Chinese New Year + Healthy recipes (21)

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Baked halibut with steamed pak choi

Recipe by: Brenda Houghton

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Soy sauce and ginger bring a taste of the Orient to a simple fish dish, accompanied by sesame-flavoured Chinese cabbage. Try serving with fragrant Thai rice.

Beef satay with ginger dipping sauce

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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Tempting Oriental steak bites, all dressed up for a party! Let these snacks-on-a-skewer kick off your next gathering. Prepare them ahead, so they're ready for grilling in an instant. They're lean enough to be heart-healthy!

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Black Bean Cakes

Recipe by: Donna

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These are really delicious, especially when served with soured cream or the homemade sauce included in this recipe! They are great for Chinese New Year.

Char Siu Bao

Recipe by: Carol chi-wa Chung

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This is a simple recipe for Chinese barbecue pork buns. A wok equipped with a stainless steel steam plate (a plate with holes to allow steam to pass) is required to make these. You will also need to follow the recipe on this site for Hom Bao (Chinese steamed buns).

Chicken dumplings with sesame dipping sauce

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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Water chestnuts and chopped coriander combine with chicken, spring onions and ginger to create a Chinese-style treat. These tasty wonton-wrapped dumplings are poached, not fried, to keep them low in fat and calories.

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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.

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 hot noodle salad with vegetables

Recipe by: Brenda Houghton

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Fragrant ginger and lemongrass flavour this hearty vegetable and noodle salad.

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Chinese-Style Steamed Fish

Recipe by: KAM_SUNG

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This is a basic and common Chinese recipe for steamed fish. Serve over rice, using some of the sauce from the steaming bowl. Trout, cod, or any firm-fleshed fish will work for this recipe.

Crab and prawn parcels with sweet and sour sauce

Recipe by: Brenda Houghton

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Crisp filo parcels open to reveal a creamy seafood filling that contrasts wonderfully with a ginger and pineapple sauce. Try serving with a medley of mixed seasonal baby vegetables.

Elleasha's famous millionaire Shortbread!!!

Recipe by: elleasha101chhiber

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I think its very easy, well most of it sure is anyway! The only bit that i really struggled on was the mixing of the ingredients, mixing it into breadcrumbs with your fingers bit i actually found that it was easier with the dough whisks. plus it deduces your mixing time by about 5-8 minutes. from then it gets pretty easy with the rolling and cuttting and everything...!

Fish dim sum

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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These steamed dumplings made with wonton wrappers look especially appealing served in Chinese bamboo steamers. Provide your guests with cocktail sticks to help with dipping the dim sum and eating them.

Hom Bao

Recipe by: Carol chi-wa Chung

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Follow this recipe carefully and you will be rewarded with comforting, fluffy and tasty Chinese steamed buns. "Hom Bao" refers to any filled Chinese buns, but if you want to fill these with traditional barbecue pork filling before steaming, follow the recipe for Char Siu Bao, also on this site.

Hot and sour prawn soup

Recipe by: Rachel Warren Chadd

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Prawns are a source of selenium, which helps to protect the cardiovascular system.

Little chicken salad rolls

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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There's absolutely no added fat in this Chinese-inspired appetiser. Chicken is poached in a ginger-flavoured stock, shredded and tossed with a soy-vinegar dressing and vegetables, then rolled in lettuce leaves.

Oriental vegetable soup

Recipe by: Brenda Houghton

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A selection of finely sliced vegetables is briefly cooked in a flavoursome chicken stock.

Spicy Sichuan Cucumber

Recipe by: happyrain

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This is a very common cold dish eaten all over China and it's very easy to prepare. Depends on your personal taste, you can choose to add more or omit the dried red chillies.

Stir-fry pork with Chinese greens

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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Stir-fries do not have to be complicated, with numerous ingredients, as this simple recipe shows. Here strips of pork fillet are briefly marinated, then stir-fried with green vegetables. Nutritious egg noodles make the perfect accompaniment, turning this delicious combination into a complete meal.

Vietnamese fish salad

Recipe by: Brenda Houghton

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Toasted rice and peanuts add crunch to these whiting fillets, ‘cooked’ in a powerful rice vinegar marinade. Try making this dish part of a Far Eastern banquet by adding bowls of Ratatouille Chinese-style, Green Vegetable Salad with Garlic and Ginger and Rice Vermicelli with Mustard and Chillies (all found on this website).

Vietnamese Spring Rolls

Recipe by: Paula

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These are really healthy and not fried. Lovely change for a summer party served with one or both of the dipping sauces. Well worth the effort - these are fantastic.

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