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.
Ice Jelly
📍 Sichuan cuisine
Chilled jelly dessert with brown sugar syrup
Kung Pao Chicken
📍 Sichuan cuisine
Diced chicken with peanuts in sweet and spicy sauce
Spicy Hot Pot Soup
📍 Sichuan cuisine
Customizable spicy soup with various ingredients
Mapo Tofu
📍 Sichuan cuisine
Silky tofu with minced meat in spicy and numbing sauce
Mouth-Watering Chicken
📍 Sichuan cuisine
Poached chicken in spicy chili oil sauce
Pickled Cabbage Fish
📍 Sichuan cuisine
Fish fillet soup with pickled mustard greens
Wontons in Chili Oil
📍 Sichuan cuisine
Wontons in spicy chili oil sauce
Sichuan Hot Pot
📍 Sichuan cuisine
Spicy hot pot with various ingredients
Twice-Cooked Pork
📍 Sichuan cuisine
Twice-cooked pork belly with peppers and garlic sprouts
Steamed Buns
📍 Street Food
Steamed buns with various fillings
Tea Eggs
📍 Street Food
Eggs simmered in tea and soy sauce
Knife-Cut Noodles
📍 Street Food
Shanxi specialty: noodles shaved directly into boiling water
Pan-Fried Dumplings
📍 Street Food
Pan-fried dumplings with crispy golden bottom
Spicy Pepper Soup
📍 Street Food
Henan breakfast soup: peppery and spicy thick broth
Jianbing (Chinese Crepe)
📍 Street Food
Northern breakfast crepe with crispy cracker and sauces
Roasted Sweet Potato
📍 Street Food
Winter street food, warm and sweet roasted sweet potato
Snail Rice Noodles
📍 Street Food
Liuzhou specialty: rice noodles in sour-spicy snail broth
Hot Dry Noodles
📍 Street Food
Wuhan signature: noodles tossed in sesame paste
Hand-Grabbed Pancake
📍 Street Food
Flaky layered pancake, crispy and savory
Candied Hawthorn Skewers
📍 Street Food
Hawthorn berries coated in hardened sugar syrup on a stick
Lamb Skewers
📍 Street Food
Grilled lamb skewers with cumin and chili
Fried Dough Sticks
📍 Street Food
Classic Chinese breakfast: deep-fried dough sticks, paired with soy milk
Intestine & Blood Noodles
📍 Yunnan-Guizhou cuisine
Guiyang noodles with pork intestine and blood curd
Dai-Style Grilled Fish
📍 Yunnan-Guizhou cuisine
Dai ethnic grilled fish wrapped in lemongrass