Cuisine · China

Chinese cooking

Wok heat, knife work, five flavors in one plate. From Sichuan numb-spice to Cantonese restraint — the region changes everything.

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Salads

Bang-Bang Chicken Salad

A popular Chinese-inspired salad of shredded poached chicken with cucumber and green onion, dressed in a creamy, sweet-spicy bang-bang peanut sauce. Silky chicken, crunchy vegetables, and a bold sauce — simple to make and impossible to stop eating.

30 min240 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy⚡Quick🥑Keto

★4.9

🇨🇳ChinaMedium

Meat Dishes

Char Siu (Cantonese BBQ Pork)

A jewel of Cantonese cuisine — pork neck marinated overnight in honey, soy sauce, oyster sauce, hoisin, and Chinese five-spice, then roasted until deeply caramelized with charred edges and a lacquered glaze. 'Char' means fork, 'Siu' means roast. Served with rice, noodles, or stuffed into steamed buns.

45 min520 kcal4 serves

💪High protein

★4.5

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Meat Dishes

Chicken and Broccoli Stir-Fry

Thin strips of chicken and broccoli florets cooked fast in a hot pan, then coated in a glossy brown sauce built on soy, oyster sauce, ginger, and garlic. Ready in 25 minutes, high in protein.

25 min320 kcal4 serves

💪High protein⚡Quick

★4.4

🇨🇳ChinaAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Chicken Stir-Fry with Vegetables

Chicken thighs and whatever vegetables you have, cooked over maximum heat in a soy-sesame-ginger sauce. The fastest way to clear the fridge without the result tasting like leftovers. Done in 20 minutes if the prep is ready.

25 min350 kcal4 serves

💪High protein⚡Quick🌶️Spicy

★4.4

🇨🇳ChinaMedium

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Chinese Braised Eggplant

Silky Chinese braised eggplant in a glossy sweet-savory sauce with garlic, ginger and sesame. One of the great vegetarian dishes of Chinese cuisine — the eggplant absorbs every layer of flavor from the sauce.

15 min160 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick

★4.7

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Salads

Crispy Duck Salad

Duck breast scored, seasoned, and pan-fried skin-side down until the fat renders out and the skin turns glass-crisp. Sliced over fresh greens with a citrus-soy dressing, the richness of the duck meets bright, clean flavors.

45 min620 kcal4 serves

🥑Keto

★4.6

🇨🇳ChinaAdvanced

Cereal and Pasta Dishes

Dan Dan Noodles

Wheat noodles dressed in a sauce built from sesame paste, soy sauce, black vinegar, and chili oil, topped with pork mince cooked until slightly crispy and a scattering of crushed peanuts. This is the street food that gave Sichuan cuisine its international reputation. The heat is real, the numbing tingle from Sichuan pepper is the point, and the sauce comes together in the bowl — not in a pan.

35 min590 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy

★4.6

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Cereal and Pasta Dishes

Egg Fried Noodles

Egg noodles, a hot pan, eggs, soy sauce, and whatever vegetables are in the fridge. This is Chinese weeknight food — fast, loud, done in 20 minutes. The noodles need to be dry before they go in and the pan needs to be properly hot. Get those two things right and the rest follows.

20 min390 kcal2 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick

★4.9

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Cereal and Pasta Dishes

Fried Rice

Day-old cooked rice stir-fried over maximum heat with eggs, vegetables, and soy sauce until every grain is separate, lightly smoky, and coated in sauce. The technique is simple — but two things determine everything: the rice must be cold and dry, and the heat must be as high as your stove allows. Get those right and fried rice is one of the fastest, most satisfying things you can make.

20 min420 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick🌿Vegetarian

★4.8

🇨🇳ChinaMedium

Cereal and Pasta Dishes

Lo Mein

Soft egg noodles stir-fried with vegetables and protein in a glossy, savory sauce built on oyster sauce, light and dark soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, and sesame oil. Lo mein (捞面) translates from Cantonese as 'stirred noodles' — the name describes the cooking method, a scooping, tossing motion that coats every strand. Unlike chow mein, where the noodles are fried until crispy, lo mein noodles stay soft and slippery, coated in a thick, glossy sauce. The dark soy sauce is the detail that gives the dish its characteristic deep mahogany color; without it the dish looks pale. The sauce is premixed before the wok goes on — lo mein moves fast.

25 min520 kcal2 serves

⚡Quick

★4.7

🇨🇳ChinaMedium

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Shrimp Stir-Fry

Shrimp seared fast in a smoking-hot wok with garlic, ginger, snap peas, and bell peppers, finished with a splash of soy sauce. Speed is everything — two minutes too long and the shrimp turn rubbery.

23 min360 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick🌶️Spicy💪High protein

★4.8

🇨🇳ChinaMedium

Meat Dishes

Sichuan Spicy Chicken

A classic of Chinese cuisine with bold flavor and the signature numbing heat of Sichuan pepper — the mala effect. Velveted chicken stir-fried until crispy, finished in a spicy sauce with dried chili, garlic, and roasted peanuts. Serve immediately with jasmine rice.

35 min320 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy🌾Gluten-free💪High protein

★4.9

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