Crystal dumplings (水晶饺子, shuǐ jīng jiǎozi) got their name from the beautiful translucent look of the dumpling wrappers. Although not quite as common or popular as crowd favorite, har gow shrimp dumplings, you’ll see these beauties on carts in restaurants with a bigger selection of dim sum. Delightfully chewy and delicate in flavor, you’ll want […]
Beef Vegetable Stir-Fry
This Beef Vegetable Stir-Fry is one of those quick and easy dishes that you can throw together in minutes if you prepare properly ahead of time. Tender beef, crunchy vegetables, and that perfectly flavored sauce you expect from really solid Chinese food (the right amount and the right consistency!) make this stir-fry an ideal weeknight […]
Chinese Watercress Soup with Pork Ribs (Sai Yeung Choy Tong)
Chinese Watercress Soup with Pork Ribs was a staple at our house growing up. For me, picking wild watercress with my mom was my first memory of enjoying sai yeung choy tong (this is the Cantonese transliteration––it’s xī yáng cài tang 西洋菜汤 in Mandarin). When I was a kid, we lived in a small […]
Hong Kong Style Shrimp Chow Mein Noodles
Hong Kong-style Shrimp Chow Mein Noodles are a classic Chinatown favorite. Slightly crispy and chewy pan-fried noodles combine with umami flavors of shrimp, Shiitake mushrooms, fresh mung bean sprouts, and scallions––everything gets tossed into a hot wok, to get the true MVP ingredient: that wok hay flavor. Here on the blog, we make a concerted […]
Chinese Fried Pigeon (Squab), A Hong Kong Favorite
Chinese Fried Pigeon (Zha Ge Zi, 炸鸽子) or Chinese Fried Squab (Zha Ru Ge, 炸乳鸽) is an incredibly special dish and a Hong Kong classic. In the Cantonese dialect, we commonly call it Zha Bok Gop, and it used to be a favorite served up in 10-course Chinese banquets for weddings, birthdays, and, of course, […]
Crispy Fried Flounder, Chinese-Style
Crispy fried flounder is a whole fish dish that I grew up with–mostly eating it at Chinese restaurants. The Cantonese pronunciation of this dry fried flounder dish is “gaun jeen loong li” or, in Mandarin, “gan jian long li” (干煎龙利). “Dry fried” is the name, but the flounder is actually shallow-fried to the perfect crispiness. […]
Chinese Deep Fried Oysters with Dipping Sauce
Deep fried oysters is a dish that I always associate with and serve during Chinese New Year. For as far back as I can remember, my parents made this dish every Chinese New Year holiday. Or maybe it’s just that I love these deep fried oysters so much that I only remember the celebrations where […]
Chinese Beef Stir-Fry with YouTiao (Chinese Fried Dough)
This Chinese Beef Stir-Fry with You Tiao (a type of Chinese fried dough and a favorite breakfast/brunch treat) is a very, very, very Chinese dish! I am almost positive that most of you reading have never encountered this dish on any menu or tried it before. We had never even heard of this dish before […]
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