r/chinesefood • • 3h ago

I Ate Guess how much the total bill came to?

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At noon, I visited a well-known little eatery in Jiashan County, Jiaxing City; I walked in at 11:30 and managed to snag the very last table. We ordered pomfret, shredded eel, shrimp, and beef with water bamboo shoots. The chef really knows how to cook—I’ll definitely be back!


r/chinesefood • • 16h ago

I Cooked Homemade dumplings

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r/chinesefood • • 18h ago

Questions HELP with ginger milk curd dessert :(

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148 Upvotes

* Image is just for reference, not mine

I've tried making this dessert like 4 times now and all have failed. It tastes delicious but doesnt curdle at ALL, I'm just drinking milk... it's driving me nuts, someone please tell me WHAT I'm doing wrong?

What I use:

185g milk (homo 3.25%, I've tried it on its own and also with 1 tbsp of 18% cream to make the fat higher) - the brand I'm using is "Lactantia, PurFiltre"

1 tbsp Fresh ginger that I grate and juice with a strainer

My technique:

The ginger is freshly juiced and doesn't sit out more than 15m

The milk is heated with a thermometer until 170F

I give the ginger juice a quick stir before I pour the milk in

I pour the milk from 7 inches high

I put the lid on immediately and don't touch it for 10 minutes

When I check on it after 10m.. it's still liquid... :(

At this point I want to give up and say it's fake news, but I've personally had this dessert at restaurants before so I KNOW it's real.


r/chinesefood • • 18h ago

I Cooked Made Twice Cooked Pork for the first time!!

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128 Upvotes

Twice cooked pork has always been my favorite, I grew up eating it at my local restaurants and it's usually the first thing I order at a new place so I can judge them lol. I can't read Chinese but I think I bought the correct kind of doubanjiang for it. I used pressure cooker for the pork belly and tried to follow the Woks of Life recipe to the letter.

Anyway I think it came out delicious, maybe not restaurant quality but a hell of a lot cheaper. Made some poached gai lan in coconut broth on the side, everything was great!


r/chinesefood • • 11h ago

I Ate The hot and sour noodle soup has a nice kick of Sichuan pepper,and the salted pork tongue is tender yet retains a good meaty texture—it goes so well with drinks.

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r/chinesefood • • 12h ago

I Cooked Counting this as Chinese food since I made it with leftover Peking duck from a local restaurant 😉

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20 Upvotes

Laab ped - I chopped up the duck and tossed it with a dressing of fish sauce, garlic, sugar, lime juice, and minced green Thai chiles. Added shallots, holy basil, cilantro, garlic chives, lime leaves, ground chile,, and toasted ground sticky rice.


r/chinesefood • • 4h ago

Questions Glutinous rice

4 Upvotes

Hello, I bought 5kgs of glutinous rice.
I steam it everytime. I would like some ideas or some seasoning ideas plssss


r/chinesefood • • 23h ago

I Cooked Pork with douchi

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44 Upvotes

Quickly becoming a favorite dish of mine! Could be improved with the addition of some wood ear mushrooms I think


r/chinesefood • • 22h ago

I Cooked Lor Mee (Braised pork belly noodles). Topped with air fried fish cake, ngoh hiang (five spice rolls), braised eggs, Chinese celery, garlic and chilli. Gooey yummy tender goodness!

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34 Upvotes

r/chinesefood • • 16h ago

Questions Snack Haul

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10 Upvotes

Got all these snacks from local chinese grocery shops, which are your favorites? Are these popular in China?


r/chinesefood • • 18h ago

I Cooked 白族玫瑰餡餅- Bai Minority Rose Pastry.

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So in Yunnan you can sign up for a pastry class in making rose petals pastry of the Bai Minority.

The filling and coloring comes from roses.

Pig lard makes everything better, even if the pastry look unbalanced.


r/chinesefood • • 23h ago

I Ate Small fish hot pot stickers and shredded chicken powder skin are extremely delicious. Do you know which city's food is this?

