Taro Rice (芋头焖饭)

This Chinese Taro Rice recipe is a delicious bowl of comfort, with buttery taro cubes, seasoned rice, Chinese sausage, and dried shrimp.

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.

Chinese Turnip Cake With Sausage, Bacon, and Mushrooms (Law Bok Gow)

Studded with Chinese sausage, Chinese bacon, and shiitake mushrooms, this steamed (and then, optionally, pan-fried) daikon radish-based snack is a classic at both the Chinese New Year, and also on dim sum tables year-round.

Cantonese Cha Guo Savory Rice Cakes

Cantonese Cha Guo (茶粿) or “tea cakes” are a savory treat made with sticky rice flour, stuffed with a filling of pork, mushrooms, shrimp and daikon radish.

Turnip Cake (Chinese Lo Bak Go)

Turnip cake is a traditional Chinese snack served at dim sum. Our family turnip cake lo bak go recipe uses Chinese sausage, dried shrimp, mushrooms and more

Hakka Steamed Pork Belly with Taro (Wu Tau Kau Yuk) - The Woks of Life

Steamed Pork Belly with Taro (芋头扣肉), or wu tau kau yuk in Cantonese, is home-cooked, show-stopping Chinese comfort food at its best.

Taro Sago (Tapioca) Dessert Soup - The Woks of Life

This taro sago dessert soup is a tasty and lightly sweet end to a Chinese meal. It’s also easy to make, with just 8 ingredients. 

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...

Savory Tang Yuan: A Traditional Chinese Recipe - The Woks of Life

Savory Tang Yuan are sticky rice dumplings filled with pork, salted radish, and mushrooms, perfect for celebrating Chinese New Year & the Lantern Festival.

Bai Tang Gao - 白糖糕 (White Sugar Sponge Cake) - The Woks of Life

This white sugar sponge cake recipe (白糖糕 - bai tang gao in Mandarin; bak tong gou in Cantonese) was once a dim sum favorite, but is now disappearing from...