13 Most Popular Chinese Recipes

Thursday, February 7, 2013, 17:21 [IST]

Chinese recipes are almost a part of our own Indian cuisine now. Lets warn you in advance, Indian versions of Chinese food is not very authentic. Nevertheless these Chinese recipes are a different genre of food altogether. What we all love most about Chinese food is the smell of garlic. That is why Chinese recipes like chilli garlic noodles or fried rice do really well. All these dishes have a lovely aroma of burnt garlic.

Chinese noodle recipes are the most popular dishes of this cuisine. There are many types of Chinese noodles like Manchurian, Hunan and Szechuan. However, Hakka is by far the most popular type of Chinese noodles. There are other recipes like Chinese chilli chicken or manchurian. Seafood also makes many delicious Chinese recipes. Hunan prawns or lime and ginger prawns are very popular dishes in Chinese cuisine.

So, here we have put together 13 Chinese recipes that are widely ordered by Indians. These include Chinese soup, starters and main course recipes.

Cheese Corn Spring Rolls

The Chinese recipe is very easy to make and can be a filling snack. You can also have spring rolls as a starter. The basic spring roll is stuffed with cauliflower and garlic. However, you can go creative by adding some cheesy stuffing to make it a delicious treat.

Chicken Drumstick

Chicken drumstick recipe can be made with very basic ingredients. It is because this spicy chicken recipe is actually nothing more extravagant than chicken legs fried in batter.

Chinese Medicinal Soup

A hot cup of herbal soup and some care will relieve any seasonal ailment without side effects. Today, we thought of sharing a simple Chinese medicinal soup that will help our readers to get a natural cure. Have a look at the recipe.

Crispy Spinach

Crispy spinach can be eaten as an appetizer or as a vegetarian Chinese side dish. Either ways, you need little cooking time to make sauteed spinach. In spite of being deep fried, this easy spinach recipe retains some goodness of the spinach in it.

Crispy Lamb

To make crispy lamb you need some basic Chinese spices that are most often used in oriental cuisine. This Chinese food recipe is not technically challenging.

Ginger Lime Prawns

Ginger lime prawns are great Chinese starters recipe. It is easy to make ginger lime prawns. You can also mix this spicy seafood dish with noodles and enjoy the blend.

Chilli Garlic Fried Rice

This fried rice recipe can be prepared in an authentic way even with the few Chinese spices and sauces that we store in our kitchen. That is precisely why chilli garlic fried rice is such a treat. It is delicious, authentic and also easy to make.

Manchurian Prawns

Manchurian prawns look very similar to chilli prawns because of the brown colour. Manchurian sauce is also soy based and uses a lot of garlic. Prawn Manchurian can be either made dry to have as starters or cooked as a prawn curry to have with rice.

Mushroom Rice

Mushroom rice recipe is made with the special 5 spice Chinese powder. This powder is made with 5 spices namely Schezwan peppercorn, clove, star anise, fennel seeds and cinnamon. The aroma of Chinese 5 spice powder and mushroom makes it a yummy dish to try for main course.

Hakka Chilli Chicken

The spicy and juicy Hakka chilli chicken can be made at home too! It is an easy to make chicken recipe and you can prepare this dish in just 30 minutes.

Veg Hakka Noodles

The recipe for Hakka noodles has been simplified to make it quickly in restaurants and at home. As an Indo-Chinese recipe, it retains the salient features of both combining to form an interesting taste of its own. When you are making vegetable noodles then your Hakka noodles recipe will contain only vegetables although the original version has eggs in it.

Egg Custard Chinese Style

Egg custard is an ultimate creamy dessert. It is not only common among Chinese but also Spanish, Italians and Americans. You can easily prepare egg custard and make it crunchy with dry fruits.