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You can easily make these dishes at home that will bring good luck to you in the Year of Pig. They are simple, healthy and lots of fun. Rice Balls: Family Reunion and Happiness Dumplings: Fortune (They Have the Same Shape of Silver and Gold Ingot in Ancient Times) Rice Cake: Growth Fish: Affluence Noodle: Longevity

自制糯米汤圆 (Zi Zhi Nuo Mi Tang Yuan) Handmade sticky rice ball is much easier than you think. This recipe makes 6 plain sticky rice balls for one person's serving within 10 minutes. A great winter breakfast choice, or night time snack. Store sold rice balls usually have a lot of sugar, those with fillings have a lot of oil as well. This homemade version is sugar free (the soup has a little bit sugar for taste). For more fun cooking ideas, see Recipes by Category . Ingredients 40 grams sticky rice flour 1/2 tablespoon sugar Total Time: 10 minutes Yields: 6 rice balls Cooking Steps 1. Add 1 cup of water to a small cooking pot. Add 1/2 tablespoon sugar to the pot for flavor, boil. This takes about 4 minutes with cold water. 2. While waiting for the water to boil. Measure 30 grams water and 40 grams sticky rice flour to a bowl, mix with chopsticks evenly. 3. Once the water boils, use hand to make 6 rice balls. Divide the dough into 6 portions. Place a small dough of 1 inch size onto the

上海桂花年糕 (Shang Hai Gui Hua Nian Gao) Nothing is more traditional than the steamed rice cake to celebrate Chinese new year in southern provinces of China. The pronunciation of rice cake (Nian Gao) is similar to "growing every year", which is a lucky word during the spring festival. This could mean your business, your fortune, your wisdom, your health, your luck, your relationship, etc. I still remember the lovely warm atmosphere when the family gathered together and steamed the huge rice cake in a old fashioned oven in the country side of Shanghai. The wok to steam the cake is usually 2-3 feet wide. Rice cake cab be made as dessert like this recipe, or they can be savory, such as stir fried or made as soup. Checkout more rice cake recipes . Or find traditional Chinese noodle dishe s, delicious dumplings and wonton recipes . Looking for more inspirations? Find more ideas in Recipes by Category . Ingredients 1 lb. rice flour 1 lb. sticky rice flour 1/2 lb. sugar 18 Chinese d

素什锦 (Su Shi Jing) A very traditional Chinese vegetable combo with numerous varieties of vegetables. "10" is just a number, the actual number of vegetables could be less or more. This is also a popular dish to celebrate Chinese year, especially in Shanghai region. For more fun cooking ideas, see Recipes by Category . Ingredients ( Essential Ingredients for Cooking Authentic Chinese Food ) 1/4 lb. fresh oyster mushroom (available in Chinese grocery stores year around, with reasonable price) 1/2 lb. soybean sprout 1/8 cup dry woodear (back fungus, 木耳, available in Chinese grocery store) 6 pieces of Fried Gluten Puffs (油面筋, available in Chinese grocery store) 1/4 cup salty mustard green (腌雪菜, available in most Chinese grocery store, you can also easily make at home, see Salty Mustard Green ). Preparation Time: 20 minutes Cooking Time: 10 minutes Cooking Steps Prepare the Vegetables 1. Put 1/8 cup dry woodear in a bowl of water, let it rise for 30 minutes (depending on the va

八宝饭 (Ba Bao Fan) Chinese dessert has many varieties that are so unique and special to its own tradition. I still have the vivid memory of my parents making a special dessert to celebrate Chinese new year, i.e., the steamed sticky rice with 8 treasures. 8 is just a number, it means numerous sweet ingredients used in the recipe, mostly dried fruits and red bean paste. In the old days, making this dessert required lots of effort, it was only made during the spring festival when people had plenty spare time. The hardest part of making this dessert in a traditional way is to make the red bean paste, which took a few hours. It started with simmering the red bean for a couple of hours, then removing the bean skin, consolidating the bean starch, then boiling the bean starch with sugar and pork fat. It was quite a lengthy process. Fortunately these days, we can purchase the ready to use red bean paste from the Chinese grocery stores. Dried fruits can be purchased from stores as well. It can b

