Cantonese Salt and Pepper Chicken

Salt and pepper dish is a signature dish of Cantonese cuisine, also known as Guangdong cuisine and commonly named as Yue cuisine throughout China. As its name suggest, it originated from Guangdong, the Southern region of China. Cantonese cuisine is well known for its novel and delicate flavour, as well …

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Homemade Fish Balls with Seaweed Soup

Fish balls are an extremely popular staple food in Southern China and Southeast Asia. They are usually made from fish finely processed into fish paste and then shaped into balls and cakes. Fish balls are highly versatile, they can be eaten as a main meal by itself, as an appetizer …

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Chinese Steamed Buns (Mantou)

Chinese Steamed Buns (Mantou) Gluten Free

In China, they make Chinese Steamed Buns (Mantou) as plain steamed buns with no fillings. Traditionally, they consume mantou in Northern China as a staple food. In contrast to rice as a staple food in Southern China. They normally eat these buns plain or commonly serve it as a side …

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Chicken with Celery and Cashew Nuts

Chicken Cashew Nuts Gluten Free

Chicken Cashew Nuts stir-fry is a classic Cantonese dish commonly served in a Chinese restaurant. It is also a very popular Chinese take-out dish. Familiar and favourite variation of this dish is using prawns or beef as the main ingredients. Other variations include vegetables like capsicums and broccoli instead of …

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Gua Bao with 5 Spice Pulled Beef (Steamed Sandwich Buns)

Gua Bao (literally means “cut bun”), also called sandwich bun or foldover bun, is a typical Taiwanese street food that originated from Fujian in Southeastern China. It is also commonly called Taiwanese hamburger or “tiger bites pig” in Taiwan as the bun resembles the mouth of a tiger. Traditionally, the …

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Char Hor Fun (Rice Noodles in Egg Gravy)

Char Hor Fun is a typical street (hawker) Chinese food in Malaysia and Singapore. For many of us, it is also a childhood comfort food that we will never get bored of eating. There are also many Malaysian chain restaurants or food stores all over the world selling this popular …

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Baked Osmanthus and Oolong Tea Doughnuts

There are endless types of doughnuts in all types of international cuisines worldwide. For Chinese doughnuts, the most popular types of doughnuts are: sweet egg-shaped doughnuts in Cantonese cuisine that are deep-fried and then rolled in granulated sugar or powdered sugar while still warm from cooking. This type of Chinese …

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Fried Five Spice Chicken with Special Chilli Sauce

Fried chicken has many worldwide variations in different countries and in all types of cuisines with endless twists to the recipes to cater to local tastebuds. For Chinese cuisines, the most popular will be crispy skin chicken and salt and pepper chicken that originated from Southern China, specifically considered as …

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Braised Chicken and Black Fungus

Braising or stewing is a very popular cooking technique in Chinese cuisine. Often, simple braised dishes are classic home cooking one pot comfort food utilising meat like chicken, beef, seafood and vegetables. The main ingredient used for braising is often meat, slow cooked until the meat is soft and tender …

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Asian Mushrooms and Vegetables Stir-Fry Noodles

Edible mushrooms and fungi are regularly used in Asian cuisines, whether fresh or dried, particularly in Chinese and Japanese cooking. Asian mushroom lovers view mushrooms as food ingredients as well as for medicinal purposes. Mushrooms have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for many thousands of years for maintaining good …

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