https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/chinese-new-year/ a culinary genealogy Thu, 12 Dec 2024 01:27:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://thewoksoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-TWOL-favicon-4-32x32.png https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/chinese-new-year/ 32 32 https://thewoksoflife.com/shanghai-fried-noodles/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/shanghai-fried-noodles/#comments Wed, 24 Jul 2024 04:01:00 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=7626 Shanghai Fried Noodles, or Shànghǎi cū chǎomiàn (上海粗炒面) is a simple dish that only takes minutes to make. Thick wheat noodles are stir-fried with mushrooms, pork (or you could use dark meat chicken), and leafy greens, making a one-pan meal that everyone will enjoy! Note: This recipe was originally published on December 14, 2014. We ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/shanghai-fried-noodles/feed/ 197 https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-dumplings-shiitake-mushrooms/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-dumplings-shiitake-mushrooms/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:28:36 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=13948 These Chinese chicken dumplings have ground chicken and fresh & dried shiitake mushrooms for a deep, meaty flavor that will become a new favorite! Note: This recipe was originally published on April 2, 2016. We have since updated it with higher resolution images, clearer instructions, metric measurements, and nutrition information. The recipe itself is the ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-dumplings-shiitake-mushrooms/feed/ 123 https://thewoksoflife.com/stir-fried-bok-choy-recipe/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/stir-fried-bok-choy-recipe/#comments Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:01:29 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=12203 We all need a go-to green vegetable side dish to go with any main course, and this bok choy stir-fry recipe is a great candidate. Today, we’re sharing restaurant tips and tricks to make a delicious and simple bok choy stir-fry at home. It really is a great all-purpose side for any kind of meal! ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/stir-fried-bok-choy-recipe/feed/ 124 https://thewoksoflife.com/crispy-tang-yuan-air-fryer/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/crispy-tang-yuan-air-fryer/#comments Fri, 16 Feb 2024 08:04:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76038 As the Lantern Festival, known in Chinese as Yuánxiāo jié (元宵节), approaches, it’s time to start thinking about eating yuanxiao or tang yuan. These are glutinous rice balls stuffed with various fillings. This air-fryer tang yuan recipe takes frozen sweet glutinous rice balls and makes them into something a bit different!  A New Way to ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/crispy-tang-yuan-air-fryer/feed/ 15 https://thewoksoflife.com/steak-stir-fry/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/steak-stir-fry/#comments Sun, 04 Feb 2024 16:47:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=35890 Steak Stir Fry, or Chow Steak Kow, as we used to call it at my parents’ restaurant, is not your standard beef stir-fry. Tender, rich ribeye or sirloin steak bites are cooked in a soy garlic sauce—with some American touches!—and served over a bed of crisp bok choy.  If you’re looking for Pepper Steak Stir-fry ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/steak-stir-fry/feed/ 78 https://thewoksoflife.com/walnut-shrimp/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/walnut-shrimp/#comments Mon, 29 Jan 2024 02:45:00 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=18023 Walnut shrimp, also sometimes known as Honey Walnut Shrimp, is one of those recipes that goes a long way back for me. It probably goes way back for any Cantonese kid growing up near a Chinatown! It’s appears at most Chinese banquets, whether for a wedding, birthday, Chinese New Year, or newborn baby. For those ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/walnut-shrimp/feed/ 140 https://thewoksoflife.com/lobster-noodles-e-fu-yee-mein/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/lobster-noodles-e-fu-yee-mein/#comments Sat, 20 Jan 2024 08:15:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76859 Lobster Yee Mein (or yi mein), pronounced lóng xiā yī miàn in Mandarin or loong ha yee meen in Cantonese (龙虾伊面), is a dish combining long life noodles, or yi mein, (also call e fu noodles) and Cantonese-style lobster. It’s an incredibly tasty, luxurious plate of lobster noodles, and we’ll show you how to make ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/lobster-noodles-e-fu-yee-mein/feed/ 22 https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-roast-duck/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-roast-duck/#comments Thu, 11 Jan 2024 15:30:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=77003 “A Chinese Roast Duck.” Those roast ducks glistening suspended in Chinatown windows across the globe are iconic. They’re a culinary masterpiece—admittedly an intimidating one to pull off at home. As you can imagine, we’ve gotten so many questions over the years—“do we have a Cantonese roast duck recipe?” As of last fall, when our cookbook ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-roast-duck/feed/ 46 https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-chive-dumplings/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-chive-dumplings/#comments Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:11:16 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=7514 This pork and chive dumpling recipe is truly restaurant-worthy. While we posted a recipe from our cousin (who grew up in Beijing) back in 2014, we have since come up with a new version that we think is the ultimate pork and chive dumpling recipe!  Don’t worry, if you want the old version of the ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/pork-chive-dumplings/feed/ 194 https://thewoksoflife.com/rice-cakes-napa-cabbage-pork/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/rice-cakes-napa-cabbage-pork/#comments Tue, 20 Jun 2023 05:15:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=73100 We’ve been making this simple stir-fry of rice cakes and napa cabbage (白菜肉丝年糕) for years, so we couldn’t believe that it still hadn’t made its way onto the blog or our cookbook! It’s a straightforward and simple one-pan dish, and a great recipe to feed a crowd.  Serve it for a satisfying lunch, a lighter ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/rice-cakes-napa-cabbage-pork/feed/ 44