Meat Dishes

Guizhou-Style Chinese Sausage with Baby Napa Cabbage

Difficulty ★

Guizhou-style Chinese sausage with baby napa cabbage doesn’t require heat control or seasonings, making it perfect for lazy cooks. Prep time is 15 minutes. The flavor is similar to Sichuan or Hunan cuisine, yet it is a rare non-spicy dish in Southwest cuisine, salty and savory, suitable for both southern and northern tastes.

Spicy Numbing Stir-Fry Pot

Difficulty ★★★

Braised Chicken (Huang Men Ji)

Difficulty ★★★

Braised chicken is a very rice-friendly dish. The ingredients are ordinary and it is very easy to cook—learn it once and you can do it.

Stir-Fried Cucumber with Pork

Difficulty ★★★

Black Pepper Beef Strips

Difficulty ★★★★

Black pepper beef strips is a simple, easy dish. The vegetables and meat are balanced, rich in protein, and the flavor suits most people. In general, beginners can finish it within 1 hour.

Fish-Fragrant Eggplant

Difficulty ★★★

This dish is seriously great with rice—be a true rice hero.

Mapo Tofu

Difficulty ★★★

This is a dish created with reference to mapo tofu. It is rich in essential trace elements such as iron, calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium. Most importantly, it goes great with rice~

Braised Chicken with Shiitake Mushrooms

Difficulty ★★★

Spicy Braised Chicken Feet

Difficulty ★★★★

Spicy braised chicken feet are springy and chewy, richly spicy and fragrant, with a long-lasting aftertaste.

Fish-Fragrant Shredded Pork

Difficulty ★★★★

Shredded Pork with Dried Tofu

Difficulty ★★★

Stir-Fried Dried Tofu and Celery with Pork

Difficulty ★★★

Stir-Fried Dried Tofu and Celery with Pork is a very simple home-style stir-fry. It is said that eating more celery is helpful for relieving high blood pressure. Stir-frying it with dried tofu and pork is also very tasty. Beginners generally need only 30 minutes (including prep time) to finish.

Pan-Fried Pork Belly

Difficulty ★★★

Pan-fried pork belly is a simple, easy-to-start dish. The pork belly is rich but not greasy, and the lettuce leaves are crisp and healthy. Someone with a bit of cooking experience can finish it in half an hour.

Braised Beef Shank

Difficulty ★★★★★

Homestyle braised beef shank is nutritious and aromatic, great as a main dish or a side. Beginners generally need only 10 hours to complete it.

Drunken Pork Ribs

Difficulty ★★★★

Drunken pork ribs are a traditional specialty dish from Fuzhou, Fujian Province.

Stir-Fried Pork with Green Peppers and Potatoes

Difficulty ★★★

Stir-Fried Pork with Green Peppers and Potatoes is a simple stir-fry combining meat and vegetables. Beginners generally only need 1 hour to finish. Super rice-friendly~

Guizhou Spicy Chicken

Difficulty ★★★★

Guizhou people’s obsession with eating chicken

Stir-Fried Pork with Chili Peppers

Difficulty ★★★

⚠️Note: This dish requires some cooking skills and is not recommended for beginners.

Soy-Braised Pork Ribs

Difficulty ★★★★

Soy-braised pork ribs are sauce-red in color, tender and fall-off-the-bone, with rich bone aroma, thick sauce, fresh flavor, and a balance of salty and sweet.

Lettuce with Black Bean Dace

Difficulty ★★

Lettuce with black bean dace is a very common dish, with simple ingredients and easy preparation. The dace is salty and fragrant, making it very good with rice.

Black Bean Sauce Pork Ribs

Difficulty ★★★★

Black bean sauce pork ribs are a classic Cantonese dim sum steamed dish, rich in fermented black bean aroma, tender and juicy ribs, and incredibly good with rice!

Steamed White Eel with Black Bean Sauce

Difficulty ★★★

Blood Plasma Duck

Difficulty ★★★★★

Blood Plasma Duck is a traditional specialty from Wugang, Hunan. It is fragrant, crispy, and tasty. Thanks to the vinegar-added blood, not only are the duck bones crisp and brittle, even the ginger and chilies become less spicy and taste sweet and clean. Beginners can generally finish it in just 2 hours.

Tomato and Potato Braised Beef

Difficulty ★★★★

The特点 of tomato and potato braised beef (brisket) is that it tastes pretty good; beef is high-quality protein, and using brisket tastes even better.

