Steamed whole fish is often the centrepiece of a Chinese New Year celebration. Its presence is believed to bring prosperity and abundance for the coming year. This method of steaming is not only speedy, but it’s also all that is required to bring together the flavoursome sauce
One of the traditional dishes eaten during the New Year for Chinese people is a New Year Cake. It's a very simple steamed cake, made with glutinous rice flour for a mochi-like chewy texture and sweetened with brown sugar.
This delicious acar blends sweet, spicy, and sour flavors for a truly complex dish. The secret lies in the nyonya chilli paste, well-portioned vinegar, sun-dried veggies, and a sugar mixture.
Ngoh Hiang (五香) has and will always have a special place in my heart. It may seem like an ordinary spiced pork roll wrapped in dried beancurd skin – something that is available commercially e…
Our family has been making egg dumplings, 蛋饺 (dan jiao) every Chinese New Year for as long as we can remember. The shape and color of these egg dumplings resembles the gold coin or gold nuggets of old China, making them a symbolic food! This recipe makes 3 dozen.
we enlisted my dad in the whole act and he grumbled his way through. To him grating was dull and boring and he wouldn't dare say it but we knew he thought it was "woman's work" but he ended up doing a pretty good job (although my mother had to fix it up afterwards as the carrot slices were too thick). The sauce is what transforms it and it's a sweet sauce with the surprising addition of apricot jam (yes really!). The proportions of course depend on how many people you are serving, Yee Sang salad is very easy to make for a large crowd and you may find yourself inadvertantly making a huge one as it's made up of small piles of grated vegetables.
Bring in the Chinese New Year with a prosperous and festive yee sang salad that is made with immense love and effort. A significant tradition, we take you step by step through the recipe and show you that it is much easier than you think!
The yam basket derives its name from the Buddhist alms bowl (fatt putt). It is no wonder the yam basket bears resemblance to this said bowl. This dish is originally created as a vegetarian dish with ingredients such as carrots, mushrooms, bell peppers, bamboo shoots and cashew nuts.
Turnip cake is a traditional Chinese snack served at dim sum. Our family turnip cake lo bak go recipe uses Chinese sausage, dried shrimp, mushrooms and more.
Chinese Almond Cookies are simple, crisp, buttery, and full of almond flavor. This recipe is a perfect treat to make for Lunar New Year!
If you needed an excuse to eat as many dumplings as possible, here it is.
Layers of thinly sliced pork belly alternating with napa cabbage cooked in a light dashi broth. Easy, warm and comforting meal for your winter nights! Happy Winter Solstice! 冬至快樂! In Hong Kong, we actually celebrate winter solstice. Winter solstice is the second most important festival after Chinese New Year. It’s the short day of the year with...Read More »
Our basic dipping sauce is perfect to serve with egg rolls, spring rolls, or to use as a sauce for stir-fries.
Happy Chinese New Year everyone! Since the chinese follow the Lunar calendar, Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year on the Western calendar. This year, it is on February 3, 2011. In
Use a can of lychee to cook this chicken and lychee in sweet & sour sauce. This unique take on a familiar dish will instantly be your family's new favorite dish.
Traditional Chinese recipes to celebrate Chinese New Year
Bring in the Chinese New Year with a prosperous and festive yee sang salad that is made with immense love and effort. A significant tradition, we take you step by step through the recipe and show you that it is much easier than you think!
Our family has been making egg dumplings, 蛋饺 (dan jiao) every Chinese New Year for as long as we can remember. The shape and color of these egg dumplings resembles the gold coin or gold nuggets of old China, making them a symbolic food! This recipe makes 3 dozen.
Daikon radish cake is a classic dish eaten at dimsum and during Chinese New Year. This version is a vegan take on my grandma’s recipe. I am overwhelmed and thrilled with the positive response we’ve received on my grandma’s cook-a-long stories earlier in the month. Ya’ll have been loving her sweet rice cake (nian gao) recipe as...Read More »
Explore a comprehensive list of people idioms and their meanings. Enhance your English vocabulary with these common expressions used to describe various character traits and social interactions.
Layers of thinly sliced pork belly alternating with napa cabbage cooked in a light dashi broth. Easy, warm and comforting meal for your winter nights! Happy Winter Solstice! 冬至快樂! In Hong Kong, we actually celebrate winter solstice. Winter solstice is the second most important festival after Chinese New Year. It’s the short day of the year with...Read More »
Bring in the Chinese New Year with a prosperous and festive yee sang salad that is made with immense love and effort. A significant tradition, we take you step by step through the recipe and show you that it is much easier than you think!
Recipe video above. Crispy noodles topped with a saucy chicken and vegetable stir fry, my favourite dish at my local Chinese!! Restaurants typically make this by deep frying the noodles. For my home version, I crisp up the noodles in a pan - much healthier, less mess, just as fast and definitely just as tasty!
Chinese eggplant with garlic sauce is simply irresistible! This recipe provides many tips on how to achieve an authentic taste without making it overly greasy. Substitute ideas are included.
One of the most popular dishes at dim sum, Chinese turnip (or radish) cakes are not as intimidating to make at home as you may think! While this dish is perfect for Lunar New Year, my mom makes this year round, and I'm happy to share her delicious recipe with you all :)
Fa Gao, or fortune cake, is a popular Chinese dessert typically eaten during the Lunar New Year to bring luck and money in the coming months. The chewy and lightly sweetened steamed cakes were traditionally leavened with yeast, which helps create the signature cracked flower-like design on top. However, nowadays bakeries often substitute double-acting baking powder; it yields the same effect in far less time. The key to the recipe is to make sure the water is at a rolling boil and generating lots of steam when you cook the cakes. That high heat works with the leavening agent to form the cracks.
Pungent, flavourful in taste and crunchy in texture, stir-fried Napa cabbage with hot & sour sauce is delectable, yet very simple to cook.
Buddha's delight, or lo han jai, is a vegetarian dish well-known in Chinese and Buddhist cuisine. Use our family recipe for an authentic take on this dish.
A Big “Fat” Chinese New Year - A menu for every skill level
When testing the recipe, I weighed out the flour and water. The dry weight measurements listed below are close approximations. If you feel that the dough is very sticky as you knead it, add about a tablespoon of flour and knead again. Continue adding more if the dough still feels very sticky. If you are doubling the recipe, use several tablespoons less water. If the dough is feeling dry after kneading for several minutes, gradually add a small drizzle of water.
