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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)

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