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Home › Recipe Index › Holiday/Season › Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Bring bold Asian flavors to your holiday table! From roasted Cornish hens and Thai-spiced Dutch oven whole chicken to miso butter baked trout and festive veggie sides, these dishes add a cozy, flavor-packed twist to traditional Thanksgiving favorites.

Even though I grew up in Taiwan, I’ve spent most of my life in the U.S., and these are the kinds of dishes I love to cook for my family during the holidays. They’re my way of blending familiar Thanksgiving comfort with the flavors I grew up with — full of umami, color, and warmth. Each recipe is deeply personal, rooted in Asian ingredients and seasonings, but reimagined for the modern American table.

Main Course

A platter of Chinese steamed chicken topped with sliced ginger, goji berries, fresh herbs, and chopped green onions, served with a savory sauce. A spoon rests on the plate, and garnishes are nearby.

Chinese steamed chicken

Main Course

A white baking dish with roasted cherry tomatoes, white beans, chicken meatballs, cauliflower, fresh spinach, and a large stuffed spinach artichoke dip on a wooden surface evokes the comfort of a chicken cauliflower casserole next to a striped cloth.

Chicken cauliflower casserole

Main Course

A patterned bowl filled with white rice, ground beef bulgogi, sautéed onions, a bulgogi sauce simmered egg, sliced green onions, and a sprinkle of sesame seeds, with a wooden spoon resting inside.

Quick ground beef bulgogi

Main Course

A wooden bowl filled with white rice, glazed caramelized meat slices made with a soy sauce chicken marinade, topped with sesame seeds, chopped green bok choy, and red chili. Small dishes of soy sauce and a napkin are nearby on a tiled surface.

Taiwanese soy chicken marinade

Salads

A bowl of Korean carrot salad, topped with sliced green onions and black and white sesame seeds, sits on a wooden board. Lemon wedges, chopped green onions, spices, and chopsticks are placed nearby.

Korean carrot salad

Main Course

Feature image shows a bowl of vegetable bibimbap with crispy rice topping in one bowl.

Crispy Rice Bibimbap

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

Dressings

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)

Appetizers

Feature image shows an angle shot with a plate of crispy eggplant mini bites served in a wooden plate with sweet sour dipping sauce on the side.

Crispy Eggplant Bites with Sweet and Sour Sauce

Dressings

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

Main Course

Feature image shows crispy bang bang shrimp wrapped in nori wraps into hand rolls with cucumber, avocado, and sushi rice.

Bang bang shrimp sushi hand roll

Main Course

Feature image shows a plate of crispy Japanese fried chicken made in an air fryer and serve with lemon and cucumber slices on the side.

Air fryer karaage (Japanese fried chicken)

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

Salads

Feature image shows bok choy slaw with other Asian coleslaw vegetables in a large white serving plate and Thai chili dressing on the side.

Bok Choy Slaw with Thai Chili Lime Dressing

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

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