Easy Chinese Recipes

Crispy, golden, sesame-topped shrimp toast that's just like what you'll find at your favorite Chinese restaurant.

Skip the takeout and make this fast, easy, and oh-so-satisfying bowl of Shanghai noodles, crispy pork belly, and kale.

Skip the takeout and make this authentic spicy sweet and sour General Tso's chicken at home. It's infinitely better than anything you'll get delivered.

These spicy Cantonese-inspired salt and pepper pork chops are so easy to make that they're securing a permanent spot in our weeknight rotation.

No need to hover over a grill for these sweet and spicy pork ribs. Marinate them overnight, toss them in the oven and you're done.

These crispy, crunchy, sesame seed-laden Chinese cookies are the perfect afternoon pick-me-up. See for yourself.

If it’s warm and comforting you want, this soup’s got your name written all over it. We dare you to resist.

Richly flavored, not too spicy, and umami-packed, this curry won rave reviews from our testers. The sauce is perfectly suited to mopping up with piles of naan bread, too.

When you want something with more flavor than just soy sauce, let this dipping sauce liven up anything Asian-inspired. Grilled veg, seafood, potstickers, it's all good.

Tender eggplant covered in a deeply flavored Hakka sauce that's ready in a snap. Eating your veggies has never been so rewarding.

Usually considered restaurant fare, these vegetarian Peking Mushroom Pancakes are a cinch to make at home. Without any reservations.

The origins of Kung Pao (aka Gong Bao) chicken are murky, but the raves we're hearing about this stir-fry of chicken, peanuts, and red chiles are unequivocally and resoundingly clear.

What's that you ask? When's an appropriate time to serve pot stickers? We honestly can't think of a time that's not appropriate.

This is, quite frankly, the loveliest hot and sour soup we've ever had, with none of the usual gloppiness of takeout Chinese. And it's on the table in just 20 minutes.

Crisp, crackling BBQ pork belly just like what you find in Chinatown. Like most Chinese barbecue, It's impossibly tender, slightly sweet, and surprisingly easy to make at home.

One of the most beloved—and most commonly ordered—Chinese dishes in America, this quick stir-fry makes simple seem superlative.

For this embarrassingly easy roast, a tingling rub of Szechuan pepper, black pepper, and nutmeg (yes, nutmeg) coats pork butt or loin before it's roasted to tender incredibleness.

An elegant and easy riff on a classic Chinese technique that's ideal for the fish-averse given that it’s quick and almost effortless.

An authentic Chinese dish that's so sticky, so sweet, and so good, we've affectionately dubbed it "pork candy."

There's nothing wallflowerish about this stir-fry, not with its gingery zing of tongue-tingling, sinus-clearing, tummy-settling ginger. Nothing at all.