Chinese Carrot Rice Cake (Hu Luo Bo Gao - 胡萝卜糕)

Chinese Carrot Rice Cake (Hu Luo Bo Gao - 胡萝卜糕) is a great variation on the more common and traditional Chinese turnip cake made with daikon radish.

Cantonese-Style Zongzi (Rice Dumplings)

Our detailed, step-by-step Cantonese-style Zongzi recipe, a traditional Chinese savory sticky rice treat with pork, peanuts, and salted duck egg yolk.

Jiu Cai Jiao (Chinese Chive Dumplings)

Crisp and chewy pan-fried Chinese Chive Dumplings are a delicious dim sum treat! They're filled with a hearty shrimp and chive dumpling filling.

Taro Cake (Chinese Wu Tao Gou)

Taro cakes! A crispy, golden brown Chinese New Year and Dim Sum favorite. This taro cake Wu Tao Gou recipe comes from our grandma who has made it for years!

Lazy Sticky Rice Dumplings (Zongzi)

This recipe is a shortcut to making zongzi (Chinese sticky rice dumplings) without all the work. No need for hours of wrapping and cooking!

Fa Gao (Chinese Prosperity Cake)

Chinese Fa Gao (fāgāo - 发糕), AKA prosperity cake or fortune cake, is served at Chinese New Year, ceremonial events and weddings...

Banh Chung for Lunar New Year

In areas with a sizable Vietnamese community, you can find banh chung around Lunar New Year. Stacked in neat bricks, sometimes even warm, the sign of a good banh chung is one that's meaty, hefty, and tightly rolled. Here's a recipe and how-to.

Sticky Rice Hashbrowns (Ci Fan Gao/粢饭糕)

These ci fan gao, or “rice hash browns,” made with sticky rice and pork were part of my childhood and a beloved street food that I bought for just a few cents at that time in Shanghai

Shanghai Style Pork Zongzi (Sticky Rice Dumplings) - The Woks of Life

Zongzi, or sticky rice dumplings, are almost like a Chinese version of the tamale––sticky rice is wrapped in bamboo leaves with other fillings, and steamed. I'll be using both the Chinese word "zongzi" and the term "sticky rice dumpling" interchangeably. The major difference between Shanghai Style Pork Zongzi...

Stir-fried Rice Cakes (Nian Gao - 炒年糕) - The Woks of Life

Stir-fried rice cakes are known in Chinese as “chǎo niángāo” (炒年糕). Our version uses pork (but you can substitute chicken) and leafy greens.