List of Chinese dishes

This is a list of dishes in Chinese cuisine.

Dishes by type

Grain-based dishes

Noodles English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Chinese noodles plain noodles; an essential ingredient and staple in Chinese cuisine Chow mein stir-fried noodles Noodle soup noodles with soup, originated in China Zhajiangmian noodles mixed with sauce Lamian Hand-pulled noodles Liangpi served cold Lo mein Biangbiang noodles broad noodles, part of Shaanxi cuisineSliced puddle 刀削刀削面dāoxiāo miànnoodles that are sliced from a big chunk of dough directly into the boiling waterSu-style noodles蘇式湯苏式汤面sūshì tāngmiānChongqing noodles重慶小麵重庆小面Chóngqìng xiǎomiànShacha noodles沙嗲面沙茶面shā chá miànNoodles with tomato egg sauce番茄炒蛋面番茄炒蛋面fān qié chǎo dàn miànSimilar to Stir-fried tomato with eggs except with the inclusion of noodles.

Rice English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin White rice Fried rice

Pork-based dishes English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Braised pork belly Braised pork Sweet and sour pork Twice cooked pork Char siu Chinese barbecued pork

Poultry-based dishes English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Century egg A famous snack in parts of China Kung Pao chicken Peking Duck the trademark dish of Beijing Soy egg hard boiled egg marinated in sweet soy sauce over the course of a few days or hours Tea egg Fujian red wine chicken a traditional dish of northern Fujian cuisine which is made from braising chicken in red yeast rice. Stir-fried tomato and scrambled eggs a common dish in China.Dry pot chicken jī bào

Vegetable-based dishes English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Buddha's delight a vegetarian dish popular among Buddhists Pickled vegetables various vegetables or fruits that have been fermented by pickling with salt and brine, or marinated in mixtures based on soy sauce or savory bean pastes

Dishes by cooking method English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Double steaming / double boiling a Chinese cooking technique to prepare delicate and often expensive ingredients. The food is covered with water and put in a covered ceramic jar, and is then steamed for several hours. Red cooking several different slow-cooked stews characterized by the use of soy sauce and/or caramelised sugar and various ingredients. Stir frying two fast Chinese cooking techniques.

Dumplings English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Baozi steamed buns with fillings Dim sum a staple of Cantonese cuisine Potsticker fried dumplings Jiaozi dumplings Mantou steamed buns Wonton sphere-shaped dumplings usually served boiled in broth or deep-fried Xiaolongbao soup dumplings, a specialty of Shanghai cuisine Zongzi glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves, usually with a savory or sweet filling Tangyuan glutenous rice balls

Pastries

English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Cha siu bao Steamed buns, usually filled with BBQ pork Cong you bing Scallion pancakes Mooncake Usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Sweet pastry with various fillings e.g. lotus paste, red bean paste, mung bean paste. Most have a savoury egg yolk inside. Sachima A sweet pastry made of sugar and flour Shaobing A flaky baked or pan-seared dough pastry Youtiao Long strips of deep-fried dough

Soups, stews and porridge

English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Congee Chinese rice porridge Hot and sour soup Hot pot Tong sui a sweet soup served as dessert in Cantonese cuisine

Dishes by region

Anhui

English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Bagongshan Tofu Bright Pearl Abalone Caterpillar Fungus Duck Crab and Fish Stomachs Crab-apple Flower Cake Dried Pot Tofu Five Colours Fish Cake Flower Mushroom Frog Steamed Pumpkin Dumplings Fried Tofu Curd Balls Fuli Roast Chicken Ginger Duck Hay Wrapped Fragrant Ribs Jade Rabbit Sea Cucumber Lotus Seed Pod Fish Phoenix Tail Shrimp Potato Croquet Silver Fish Fried Egg Soy Braised Mandarin Fish

Beijing

English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Peking Duck Zhajiangmian Xianbing Youtiao a deep fried strip of dough

Cantonese

English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Jyutping Notes Braised abalone Shaved ice Beef chow fun Bird's nest soup Black sesame soup Cantonese seafood soup Char siu Crispy fried chicken Duck with taro Guilinggao Little pot rice Red bean soup Roast squab Roast suckling pig Sea cucumber Seafood with bird's nest Shark fin soup Siu Yuk燒肉烧肉shāoròusiu1 juk6 Snow fungus soup Sour spare ribs Spare ribs soup with watercress and apricot kernels White cut chicken Winter melon soup Wonton noodles Yeung Chow fried rice Youtiao Zhaliang

Chaozhou

English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Yusheng Popiah Hao kuih 鲎粿

Fujian

English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Buddha jumps over the wall Fried rice in Fujian style Oyster omelette Popiah Yanpi

Guangxi

Southern Guangxi cuisine is very similar to Guangdong cuisine. Northern Guangxi cuisine, such as the dishes below, is quite different.

English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Luosifen Liuzhou noodles Guilin rice noodles Ningmeng ya Lemon duck

Hainan

English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Hainanese chicken rice Wenchang chicken

Hakka

English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Meigan vegetable Stuffed bitter melon Stuffed tofu

Hunan

+EnglishImageTraditional ChineseSimplified ChinesePinyinNotesChangsha stinky tofuXiangxi baconXiangxi rice tofu

Hubei

English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Hot dry noodles

Jiangsu

Northeast

Shaanxi

Shanxi

Shandong

English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Youxuan 油旋

Sichuan

English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Chongqing spicy deep-fried chicken Dandan noodles Fuqi Feipian Sichuan hotpot Kung Pao chicken Mapo tofu Shuizhu Twice cooked pork Zhangcha duck

Yunnan

English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Crossing the bridge noodles

Zhejiang

English Image Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Beggar's Chicken Braised Sliced Pork with Preserved Vegetables Cold Chicken Cooked in Wine Dongpo Braised Pork Fish Ball in Light Soup Fried Eel Slices Fried Pigeon with Spiced Salt Fried Shrimps with Longjing Tea Fried Stuffed Bean Curd Paste Fried Sweet and Sour Pork Hangzhou-Style Duck Pickled in Soy Sauce Old Duck Stewed with Bamboo Root and Ham Red-Stewed Duck Sauteed Broad Beans with Ham Sauteed Shrimps Sizzling Rice in Tomato Sauce Steamed Pork with Rice Flour in Lotus Leaf Stewed Spring Bamboo Shoots Stir-Fried Spring Chicken with Chestnuts West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce

List of Chinese dishes

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