Explore the most popular Chinese recipes from Red House Spice blog readers! Find your favorites and try cooking them if you haven’t yet.
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Another year has flown by! As part of my annual review, I’m sharing my Top 20 Recipes of 2025, the dishes my blog readers saved and favorited the most over the past year.
Scroll down to explore them! And if you haven’t made them yet, why not add a few to your to-cook list for 2026? Wishing you a delicious new year, and I hope my blog continues to bring new flavors to your dining table.
20. Sweet & Sour Ribs
💬 “Has to be one of my favorite recipes. Easy and so very flavorful. Will now become one of my go to recipes and a family favorite.”
Sweet and Sour Ribs (Tang Cu Pai Gu, 糖醋排骨)
19. Beef Chow Fun
💬 “This is my favourite Chinese dish and it turns out just like the restaurant version!”
Beef Chow Fun (Beef Ho Fun, 干炒牛河)
18. Singapore Mei Fun
💬 “Absolutely perfect! Tastes just like the dish from our favorite restaurant and better than the Mei Fun from every other restaurant”
Singapore Mei Fun (Singapore Rice Noodles, 星洲米粉)
17. Soy Sauce Chicken
💬 “Great easy dish, everyone enjoyed it and want it again”
Soy Sauce Chicken (See Yao Gai, 豉油鸡)
16. Kung Pao Chicken
💬 “So delicious and easy to make! The combination of the peppercorns and the chili peppers makes for an explosion of flavor in your mouth!”
Kung Pao Chicken, the Authentic Way (宫保鸡丁)
15. Chinese Meat Pies
💬 “These were very easy and delicious.”
Chinese Meat Pies (Xian Bing/馅饼)
14. Chinese steamed eggs
💬 “I followed the recipe exactly and the eggs turned out perfectly! This is now my favorite way to have eggs for breakfast.”
Chinese steamed eggs (蒸蛋羹)
13. Dan Dan Noodles
💬 “This was very satisfying! Very nutty, perfectly spicy; really deep and rich, but that balanced out well with plenty of greens and noddles; a small amount of that sauce goes a long way!”
Dan Dan Noodles(担担面)
12. Wonton Soup
💬 “I have cooked this recipe three times in the last three weeks…All worked incredibly well!”
Wonton Soup (馄饨汤)
11. One-pot Chicken Rice
💬 “This is a hit in my home! Thanks for the easy recipe,and most importantly delicious!”
One-pot Hainanese chicken rice
10. Mapo tofu
💬 “Amazing!! Best Mapo I’ve ever had. I could eat this every day!!”
Mapo Tofu, the Authentic Way (麻婆豆腐)
9. Spring Rolls
💬 “I’ve never made spring rolls before. Ours were a bit messy but still delicious. We made them without meat, and my daughter who usually won’t eat vegetables absolutely loved them.“
Chinese Spring Rolls (春卷), Deep-Fried or Air-Fried
8. Chow Mein
💬 “Better than restaurant!!”
Chicken Chow Mein (鸡肉炒面)
7. Chinese Chili Oil
💬 “Omg this is amazing! If you haven’t made this, it is a must have in the kitchen. Pure delight!“
Homemade chili oil (油泼辣子)
6. Char Siu
💬 “A very simple recipe for Char Sui and yet the result is anything but! It was so good – tender and juicy with authentic Chinese flavour.”
Easy Char Siu (Chinese BBQ pork, 叉烧)
5. Hot and Sour Soup (酸辣汤)
💬 “This is the best hot & sour soup recipe by far…I have tried at least 20 over the years. Thank you for such a great and easy recipe.“
Hot and Sour Soup, the Authentic Way
4. Egg Fried Rice
💬 “Our family loved this egg fried rice. Must have been a success as our children thought I bought it at the local Chinese takeaway.”
Egg Fried Rice (蛋炒饭), A Traditional Recipe
3. Scallion Pancakes
💬 “I can’t wait to make them again after this first try. The flavor is so good and what a snack. Thank you.”
Scallion Pancakes (Cong You Bing, 葱油饼)
2. Easy Peking Duck
💬 “Been making this for 5 years in a row every thanksgiving and Xmas. Hands down the best recipe ever.”
Peking Duck, An Easy Home Version (北京烤鸭)
1. Braised Pork Belly
💬 “A very good recipe… My 93 year old mom had the pork belly and she loved it. She said it tasted like home.”
Hi, wei i would like to recieve a free recipes of chinese cooking from you
Thanks for your interest Jerson! All the recipes on my blog are free to access. If youโd like to receive them regularly, youโre very welcome to subscribe to my newsletter.
THANK YOU FOR SO MANY DELICIOUS RECIPES ALWAYS.
LOVE THEM ALL.
My pleasure to share. Wish you a wonderful new year packed with good food!
Love your recipes. I watched my mom cook cantonese Chinese, but never picked up the details. You have filled the details in for me so that I am now enjoying the food I grew up with
Thank you for sharing this, Winston! Iโm really glad my recipes helped fill in those missing details and you enjoy cooking them.
I like your simple recipes most of them are new to me
Thanks
So happy to hear you find my recipes simple to follow. I hope you’ll enjoy cooking many more dishes in the new year!
Hi Wei, I just joined. Looking at your recipes and got interested in Easy Peking Duck. Just wondering if I can substitute chicken instead? Please advise if there are any revisions to the recipe that I need to be aware of. Thank you.
Hi Elizabeth! I haven’t tested this recipe with chicken but I think it works as long as you adjust the cooking time since chicken is usually much smaller. Also, you might be interested in my whole chicken recipes, such as Five Spice Roast Chicken, Smoked Chicken.
I made Peking Duck using your recipe. Wow! A great recipe. Everyone one in the family love it. The duck tasted yummy but it was hard work for amateur like me. I will make the duck again using your recipe
Thank you Wei. You are so generous to share your recipes with us.
Thank you so much Laurine! Iโm thrilled your family loved the Peking Duck, and kudos to you for tackling itโitโs no small feat! If you make it again and need any tips, feel free to reach out. Iโm so glad to share my recipes and truly appreciate your kind words!
I am so grateful Wei that you started your website. I wanted to thank you for sharing your recipes that I have been curious about & new ones that I didn’t know I’d like without knowing how they were made or what were the ingredients. Please continue to share. I enjoy receiving your weekly emails.
I’ll continue sharing for sure! Wish you, Terri, a wonderful new year full of good food and culinary adventures.
I have made several of Wei’s recipes and loved each one. I want to try the hot and sour soup next. That is my favorite soup to order at any Chinese restaurant. Next may be the Ma Po Tofu. The picture is so beautiful a delicious looking…mmmm!
Thank you Corissa for your positive feedback! Wish you a fun time cooking Hot & Sour Soup and Mapo Tofu.
The Red Braised Pork Belly is awesome! But my personal favorite has to be Dan Dan Noodles… I made it three (yes, 3) times last week!
Yes John! Dan Dan Noodles are absolutely irresistible. Glad you enjoy my recipes.
THANK YOU WEI
WAS GREAT RECIPIE.
Thank you so very much. I have embarked on your cooking odyssey! Already made Pork belly and shrimp & egg.
That’s wonderful to hear Malcolm!