My Favourite Chinese Recipes. Every January, for the Chinese New Year, I have posted Chinese dishes since I started writing my recipes online. I love cooking and eating Chinese food since I worked in London and regularly visited Chinatown. It is still one of my favourite places to explore the restaurants and shops. There is always something different to try. But please trust me, once you make these yourself and see how easy it is, you will want to cook your own every time.
China is a huge country with several regional variations of cuisine. This can be reflected in the ingredients, like cooking with mutton and lamb in the north, to the fiery flavouring of Szechuan cooking. The one style of Chinese food most people will know is Cantonese. This is the food you will find in your average Chinese takeaway. And be careful, some of your favourite Chinese dishes may not be all that authentic. Chop Suey was most likely invented in San Francisco, and Fortune Cookies are Japanese in origin.
Some of my Favourite Chinese Recipes
Here are a few links to some of my top Chinese recipes you can make from Spring Rolls and Sesame Shrimp Toast to Chinese barbecue-style roasted meats. Many but not all are of Cantonese origin. As I love the combination of ginger, garlic and soy sauce flavoured dishes and the sticky sweet and sour sauces. Just click on the picture for the recipe.
Chinese Shrimp or Prawn Toast or Haa Dō Si 蝦多士
Whether you call it prawn, or shrimp toast this Cantonese Dim Sum recipe is delicious. When you see how easy it is to make it will become one of your favourite recipes.
Soy Sauce Chicken See Yao Gai 豉油鸡
Soy Sauce Chicken is traditionally a whole chicken braised in an aromatic master stock made from soy sauce. In China a master stock is used again and again, each use imparting more flavour into the stock.
Salt and Pepper Pork Chops (椒盐猪排)
This is a real favourite of mine as it is incredibly tasty, and the pork is tender and not dry. What’s more, it is quick to cook so perfect for a midweek supper. Finally, you don’t need lots of expensive ingredients, most of them will already be in your store cupboard or pantry.
Beef in Black Bean Sauce 豉汁牛肉
My take on this classic Cantonese recipe using Douchi or fermented black beans, tender beef, mixed peppers and flavoured with soy sauce, ginger and garlic.
Here are links to of all my Chinese recipes
Dim Sum / Starters
Chinese Soups
Fish & Seafood
- Stir-Fried Ketchup Shrimp 茄汁蝦碌
- Scallop and Asparagus Stir-fry (蘆筍炒帶子)
- Chinese Baked Whole Fish with Ginger and Spring Onions
- Spicy Sichuan Salt and Pepper Prawns
Meat Dishes
- Salt and Pepper Pork Chops (椒盐猪排
- Kung Pao Chicken
- Shanghai Red-braised Pork Belly
- My great Char Sui Pork recipe
- My Cantonese Pork
- Slow-braised Lamb with Ginger and Spring Onions
- Authentic Cantonese Pork
- Cantonese Roast Duck
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