Chinese New Years Recipes
Get A Glimpse of The Chinese Celebration with Food
BY
Stephanie Sharp
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Table of Contents
Introduction
To celebrate Chinese New Year at home with home-cooked meals, you do not have to go the extra mile to prepare a great menu. You can do it without a sweat if you prepare your menu early and go grocery shopping one week before the event. The recipes that Chinese people love are simple and made with love. They are not difficult recipes that you will need hours to make in the kitchen.
If you look at the 30 recipes in this book that Chinese people would love on their table during the celebration of Chinese New Year, they are comfort food, simple cooking method, and mostly quick recipes. They love to make their dishes quickly with as few ingredients as possible. There will be some recipes that may need a long list of ingredients, but that is a rare case. Most of the recipes need less than 6-7 ingredients to make.
They love rice flour, almonds, red bean paste, steamed cakes, steamed buns, chicken, pork, and noodles. You will see an abundance of the ingredients and dishes throughout the book because this is what they love, and this is what they use to celebrate their New Year. So, try making your menu around the recipes, and have a wonderful Chinese New Year.
Authentic Chinese Steamed Fish
Chinese cuisine is all about eating healthy but still delicious. Chinese New Year celebration will come to a full circle when there is this delicious steamed fish dish on the table.
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 1.5 hours
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
550 grams sea bass
2 tbsp. seasoned soy sauce
1 1-inch piece ginger, sliced
1 tsp. sesame oil
1/2 tsp. Sichuan peppercorn
1 cup green onion, chopped
2 dried chili peppers
2 tbsp. Shaoxing wine
1 tbsp. peanut oil
Instructions:
Clean the fish but keep the head on. Wash and drain properly. Rinse off completely. Add half the green onions to a steaming plate. Place the fish on top of the green onions. Add some ginger slices and green onions inside the cavity of the seabass. Add the wine on top of the fish. Steam the fish for 8 minutes. In a skillet, add the peanut oil and chili peppers and fry for 30 seconds. Add the peppercorn and stir for 20 seconds. Discard the spices and add the oil on top of the fish. Serve with green onions and ginger on top.
Suan Cai Yu (Sichuan Fish with Pickled Mustard Greens)
Chinese love fish, and each of their dish of it is unique from the others. This unique fish dish is perfect to celebrate Chinese New Year. It has so many flavors that anyone who is trying it for the first time will get mesmerized.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 50 minutes
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
1 (6 pounds) catfish
2 slices ginger
6 cups chicken stock
400 grams Sichuan pickled mustard greens, sliced
Salt and white pepper to taste
4 dried chili peppers
2 egg whites
8 cloves garlic, halved
1 leek, sliced
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. Sichuan peppercorn
1 tbsp. Shaoxing wine
2 tbsp. potato starch
2 tbsp. peanut oil
3 tbsp. doubanjiang
Instructions:
Cut the catfish in fillets and cut into 2-inch cubes. Marinate them using egg whites, cornstarch, salt and white pepper. Let them sit for 20 minutes. Next, in a skillet, heat the oil and fry the green onions, ginger, chili pepper and garlic. Cook for 2 minutes and add doubanjiang. Stir for 2 minutes. Then, stir in the jalapenos and Sichuan pickles and stir for 7 minutes. Pour in some Shaoxing wine. Stir for 1 minute. Then, pour in the chicken stock and cook on high heat for 5 minutes. Finally, add the fish bones and head into the mixture and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove the fish bones and head. Then, add the sugar and cook for 2 minutes. Serve hot.
Braised Pork Ribs
Indeed, no Chinese New Year celebration is complete without a proper meat dish unless you are vegan! This is a complete dish with a delicious gravy, vegetables and aromatic meat.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 2 hours
Serves: 4 - 5
Ingredients: