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Hand-picked roundups of our tested Chinese recipes — grouped by what you actually search for, from easy weeknight dinners to quick stir-fries, each with notes on what to cook and why.
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13 Healthy Chinese Recipes
Healthy Chinese recipes that still taste like takeout — steamed, broth-based, air-fried and veg-forward dishes with no batter, each with why it's lighter. Plus how to order and cook lighter Chinese food.
6 Chinese Tofu Recipes
The best Chinese tofu recipes — silky mapo tofu, crispy salt-and-pepper tofu, home-style braised tofu, cold silken tofu, and more. Each one teaches a different tofu texture, with the right tofu noted.
5 Chinese Rice Recipes
The best Chinese rice recipes — egg fried rice, loaded Yangzhou fried rice, silky congee, one-pot rice-cooker chicken rice, and chewy sticky rice. Each with the rice type and method that makes it work.
14 Vegan Chinese Recipes
Vegan Chinese recipes that actually satisfy — tofu, eggplant, green beans and noodles that are plant-based as written or with one easy swap, each noted. With the oyster-sauce and stock swaps explained.
12 Gluten-Free Chinese Recipes
Gluten-free Chinese recipes you can trust — naturally GF dishes plus classics made GF with tamari and a few simple swaps, each noted. With the soy-sauce, oyster-sauce and cornstarch facts celiacs need.
9 Spicy Chinese Recipes
Spicy Chinese recipes for every heat level — from a gentle, fragrant warmth to genuine Sichuan málà. Each one notes how hot it really is and how to dial the heat up or down.
10 Chinese Chicken Recipes
The best Chinese chicken recipes — stir-fried, braised, poached and fried, from mild cashew chicken to fiery Chongqing chili chicken. Each one notes the flavor, heat level, and how hard it is.
5 Chinese Noodle Recipes
The best Chinese noodle recipes — saucy lo mein, smoky beef chow fun, spicy dan dan noodles, crispy chow mein and Beijing zhajiangmian. Each one explained, with the technique that makes it.
6 Chinese Pork Recipes
The best Chinese pork recipes — sticky char siu, melting red-braised pork belly, crispy sweet and sour pork, spicy twice-cooked pork and more. Roasted, braised, fried and steamed, all decoded.
4 Chinese Beef Recipes
The best Chinese beef recipes — crispy Mongolian beef, classic beef and broccoli, peppery black pepper beef and smoky beef chow fun. Each with the velveting trick for tender, restaurant-style beef.
3 Chinese Shrimp Recipes
The best Chinese shrimp recipes — creamy honey walnut shrimp, spicy kung pao shrimp and crispy salt and pepper shrimp. The one trick (don't overcook!) that keeps shrimp plump and tender.
10 Chinese New Year Recipes
Chinese New Year recipes and their lucky meanings — a whole fish for surplus, long noodles for longevity, golden dishes for wealth and shrimp for happiness. The auspicious feast, decoded.
3 Chinese Soup Recipes
The best Chinese soup recipes — savory-tangy hot and sour soup, silky egg drop soup, and comforting wonton soup. Each one explained, with the trick that makes it, from a quick bowl to a full meal.
4 Chinese Vegetable Recipes
Chinese vegetable recipes that are anything but boring — garlicky bok choy, blistered Sichuan green beans, silky eggplant in garlic sauce, and tomato and egg. Fast, savory, and mostly meat-free.
14 Easy Chinese Dinner Ideas
Easy Chinese dinner ideas you can actually make on a weeknight — fast, mostly one-wok recipes with US-grocery ingredients. Most ready in about 30 minutes, several in 15.
14 Vegetarian Chinese Recipes
Vegetarian Chinese recipes that aren't a compromise — naturally meat-free classics plus easy adaptations of favorites, each with the simple swap noted. Fast, satisfying, US-kitchen-friendly.
13 Chinese Takeout Favorites to Make at Home
The Chinese takeout dishes you order most — kung pao chicken, beef and broccoli, fried rice, chow mein — made fresher, cheaper, and better than delivery at home, usually in about 30 minutes.
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