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Are you a big fan of Chinese dishes? Well ditch the takeaway and follow our easy Chinese recipes to enjoy a homemade feast packed with flavour. From simple Chinese starters to share with family and friends to Chinese vegetarian recipes, we've got it all.
Cure your takeaway cravings with Verna Gao's crispy honey garlic chicken. This Chinese-inspired recipe is perfect for your Lunar New Year celebrations. It's cooked in the air-fryer for extra crispiness!
You can’t go wrong with a classic chicken stir-fry. This simple recipe combines sticky soy sauce glazed chicken thighs, with plenty of veg, toasted cashews and noodles for dinner on the table in half an hour.
Chef, author and TV presenter, Kwoklyn Wan shares his simple, yet totally delicious twist on sesame prawn toast. Kwoklyn says: "Christmas is a time for sharing, and a plate stacked high with glistening, golden sesame chicken toasts is the perfect festive finger food for a gathering."
Blitz some spinach leaves with soy sauce, garlic and peanuts to make a colourful sauce for a stir-fry. This recipe packs 2 of your 5-a-day and is ready in just 15 minutes! You can even make the sauce the night before and keep it in the fridge for a super-speedy meal the next day.
This umami-forward recipe for crispy miso mackerel and Chinese-style noodles feels like a treat but couldn't be easier to make.
Whip up an easy dinner for one with this speedy Chinese-style omelette. Fill with prawns and stir-fried spring onions for a meal in just 15 mins.
Chef Kwoklyn says: “Fish is a staple during New Year celebrations. The word for fish in Chinese sounds similar to the word for “surplus”, heralding a wish for good fortune in the coming year.”
Celebrate Lunar New Year with this simple 5-ingredient sweet and sour beef noodle recipe
Celebrate the Lunar New Year in style with this simple yet authentic, healthy yet delicious rice dish
Celebrate the Lunar New Year in style with this simple yet authentic side dish
This classic Chinese recipe is super speedy and simply involves stir-frying chicken, shiitake mushrooms, pak choi and satisfyingly thick, stodgy udon noodles. Cooking in a wok on a high heat gets tender, soy-glazed ingredients singing with flavour
Celebrate the Lunar New Year in style with a flavour-packed feast of sweet and sour ribs
Celebrate Lunar New Year with these simple spring rolls filled with ham, noodles and raw veg. These are great for making with the kids – let everyone customise their own for a fun celebratory feast.
Kids will love to help make these giant meatballs, perfect for a Lunar New Year feast. The meatballs are flavoured with fresh ginger and spring onions before being baked with a sticky plum glaze.
Celebrity chef Ken Hom shares a delicious recipe, perfect for a traditional Chinese banquet
Sweet and sour chicken is a takeaway favourite, but actually very easy to make at home. With a sweet, sticky sauce, crunchy veg and juicy pineapple, this homemade version is great to rustle up for a Friday night in, or to celebrate Lunar New Year.
Celebrate Lunar New Year with this homemade version of that takeaway classic, sticky lemon chicken. Crisp golden chicken is coated in a glossy lemon sauce for a delicious sweet and sour dinner for all the family.
Jeremy says: “My Chop cross buns combine the perfectly salty and lightly curried flavour of the Chinese-inspired marinade with a sweet and sour pickle, layered in a hot cross bun for a delicious Chinese-inspired Easter lunch.”
British-Chinese chef, Jeremy Pang chose this dish for Lunar New Year as noodles signify long life in Chinese traditions. 'It's also the type of dish that I often cook for my kids. It's super-easy to make and I know that they'll gobble it up without any fuss', says Jeremy.
'Fish is commonly served during the Lunar New Year because of its association with prosperity and abundance', explains Malaysian-Australian chef and author, Helen Goh. Her sea bass recipe includes the hot oil 'treatment', which serves to firm up the flesh of the fish. This dish is great as part of a feast for Lunar New Year celebrations.
It's hard to believe this dish is ready in just 20 minutes! Packed with sweet, sour and salty flavours, this Chinese-inspired stir-fry makes a perfect fast and fresh fakeaway. You could swap the tofu for ready-to-eat chicken breast or leftover meat – just heat through in the pan before stirring through the sauce.
Make use of your slow-cooker with this succulent slow-cooked Chinese pork. Pork shoulder is braised slowly in a sticky soy, ginger and chilli sauce until meltingly tender – serve with noodles, fresh coriander and a sprinkling of extra red chillies.
Lamb, veg and noodles tossed together with storecupboard sauces for a stir-fry that takes only 10 minutes to cook
Rustle up this super stir fry in just twenty minutes for a flavourful meal, packed with green veg and aromatic beef.
Swede is a buttery root vegetable that's very versatile
For a speedy and delicious dinner ready in just 20 minutes, try this fragrant Chinese stir-fried beef with broccoli and cashew nuts
Swap your Friday night takeaway for a speedy homemade version. This pork noodle stir-fry is ready in just twenty minutes – quicker than a delivery! Using Chinese five-spice means you don’t have to juggle lots of individual herbs and spices.
Looking for a quick and easy dinner? Look no further. This simple healthy chilli prawn stir-fry, with colourful red pepper, pak choi and broccoli packs a flavour punch and is ready to eat in 20 minutes.
If you're looking for a simple stir-fry that you can knock up in under 30 minutes, this chicken and broccoli stir-fry recipe is the perfect go-to
This much-loved Chinese dish makes a great midweek meal – marinated pork with stir-fried vegetables and rice, topped off with a fried egg
Strips of beef lightly stir-fried with zesty orange and fragrant ginger, alongside blanched tenderstem broccoli and sliced red pepper.
Get two of your 5-a-day in this quick and easy stir-fry recipe with broccoli, chillies and sesame seeds
Perfect if you've got leftover rice (or we have used microwave rice to make this from scratch), this prawn fried rice recipe is ready in just 20 minutes. Load up the rice with tender prawns, strips of a quickly made omelette and plenty of fresh veg.