Cantonese Chicken with Pickled Mustard Greens

Stir-fried chicken with pickled mustard greens (haam choy) is a Cantonese classic, and one of our 101-year-old grandma’s favorite recipes.

Stir-fried Pink Amaranth Greens

Stir fried Chinese Spinach amaranth greens in garlic and oil is the best way to enjoy this healthy vegetable alone or as a side dish!

Stir Fried Garlic Spinach with Mustard Seeds

[Photograph: Max Falkowitz] If you've had dim sum, there's a good chance you've had water spinach, stir fried with garlic till just wilted. It's a clean, simple dish that shows greens at their best, and one that takes quite well...

Pickled Mustard Greens (Haam Choy) - The Woks of Life

Making Chinese pickled mustard greens (haam choy or ham choy, depending on how you spell it) has been a family tradition for decades.

Squid Stir-Fry with Pickled Mustard Greens

Squid stir-fry with pickled mustard greens is a Cantonese specialty. Our classic squid stir-fry recipe will take you through how to make it step-by-step.

Cold Yibin-Style Noodles

A nutty Sichuanese-style Chinese noodle dish with chile oil and preserved mustard greens.

Stir-fried Watercress: Chinese-Style - The Woks of Life

Watercress (西洋菜,sai yeung choi in Cantonese or xī yáng cài in Mandarin),  is a super healthy vegetable often overlooked at the market because people don’t know how to prepare it. Making this stir-fried watercress at home is an easy, delicious, and healthy way to change up the vegetables on your dinner table.

Chinese Preserved Greens Recipe - The Woks of Life

These Chinese Preserved Greens can be made with any robust leafy green vegetable, like tender kale, mustard greens, or radish greens. All you need is salt!

Stir-Fried Greens with Dried Shrimp

These simple Chinese stir-fried greens are an excellent vegetable component to a larger family style menu.

Mushrooms and Tofu With Chinese Mustard Greens

Every year, families celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year with an impressive feast called Reunion Dinner, and among the many plates on the table is abalone in a rich sauce with dried oysters, shiitakes, and an algae called black moss. Inspired by that dish, this recipe is a vegetarian take that still delivers on the richness and flavor of the original.