For a work-intensive recipe like scratch-made dumplings, you'll want to make a big batch. This recipe serves 60, so whether you're serving these to a crowd or freezing them...
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Celebrate the Chinese New Year
Food is a huge part of the Chinese new year celebration. Many of the foods served are symbolic in some way, often because their name has a double meaning or sounds like another word, or they resemble something else.
Some items you'll often find at a Chinese new year feast include whole fish or chicken, tangerines and oranges, and steamed cakes like rice cakes.
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Dumplings
Dumplings are very common on this and other Chinese holidays because of their shape. They resemble the Chinese ingot. The dumplings can be filled with a variety of ingredients including pork, chicken, or vegetarian.
Long Noodles
Long noodles are another commonly served food. The length of the noodle symbolizes a long life. You want to be careful not to break the noodles when eating them.
Jiaozi - Chinese Dumplings
Chinese Pork Dumplings with Soy Ginger Dipping Sauce
You'll love these dumplings made with ground pork, soy sauce, oyster sauce, napa cabbage, and scallions and served with a soy sauce based dipping...
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Steamed Chinese Style Snapper
Made with cilantro, snapper fillets, salt and pepper, rice wine or dry white wine, fresh ginger, soy sauce, garlic, green onions, sesame oil
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Yu Sang (Chinese New Year Salad)
Made with preserved ginger, pickled scallions, kaffir lime leaves, Red Thai chiles, green onions, cilantro, lime or lemon, peanuts, fried shrimp chips or fried rice...
Time: 30-60 minutes