Tomato Braised Beef Brisket

Difficulty ★★★★★

Tomato braised beef brisket has a rich, sweet-and-sour sauce. The beef is tender and fragrant, perfect with rice. Beginners generally need 90 minutes to finish.

Braised Lamb Ribs with Daikon

Difficulty ★★★★

Braised lamb ribs with daikon is a common home-style dish, suitable for all ages. Beginners generally need at most 2 hours to finish.

Garlic Scape Stir-Fried Minced Pork

Difficulty ★★

Garlic scape stir-fried minced pork is a simple and easy dish to make. It is a Northern Chinese homestyle dish known for its simple method and excellent flavor, and is widely loved among people in the North.

Tiger-Skin Pork Knuckle

Difficulty ★★★★★

Tiger-Skin Pork Knuckle is a traditional famous dish, using pork knuckle as the main ingredient. It goes through three steps—braising, frying, then stewing—to make the skin take on a tiger-skin pattern. The skin is soft and flavorful, fatty but not greasy, and the lean meat is tender and tasty. This dish is the go-to choice to make the elders happily gorge during festivals, truly a lifesaver.

Ants Climbing a Tree

Difficulty ★★★

Ants Climbing a Tree is a classic Sichuan dish, mainly made with glass noodles and minced meat. It is savory with a mild heat and fully flavored; the noodles are soft and silky, and the minced meat is tender and fragrant. The whole process only takes 20 minutes, making it very suitable for home cooking.

Stir-Fried Snow Peas with Chinese Sausage

Difficulty ★★

Stir-fried snow peas with Chinese sausage is a nutritious dish with a refreshing taste that helps stimulate the appetite. Snow peas are rich in various nutrients needed by the body, especially high-quality protein, which can improve disease resistance and recovery ability.

Lychee Pork

Difficulty ★★★★

Lychee Pork has distinct Fujian cuisine characteristics, with a sweet-and-sour flavor. It is a relatively common dish in the Fuzhou area.

Stir-Fried Wild Rice Stem with Pork

Difficulty ★★★

Wild rice stem has a fresh flavor and some nutritional value

Pork Patty Steamed Egg

Difficulty ★★★

Pork patty steamed egg is a traditional Chinese home-style dish and a very popular rice companion. Beginners can complete it in just 20 minutes.

Red Fermented Tofu Pork Belly

Difficulty ★★★★★

Red fermented tofu pork belly brings together selected pork belly and red fermented tofu in a tender duet. The tofu’s distinctive wine and bean aroma seeps into the meat’s grain, and slow braising turns it into an amber softness. Melt-in-your-mouth pork wrapped in a lightly sweet, savory sauce—truly a feast for the palate.

Wasabi Giant River Prawns

Difficulty ★★★

This dish can be made with any shrimp variety, including but not limited to whiteleg shrimp, flower shrimp, and black tiger shrimp. Fragrant and flavorful, full of wasabi character, finger-licking good, and very easy to make.

Braised Noodles with Lamb Ribs

Difficulty ★★★★

Braised noodles with lamb ribs is a hearty dish, great for showing off at gatherings. The downside is it takes a bit of time; the upside is it is delicious, and one dish covers the three major nutrients the body needs.

Mom’s Pork Trotters

Difficulty ★★★★

Braised pork trotters are rich in nutrition, with a delicate texture that is tender and falls off the bone. Paired with the sour-and-spicy sauce, it’s incredibly fragrant!

Old-Style Guo Bao Rou

Difficulty ★★★★

Guo Bao Rou is a famous Northeastern dish, created in the Guangxu era by Zheng Xingwen, a chef at the Harbin Daotai Mansion. The old-style version gets its sourness from white vinegar sauce, with a sweet-sour crispy flavor.

Southern-style Red-Braised Pork Belly

Difficulty ★★★★

This red-braised pork belly tutorial is a foolproof recipe for beginners. Paired with rice it's so delicious you can't stop, fragrant and sticky, with an irresistible color, rich but not greasy.

Easy Braised Pork Belly

Difficulty ★★★

This braised pork belly tutorial is a beginner-proof recipe. Delicious with rice and hard to stop eating, fragrant and glutinous, with an irresistible color that is rich but not greasy. Recommend serving with rice.

