Recipes – Page 2 – Towards China

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A little timing, folding or slow cooking. You can take it one step at a time.

Medium5 hr 20 min

Chinese barbecue pork ribs

A char siu-style marinade makes these oven ribs sticky and aromatic. They need fridge time before cooking, so plan this one ahead.

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Medium17 min

Chinese broccoli with oyster sauce

Chinese broccoli has sturdy stems as well as leafy tops.

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Medium2 hr 15 min

Chinese-spiced beef and potato stew

Potatoes and carrots join this Chinese-spiced beef stew near the end, so they soften without falling apart during the long braise.

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Medium24 min

Crisp pan-fried noodles with vegetables

Thin egg noodles develop toasted, crisp edges before being tossed with soy sauce, spring onion and beansprouts. This is a dry noodle dish rather than a bowl of gravy.

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Medium1 hr 15 min

Cumin lamb skewers

Cumin and chilli go onto these lamb skewers as they cook over a barbecue.

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Medium38 min

Dan dan noodles

Dan dan noodles put minced meat and preserved vegetables over a sesame-and-chilli dressing.

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Medium24 min

Dry-pot cauliflower

Cauliflower gets a short blanch before a quick stir-fry with pork, garlic and ginger.

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Medium45 min

Fish soup with pickled mustard greens

Pickled mustard greens give suan cai yu its sour, savoury broth. Thin slices of white fish poach gently in it, taking very little time to cook.

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Medium13 hr 25 min

Five-spice roast chicken

Five-spice seasoning sits on this flattened chicken overnight before roasting.

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Medium27 min

Ginger and spring-onion steamed fish

Gentle steam, delicate white fish and a warm soy dressing. A Cantonese-style idea made practical with fillets.

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Medium2 hr 33 min

Ginger chicken

Ginger slices flavour a short chicken braise, then the lid comes off to reduce the sauce.

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Medium32 min

Glass noodles with minced pork

Tiny pieces of pork cling to glass noodles in the dish often called “ants climbing a tree”.

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Every swap explains what changes. Some specialist ingredients are worth finding: plain flour cannot do the job of glutinous rice, and chilli sauce cannot recreate fermented bean paste.