Lunar New Year Recipes

Lunar New Year recipes for good luck and great prosperity. From tang yuan and changshou mian to dayu darou and babao fan—all foods with a symbolic significance.

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Hoisin-glazed cocktail meatballs on a white porcelain plate. There is a glass bowl of dipping sauce with a metal spoon on the plate.
Hoisin-Glazed Cocktail Meatballs Recipe
shrimp fried rice in a small blue and white bowl
13 Fried Rice Recipes That'll Use Up All Your Leftovers
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Peanut Sauce
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Bumbu Dasar Putih (Indonesian White Spice Paste)
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Sambal Belacan (Malaysian Chile Paste)
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Sambal Tumis (Malaysian Chile Paste)
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Nasi Lemak (Malaysian Coconut Rice)
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Cơm Tấm (Vietnamese Broken Rice)
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Canh Chua Cá Thì Là (Vietnamese Fish Soup With Tomato and Dill)
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Garlic Fried Rice Recipe
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Hot and Numbing Shredded Lamb Noodle Soup Recipe
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Lamb Biryani With Saffron, Yogurt, and Caramelized Onions
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Galam Plee Pad Nam Pla (Thai Stir-Fried Cabbage With Fish Sauce and Garlic) Recipe
Overhead view of gong bao ji ding (kung pao chicken), served on a porcelain plate with intricate blue trim.
33 Stir-Fry Recipes For Your Wok
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Fried Bee Hoon (Singapore Noodles) Recipe
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Sambal Stingray (Malaysian-Portuguese Baked Fish)
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17 Recipes for a Homemade Dumpling Feast
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Taiwanese Turkey Rice Recipe
Shrimp chip bags
Asian Shrimp(y) Chips | Taste Test
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Jamie Oliver's Steamed Asian Chicken "Parcels" Recipe
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Spicy Warm Silken Tofu With Celery and Cilantro Salad Recipe
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Coleslaw in Chinese-style Dressing Recipe
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Seaweed Salad (Wakame)
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Quick Asian Chili-Lime Chicken Soup Recipe
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Chinese Noodles with Baked Sriracha Ribs Recipe
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How to Make Kerisik Recipe
A live whole crab next to a large cleaver
Seriously Asian: Crab Two Ways Recipe
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Tea Smoked Fish Recipe
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Crispy Bánh Mì Spring Rolls With Creamy Chili Mayo Recipe
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Durian Smoothie Recipe
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Taiwanese Pineapple Cakes (Fung Li Su) Recipe
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Durian
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The New Rules of Pasta Salad: How to Work With Asian Noodles
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Rice Wine and Soy Sauce Dressing Recipe
Plov (Uzbek Rice Pilaf) Recipe
Overhead view of braised pork chops
How to Make the Beloved Bento-Style Meal Thousands Enjoy in Taiwan Each Day
Tuan Fan rolls on a white plate and peach colored surface
Fan Tuan (Taiwanese Stuffed Rice Roll)
Velveted chicken with mushrooms on top of Cantonese clay pot rice.
Cantonese Clay Pot Rice With Velveted Chicken and Mushrooms (北菇滑雞煲仔飯)
Chinese meatloaf on top of Cantonese clay pot rice.
Cantonese Clay Pot Rice With Chinese Meatloaf (肉餅煲仔飯)
Cantonese clay pot rice with Chinese sausage and greens.
How to Make Cantonese Clay Pot Rice (煲仔飯)
Tiger peppers on a serving platter with ground pork
Chinese Stir-Fried Tiger-Skin Peppers
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Homemade Yakimochi (Grilled Mochi With Soy Sauce and Nori)
Side view of pork chop sandwich
Macau Pork Chop Sandwich
Cheesefoam Bubble Tea in front of a orange backdrop
Cheese Foam Tea
Bowl of cold sesame noodles topped with cucumber, celery, and cilantro
Cold Sesame Noodles
lumpiang shanghai
Lumpiang Shanghai (Filipino Egg Rolls)
The three cup chicken in a white ceramic bowl.
Taiwanese Three Cup Chicken (San Bei Ji) Recipe
A bowl of jjajangmyeon with a thick and hearty black bean sauce on one side and fresh noodles on the other.
Jjajangmyeon (Korean Black Bean Noodles) Recipe
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Home-Style Tamagoyaki (Japanese Rolled Omelette)
Hands holding thin hand-pulled lamian noodles over floured counter.
Hand-Pulled Lamian Noodles Recipe
Cheese pull from forkful of cheesy kimchi skillet rice
Crispy Kimchi Cheese Rice Recipe
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Taiwanese Pan-Fried Rice Noodles Recipe
Two Taiwanese pork belly buns (Gua Bao) placed on a white ceramic plate on a yellow background.
Taiwanese Pork Belly Buns (Gua Bao) Recipe
Overhead view of a bamboo steamer filled with dumplings set in a wok, ready to be steamed.
Everything You Can Do With a Wok
A bowl of flavorful homemade Taiwanese beef noodle soup
Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup Recipe
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Wok Skills 101: Dry Fried Chow Fun (Wide Rice Noodles)
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Andrea Nguyen's Spicy-Sweet Fried Tofu Buns
A plate of sauteed mizuna.
Sauteed Mizuna with Garlic and Fish Sauce Recipe