韭菜虾仁春卷 (Jiu Cai Xia Ren Chun Juan) A super delicious traditional Chinese spring roll that uses Chinese leek and shrimp. Spring roll (春卷) is a traditional delicacy that was usually only consumed during Chinese new year, when people had feasts after one year of hard work. Due to the nature of deep frying, they are not typically consumed on a daily basis. Yellow Chinese leek (韭黄) is probably the best spring roll filling. Yellow Chinese leek has a unique flavor, it is usually only available during winter season, it takes special steps to grow, thus it is very pricy. US Chinese grocery stores might carry it in winter times with a high price tag. Use green Chinese leek as alternative, it is equally good. For more fun cooking ideas, see Recipes by Category. Ingredients ( Essential Ingredients for Cooking Authentic Chinese Food ) 1/3 lb. Chinese leek 1/4 lb. shrimp 1/2 tablespoon corn starch 1/2 teaspoon salt and a pinch of sugar 1 teaspoon canola oil. Preparation Time:  10 minutes Cooking Ti

Chinese Century Egg Salad with Sesame Oil Poached Salty Chicken Drumstick Salad Stir Fried Bok Choy Scape With rice. For travel lovers, checkout my travel blog Rainbow Planet .  

Salmon belly (or side) is the cheaper cut of the salmon, but it is my favorite cut of salmon, this is because it has super tender and fatty texture. For more fun cooking ideas, see Recipes by Category . We also have lots of fun vegetarian dishes . Ingredients 4 lb. salmon belly or side strips 6 tablespoon soy sauce 3 tablespoon brown sugar A few slices of ginger 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon garlic powder A few dried chili paper, crush into flakes A few slices of ginger 1 green onion (why buy from store? grow your own green onion ) Preparation Time: 10  minutes Cooking Time:  60 minutes Servings: 8 Cooking Steps 1. Buy 4 lb. salmon belly or side cut. 2. Rinse clean and cut the salmon into smaller 2 inch long strips. Place all of them on a large non sticky pan. This steps takes about 10 minutes. 3. Turn on high heat and cover to cook the salmon. This takes about 30 minutes. 4. Take out the lid, use medium heat, let the juice from the fish evaporate. The fat

口水鸡 (Kou Shui Ji) Free range chicken is the best option to make this dish with its little bit chewy texture of the skin and meat. Free range chicken only available in some Chinese supermarkets. The free range chicken I bought was 4 lb., thus I decided to divide the chicken to make 2 dishes, the head, neck, wings, thighs and drumsticks went to  Chinese Rooster Stew , the rest of the chicken is used for this dish. For more fun cooking ideas, see Recipes by Category . Ingredients The body of 1 free range chicken (available in some Chinese super market) Salt to marinate 4 tablespoon soy sauce 2 tablespoon  chili oil (easy homemade in 5 minutes)  1 tablespoon Sichuan peppercorn oil A few slices of ginger 1 green onion (why buy from store? grow your own green onion ) Preparation Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 60 minutes Servings: 4 Cooking Steps 1. Buy free range chicken from Chinese supermarket if possible. This type of chicken has tighter muscle and skin, which makes the texture a little b

Sky is the limit to make cook rice cake dish. Throwing in various meat, egg , seafood and vegetable , you will have your fancy meal within 15 minutes . This rice cake soup adds milk to have the creamy look, so soothing for a cold winter night. For more fun cooking ideas, see  Recipes by Category . Ingredients 1/2 cup rice cake 5 slices of pork, 5 slices of chicken meat (or adjust depending on your own taste. I choose the smaller portion of meat to make the soup not too crowded). A few slices of mushroom  A couple of slices of ginger 1 and 1/4 cup stock (or use water and bouillon) 1 Thai red chili A few slices of green onion (why buy from store?  grow your own green onion ) Salt to taste Preparation Time:  5 minutes Cooking Time:  10 minutes Servings: 1 Cooking Steps 1. Measure 1 and 1/4 cup chicken stock (or any stock), if no stock is available, simply use water and  add bouillon for flavor. Add the stock or water to a small pot, add a couple of slices of ginger, 2 tablespoon whole f