Red-Braised Chicken Wings

Difficulty ★★★

Red-braised chicken wings are a homestyle dish that pairs well with rice, savory and fresh with a hint of sweetness, and glossy reddish in color. Rich in protein, moderately difficult, with an estimated total time of about 40 minutes.

Sweet and Sour Pork Tenderloin

Difficulty ★★★★

Sweet and Sour Pork Tenderloin is one of China’s classic traditional dishes. It uses pork tenderloin as the main ingredient, paired with flour, starch, vinegar, and other seasonings. The flavor is sweet and sour, making it very appetizing; this dish appears in Shaanxi, Henan, Zhejiang, Shandong, Sichuan, Huaiyang, Cantonese, and Fujian cuisines.

Braised Pork Trotters in Red Sauce

Difficulty ★★★★

Braised pork trotters are nutritious, aromatic, and have a rich sauce that goes great with rice.

Braised Napa Cabbage with Pork and Glass Noodles

Difficulty ★★★

Braised napa cabbage with pork and glass noodles is a simple, easy-to-make dish. This is a traditional Northeast home-style dish, loved by people across the region for its simple method and excellent flavor.

Steamed Pork with Rice Powder

Difficulty ★★★★

Steamed Pork with Rice Powder is a classic Chinese steamed dish with a rich aroma, soft and glutinous texture, and plentiful nutrition. It is suitable for family gatherings or holiday banquets. This dish is suitable for cooks with some experience, and it takes about 90 minutes from prep to finish.

Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs

Difficulty ★★★★

Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs is a representative traditional classic dish, loved for its distinctive sweet-and-sour flavor. While preserving the original taste, this recipe optimizes ingredient binding, heat control, and operational details to improve portability and executability.

Sweet and Spicy Roasted Whole Chicken Wings

Difficulty ★★★

These sweet and spicy roasted whole wings are cooked in an air fryer using only common household seasonings. Low in oil and no need for store-bought BBQ sauce. A single serving for one person. Ingredient prep takes 15 minutes, marinating takes 120 minutes, and cooking takes 50 minutes.

Tomato Red Sauce

Difficulty ★★★★

The tomato red sauce is rich and flavorful, and very nutritious, we really like it. It can be a versatile sauce for flatbreads, pasta, ~~hot dry noodles~~, and other staples. It is a bit involved, suitable for those with cooking experience. It is fine if you cannot finish it at once; you can freeze it and reheat anytime. (But be sure to remember to eat it.)

Lean Pork and Potato Slices

Difficulty ★★★

Lean pork and potato slices is a simple, easy dish. A quick home-style stir-fry, convenient and fast, suitable for office workers to pack for lunch. Beginners usually need only 1 hour to finish.

Steak

Difficulty ★★★★

Steak is a widely popular Western meat dish, rich in protein, fat, and minerals such as iron and zinc. The cooking process controls doneness through flexible methods (such as pan-searing, roasting, sous-vide, aging), from rare (pink center) to well-done (fully cooked). High-heat cooking forms a flavorful crust, and pairing with salt, garlic, butter, and herbs creates rich flavor. Steak is easy to get started with, but hard to master. This article mainly introduces the simplest pan-seared steak, with a total cooking time of 15-30 minutes. The illustration shows 5/10 doneness beef short ribs (short ribs).

Pork Skin Aspic

Difficulty ★★★★★

Pork skin aspic is a simple, easy dish. A perennial favorite on Northern Chinese New Year's Eve dinner tables, it looks crystal clear and has a smooth, bouncy texture, making it a bona fide perfect drinking snack.

Braised Pork with Pickled Cabbage

Difficulty ★★★★★

Braised pork with pickled cabbage is a famous northern dish, simple and easy to make. Rich in protein. Beginners generally need 3 hours to finish.

Xiangqi Rice-Flour Duck

Difficulty ★★★★

A specialty from the Liangqi region of Hunan, found on every family table during festivals. Duck is coated in rice flour; savory and aromatic with a long-lasting aftertaste that eases homesickness.

Roasted Chicken Wings

Difficulty ★★★

Pan-Seared Grilled Lamb Chops

Difficulty ★★★★

Pan-seared grilled lamb chops combine braising and searing, crisp on the outside and tender inside, with an intense aroma. It works as a hearty family centerpiece and a standout at banquets. After braising, the lamb becomes tender and flavorful, then searing blooms the spices, delivering a rich taste without being greasy.

Hunan-Style Braised Pork Belly

Difficulty ★★★

Hunan-style braised pork belly, tender and glutinous, rich but not greasy.

