General Information
Chinese Cooking 101: How to Marinate Meat for Stir Fries
Restaurant-Style Stir-Fried Beef
Wok Skills 101: Stir-Frying Basics
Sui Mei (roasted meats)
Types of Chinese Dumplings & Buns
List of American Chinese Dishes
What is the Difference Between Lo Mein, Chow Mein, Chow Fun & Mei Fun?
Some Chinese Terms
Mein = noodles
Lo = tossed
Chow = fried
Fun = Rice
Chop Suey = mixed pieces
Ingredients
Types of Mushrooms & Fungi Used in Chinese Cooking
What's the Difference Between Tamari & Soy Sauce?
Fish Sauce (not typically use in Chinese dishes)
Egg Dishes
Egg Foo Yong (Shanghai egg omelet made w/ bean sprouts & served w/ a brown gravy)
Jian Bing Guo Zi (traditional breakfast in Tianjin and Beijing)
Scrambled Eggs w/ Bean Sprouts & Green Onions wrapped in Mandarin or Scallion Pancake
Soups
Chicken Hot Pot w/ Mushrooms & Tofu
*Won Ton Soup (pork filled wontons in chicken broth w/ scallions & julienned pork)
Hong Kong-Style Wonton Noodle Soup
Egg Drop Soup (egg threads in chicken stock w/scallions, variation: tofu, etc.)
*Hot & Sour Soup (Szechuan. Tofu, pork, wood ear mushrooms in chicken stock flavored w/ vinegar & hot chili oil)
Chinese Velvet Soup (made with creamed corn)
Chicken w/ Baby Corn Soup
Vegetable Tofu Soup
*Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup w/ Sesame & Green Onions
Shrimp Ball Soup w/ Cellophane Noodles
Crabmeat w/ Asparagus
*Spicy Pork & Mustard Green Soup (w/ rice noodles - Asian inspired)
Salad
*Pepper Steak Salad (American)
Bang Bang Chicken (Bang Bang Ji Si)
Condiments & Sauces
Duck Sauce (for egg rolls, etc.)
Plum Sauce (Cantonese duck sauce)
Chili Oil (Szechuan - homemade)
Homemade Sambal (hot pepper & garlic condiment)
Dipping Sauces
Hot Chinese Mustard (dipping sauce for fried foods)
Mustard Dipping Sauce (made w/ Dijon mustard)
Dumpling Dipping Sauce (w/ hot chili oil)
Ming Tsai's Dim Sum Dipper (w/ sambal, a chili garlic sauce)
Vietnamese Peanut Dipping Sauce (Nuoc Leo)
Ellie Krieger's Vinegar Dipping Sauce (in her recipe for Vietnamese summer rolls)
Stir-Fry Sauces
Oyster Stir-fry Sauce
Appetizers/Dim Sum
General Information
Types of Chinese Dumplings & Buns
Asian Wrappers for Dumplings, Wontons, Egg Rolls, etc.
Cold Water Dumpling Wrappers (no egg)
Hot Water Dumpling Wrappers (no egg)
How to Shape Chinese Dumplings
Egg Roll/Wonton Wrappers (wheat flour & egg)
Spring Roll Wrappers (wheat flour, no egg)
Egg & Spring Rolls
Difference Between Egg Rolls & Spring Rolls
How to Roll Egg Rolls & Spring Rolls
*Egg Rolls (Pork & Chinese cabbage stuffed rolls, deep-fried & served w/ Sweet & Sour & Hot Mustard sauces)
Spring Rolls (Lighter version of egg rolls, often made w/ shrimp)
Corned Beef & Cabbage Egg Rolls (not traditional)
Chinese Pancakes
Scallion Pancakes (w/ dipping sauce)
Bao (filled buns)
Baked Pork Buns (Baked Char Siu Bao)
Meat Appetizers
*Christel's Emerald Chicken (marinated chicken wrapped in spinach leaves & served w/ a sesame seed sauce)
Chinese Spareribs (Char Siu)
Chinese Steamed Spareribs w/ Black Bean Sauce
Grandmother's Chinese Chicken Wings
Chinese Five Spice Chicken Wings
Seafood Appetizers
Deep-fried Wontons
Deep Fried Wonton Strips (serve w/ plum sauce & Chinese hot mustard)
Deep Fried Wontons (Deep-fried wonton filled w/ ground pork & vegetables)
Crab Rangoon (deep-fried wontons filled w/crab, cream cheese, & green onions)
