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  • Red-Cooked Chicken
    Recipe

    Red-Roast Chicken or Duck with Sweet Potatoes

    Eating a whole chicken or duck for Chinese New Year symbolizes happiness and prosperity. The red-roast technique used here imparts a reddish-brown hue to the bird; red is the color…

  • Tea-Smoked Tempura Trout
    Recipe

    Tea-Smoked Beer-Battered Trout and Vegetables

    Fish is served for Chinese New Year because it sounds similar to the Chinese word for plenty. Fish symbolizes happiness and prosperity when eaten whole and represents abundance for the…

  • Pork and Scallion Pot Stickers
    Recipe

    Pork and Scallion Pot Stickers

    In China, pot stickers symbolize wealth, as their purse-like shape is believed to mimic gold ingots. (In some parts of China, coins are placed in the center of dumplings. Whoever…

  • Chinese Longevity Noodles
    Recipe

    Longevity Noodles

    No Chinese New Year celebration would be complete without noodles. Noodles are eaten to represent a long life and should never be cut. Mushrooms naturally grow rapidly and symbolize prosperity. Eating…

  • braised chicken legs
    Recipe

    Braised Chicken Legs with Black Vinegar, Ginger, and Shiitake

    The vinegar braising liquid cooks down to a mellow sweetness, bright with ginger and the woodsy umami of shiitake. This dish is perfect with jasmine rice and a glass of…

  • ginger soy chicken
    Recipe

    Spicy and Sweet Chicken Thighs with Seared Scallion

    Deeply flavored chicken thighs are a perfect match with this gingery, chile-spiked soy marinade. If you like things really spicy, add another teaspoon of sambal oelek to the marinade.

  • Recipe

    Gingery Pork and Bok Choy Soup

    Ground pork makes this otherwise light and bright soup hearty enough for dinner. You won’t believe how quick and easy it is to pull together.

  • Recipe

    Shrimp and Edamame Fried Rice

    Edamame gives this mellow-flavored version of the take-out favorite a nice pop of color, flavor, and texture.

  • Recipe

    Garlicky Stir-Fried Eggplant

    The subtle Asian flavors of garlic and ginger combine with sautéed eggplant to create a wonderfully textured dish that you’ll want to make again and again. Serve over jasmine rice…

  • Recipe

    Egg Drop Soup with Crab, Baby Corn, and Peas

    This Chinese restaurant mainstay becomes a light and lovely supper with the addition of crab, baby corn, and peas.

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