Classic recipes for Chinese New Year: Prawn dumplings, sweet and sour pork, kung pao chicken and more

Chinese New Year recipes

No need for takeaways this Chinese New Year. Celebrate the occasion with your own barbecue pork buns steamed to doughy perfection, Sichuan wonton soup, or authentic sweet and sour pork.

Sweet and sour pork

Char siu

Char siu bao

Poached pork and garlic chive dumplings (jiu cai jiaozi)

Jade prawn dumplings

White-cut chicken, aromatic chilli oil and peanuts

Kung pao chicken

Chinese roast duck with brown rice, peas and cucumber

Dan dan noodles

Ma po doufu

Wonton soup with Sichuan red oil and black vinegar chilli sauce

Sichuan-spiced lamb ribs

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