to juicy tender and served on a big round plate.

Beef wonton

Soup

Feature image shows tender pork ribs soup simmered with daikon radish, carrots, and corn and served in a white soup bowl.

Pork rib soup with daikon

How To & Guides

Feature image shows different ways to fold wontons.

How to fold wontons

Soup

Feature image shows silky soft wontons boiled and served in a bowl of egg drop soup with spinach and seaweed in the bowl.

Wonton egg drop soup

Appetizers

Feature image shows wonton chips made in an air fryer and served with sweet plum dipping sauce on the side.

Air fryer wonton chips

Appetizers

Shrimp wontons boiled to soft and tender and served in a plate with chili sauce on top.

Shrimp wontons

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