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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🇨🇳ChinaMedium

Salads

Smashed Cucumbers

A classic Chinese cold appetizer where cucumbers are smashed to create craggy surfaces that soak up a bold sesame-soy-vinegar dressing. Ready in 30 minutes, refreshing and addictive.

30 min80 kcal5 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌶️Spicy⚡Quick

★4.5

🇨🇳ChinaAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Sweet and Sour Pork

A Cantonese classic — crispy cornstarch-coated pork pieces stir-fried with bell pepper, onion, carrot, and optional pineapple in a glossy tangy-sweet sauce of vinegar, ketchup, sugar, and soy sauce. The secret is high heat, small batches, and not overcrowding the wok.

65 min480 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein

★4.5

🇨🇳ChinaEasy

Sweet Dishes

Tanghulu (Chinese Candied Fruit)

Tanghulu has been sold on Beijing streets since the Song dynasty, but most people outside China discovered it through TikTok — where the cracking sound became its own genre. Fresh fruit on a stick, sealed in boiling sugar that sets like glass. Three ingredients. You will probably mess it up the first time. The instructions below exist so you don't.

30 min145 kcal5 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌱Vegan⚡Quick

★4.4

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