Fried Dumplings
Boiled & Steamed Dumplings
Types of Chinese Dumplings & Buns
Steamed Chinese Dumplings (Shu Mai - pork & shrimp)
Sichuan Boiled Dumplings w/ Spicy Dipping Sauce (pork & cabbage)
Soup Dumplings (Xiaolong Bao - filled w/ broth, or soup)
Main Dishes & Stir-fries
General Information
Wok Skills 101: Stir-Frying Basics
Secrets Of Chinese Stir-Frying
Chinese Cooking 101: How to Marinate Meat for Stir Fries
Velveting Chicken for Stir-fries
Restaurant-Style Stir-Fried Beef
Chinese Dishes Served w/ Pancakes
Roasts & Other Main Dishes
Red Cooked Pork (Eastern China, Hong Shao Rou)
Chinese Roast Pork (Siew Yuk)
Chinese Spareribs (Char Siu)
Chinese Steamed Spareribs w/ Black Bean Sauce
Grilled Chicken Breast w/ Black Bean Sauce
Egg Foo Yong (Shanghai egg omelet made w/ bean sprouts & served w/ a brown gravy)
Fried Rice
Served w/ Mandarin Pancakes
Peking Duck (crispy duck, Peking style - Northern China, w/ pancakes, scallions, and either hoisin or plum sauce)
*Crispy Aromatic Duck (Hunan, Shredded crispy skinned duck flavored w/ Five Spice served w/ pancakes, hoisin sauce, & scallions)
Mu Shu Pork (Northern China. pork stir-fried w/ cabbage, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, wood ear mushrooms, & scrambled eggs in a brown sauce, served w/ pancakes, hoisin sauce)
Sweet/Hot & Sour Stir-Fries (serve over rice)
Stir-Fried Shrimp w/ Snow Peas & Red Bell Pepper in Hot & Sour Sauce
Sweet & Sour Pork/Chicken (Cantonese. Deep-fried pork or chicken, pineapple, green pepper, onion & carrot in a sweet & sour sauce)
Stir-fries - Vegetables
Stir-fried Broccoli Hong Kong Style
Stir Fried Asparagus w/ Ginger, Sesame & Soy
Buddha's Delight (luo han zai)
Stir-fries - Beef
Restaurant-Style Stir-Fried Beef
Beef w/ Broccoli (Cantonese oyster sauce, deep fried)
Crispy Orange Beef (Hunan, deep fried)
Sesame-Orange Beef (w/ mandarin oranges)
Ginger Beef
Mongolian Beef (deep fried)
Stir-fries - Pork
*Sweet & Sour Pork/Chicken (Cantonese. Deep-fried pork or chicken, pineapple, green pepper, onion & carrot in a sweet & sour sauce)
Mu Shu Pork (Northern China. pork stir-fried w/ cabbage, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, wood ear mushrooms, & scrambled eggs in a brown sauce, served w/ pancakes, hoisin sauce)
Shredded Pork w/ Garlic Sauce (Szechuan)
Ma Po Tofu (Sichuan, soft tofu, red sauce of ground pork, garlic, fermented black beans, green onions)
Stir-fries - Meat & Seafood
Dragon & Phoenix (shrimp/lobster & chicken w/ vegetables in white sauce)
Happy Family (chicken, beef, & shrimp stir-fried w/ fresh vegetables in a Mandarin brown sauce)
Triple Delight (chicken, beef, & shrimp happily stir-fried with broccoli, napa, peapods, mushrooms, baby corn, & asparagus)
Four Seasons (brown sauce)
Wonderful Beef (Beef filet w/ scallops in brown sauce)
Stir-fries - Seafood
*Scallion Ginger Shrimp Stir Fry
Shrimp in Lobster Sauce (ground pork & fermented black bean sauce used for preparing lobster)
Shrimp in Lobster Sauce (take-out version - shrimp stir-fried in an egg & chicken broth sauce)
*Shrimp w/ Spicy Garlic Sauce (& ground pork)
Shrimp w/ Garlic Sauce (Shrimp w/ hot pepper, onion, bamboo shoots, carrots & water chestnuts in spicy garlic sauce)
Lobster Cantonese (w/ ground pork & fermented black bean sauce)