Sichuan Boiled Beef

Difficulty ★★★

Numbing, spicy, and fragrant.

Sichuan Boiled Pork Slices

Difficulty ★★★★★

Sichuan boiled pork slices are numbing-spicy and fragrant, great with rice, but the method is a bit of a hassle. The main difficulty is keeping the pork tender; beginners generally need 1 - 2 hours. For rice lovers, it is all worth it~

Stir-Fried Pork with Onion

Difficulty ★★★

Salty with a touch of sweetness, simple to make, and easy to end up eating an extra bowl of rice. Usually only takes 15 minutes to finish.

Steamed Mandarin Fish

Difficulty ★★★

Mandarin fish is considered the king of freshwater fish, with a delicate, fresh taste. As the saying goes, high-end ingredients only need the simplest cooking methods, and steaming best highlights the mandarin fish’s freshness.

Preserved Mustard Greens Braised Pork Belly

Difficulty ★★★★

Preserved mustard greens braised pork belly has a refined, elegant shape, a soy-red glossy color, thick and savory sauce, and the pork is rich but not greasy, tender and fragrant.

Salt and Pepper Pork Ribs Strips

Difficulty ★★★★

Salt and pepper pork rib strips are a very classic Shanghai-style dish—salty, fragrant, and easy to make.

Braised Lamb Brisket with Bean Curd Sheets

Difficulty ★★★★★

Braised lamb brisket with bean curd sheets is a family-friendly dish perfect for warming the stomach in winter. Rich but not greasy, it pairs beautifully with rice. Beginners usually need 2.5 hours to complete it.

Chu Hou Beef Brisket

Difficulty ★★★★

Rich, savory beef aroma, tempting color, nourishing and hearty, great texture—an irresistible Cantonese dish. With a pressure cooker it only takes 1 hour; otherwise it needs 3 hours of simmering.

Xinjiang Big Plate Chicken

Difficulty ★★★★

Boneless Chicken Feet

Difficulty ★★★★★

The color in the photo is relatively light; my family prefers less soy sauce.

Sha Zhu Cai

Difficulty ★★★★

How to make Sha Zhu Cai (meat dish).

Huizhou-Style Braised Pork Belly

Difficulty ★★★★

Huizhou-style braised pork belly is a dish made with pork belly and other ingredients.

Italian Roasted Chicken

Difficulty ★★★

Dry-Fried Young Chicken

Difficulty ★★★★

Dry-fried young chicken is a sweet-spicy Sichuan dish developed by Chef Zhao Chunyu of the Peking University cafeteria, and it is beloved by teachers and students. Chef Zhao has made the recipe public so everyone can make it at home—perfect for pandemic stay-at-home meals!

Cantonese Beef Brisket with Daikon

Difficulty ★★★★

Cantonese beef brisket with daikon is nutritious and delicious, with a rich, savory broth that improves kids’ appetites and even their grades.

Handled Pork Knuckle

Difficulty ★★★★★

The knuckle meat is tender but not greasy, the skin is gelatinous, rich and fragrant. Served with scallion segments and sweet bean paste, it has a distinctive flavor. Because the hoof resembles a handle, it got its name. It is a famous dish from Dali County, Shaanxi Province. It is highly nutritious, but difficult to make.

Pakistani Beef Curry

Difficulty ★★★★★

Achar gosht (Pakistani beef curry) is a signature curry dish from Pakistan. This dish combines the rich aroma of curry with tender beef, with a distinctive flavor and a spicy profile. It is rich in high-quality protein and various vitamins, with strong nutritional value. The process takes 2.5 hours, the steps are not complicated, and it is a delicious dish suitable for slow weekend cooking.

Stir-Fried Yellow Beef

Difficulty ★★★★

Stir-fried yellow beef is a simple Hunan dish. The flavor is very punchy and refreshing. Generally, beginners only need 1 hour to finish it.

Stir-Fried Pork with Millet Chilies

Difficulty ★★★

⚠️Note: Not recommended for light eating.

Xiaosu Rou (Crispy Pork Strips)

Difficulty ★★★

Screaming Bullfrog

Difficulty ★★★★

Screaming Bullfrog is an easy dish to make. Most beginners can finish it in 1-2 hours. Besides being delicious, it also has an appetite-boosting effect, making it great when you have a poor appetite, suitable for all ages. (Best if you can handle spicy food.)

