chinese

One of the most beloved (and ordered) Chinese recipes in America, this quick stir-fry melds dark meat chicken with a handful of other ingredients in a simple yet superb sauce.

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• 30 M
• 30 M
• 7

Chicken, water chestnuts, and scallions take a bath in ginger and soy sauce before being wrapped with butter lettuce leaves. Did we mention on the table in 20 minutes?

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• 20 M
• 20 M
• 8

Comfort food of a different sort. The sort with a spicy, tingling, almost numbing awesomeness that we can’t seem to get enough of whatever the day of the week or time of the year.

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• 45 M
• 45 M
• 0

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

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• 10 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 7

A low-carb riff on your fave takeout that deprives you of nothing. In fact, we suspect you’ll like it even more than the classic.

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• 20 M
• 30 M
• 0

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.

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• 20 M
• 20 M
• 0

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

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• 40 M
• 1 H, 35 M
• 4

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

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• 25 M
• 25 M
• 2

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 resoundingly clear.

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• 20 M
• 25 M
• 18

A tongue-tingling chile oil with a haunting and earthy and floral taste thanks to the dance of dried chiles, Sichuan peppers, cinnamon, cloves, and star anise.

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• 15 M
• 2 H, 15 M
• 0