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Braised & steamed recipes

A Chinese steamed custard bun

Steamed Custard Buns (Nai Wong Bao, 奶黄包)

Chopsticks picking up steamed enoki mushroom

Enoki Mushroom, How To Prepare and Cook (金针菇)

Chinese beef and potato stew

Chinese Beef Stew with Potatoes (土豆炖牛肉)

Steamed Chicken with Shiitake Mushroom (香菇蒸鸡)

Eight treasure rice pudding with red bean paste filling

Eight Treasure Rice Pudding (Ba Bao Fan, 八宝饭)

Chinese red braised pork belly in a bowl

Braised Pork Belly (Hong Shao Rou/红烧肉), an Easy Version

Red bean buns with one halved.

Red Bean Buns (Dou Sha Bao, 豆沙包)

A half char siu bao showing the filling

Char Siu Bao (BBQ Pork Buns, 叉烧包)

Turnip cake dressed with sesame seeds, scallions, soy sauce & chili oil

Turnip Cake (Lo Bak Go, 萝卜糕)

How to Make Smoked Chicken in a Wok (熏鸡)

Chinese lion's head meatballs surrounded by Napa cabbage leaves

Lion’s Head Meatballs (Shi Zi Tou, 狮子头)

pumpkin shaped mochi cakes in a steamer.

Pumpkin Mochi with Red Bean Paste (红豆南瓜饼)

Soy sauce chicken over a bowl of rice with some vegetables

Soy Sauce Chicken (See Yao Gai/豉油鸡)

Steamed Fish, the Chinese Way (清蒸鱼)

Eight steamed dumplings

How to Make Steamed Dumplings, Two Methods (蒸饺)

Chinese Braised Beef Shank & Master Stock (酱牛肉)

Sticky rice cakes filled with two different fillings

Sichuan leaf-wrapped sticky rice cakes (Ye’er Ba, 叶儿粑)

A soup dumpling (Xiao Long Bao)

How to make Xiao Long Bao (小笼包, Soup Dumplings)

Dan Pan Ji chicken stew served on top of hand-pulled noodles.

Big Plate Chicken with Belt Noodles (Da Pan Ji/大盘鸡)

A cabbage roll filled with pork & mushrooms

Steamed cabbage rolls (翡翠包肉)

A Gua Bao, pork belly bun

Gua Bao (pork belly buns, 刈包)

Chinese flower rolls, steamed & pan-fried

Chinese flower rolls with scallions (Hua Juan, 花卷)

Chinese steamed buns in a bamboo basket.

Mantou (馒头), Chinese steamed buns

A shrimp & pork shumai held by a pair of chopsticks.

Shrimp & pork shumai (鲜虾猪肉烧卖)

Freshly steamed bao buns in a bamboo steamer.

Steamed bao buns (baozi, 包子), a complete guide

dumplings cooked in three ways: boiled, pan-fried and steamed.

Cook dumplings in three ways (Ultimate Dumpling Guide part 4)

A pot of tofu soup with various vegetables

Tofu soup with dried shrimp (虾皮豆腐汤)

Spicy noodle soup topped with braised beef cubes

Spicy beef noodle soup (香辣牛肉面)

A bowl of Liang pi, Chinese cold skin noodles.

Liang Pi: cold skin noodles, the simple way (凉皮)

You only need soy sauce and sesame oil to season Chinese steamed eggs.

Chinese steamed eggs, a perfectionist’s guide (蒸蛋羹)

Har gow, crystal shrimp dumplings in steamer baskets

Har gow: dim sum shrimp dumplings (虾饺)

A healthy, tasty dish ready in 10 minutes. Steamed salmon fillets with homemade spring onion oil is aromatic, moist and tender.

Steamed salmon with scallion oil (葱油三文鱼)

A plate of steamed prawns and mung bean noodles

Steamed garlic prawns with vermicelli (蒜蓉粉丝蒸虾)

A Chinese burger stuffed with shredded pork

Chinese pork burger (Rou Jia Mo 肉夹馍)

Fried in sesame oil, braised in rice wine and soy sauce, then flavoured with fresh basil, Taiwanese three cup chicken is super aromatic and very easy to cook.

Three cup chicken (San Bei Ji, 三杯鸡)

a braised pork rib held by a hand

Braised Spare Ribs with Black Bean Sauce (豆豉炖排骨)

Juicy tomatoes are hollowed and steamed with well seasoned tofu crumbs. These tofu-stuffed tomatoes are then served with a scrumptious sweet and sour sauce.

Tofu-stuffed tomatoes (番茄豆腐盅)

Seasoned with “soy cheese”, these steamed pork ribs leave a unique aroma in your mouth. Butternut squash underneath collects all the flavour from the meat.

Steamed pork ribs with butternut squash (南瓜蒸排骨)

A simple way to prepare Chinese-style braised chicken wings. The use of whole white peppercorns makes this dish unusually aromatic.

Braised chicken wings with peppercorns (胡椒鸡翅)

Chinese sweet and sour fish on a plate

Sweet and sour fish (糖醋鱼)