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Cornstarch Recipes

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🇨🇳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

🇫🇷FranceAdvanced

Sweet Dishes

Éclair

The Éclair is a masterpiece of French pâtisserie — a delicate hollow shell of choux pastry filled with vanilla custard and topped with glossy chocolate glaze.

75 min400 kcal8 serves

🌿Vegetarian

★4.8

🇦🇺AustraliaAdvanced

Sweet Dishes

Pavlova

Pavlova is an Australian dessert named after ballerina Anna Pavlova — a crisp meringue shell with a marshmallow-like center, topped with whipped cream and fresh berries.

105 min220 kcal6 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌾Gluten-free

★4.5

🇪🇸SpainAdvanced

Sweet Dishes

Crema Catalana (Catalan Cream)

The classic Spanish custard dessert with a silky vanilla and citrus cream base topped with a crackling caramel crust. Made with egg yolks, milk, and cream, it is chilled overnight then caramelized with a kitchen torch just before serving.

240 min250 kcal5 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌾Gluten-free

★4.5

🇫🇷FranceAdvanced

Sweet Dishes

Choux Puffs (Shu) with Pastry Cream

Classic French choux pastry puffs with a crisp golden shell and a light vanilla pastry cream filling. The choux dough is made by cooking flour in boiling water and butter, then beating in eggs. Served freshly filled for the best contrast of crispy shell and cold, silky cream.

60 min240 kcal8 serves

🌿Vegetarian

★4.9

🇯🇵JapanEasy

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Crispy Fried Tofu

Japanese golden fried tofu with a crispy cornstarch crust, served with a simple soy-garlic sauce, sesame seeds, and green onion. A dish that wins over even tofu skeptics.

30 min165 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🥑Keto

★4.5

🇸🇬SingaporeAdvanced

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Singapore Chili Crab

Singapore's national dish — whole crab braised in a glossy sweet-spicy tomato-chili sauce with garlic, ginger, and egg ribbons. Created in 1950s Singapore and eaten with your hands, mopping up every drop of sauce with warm mantou buns.

45 min500 kcal1 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

★4.5

🇰🇷KoreaAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Korean Fried Chicken

The crispiest fried chicken you will ever make — double-fried for a glass-thin shatteringly crispy crust, then glazed in a sticky sweet-spicy gochujang sauce with honey, garlic, and soy sauce. A Korean street food icon that became a global obsession.

40 min320 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein

★4.7

🇨🇳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

🇨🇳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

🇺🇸USAMedium

Meat Dishes

Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry

Thinly sliced flank steak velveted in cornstarch, seared at screaming-hot heat, then combined with crisp broccoli in a glossy oyster-soy brown sauce. The most popular Chinese-American stir-fry — ready in 30 minutes and better than takeout if you follow the technique.

30 min390 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein

★4.9

🇮🇹ItalyMedium

Sweet Dishes

Pistachio Cream Tart

A buttery shortcrust pastry case filled with pistachio pastry cream and topped with whipped cream, crushed pistachios and a drizzle of pistachio cream. The pastry cream is the main event — dense, sweet and deeply nutty. Bake the shell ahead, fill when cool.

55 min460 kcal8 serves

🌿Vegetarian

★4.9

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