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Lunar New Year Recipes
Reunion feasts of dumplings, whole fish, and sticky rice cakes for luck and prosperity. Below are 6 authentic dishes tied to Lunar New Year, each from a real place and culinary tradition.
6 recipes
Char Siu (Cantonese BBQ Pork)Guangdong, China · medium · 60 minLacquered, honey-glossed barbecue pork with burnished edges, Guangdong’s roast-shop crown jewel, oven-adapted.
Hongshao Rou (Red-Braised Pork)Shanghai, China · medium · 105 minPork belly lacquered in caramel, soy, and rice wine until it trembles, Shanghai’s definition of home.
Jiaozi (Pork and Cabbage Dumplings)Beijing, China · medium · 75 minHand-folded wheat dumplings filled with pork, napa cabbage and ginger, boiled until plump, and eaten at Lunar New Year because their ingot shape promises good fortune.
Nian Gao (New Year Rice Cake)Shanghai, China · medium · 65 minA dense, chewy steamed cake of glutinous rice flour and dark brown sugar, studded with jujube and walnut, eaten at Lunar New Year because its name puns on rising higher each year.
Pineapple CakeTaipei, Taiwan · medium · 70 minA buttery shortbread pastry enclosing a chewy, tangy pineapple jam, Taiwan's most popular edible souvenir.
TangyuanShanghai, China · medium · 45 minChewy glutinous rice balls with a sweet black sesame center in warm ginger syrup, a Chinese symbol of family reunion.
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