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Celebrate: Recipes for Chinese New Year

78 Recipes
Celebrate: Recipes for Chinese New Year
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Vegetarian Hunan-style tofu

Time1 hour 10 minutes
YieldsServes 2 as a main dish, 4 as part of a multi-dish meal

Chi Dynasty's Chinese chicken salad

Time40 minutes
YieldsServes 4 to 6

Chile-hot bright green soybeans with garlic

Time15 minutes
YieldsServes 8 as an appetizer or side dish
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Tofu batons with hot sesame dressing

Time55 minutes
YieldsServes 4

Steamed fish with pea shoots

Time25 minutes
YieldsServes 2 to 4

Ru yi cai ("As you wish" vegetables)

Time50 minutes
YieldsServes 4
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Stir-fried baby bok choy

Time10 minutes
YieldsServes 4

Scrambled eggs with garlic chives

Time8 minutes
YieldsServes 2
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Won ton

Time1 hour 30 minutes
YieldsMakes about 36 won tons

Vinegar dip

Time3 minutes
YieldsMakes 1/2 cup
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Steamed fish (Jing yue)

Time50 minutes
YieldsServes 4 to 6

Scallion oil (Chung yau)

Time25 minutes
YieldsMakes 1 1/4 cups
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Cold chicken slices with sesame and Sichuan pepper

Time30 minutes
YieldsServes 2 to 4

Dried oyster lettuce cups

Time1 hour 45 minutes
YieldsServes 4

Shrimp artichoke lettuce cups

Time45 minutes
YieldsServes 4 as an appetizer
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Sugar snap peas steamed in lettuce leaves

Time20 minutes
YieldsServes 6

Chicken, peanut and noodle wraps

Time40 minutes
YieldsServes 8 as an appetizer

Grilled scallops with braised romaine

Time30 minutes
YieldsServes 4 as an appetizer
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One-pot shrimp steamer

Time20 minutes
YieldsServes 2

Thai-style broccoli with garlic

Time15 minutes
YieldsServes 4
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Steamed bok choy with Thai sauce

TimeActive work time: 10 minutes Total preparation time: 20 minutes
YieldsServes 2

Honey barbecued pork

Time1 hour 30 minutes
YieldsServes 6 to 8

'Pile of Gold' tofu stuffed with shrimp

Time1 hour
YieldsMakes 16 pieces
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Shrimp and broccoli stir-fry

Time35 minutes
YieldsServes 2

Sweet, aromatic soy sauce (fu zhi jiang you)

Time8 minutes
YieldsMakes about 2/3 cup soy sauce
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Pearly meatballs (zhen zhu rou wan)

Time45 minutes
YieldsMakes 36 meatballs

Deep-fried tofu with dipping sauce

Time25 minutes
YieldsServes 4 appetizer portions

Pork dumplings

Time2 hours
YieldsMakes 80 dumplings
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Seafood dumplings

Time1 hour
YieldsMakes 32 dumplings

Vegetable dumplings

Time1 hour 30 minutes
YieldsMakes 32 dumplings

Cheater's scallion pancakes

Time30 minutes
YieldsServes 8 to 10
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Dumpling dip

Time5 minutes
YieldsMakes a scant 1 1⁄2 cups

Barbecue pork ribs

Time1 hour 15 minutes
YieldsServes 6

Sweet rice

Time55 minutes
YieldsServes 6
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Jasmine rice

Time20 minutes
YieldsServes 4

White lotus dumplings

Time1 hour 30 minutes
YieldsMakes about 3 dozen dumplings
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Spicy rice with scallops

Time1 hour 15 minutes
YieldsServes 4 to 6

Rice with chicken and dandelion greens

Time1 hour 10 minutes plus soaking time for the rice
YieldsServes 4

Haak (greens)

Time30 minutes
YieldsServes 4
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Chinese beef brisket

Time3 hours
YieldsServes 6

Chinese-style pork meatballs in broth

Time2 hours 10 minutes
YieldsServes 6 as an appetizer

Stir-fried beef with bitter melon

Time25 minutes
YieldsServes 4
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Dry-fried Sichuan string beans

Time20 minutes
YieldsServes 4

Steamed leafy greens with mushroom sauce

Time40 minutes
YieldsServes 4

Three cup chicken

Time30 minutes
YieldsServes 4
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Sichuan shrimp and crab

Time30 minutes
YieldsServes 4

Stucky Fan Fan

Time1 hour
YieldsServes 8

Shanghai Stuffed Zucchini

Time1 hour
YieldsServes 4
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Kung Pao Shrimp

Time30 minutes
YieldsServes 3 to 4

Chinese Sausage Salad

Time25 minutes
YieldsServes 4

Five-Spice Chicken

Time1 hour
YieldsServes 4
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Chinese Hot and Sour Soup

Time30 minutes
YieldsServes 4

Chinese Fried Rice

Time25 minutes
YieldsServes 4

Cantonese Poached Fish With Ginger and Green Onions

Time30 minutes
YieldsServes 3 to 4
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Steamed White Rice

Time20 minutes
YieldsServes 3 to 4

Mapo Doufu

Time30 minutes
YieldsServes 4

White Rice With Green Onions and Sesame Oil

Time20 minutes
YieldsServes 4
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Miso Eggdrop Soup

Time15 minutes
YieldsServes 4

Five-spice roast pork belly

Time1 hour 5 minutes
YieldsServes 8

Chinese dumplings

Time50 minutes
YieldsMakes 40 to 50 dumplings.
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Cantonese Chinese New Year dumplings

Time1 hour
YieldsMakes about 4 dozen dumplings

Steamed whole fish

Time20 minutes
YieldsServes 2 to 4

Chinese sticky rice (loh mai fan)

Time1 hour
YieldsServes 8 to 10
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New Year's Cake (Nian Gao)

Time2 hours
YieldsMakes about 72 slices

Cheung sau jai mien (Longevity noodles)

Time35 minutes
YieldsServes 4
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Beijing-style pork and cabbage dumplings

Time1 hour 20 minutes
YieldsMakes enough for 3 dozen dumplings, about 6 servings

Shrimp dumplings

Time1 hour 20 minutes
YieldsMakes enough for 3 dozen dumplings, about 6 servings

Lao Yi’s boiled beef and leek dumplings

Time1 hour 15 minutes
YieldsMakes enough for 3 dozen dumplings, about 6 servings
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