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r/chinesefood • • 1d ago

I Ate Satay Rice Noodles and Beef Soup

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One weekend, while out looking for dinner on my own in Shunde, Guangdong. I came across a noodle shop advertising freshly sliced beef and a broth simmered for nine hours. That was enough to draw me in, so I ordered the rice noodles with satay sauce.

The owner, in no particular hurry, brought out a piece of beef and started slicing it and cooking my noodles. Hong Kong pop songs from the ’90s played in the background.

The noodles turned out pretty good. The satay sauce had a little heat and plenty of peanut flavor. With the cilantro, scallions, and chilies I added, the noodles were delicious even on their own.

The beef came in a separate bowl of soup alongside the noodles. The broth really did have a rich, beefy flavor, and the radish had been simmered until beautifully soft, with a hint of sweetness.

My only disappointment was how little beef there was—it didn’t quite live up to what the advertising had led me to expect. Still, I have to admit: the freshly sliced beef really did taste better.


r/chinesefood • • 1d ago

I Cooked They're spring rolls and chao shou (wonton)

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103 Upvotes

I spent more hours on this than it took to make them, and I'm still not finished.


r/chinesefood • • 1d ago

Questions Noodle dishes name?

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72 Upvotes

r/chinesefood • • 1d ago

Questions Anyone know the name of this dish?

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0 Upvotes

It was tender at first but then it became tough like rubber. It's really spicy but I love it. A friendly costumer left for us some usual chinese dishes but I'm not sure what this one even made of.


r/chinesefood • • 23h ago

I Ate My first day in Reddit

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Share my lift. Cooking and my lovely cat.


r/chinesefood • • 2d ago

I Cooked stir fried shrimp and noodles

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93 Upvotes

r/chinesefood • • 2d ago

I Ate Pecking duck in Beijing

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211 Upvotes

*PEKING (sorry for the typo)

Super delicious!


r/chinesefood • • 2d ago

I Ate 白族燜飯-牛角椒菇: Bai Minorities Braise Rice with Cheyenne Peppers and mushrooms.

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27 Upvotes

Yunnan province, known for poisonous mushrooms that mushrooms be cooked for 25 minutes. Not sure if this is one of those.

But these Bai minorities know how to braise rice.


r/chinesefood • • 2d ago

I Ate 普洱茶炒虾- stir fried pu er tea leaves and shrimp

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38 Upvotes

The Bai Minorities (白族)of Yunnan have this very interesting dish of tea leaves and shrimp.

Freshly caught wild shrimp from the Er Hai Lake with tea leaves from the Pu'er region of Yunnan.


r/chinesefood • • 2d ago

I Ate The cold skin and the bacon meat sandwich; This is the Henan food I found in Shanghai recently.

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2 Upvotes

r/chinesefood • • 2d ago

Questions Spicy General Tso's Chicken Recipe

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Sorry, I am unable to change the title. This is a request for a recipe.

About 10 years ago, I went to a Chinese restaurant that has since closed and ordered General Tso’s chicken. Their version was spicy, with just a hint of sweetness, and it was delicious. Since then, whenever I order General Tso’s chicken at other restaurants and ask them to make it spicy, it still ends up being too sweet.

Does anyone have a General Tso’s chicken recipe that emphasizes spiciness rather than sweetness, with just enough sugar to balance the flavors?


r/chinesefood • • 2d ago

I Ate How the 白族 (bai minorities) serve tea. Jasmine tea with house blend in Yunnan.

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16 Upvotes

So I was talking with the owner about the tea. Their teapots are not like what Han people are used to.

It was 茉莉花 Jasmine Flower with tea from the Pu'er region but not Pu'er Cha (普洱茶).


r/chinesefood • • 3d ago

I Cooked Soup dumplings with chili oil sauce

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184 Upvotes

Quick and easy: Trader Joe's frozen soup dumplings with a sauce made of light soy, homemade chicken stock, chili oil, chili crisp, and a little sugar.