Noelle Carter is the former Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen director. She left in January 2019.
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
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
Stir-fried baby bok choy
Time10 minutes
YieldsServes 4
Fu yu ong choy (stir-fried water spinach with spicy fermented tofu)
Time15 minutes
YieldsServes 4
Scrambled eggs with garlic chives
Time8 minutes
YieldsServes 2
Won ton
Time1 hour 30 minutes
YieldsMakes about 36 won tons
Vinegar dip
Time3 minutes
YieldsMakes 1/2 cup
Chives stir-fried with bean sprouts (Ching chau sub choi)
Time10 minutes
YieldsServes 4 to 6
Steamed fish (Jing yue)
Time50 minutes
YieldsServes 4 to 6
Scallion oil (Chung yau)
Time25 minutes
YieldsMakes 1 1/4 cups
Charcoal-grilled Sichuan beef with cilantro-shallot sauce
Time30 minutes
YieldsServes 2
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
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
One-pot shrimp steamer
Time20 minutes
YieldsServes 2
Hoisin-marinated steak in spring onion pancakes
Time30 minutes
YieldsServes 4
Thai-style broccoli with garlic
Time15 minutes
YieldsServes 4
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
Shrimp and broccoli stir-fry
Time35 minutes
YieldsServes 2
Sichuan wontons in chili oil sauce (hong you chao shou)
Time1 hour
YieldsServes 4
Sweet, aromatic soy sauce (fu zhi jiang you)
Time8 minutes
YieldsMakes about 2/3 cup soy sauce
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
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
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
Tangerine-marinated pork with stir-fried vegetables
Time20 minutes
YieldsServes 4
Jasmine rice
Time20 minutes
YieldsServes 4
White lotus dumplings
Time1 hour 30 minutes
YieldsMakes about 3 dozen dumplings
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
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
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
Sichuan shrimp and crab
Time30 minutes
YieldsServes 4
Stucky Fan Fan
Time1 hour
YieldsServes 8
Shanghai Stuffed Zucchini
Time1 hour
YieldsServes 4
Kung Pao Shrimp
Time30 minutes
YieldsServes 3 to 4
Chinese Sausage Salad
Time25 minutes
YieldsServes 4
Five-Spice Chicken
Time1 hour
YieldsServes 4
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
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
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.
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
New Year's Cake (Nian Gao)
Time2 hours
YieldsMakes about 72 slices
Cheung sau jai mien (Longevity noodles)
Time35 minutes
YieldsServes 4
Ningbo glutinous rice balls with black sesame seed stuffing (ning bo tang yuan)
Time50 minutes
YieldsServes 6
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
Pork and Shrimp Lumpia Shanghai with Cracked Pepper Coconut Vinegar Sauce
Time3 hours
YieldsMakes 30
Golden Bag Chicken Dumplings With Thai Sweet Chili Sauce
Time2 hours
YieldsMakes 20
Vegan Shiitake Jiaozi With Black Vinegar Dipping Sauce
Time3 hours
YieldsMakes about 50