Chinese New Year Recipes
January 25th, 2009 | Chinese New Year, Chinese, Chinese Recipes | 30 Comments
As a Chinese, I know how stressful it could be to celebrate Chinese New Year. This time of year, Chinese restaurants big and small are packed with hungry patrons looking for Chinese New Year eats, with lines longer than the Great Wall of China!
To avoid the restaurant rush–not to mention the notorious holidays traffic–you might want to have home-cooked meals this Chinese New Year. I have hand-picked 10 restaurant-style Chinese recipes from my archives, just for you…(get Chinese New Year recipes after the jump)
Chinese New Year Recipes
(from left to right)
- Wonton Soup – start the new year right with a hearty wonton soup, filled with succulent and crunchy shrimps.
- Sweet and Sour Pork - this classic Chinese recipe is not your typical gooey and sticky Chinese take-out.
- Chinese steamed fish – Chinese New Year prosperity starts with a great steamed fish recipe.
- Shrimp with Snow Peas – A simple stir-fry recipe but never fails to impress.
- Jiaozi (Leeks with Pork Dumplings)- You can’t do without jiaozi when it comes to Chinese New Year!
- Pot Stickers – If you prefer your dumplings pan-fried, try pot stickers.
- Lobster Yee Mein (Noodles) - Lobsters are always great for Chinese New Year celebration.
- Mongolian Beef – This recipe is for red meat lovers.
- Ginger and Scallion Crab – the most-ordered crab dish at Chinese restaurants in the US, now you can make it at home.
- Chow Mein – You can glam up your typical chow mein with extra toppings of shrimp, chicken/pork, and more!
- Restaurant-style Chinese Greens – Gotta have some greens to balance out your Chinese New Year diet.
- Cashew Chicken – How can you not have a chicken recipe for Chinese New Year?
Happy Chinese New Year!
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Bee! Gong xi fa tsai! I’ve been so busy, I haven’t had a chance to get around to my usual blogs. But I wanted to wish you a very happy Chinese New Year and all the best in the year of the ox. xxoo
Gong xi fa cai!
Good job :). Thanks
What an amazingly tasty roundup of recipes. I’m definitely bookmarking this as I love everything you’ve listed. Jiaozi is on my must-cook list of 2009.
Happy New Year, Bee, and thank you for the wonderful recipes!
Gong Xi Fat Chai!
Thanks for the compilation. Have a Good and Peaceful Year.
gong xi fa cai to you, BY!
long time i no come in but i still remember you.
I see all these dishes, I feel like having a feast again! Even though I have been eating like no tomorrow these few days. Happy 牛 Year :)
Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy Niu Year! ;)
Happy New Year Bee!
Oh this is funny. I just came over here to search for your cashew chicken recipe, and you have it linked right here. Great! I really like the simplicity of the dish, great flavors and love cashews!
Happy New Year!
Lori Lynn
Happy New Year, Bee!
Happy New Year, Bee!
Kung Hey Fatt Choy and Sum Seong Sih Sheng to you in this Year of the Ox!!!!
What a great collection of scrumptious recipes! Happy New Year!
Cheers,
Rosa
Oooo. Thanks for the lovely recipes! I just discovered this blog, and maybe you can answer a question I’ve had.
A local restaurant that recently shut down used to have a dish it called Shrimp With Pinenuts. It had lightly battered shrimp, tossed with pineapple and maybe a couple of other ingredients, that was tossed in a sweet creamy sauce. (Maybe coconut milk, although it could have had condensed milk). The were toasted pine nuts sprinkled over the top. It looked, frankly, like an American ambrosia salad, but it was really a wonderful tasty mix of sweet, sour, umami and the salty toasty nuts and batter.
Does this sound at all familiar?
Happy New Year!
All – thanks for your comment and wishes.
Happy Niu Year to everyone!
A belated Happy Chinese New Year to you!!! Thanks for rounding up these recipes…I’ve got to try cooking more Chinese food at home…we were one of those groups crowded in a Chinese restaurant on Chinese New Year!
Thanks for reminding me I wanted to make some of these! We went out and did a prix fixe last night, but I really need to learn more about cooking Chinese food.
hi bee, hope its not too late to wish you keong hee huat chai! :)
hope you’re having a fabulous cny!
Thanks for the 12 dishes I can make for each month of the year.
Bee, may the year of Ox bring you all the happiness, good fortune, health and prosperity you wish for.
Thanks for this, RM! These are lovely. Would def try some of them soon…
Wow Bee, Kung Hey Fat choy! What a feast. You should hire yourself out as a chef for the day! You fold your dumplings perfectly. My fingers are too fumbly!
Hi RM!
Wishing you a very Blessed Lunar New Year too!
Hi Rasamalaysia,
Happy Belated Chinese New Year To You “Gong Xi Fat Cai”.
Your website has recently been an inspiration for me to try out the dishes. I’m Singaporean but have lived out of my country for the past 7 years. Whenever i need to cook, i go straight to your site and simply love oogling at the photos. I’m an avid photographer myself. And am 100% on your side about plagerism.
Wonder if you will be coming up with a recipe for honey lemon chicken? i tried a recipe from another site but was frustrated with it.help? please? :)
I love this! I could use this year round! Great idea and post!