Stir Fried Cucumber
With just a few simple ingredients and easy-to-follow steps, you can have a healthy and tasty dish on the table in no time.
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The Best Prawn Toast Ever is a chunky, rustic British Chinese takeaway classic made with generously seasoned prawn filling pressed into hollowed baguette and pan fried until golden and crisp. This The Best Prawn Toast Ever recipe focuses on maximising prawn content, keeping texture coarse rather than paste-like, and pan frying instead of deep frying for better control at home.
Prawn toast is believed to have evolved in British Chinese kitchens, blending Western bread with Chinese prawn paste techniques. By hollowing out stale baguette and packing it with fresh prawns, garlic and herbs, you get a far superior result to typical takeaway versions.
Biang Biang Noodles are thick, hand-pulled Chinese noodles known for their chewy texture and dramatic “belt-like” shape. In this version, they are served with a comforting egg and tomato topping and finished with a sizzling hot oil pour over garlic and chilli. The combination of chewy noodles, sweet-sour tomatoes and aromatic oil creates a deeply satisfying dish.
Crispy Hong Kong Style Salted Egg Prawns
Tasty Chinese Salted Egg Yolk Prawns are a classic Hong Kong restaurant favourite, known for their ultra crispy prawns coated in a rich, creamy salted duck egg yolk sauce. This Tasty Chinese Salted Egg Yolk Prawn recipe delivers that signature balance of savoury, sweet and umami flavour, with evaporated milk creating a smooth sauce that clings perfectly to each crispy prawn.
Salted duck eggs are preserved in brine for around 30 days, which transforms the yolk into a firm, crumbly and intensely savoury ingredient. When steamed and mashed, the yolk forms the base of a luxurious sauce that becomes thick and glossy once reduced in the wok.
Chinese Garlic & Egg Fried Rice is one of the fundamental building blocks of Cantonese home cooking. This Chinese Garlic & Egg Fried Rice recipe focuses on two essentials: properly chilled rice and high heat wok control. By making a simple garlic infused oil first and cooking each ingredient in sequence, you achieve separate grains, light egg ribbons and that signature smoky wok flavour.
The key to great fried rice is cold, day old rice. Fresh rice contains too much moisture and will clump together. Once chilled overnight, the grains firm up and separate easily when stir fried at high heat.
Steamed Aubergine with Spring Onion & Garlic Dressing is a light Chinese home style dish where aubergine is gently steamed until tender and silky, then dressed with a punchy sweet, sour and savoury sauce. The dressing combines garlic, ginger, spring onion, soy sauce, vinegar and chilli oil, creating a fragrant topping that soaks into the hot aubergine. This simple technique highlights the natural texture of aubergine while allowing the bold dressing to shine.
Lotus Leaf Fried Rice is a fragrant, earthy festive dish where savoury sausage, dried shrimp and mushrooms are stir fried with rice, wrapped in soaked lotus leaf and steamed to infuse a delicate tea like aroma. This Lotus Leaf Fried Rice recipe layers flavour in the wok first, then finishes with a second steam to allow the lotus leaf to perfume the rice beautifully.
Often served at banquets and special occasions, lotus leaf fried rice is about depth and aroma. The sausage fat coats each grain, the dried shrimp add umami, and the final steam transforms the dish completely.
Air Fried Crispy Chilli Beef is a lighter take on the classic takeaway favourite, delivering the same crunch, sweetness and heat without deep frying. This Air Fried Crispy Chilli Beef recipe uses a double air fry method to achieve maximum crispiness, then finishes the beef in a rich roasted garlic chilli sauce for deep flavour and glossy coating.
Traditionally deep fried in oil, crispy chilli beef can be heavy. Using an air fryer dramatically reduces oil while still creating a dry, crackly exterior that holds sauce beautifully. The addition of roasted garlic and roasted dried chillies elevates the sauce with deeper savoury notes.