These Chinese Sweet & Sour Meatballs feature juicy pork meatballs flavoured with ginger, garlic and Chinese five-spice, double-fried until crisp before being tossed with peppers, onion and pineapple in a glossy sweet and sour sauce. Strawberry jam gives the sauce its vibrant colour and fruity sweetness, creating a homemade version of a classic Chinese takeaway favourite.
UK-Style Fried Egg Noodles
Simply Delicious Chinese Chicken Chow Mein is one of the UK’s most loved takeaway dishes. Chow mein literally means “fried noodles”, and this Simply Delicious Chinese Chicken Chow Mein recipe follows the authentic wok clock method to achieve smoky wok hei flavour, silky marinated chicken and beautifully caramelised noodles.
The key to proper chow mein is soaking the egg noodles rather than boiling them, drying them thoroughly, and cooking everything over very high heat so the sauce wraps around each strand. When finished correctly, the noodles should be separate, lightly caramelised and barely sticking to the wok.
Chinese Fried Fish with Soy Sauce is a beautifully simple dish that highlights crisp skin, flaky white fish and a fragrant ginger, garlic and spring onion sauce. The fish is lightly seasoned, dusted with cornflour and shallow fried until golden and crisp, then finished with a savoury soy glaze that carries a gentle sweetness. This Chinese Fried Fish with Soy Sauce is all about restraint, timing and letting the fish shine.
Wagyu Beef Bento Box is a luxurious Japanese inspired meal featuring beautifully marbled Wagyu beef, seasoned Japanese rice, quick seared yakiniku slices and homemade Wagyu nigiri. This Wagyu Beef Bento Box recipe highlights the natural marbling and melt in the mouth texture of Gunma Wagyu, seared quickly over high heat and glazed with a lightly caramelised garlic soy sauce.
Wagyu beef is prized for its intricate marbling and rich umami depth. The fat melts at a lower temperature than regular beef, giving it a buttery texture that almost dissolves on the tongue. In this bento, the Wagyu is served both seared and lightly torched over rice nigiri for contrast in texture and flavour.
This Curried Beef Instant Noodles recipe transforms a packet of instant noodles into a quick, flavour-packed meal. Tender slices of curried beef are stir-fried with crunchy vegetables and finished with a light, savoury sauce for an easy weeknight dinner.
Today we’re joined by Chetna Makan, showing us a deliciously simple recipe from her latest cookbook “easy Indian vegetarian”.
Sticky BBQ Char Siu Bao are soft, fluffy steamed buns filled with rich, caramelised homemade char siu pork. This Sticky BBQ Char Siu Bao recipe uses a classic thick to thin
sauce ratio of hoisin, ketchup and sugar balanced with dark soy and rice vinegar, then slow roasted for deep flavour before being folded into pillowy bao dough.
Char siu bao are a Cantonese dim sum favourite. The key is sticky, well reduced pork filling that is not too wet, paired with a light, slightly sweet steamed dough.
This Double-Cooked Squid with Garlic, Green Chilli & Black Beans is a classic Hong Kong stir-fry featuring tender poached squid flash-fried with scorched green chillies, aromatic garlic and ginger, and a rich fermented black bean sauce. Poaching the squid first creates an exceptionally soft texture without the sponginess of bicarbonate of soda.
This Hunan Chilli Beef Stir-Fry is a fiery, restaurant-style dish featuring tender slices of beef, three varieties of chilli and fragrant Chinese celery. Finished with black rice vinegar for balance, it's an intensely spicy stir-fry that's made to be enjoyed with plenty of steamed rice.