Stir-fry Clams in Black Bean Sauce
Crystal Scallops (scallops, broccoli, red pepper, baby corn in white sauce)
Deep Fried Meat Stir-Fries (serve over rice)
*Sweet & Sour Pork/Chicken (Cantonese. Deep-fried pork or chicken, pineapple, green pepper, onion & carrot in a sweet & sour sauce)
Sesame Chicken (Hunan. Deep-fried chicken in sauce of chicken broth, sherry, vinegar, sugar & soy sauce, topped w/ sesame seeds)
General Tso's Chicken (Hunan. Breaded & deep-fried dark meat chicken coated w/ a chile-spiked sweet-and-sour sauce)
Orange Chicken (Hunan. Chicken breast stir-fried in a spicy orange peel sauce)
Beef w/ Broccoli (Cantonese oyster sauce, beef deep fried)
Crispy Orange Beef (Szechuan, deep fried)
Ginger Beef
Stir-fries - Chicken (Gai)
Velveting Chicken for Stir-fries
Moo Goo Gai Pan (Cantonese. sliced white meat chicken stir-fried w/ mushrooms, pea pods & onions in a light chicken sauce)
Lemon Chicken (Cantonese. Chicken stir-fried w/ celery, mushrooms, & green pepper in a light lemon sauce)
*Sweet & Sour Pork/Chicken (Cantonese. Deep-fried pork or chicken, pineapple, green pepper, onion & carrot in a sweet & sour sauce)
Chicken Curry w/ Onion
Almond Gai Ding (chicken w/ Chinese vegetables & almonds)
*Cashew Chicken (American Fusion. Sliced chicken stir-fried w/ mushrooms, pea pods, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts in an oyster sauce topped w/ cashews)
*Chicken & Broccoli Stir-fry (hoisin sauce, red chili flakes, sesame seeds)
Chicken w/ Oyster Sauce (dried Shiitake mushrooms, baby corn or bamboo shoots)
Stir Fried Chicken w/ Black Bean Sauce
General Tso's Chicken (Hunan. Deep-fried dark meat chicken seasoned w/ ginger, garlic, soy sauce, rice vinegar, Shaoxing wine, scallions, & hot chili peppers)
Sesame Chicken (Hunan. Deep-fried chicken in sauce of chicken broth, sherry, vinegar, sugar & soy sauce, topped w/ sesame seeds)
Hunan Chicken (Hunan. Dark meat chicken in a spicy Hunan sauce)
*Kung Pao Chicken (Szechuan. Chicken breast stir-fried w/ hot chili peppers & scallions, topped w/ peanuts in a spicy hoisin sauce)
Orange Chicken (Hunan. Chicken breast stir-fried in a spicy orange peel sauce)
Noodle Dishes
General Information
What is the Difference Between Lo Mein, Chow Mein, Chow Fun and Mei Fun?
Mein = noodles
Fun = rice noodle
Lo = tossed
Chow = fried
Chop Suey = mixed pieces
Chop Suey ("mixed pieces" in a gravy over rice w/ crisp fried noodles, American)
Chicken Chop Suey (early American Chinese dish)
Mei Fun (very thin rice noodle, mei fun)
Singapore Mei Fun (stir-fried curried rice noodles w/ shrimp, pork, and vegetables)
Singapore Noodles (popular street hawker dish from Hong Kong, rice vermicelli & shrimp)
Other Noodle Dishes
*Scallion Ginger Shrimp Stir Fry
Takeout-Style Sesame Noodles (Sichuan)
Dan Dan Noodles (chopped peanuts)
Bang Bang Chicken (Sichuan chicken salad served cold over bean thread noodles)
Shanghai Scallion Oil Noodle
Chow Mein (fried wheat noodle)
Hong Kong Style Noodles w/ Chicken & Vegetables
Chicken Chow Mein (or shrimp or pork)
Cantonese Chow Mei
Lo Mein (soft wheat noodle)
*Chicken Lo Mein (oyster sauce)
Chow Fun (wide rice noodle, ho fun)
Korean recipes
Stir Fries, Served w/ Rice
Korean Beef Bulgogi w/ Vermicelli & Spicy Pickled Vegetables
Japchae (Korean Stir-Fried Starch Noodles w/ Beef & Vegetables)
