Chinese New Year + Under 30 minutes recipes (31)

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Asian-style Noodle Soup

Recipe by: Angie

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In Asia, there are different kinds of 'noodle soup'. This one is a great comfort food on a cold day, but also light and healthy. Quantities are arbitrary - adjust to own taste. Very important to add the shallots as they give the fragrance and flavour. Instead of egg noodles, sometimes I use macaroni. If you are adventurous, eat with chopped hot chilli pepper or add some dried chilli flakes to make the soup spicy.

Cashew and Chicken Stir-fry

Recipe by: Jan Cutler

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Chicken, nuts and apricots flavoured with tangy fresh basil make a refreshing summer-style stir-fry. Serve with rice noodles or fluffy white rice for a healthy meal in moments. Delicious!

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Chi Tan T'ang (Egg Drop Soup)

Recipe by: Brian Gillette

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This is a simple soup in which beaten eggs are stirred into chicken stock flavoured with soy sauce, vinegar and chopped scallions.

Chicken in a Peanut Sauce

Recipe by: MARBALET

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Red pepper, spring onions and bean sprouts are tossed with strips of cooked chicken and noodles, then dressed with an Asian-inspired blend of peanut butter, soy sauce, chicken stock and fresh ginger.

Chicken in Chinese pancakes

Recipe by: Jan Cutler

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Use the tender meat left from last night's roast chicken for these Asian-flavoured pancakes with spring onions, five-spice powder and soy sauce. It's a fun family meal as each diner custom-makes his own pancake.

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Chilli prawns with rice sticks

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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Rice sticks are flat noodles made from rice flour, available from Oriental food stores. With a lighter texture than wheat-flour noodles, they are perfect for stir-fries. Here, fine asparagus, succulent tiger prawns and crunchy water chestnuts are cooked quickly with the tender noodles.

Chinese Green Bean Stir-Fry

Recipe by: Jackie O.

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Chinese-style green beans with lots of flavour! This recipe is made for a large party; but it can be scaled down for a family dinner. Serve cold or warm.

Chinese Peppered Yard-Long Beans

Recipe by: HEIDI WRIGHTSMAN

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Bright, crisp and spicy Chinese beans with crushed green peppercorns, fresh red chilli and garlic.

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Chinese Prawns and Sprouted Beans

Recipe by: Jan Cutler

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Here's perfect fast-food for busy people who need lots of energy: prawns mixed with nutritious sprouted beans and vegetables in a colourful, multi-textured noodle dish.

Chinese Steamed Fish

Recipe by: charsiew

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This delicate preparation for snapper is full of flavour and best done in a bamboo steamer. For such an easy preparation, the dish is quite impressive served in the steamer at a dinner party.

Chinese Steamed King Prawns

Recipe by: IS15BJC

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Fresh king prawns are steamed in a soy sauce, garlic and brandy. Simple and delicious.

Chinese style chicken and sweetcorn soup

Recipe by: VeeBear

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A great way to use up the leftovers of a roast chicken, this is a staple in my house the day after my roast dinners!

Deep Fried Tofu

Recipe by: SMACPRODUCTIONS

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Tofu is coated with cornflour and then deep fried. It's served with spring onions and hoi-sin sauce. Use any Asian-style dipping sauce you prefer.

Easy Chicken Wontons

Recipe by: Jan

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This is an easy way to use up small amounts of leftover chicken, and no one fights over white or dark meat! Just wrap leftover chicken in wonton wrappers and bake until crispy. You can serve them plain or with soy sauce or sweet chilli sauce. You can buy wonton wrappers at Chinese and Asian supermarkets.

Easy Chinese Plum Sauce

Recipe by: Rayna

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This is my easy version of plum sauce that is very tasty and keeps well in the refrigerator. Serve hot or chilled with spring rolls, pork or chicken.

Easy Vietnamese Prawn Rolls

Recipe by: Claudine

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Delicate Vietnamese-style spring roll wrappers are filled with rice noodles, diced prawns, shredded carrot, lettuce and basil and dipped in warm hoi-sin sauce. You can buy the wrappers at an Asian supermarket.

Egg Fried Rice

Recipe by: Krista B

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Quick and easy. Cooked rice is fried with egg, onion, green beans and soy sauce. A perfect way to use up leftover rice.

Eggs foo yong

Recipe by: Jan Cutler

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This Chinese restaurant favourite is easy to prepare at home. Feel free to add other meats or vegetables to your liking.

Freshwater Fish with Chilli Sauce

Recipe by: zhang2002

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This is one of our family’s Chinese New Year favourites. The tradition of serving whole fish on this holiday is a wish for "nian nian you yu" – “having more than enough for the coming year.” The recipe calls for "yu xiang wei" (“fish fragrant flavour”), a blend of garlic, ginger, spring onion, and chilli commonly used in Sichuan cuisine.

Ginger and lemongrass cordial

Recipe by: Brenda Houghton

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This aromatic cordial is a great partner to Thai food.

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