Stir-Fried Beef with Hot Green Peppers

Difficulty ★★★

Shanxi Guo You Rou

Difficulty ★★★★

Guo You Rou is a traditional Shanxi signature dish with a long history, and it is basically made in every household.

Stir-Fried Chicken Liver

Difficulty ★★★

A slightly complicated dish.

Scallion and Ginger Shredded Chicken

Difficulty ★★★

Tender and juicy, a rice killer, simple and easy to make,

Cumin Beef

Difficulty ★★★

Kung Pao Chicken

Difficulty ★★★★

A simple method for a traditional Sichuan dish.

Stir-Fried Pork

Difficulty ★★★

Cheese Bacon Macaroni

Difficulty ★★★

This is a delicious cheese bacon macaroni (Mac and Cheese), suitable for four people. It combines rich cheese and crispy bacon, simple to make, and is a popular American home-style dish.

Ginger Stir-Fried Chicken

Difficulty ★★★

Ginger stir-fried chicken is a Hunan-style dish, perfect with rice, using ordinary ingredients and very easy to cook—learn it in one go.

Twice-Cooked Pork

Difficulty ★★★★

Braised Pork Ribs with Potatoes

Difficulty ★★★

Curry Fatty Beef

Difficulty ★★★★

Curry fatty beef is delicious, nutritious, and pairs well with rice. After eating lots of stir-fried or fried dishes, having curry fatty beef is especially satisfying.

Shangzhi Pork

Difficulty ★★★★★

This dish has a rosy color, tender texture, rich but not greasy, and a strong shangzhi aroma. It is a unique local specialty of Shangxian, Shaanxi. Since shangzhi is a Shaanxi specialty, the ingredients are hard to obtain and it is not easy to make.

Beer-Braised Duck

Difficulty ★★★★

Beer-braised duck is not only savory and fragrant on the palate, but also carries a light beer aroma. The meat stays appealing even after eating for a long time, and the broth remains rich even after repeated dipping. Its flavor is unique, with a distinctive taste that is warm yet not cloying, fragrant yet not greasy, leaving people full of praise. Beginners generally need 1 hour to finish.

Coca-Cola Chicken Wings

Difficulty ★★★

Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice

Difficulty ★★★★★

Sugar and fat are the sources of human happiness. Taiwanese braised pork rice, rich in both, delivers soul-satisfying comfort in every bite.

Sweet and Sour Pork

Difficulty ★★★★

Sweet and sour pork is a very rice-friendly dish; just one dish is enough to enjoy a hearty meal, and both adults and kids love it. This time is an easy pineapple sweet and sour pork, using simple ingredients to make a distinctive flavor at home.

Mouthwatering Chicken

Difficulty ★★★

Mouthwatering Chicken (cold dish). In the blazing summer heat, hot dishes are hard to eat, but if you crave meat, there really isn’t a better summer meat dish than Mouthwatering Chicken. Chicken wrapped in red oil looks bright and glossy, is icy, bouncy, delicious without being greasy. A true summer rice killer! (Note: there are many ways to make Mouthwatering Chicken, welcome to add more.)

Shredded Chicken Salad

Difficulty ★★★

A quick dish during quarantine, low oil and low calorie, simple to make, estimated cooking time 30 minutes

Braised Dishes

Difficulty ★★★

Braised dishes are a classic Chinese marinated cuisine, rich in protein and various vitamins. The meat is tender and juicy, fragrant, and the level of flavor penetration can be adjusted by soaking time. This dish works well as a cold appetizer, a drinking snack, or served with staples, and the brine can be reused multiple times, getting more aromatic as it ages. This tutorial uses braised beef as an example; other meats are the same.

Cold-Eaten Rabbit

Difficulty ★★★★

Winter Melon Stuffed with Pork

Difficulty ★★★★

A mix of meat and vegetables, fresh, tender, and smooth, easy to make. Usually 30 minutes.

Rustic Beer Duck

Difficulty ★★★★

Simmer duck with beer to make a dish that deepens the nourishing flavor of the duck. The duck is not only fragrant and tasty, but also carries a light beer aroma. Generally, beginners can finish in just 1 hour.

Farmhouse One-Bowl Fragrance

Difficulty ★★★

Farmhouse One-Bowl Fragrance is an authentic Hunan dish. The main ingredients are green peppers, eggs, and pork. The flavor is savory and goes well with rice, and this dish is simple to cook without any special prep.