Chinese Beef Chow Fun with Bean Sprouts
Wide rice noodles get a quick wok-style toss with tender beef, sprouts, scallions, and dark soy.
- 25 min
- Serves 2
- Beef
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Chinese Dinner Ideas
12 Chinese dinner recipes for home cooks, with cooking times.
Chinese cooking is many regional cuisines, and this collection travels across several of them: Sichuan yuxiang eggplant and dan dan noodles, Hunan cumin tofu, Cantonese steamed egg, Shaanxi liangpi cold noodles and Yunnan mushroom rice noodles. Most dishes take about 30 minutes, and tofu, vegetables and noodles make a large share of them vegetarian.
12 dinner ideas
Chinese Cantonese Steamed Egg with Shrimp
Eggs beaten with warm stock and steamed gently into a silky savoury custard topped with shrimp.
- 25 min
- Serves 2
- Shrimp
Chinese Clay Pot Tofu with Mushrooms
Silky tofu, mushrooms, and napa cabbage simmer in a glossy garlic-ginger sauce for a cozy vegetarian meal.
- 30 min
- Serves 2
- Tofu
Chinese Dan Dan Noodles with Pork and Greens
Spicy sesame noodles with savory pork and tender greens make a fast, deeply flavored dinner for two.
- 30 min
- Serves 2
- Pork
Chinese Hakka Lei Cha Vegetable Rice Bowl
A pounded green tea, peanut, and herb broth poured over rice and stir-fried vegetables.
- 35 min
- Serves 2
- Vegetables
Chinese Hakka Stuffed Tofu with Greens
Tender tofu pockets filled with mushroom and minced vegetables braise briefly with greens in a fragrant Hakka-inspired sauce.
- 45 min
- Serves 2
- Tofu
Chinese Hunan Cumin Tofu Stir-Fry
Tofu fried until crisp and tossed with whole cumin seed, chili, and garlic over high heat.
- 20 min
- Serves 2
- Tofu
Chinese Lion's Head Meatballs with Bok Choy
Tender pork meatballs braise gently with bok choy and mushrooms in a simple soy-ginger broth.
- 45 min
- Serves 2
- Pork
Chinese Shaanxi Liangpi Chilled Noodles
Cold wide noodles dressed in chili oil, black vinegar, and garlic water with cucumber and sprouts.
- 25 min
- Serves 2
- Vegetables
Chinese Sichuan Yuxiang Eggplant with Rice
Eggplant fried soft then coated in a sweet, sour, and spicy yuxiang sauce.
- 35 min
- Serves 2
- Vegetables
Chinese Suan La Fen Sweet Potato Noodles
Slippery sweet potato noodles in a hot and sour broth with chili oil, peanuts, and pickled greens.
- 25 min
- Serves 2
- Vegetables
Chinese Yunnan Mushroom Rice Noodles
Rice noodles in a mushroom broth with browned wild mushrooms, chili, and herbs.
- 30 min
- Serves 2
- Vegetables