Chinese Cuisine & Dishes
Chinese dishes by cuisine, with Chinese-English names and ingredients
A dish-by-dish guide to Chinese cuisine: each entry gives the Chinese and English name, pinyin, a short description and key ingredients, covering Sichuan, Cantonese, Hunan, Jiangzhe, Northeastern, Northwestern, Yunnan-Guizhou cuisines, hot pot, street food and desserts.
Siu Mai
Cantonese cuisine
Pork and shrimp dumplings
Slow-Cooked Soup
Cantonese cuisine
Slow-cooked Cantonese soup
Steamed Fish
Cantonese cuisine
Steamed fish with soy sauce
Sweet and Sour Pork
Cantonese cuisine
Sweet and sour pork
White Cut Chicken
Cantonese cuisine
Poached chicken with ginger-scallion sauce
Wonton Noodles
Cantonese cuisine
Wonton noodle soup
Egg Fried Rice
Home-style cooking
The most basic Chinese fried rice with egg
Scrambled Eggs with Tomato
Home-style cooking
China's most common home dish: eggs stir-fried with tomato
Lettuce in Oyster Sauce
Home-style cooking
Blanched lettuce drizzled with oyster sauce
Red-Braised Spare Ribs
Home-style cooking
Spare ribs braised in rich soy sauce
Red-Braised Pork Belly
Home-style cooking
Pork belly slow-braised in soy sauce and rock sugar
Red-Braised Fish
Home-style cooking
Whole fish braised in soy sauce
Cola Chicken Wings
Home-style cooking
Chicken wings braised in cola, sweet and savory
Smashed Cucumber Salad
Home-style cooking
Smashed cucumber with garlic and vinegar dressing
Spicy Numbing Stir-Fry Pot
Home-style cooking
Choose-your-own ingredients stir-fried in spicy numbing sauce
Moo Shu Pork
Home-style cooking
Stir-fried pork with eggs, wood ear and lily buds
Century Egg Tofu
Home-style cooking
Cold dish: century egg with silken tofu
Stir-Fried Seasonal Greens
Home-style cooking
Simple stir-fried seasonal vegetables with garlic
Hot & Sour Shredded Potatoes
Home-style cooking
Stir-fried shredded potatoes with vinegar and chili, crispy
Sweet & Sour Pork Tenderloin
Home-style cooking
Deep-fried pork tenderloin in sweet and sour sauce
Cumin Lamb
Home-style cooking
Lamb stir-fried with cumin and chili
Rock Sugar Pear Soup
Drinks & Desserts
Sweet pear soup with rock sugar, good for throat
Herbal Jelly
Drinks & Desserts
Black herbal jelly, believed to have cooling properties
Red Bean Soup
Drinks & Desserts
Sweet red bean soup, a Cantonese dessert staple