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Authentic Chinese

Once you go authentic, you'll never go back. Here are some delicious Chinese recipes to start with.

Red braised pork belly (Hong Shao Rou)

by Ching-He Huang

This easy Chinese pork recipe of melt-in-the-mouth pork belly in a sweet and sticky sauce is better than anything you can get delivered.

Main course

Beef in black bean sauce

Spicy Sichuan (dan dan) noodles

Pork and cabbage dumplings

Light meals & snacks

Black bean tofu 'mein'

by Ching-He Huang

Pork and vegetable stir-fry

Yuxiang aubergine with shiitake mushrooms

by Ching-He Huang

Oyster sauce chicken with Chinese leaf

by Ching-He Huang

Celebratory pork and prawn dumplings

Light meals & snacks

Crispy chicken with braised aubergine

Greens with chilli soy dressing

by Portia Spooner

Light meals & snacks

Fragrant pork and aubergines

by Ching-He Huang

Shanghainese rice cake and pork stir-fry

Chicken and cashew nut stir-fry

by Ching-He Huang

Lo mein with scallops and Tenderstem broccoli

Chilli-fried tofu with egg-fried rice

by James Martin

Shanghainese rice cake and pork stir-fry

Sichuan pepper beef stir-fry

by Ching-He Huang

Chinese potsticker dumplings

Starters & nibbles

Red-cooked pork belly

by Mike Robinson

Prawn balls

by Pippa Middlehurst

Starters & nibbles

Prawn wontons

Starters & nibbles

Egg fried rice

by Ching-He Huang

Light meals & snacks

Sichuan-style sea bass with wok-fried vegetables

by James Martin

Sweet and sour chicken Hong Kong style

Sweetcorn mapo tofu

by Ching-He Huang

Braised egg dumplings in chilli broth

Bao buns

Light meals & snacks

Tofu with steamed egg

Chinese dumplings

Light meals & snacks

Vegetarian spring rolls

by Ching-He Huang

Light meals & snacks

Crispy duck

Potsticker dumplings with dipping sauce

Starters & nibbles

Three cup chicken

by Ching-He Huang

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