Recipes from China

20 recipes

Dishes and meals

Beef Baozi (Steamed Buns)

Soft, fluffy white Chinese buns cooked in steam and filled with juicy minced beef, green onion, ginger, soy sauce and sesame oil.

⏱ 1 h 10 min+ 1 h 15 min waiting• Advanced

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Beef Jiaozi (Chinese Boiled Dumplings)

Small crescent-shaped Chinese dumplings with thin, tender wrappers and a juicy beef, cabbage and ginger filling, boiled and dipped in soy-vinegar sauce.

⏱ 1 h 25 min+ 30 min waiting• Advanced

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Chicken Chow Mein

Stir-fried egg noodles with sliced chicken, cabbage, carrot and bean sprouts in a light soy sauce with a golden-brown colour.

⏱ 40 min• Easy

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Cumin Lamb (Ziran Yangrou)

Thin slices of lamb stir-fried over fierce heat with cumin seeds, chili, onion and coriander — dry, aromatic and crisp at the edges.

⏱ 30 min+ 35 min waiting• Medium

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Sichuan Dry-Fried Green Beans

Green beans fried until blistered and wrinkled, then tossed with garlic, dried chilies and Sichuan pepper.

⏱ 25 min• Easy• 🍃 Healthy

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Garlic Stir-Fried Bok Choy

Baby bok choy stir-fried fast with garlic over high heat until the leaves wilt and the stems stay crisp and juicy.

⏱ 16 min• Easy• 🍃 Healthy

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Chinese Hot and Sour Soup with Chicken

A lightly thickened Chinese soup with strips of chicken, tofu, mushroom and carrot, its heat from white pepper and its tang from vinegar, finished with silky egg ribbons and sesame oil.

⏱ 40 min• Easy• 🍃 Healthy

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Jianbing (Chinese Breakfast Crepe)

A thin Chinese crepe cooked with egg spread over it, sprinkled with green onion, coriander and sesame, brushed with hoisin and chili sauce, and folded around a crisp cracker.

⏱ 30 min• Medium

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Kung Pao Chicken

Diced chicken stir-fried fast with dried red chilies, Sichuan pepper and peanuts in a glossy sweet, sour and savoury sauce.

⏱ 35 min• Medium

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Mapo Tofu with Minced Beef

Soft tofu cubes in a fiery red sauce of chili bean paste and minced beef, finished with tingling Sichuan pepper.

⏱ 30 min• Medium• 🍃 Healthy

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Chinese Scallion Pancakes (Cong You Bing)

Flatbreads that are crisp outside and chewy inside, with many thin layers streaked with green onion, pan-fried in a little oil and dipped in soy-vinegar sauce.

⏱ 50 min+ 40 min waiting• Medium

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Chinese Smashed Cucumber Salad (Pai Huang Gua)

Cucumber smashed with the flat of a knife until it cracks, then tossed in a garlic, vinegar and soy dressing with homemade chili oil. A cold, crunchy, refreshing salad ready in minutes.

⏱ 17 min+ 15 min waiting• Easy• 🍃 Healthy

Steamed Fish with Ginger and Green Onion

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Steamed Fish with Ginger and Green Onion

White fish fillets steamed, then finished with sizzling hot oil poured over ginger and green onion and a light soy sauce. Healthy, light and ready in minutes.

⏱ 35 min• Easy• 🍃 Healthy

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Sweet and Sour Chicken

Crisp fried chicken pieces tossed in a glossy red sweet-and-sour sauce with pineapple, bell pepper and onion.

⏱ 50 min+ 15 min waiting• Medium

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Chinese Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry

Soft, fluffy scrambled egg folded into tomatoes cooked down to a sweet-and-sour sauce — a simple home dish spooned over rice.

⏱ 20 min• Easy• 🍃 Healthy

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Shrimp Wonton Soup

Delicate wontons filled with shrimp and chicken, floating in a clear hot broth with bok choy and green onion.

⏱ 1 h• Medium• 🍃 Healthy

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Yangzhou Fried Rice with Shrimp

Fried rice with separate, distinct grains, shrimp, egg, peas and carrot — lightly seasoned and pale gold.

⏱ 30 min• Easy

Yuxiang Eggplant (Sichuan Fish-Fragrant Eggplant)

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Yuxiang Eggplant (Sichuan Fish-Fragrant Eggplant)

Creamy, soft eggplant batons in a spicy, sweet and sour Sichuan sauce with garlic, ginger and chili bean paste.

⏱ 35 min+ 15 min waiting• Medium• 🍃 Healthy

Desserts from China

Desserts around the world

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Mango Pomelo Sago

A chilled dessert of blended mango and coconut milk with clear sago pearls, topped with diced mango and pomelo.

⏱ 40 min+ 1 h 10 min waiting• Easy

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Tangyuan

Soft white glutinous rice balls filled with sweet black sesame paste, served hot in a ginger and brown sugar syrup.

⏱ 1 h+ 20 min waiting• Medium