https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/chinese-new-year/ a culinary genealogy Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:47:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 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/chinese-chicken-chestnuts/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-chicken-chestnuts/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:45:23 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=93336 This Braised Chicken with Chestnuts is a deliciously cozy dish to have bubbling on the stove this fall. Hearty and wholesome from rich chestnuts and deeply flavored with shiitake mushrooms, it feels just right when the temperatures go down! A Traditional Chinese Chicken Stew You’ll find variations of this braised Chicken with Chestnuts across China. […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-chicken-chestnuts/feed/ 20 https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-pork-ribs-red-fermented-bean-curd/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-pork-ribs-red-fermented-bean-curd/#comments Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:03:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=84712 Steamed Pork Ribs with Fermented Red Bean Curd is the perfect make-ahead Chinese dish for a busy weeknight.  Marinate the ribs the night before, and put them in the refrigerator. When you get home from work, place them into the steamer, fire up the rice cooker, blanch some green veggies, and you have a super-delicious […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/steamed-pork-ribs-red-fermented-bean-curd/feed/ 21 https://thewoksoflife.com/hakka-taro-roll/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/hakka-taro-roll/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2025 18:30:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=84587 This Hakka taro roll is a little-known recipe that you may only see around Lunar New Year. Julienned taro and a bit of ground meat are mixed with dried mushrooms, dried shrimp, Chinese sausage, and peanuts. The mixture gets rolled in tofu skin to hold it together, steamed, and pan-fried until crispy.  While it’s a […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/hakka-taro-roll/feed/ 12 https://thewoksoflife.com/shrimp-clay-pot-chinese/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|* https://thewoksoflife.com/shrimp-clay-pot-chinese/#comments Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:23:13 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=84562 This Chinese Garlic Shrimp Clay Pot recipe is impressive, very delicious, and surprisingly easy to make.  It is a great candidate for Chinese New Year dinner, not just because it symbolizes wealth and happiness “rolling in,” but also because you can prepare the entire dish in advance! This also makes it a wonderful makeahead weeknight […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/shrimp-clay-pot-chinese/feed/ 44 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 […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/shanghai-fried-noodles/feed/ 215 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 […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-dumplings-shiitake-mushrooms/feed/ 135 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! […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/stir-fried-bok-choy-recipe/feed/ 136 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 […]]]> 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 […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/steak-stir-fry/feed/ 82 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 […]]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/walnut-shrimp/feed/ 151