Chinese Cuisine: Overview
Dish | Description | Ingredients | Region/Cuisine |
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Kung Pao Chicken | Stir-fried chicken with peanuts, chilli peppers, and vegetables | Chicken, peanuts, chilli peppers, vegetables, soy sauce | Sichuan Cuisine |
Peking Duck | Roasted duck with crispy skin, served with pancakes, scallions, and hoisin sauce | Duck, pancakes, scallions, hoisin sauce | Beijing/Cantonese Cuisine |
Mapo Tofu | Spicy tofu dish with minced meat and Sichuan peppercorns | Tofu, ground meat, chili bean paste, Sichuan peppercorns | Sichuan Cuisine |
Dim Sum | Assorted small dishes served with tea, including dumplings, buns, and small plates | Dumplings, buns, steamed or fried dishes | Cantonese Cuisine |
Hot Pot | Shared meal where ingredients are cooked in a simmering pot of broth at the table | Various meats, seafood, vegetables, noodles, broth | Various regions |
Xiaolongbao | Steamed soup dumplings filled with pork and broth | Pork, gelatinized broth, dumpling wrapper | Shanghai Cuisine |
General Tso’s Chicken | Deep-fried chicken pieces coated in a sweet and spicy sauce | Chicken, cornstarch, soy sauce, sugar, vinegar | Hunan Cuisine |
Chow Mein | Stir-fried noodles with vegetables and protein | Noodles, vegetables (such as cabbage, carrots), protein (such as chicken, beef, shrimp) | Cantonese Cuisine |
Ma Po Eggplant | Spicy stir-fried eggplant dish with minced meat and fermented bean paste | Eggplant, ground meat, fermented bean paste | Sichuan Cuisine |
Spring Rolls | Crispy fried rolls filled with vegetables, sometimes with meat or shrimp | Vegetables (such as cabbage, carrots), meat or shrimp, spring roll wrapper | Cantonese Cuisine |
Chinese Cuisine and Regional Specialties
Chinese cuisine and regional specialities: Chinese regional cuisines are the different ways of cooking food found in different parts of China and Chinese communities around the world. Some of the most well-known styles include Guangdong, Shandong, Huaiyang, and Sichuan cuisines.
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