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Easy Chinese recipes

Really easy Chinese recipes for simple weeknight dinners for the family.

Simple chicken chow mein

by Jimmy Lee

This speedy stir fry makes for the perfect weekday dinner. Ready in under 15 minutes, that's what we call fast food.

Main course

Sticky chicken in quick bao buns

Char siu pork

Red braised pork belly (Hong Shao Rou)

by Ching-He Huang

Three cup chicken

by Ching-He Huang

Chinese chicken curry stir-fry

by Ching-He Huang

Bao buns

Light meals & snacks

Yuxiang aubergine with shiitake mushrooms

by Ching-He Huang

Greens with chilli soy dressing

by Portia Spooner

Light meals & snacks

Prawn toast with quick sweet chilli sauce

Light meals & snacks

Easy Chinese chicken curry

by Sunil Vijayakar

Chilli-fried tofu with egg-fried rice

by James Martin

Easy vegetable stir-fry

by The BBC Food team

Prawns with ginger and spring onions

Chinese-style chicken pancakes

by Tom Kerridge

Light meals & snacks

Spicy Sichuan (dan dan) noodles

Chinese 5-spice duck with noodles

by Mike Robinson

Healthy sweet and sour chicken

by The Hairy Bikers

Chinese plum chicken

by Hattie Ellis

Five-spice chicken drumsticks

by Ching-He Huang

Hoisin salmon noodles

by Justine Pattison

Easy chicken chow mein

by Ching-He Huang

Egg fu yung wrap with chilli sauce

by Ching-He Huang

Light meals & snacks

Egg fried rice

by Ching-He Huang

Light meals & snacks

Beef and shiitake chow mein

Microwave soy salmon noodles

by Sophie Whitbread

Vegetable egg-fried rice

by Hala El-Shafie

Beef in oyster sauce

by Ching-He Huang

Healthy sweet and sour king prawn stir fry

by Ching-He Huang

Spicy tofu and edamame beans

by Ching-He Huang

Quick hot and sour noodle soup

by Ching-He Huang

Chicken egg-fried rice

by Rachel Phipps

Singapore-style noodles

by Ching-He Huang

Chicken and cashew nut stir-fry

by Ching-He Huang

Steamed mussels

Stir-fried chilli chicken

by Ching-He Huang

Easy beef and broccoli stir-fry

Honey chilli chicken

by Rachel Phipps

Vegetarian Singapore fried noodles

Egg-fried rice

Three cup chicken

by Ching-He Huang

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