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Easy Chinese Recipes

Dive into this collection of outstanding and simple-to-prepare easy Chinese recipes! With the use of traditional ingredients and unique flavors, these recipes will transport you straight to the heart of China.

Whether you’re an experienced home cook or just starting out, you’ll find something to love in this selection of authentic Chinese dishes. Create your own Chinese feast with mouthwatering recipes like spicy Kung Pao chicken with peanuts and Hunan hot and spicy shrimp, or learn the velveting technique with this velvet chicken and spinach soup recipe.

A person holding a platter of fried pork dumplings and bowl of dipping sauce.
A rectangular platter of shrimp toast on top of blue and white tiles with a bowl of sweet and sour sauce on the side.

Shrimp Toast

50 mins

A pink bowl filled with fried Shanghai noodles, crispy pork belly, and kale, with chopsticks resting on the side.

Shanghai Fried Noodles

20 mins

A wok filled with authentic General Tso's chicken with a knife and sliced scallions on the side.

Authentic General Tso’s Chicken

1 hr

Several seared salt and pepper pork chops topped with a scallion and pepper mixture on a platter with a spoon resting on the side.

Salt and Pepper Pork Chops

40 mins

Individual Asian sticky ribs on a baking sheet topped with sliced chile, scallions, and sesame seeds

Asian Sticky Ribs

1 d

A stack of sesame crisps on a cutting board

Sesame Crisps

1 hr

A blue and white bowl filled with velvet chicken and spinach soup

Velvet Chicken and Spinach Soup

1 hr

A black bowl filled with Macanese Portuguese chicken curry with dishes of naan and lemon wedges beside it.

Macanese Portuguese-Inspired Chicken Curry

2 hrs 30 mins

A glass bowl filled with dumpling dipping sauce with pieces of scallion and cilantro floating in it and scattered around the jar.

Dumpling Dipping Sauce

45 mins

A white bowl filled with Hakka eggplant, garnished with fresh basil.

Hakka Eggplant

45 mins

The components for Peking mushroom pancakes in individual dishes on a table.

Peking Mushroom Pancakes

35 mins

A wok filled with kung pao chicken with two chopsticks on the edge

Kung Pao Chicken with Peanuts

25 mins

A white oval plate filled with pot stickers, a pair of chopsticks, and dipping sauce.

Pot Stickers ~ Guotie

1 hr 15 mins

A ceramic bowl filled with hot and sour soup.

Hot and Sour Soup

20 mins

Pieces of Chinese roast pork in a black dish with chopped scallions beside it.

Chinese Roast Pork

5 hrs 20 mins

Bowl of cashew chicken with chunks of stir-fried chicken, carrots, sugar snap peas, celery, cashews.

Cashew Chicken

30 mins

Szechuan spice-rubbed pork loin covered with ground Szechuan peppercorns, condiments on the side

Szechuan Spice-Rubbed Pork

1 hr 15 mins

Three pieces of steamed halibut with ginger and scallions on a blue rectangular plate with chopsticks on the side.

Steamed Halibut with Ginger

20 mins

A blue-rimmed oval platter filled with Chairman Mao's red braised pork topped with sliced scallions and a serving spoon resting on the side.

Red Braised Pork

1 hr 45 mins

A brown bowl filled with ginger and carrot stir-fry on a wooden mat.

Ginger and Carrot Stir-Fry

25 mins

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