https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/chinese-banquet/ a culinary genealogy Sun, 04 Feb 2024 17:00:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.3 https://thewoksoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-TWOL-favicon-4-32x32.png https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/chinese-banquet/ 32 32 https://thewoksoflife.com/steak-stir-fry/ https://thewoksoflife.com/steak-stir-fry/#comments Sun, 04 Feb 2024 16:47:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=35890 Steak Stir Fry, or Chow Steak Kow, as we used to call it at my parents’ restaurant, is not your standard beef stir-fry. Tender, rich ribeye or sirloin steak bites are cooked in a soy garlic sauce—with some American touches!—and served over a bed of crisp bok choy.  If you’re looking for Pepper Steak Stir-fry ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/steak-stir-fry/feed/ 71 https://thewoksoflife.com/walnut-shrimp/ https://thewoksoflife.com/walnut-shrimp/#comments Mon, 29 Jan 2024 02:45:00 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=18023 Walnut shrimp, also sometimes known as Honey Walnut Shrimp, is one of those recipes that goes a long way back for me. It probably goes way back for any Cantonese kid growing up near a Chinatown! It’s appears at most Chinese banquets, whether for a wedding, birthday, Chinese New Year, or newborn baby. For those ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/walnut-shrimp/feed/ 134 https://thewoksoflife.com/lobster-noodles-e-fu-yee-mein/ https://thewoksoflife.com/lobster-noodles-e-fu-yee-mein/#comments Sat, 20 Jan 2024 08:15:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=76859 Lobster Yee Mein (or yi mein), pronounced lóng xiā yī miàn in Mandarin or loong ha yee meen in Cantonese (龙虾伊面), is a dish combining long life noodles, or yi mein, (also call e fu noodles) and Cantonese-style lobster. It’s an incredibly tasty, luxurious plate of lobster noodles, and we’ll show you how to make ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/lobster-noodles-e-fu-yee-mein/feed/ 22 https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-roast-duck/ https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-roast-duck/#comments Thu, 11 Jan 2024 15:30:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=77003 “A Chinese Roast Duck.” Those roast ducks glistening suspended in Chinatown windows across the globe are iconic. They’re a culinary masterpiece—admittedly an intimidating one to pull off at home. As you can imagine, we’ve gotten so many questions over the years—“do we have a Cantonese roast duck recipe?” As of last fall, when our cookbook ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-roast-duck/feed/ 16 https://thewoksoflife.com/taro-sago-dessert-soup/ https://thewoksoflife.com/taro-sago-dessert-soup/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2022 05:51:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=69677 This taro sago (tapioca) dessert soup is a tasty and lightly sweet end to any Chinese meal. It’s also fairly simple to make, with just water and 8 other ingredients.  It freezes well too, so you can make a big batch and save some in pint or quart containers for a quick and easy dessert ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/taro-sago-dessert-soup/feed/ 25 https://thewoksoflife.com/squirrel-fish-recipe/ https://thewoksoflife.com/squirrel-fish-recipe/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2022 05:03:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=61604 Sweet and Sour Squirrel Fish, or sōngshǔ yú (松鼠魚), is a legendary fish recipe from Jiangsu Province. While it’s a bit complicated, it can be done at home with patience and practice! We’ll show you how to make it from start to finish, with a full video showing the entire process (jump to the video).  ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/squirrel-fish-recipe/feed/ 29 https://thewoksoflife.com/fish-stir-fry/ https://thewoksoflife.com/fish-stir-fry/#comments Sat, 29 Feb 2020 04:00:29 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=36535 While we Chinese love to take down a whole fish, sometimes you want a break from all the bones! This restaurant-style chow yee kow fish stir-fry does the trick.  It’s a great dinner recipe for anyone intimidated by cooking a whole fish and prefers to work with fillets, or anyone looking for a healthy one-pan ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/fish-stir-fry/feed/ 60 https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-fried-pigeon-squab/ https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-fried-pigeon-squab/#comments Tue, 13 Feb 2018 05:01:29 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=20913 Chinese Fried Pigeon (Zha Ge Zi, 炸鸽子) or Chinese Fried Squab (Zha Ru Ge, 炸乳鸽) is an incredibly special dish and a Hong Kong classic. In the Cantonese dialect, we commonly call it Zha Bok Gop, and it used to be a favorite served up in 10-course Chinese banquets for weddings, birthdays, and, of course, ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-fried-pigeon-squab/feed/ 19 https://thewoksoflife.com/crispy-fried-flounder/ https://thewoksoflife.com/crispy-fried-flounder/#comments Sun, 11 Feb 2018 01:10:34 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=20905 Crispy fried flounder is a whole fish dish that I grew up with–mostly eating it at Chinese restaurants. The Cantonese pronunciation of this dry fried flounder dish is “gaun jeen loong li” or, in Mandarin, “gan jian long li” (干煎龙利). “Dry fried” is the name, but the flounder is actually shallow-fried to the perfect crispiness. ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/crispy-fried-flounder/feed/ 29 https://thewoksoflife.com/lobster-sticky-fried-rice/ https://thewoksoflife.com/lobster-sticky-fried-rice/#comments Sat, 23 Sep 2017 15:14:56 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=19090 This Lobster Sticky Fried Rice is not your everyday fried rice. As you can see, it’s got plenty of huge pieces of decadent, tender lobster! The addition of lobster makes this dish truly special, and it’s definitely worthy of being on a holiday or Chinese New Year dinner table, even though it’s not traditionally served ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/lobster-sticky-fried-rice/feed/ 8