Baked halibut with steamed pak choi
Recipe by:
Brenda Houghton
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.
Chinese Salad with Mini Rice and Sesame Pancakes
Recipe by:
Jan Cutler
Little rice and sesame pancakes make an unusual topping for a crunchy salad of walnuts, marinated red cabbage and Chinese salad leaves – all brought together with a refreshing orange dressing. Delicious!
Eggs foo yong
Recipe by:
Jan Cutler
This Chinese restaurant favourite is easy to prepare at home. Feel free to add other meats or vegetables to your liking.
Chinese New Year Turnip Cake
Recipe by:
Carol, Chung Chi Wa
This recipe is handed down from my mum's mum. This is NOT a dessert (not sweet), but more like a 'quick bread' for the Chinese. This 'cake' is usually made and eaten during the Chinese New Year or its slices are usually found all year round as dim sum in Chinese restaurants. This cake can be kept for 1 week in the fridge (but usually it's finished within a day!!)
Chinese Green Bean Stir-Fry
Recipe by:
Jackie O.
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.
Spicy Sichuan Cucumber
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.
Coins and greens (Stir-fried lettuce with mushrooms)
This is a simple and popular Chinese New Year dish in Cantonese cuisine. The pronunciation of lettuce in Chinese sounds similar to the pronunciation of "good fortune". Chinese people love to have it on their New Year dinner table.
Freshwater Fish with Chilli Sauce
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.
Aduki Mooncake
Recipe by:
hearty_cook
This traditional Chinese cake is so moist and indulgent. You can substitute aduki beans with mung beans, lotus seeds, chestnuts, mixed nuts, dried fruits, etc. Once cool, these are ready to be served or wrapped as gift. They will be even more moist if you leave them at room temperature for 2 days. For a more authentic shape, press the cakes into a mooncake mould, small cake tins, biscuit cutters, even muffin tins after they have been rolled in flour.
Authentic Chinese Steamed Fish
Recipe by:
simonechow
Easy to make and delicious with steamed rice! A dish I grew up with; something my mum always makes :)
Hong Kong Style Chinese Egg Tarts
Recipe by:
wildcat
This is a very easy recipe for Chinese egg tarts. Feel free to reduce or increase the sugar used in the pastry and the filling to suit your tastes. Wonderful to serve if you are having a Chinese dinner party.
Banana Spring Rolls
Recipe by:
ZAYO
I made this on a whim but it makes a deliciously different dessert. Reminds me of the banana fritters we used to get in our local Chinese when I was a teenager. Serve warm with a little vanilla ice cream.
Mushroom and Chilli Omelette
Recipe by:
theblendergirl
This omelette is so quick and easy; and it's baked! The flavours are Asian-inspired so you can adapt to suit your tastes.
Chinese sweetcorn and egg drop soup
Recipe by:
孙朱朱
Hearty and delicious egg drop soup (sometimes known as egg flower soup). This one has sweetcorn which adds texture and flavour.
Dried shrimp and oyster mushroom soup
Recipe by:
色尘
Oyster mushrooms are rich in protein, fibre and multiple vitamins. They are used a lot in Chinese cooking, especially in autumn and winter, as they are believed to promote childrens immunity. You can find dried shrimp in the tinned fish aisle of most large supermarkets.
Chinese cabbage and ginger soup
Recipe by:
Chamomile
This warming and healing Cantonese soup is ready in no time by just boiling some pak choy cabbage stalks and ginger in a pot of chicken stock. Use vegetable or beef stock, if you prefer.
Crab and sweetcorn soup
Recipe by:
Elmonte
This is a fast and easy egg drop soup. It makes a lovely light starter for a Chinese-inspired meal.
Chinese peanut brittle
Recipe by:
云朵朵
My mother and grandmother used to make this traditional Chinese sweet when I was little. It just brings back all the precious old memories. So simple and sweet! Maltose is available online or in some Asian supermarkets.
Sugar coated roasted chestnuts
Recipe by:
坚果
These sweet and flavourful chestnuts are served warm. They are a very popular street treat in China but this is my homemade version.
Curry fish skewers
Recipe by:
粉竽粘糖
Flavourful fish balls served on skewers with peppers and onions are cooked in a deliciously rich and spicy yellow curry coconut sauce. Just like you get on the street in Hong kong! You can find the ingredients at Asian supermarkets.