Lunar New Year Recipes

Lunar New Year recipes for good luck and great prosperity. From tang yuan and changshou mian to dayu darou and babao fan—all foods with a symbolic significance.

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Nasi Lemak (Malaysian Coconut Rice)
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Cơm Tấm (Vietnamese Broken Rice)
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Canh Chua Cá Thì Là (Vietnamese Fish Soup With Tomato and Dill)
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Garlic Fried Rice Recipe
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Hot and Numbing Shredded Lamb Noodle Soup Recipe
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Lamb Biryani With Saffron, Yogurt, and Caramelized Onions Recipe
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Galam Plee Pad Nam Pla (Thai Stir-Fried Cabbage With Fish Sauce and Garlic) Recipe
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Fried Bee Hoon (Singapore Noodles) Recipe
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17 Recipes for a Homemade Dumpling Feast
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Taiwanese Turkey Rice Recipe
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How to Use a Bottle of Fish Sauce
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Asian Shrimp(y) Chips | Taste Test
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Jamie Oliver's Steamed Asian Chicken "Parcels" Recipe
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Spicy Warm Silken Tofu With Celery and Cilantro Salad Recipe
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Coleslaw in Chinese-style Dressing Recipe
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Seaweed Salad (Wakame)
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Quick Asian Chili-Lime Chicken Soup Recipe
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Chinese Noodles with Baked Sriracha Ribs Recipe
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How to Make Kerisik Recipe
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Seriously Asian: Crab Two Ways Recipe
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Tea Smoked Fish Recipe
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Crispy Bánh Mì Spring Rolls With Creamy Chili Mayo Recipe
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Durian Smoothie Recipe
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Taiwanese Pineapple Cakes (Fung Li Su) Recipe
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Durian
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The New Rules of Pasta Salad: How to Work With Asian Noodles
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Rice Wine and Soy Sauce Dressing Recipe
Plov (Uzbek Rice Pilaf) Recipe
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Homemade Yakimochi (Grilled Mochi With Soy Sauce and Nori)
Cheesefoam Bubble Tea in front of a orange backdrop
Cheese Foam Tea
Bowl of cold sesame noodles topped with cucumber, celery, and cilantro
Cold Sesame Noodles
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Lumpiang Shanghai (Filipino Egg Rolls)
The three cup chicken in a white ceramic bowl.
Taiwanese Three Cup Chicken (San Bei Ji) Recipe
A bowl of jjajangmyeon with a thick and hearty black bean sauce on one side and fresh noodles on the other.
Jjajangmyeon (Korean Black Bean Noodles) Recipe
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Home-Style Tamagoyaki (Japanese Rolled Omelette)
Hands holding thin hand-pulled lamain noodles over floured counter.
Hand-Pulled Lamian Noodles Recipe
Cheese pull from forkful of cheesy kimchi skillet rice
Crispy Kimchi Cheese Rice Recipe
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Taiwanese Pan-Fried Rice Noodles Recipe
Two Taiwanese pork belly buns (Gua Bao) placed on a white ceramic plate on a yellow background.
Taiwanese Pork Belly Buns (Gua Bao) Recipe
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Everything You Can Do With a Wok
A bowl of flavorful homemade Taiwanese beef noodle soup
Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup Recipe
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Wok Skills 101: Dry Fried Chow Fun (Wide Rice Noodles)
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Andrea Nguyen's Spicy-Sweet Fried Tofu Buns
A plate of sauteed mizuna.
Sauteed Mizuna with Garlic and Fish Sauce Recipe
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Lu Rou Fan (Taiwanese Meat Sauce with Rice)
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Yakkety Yak: Tibetan Salty Butter Tea
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Hakka-Style Stir-Fry with Pork and Squid Recipe
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Mongolian Stir-Fried Lamb with Cumin Recipe
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Pan-Fried Leek Buns (Shui Jian Bao) Recipe
Three wood skewers with 4 squid balls each on a purple plate set against a blue background
Taiwanese Deep-Fried Squid Balls Recipe
Two kheema samosas on a plate, one broken open to show its interior
Lamb Kheema Samosa (Samosa Stuffed With Spiced Ground Lamb)
Samosas on a serving plate with a ramekin of herb chutney alongside
Aloo Samosa (Samosa Stuffed With Spiced Potato and Peas)
Golden brown chaat crisps resting on a ceramic plate.
Papris (Crispy Wheat Chips for Chaat and More)
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Fish Bhuna (Bengali-Style Fried Fish in Onion and Tomato Curry)
A bowl of butter chicken with a small bowl of steamed white rice next to it.
Butter Chicken Recipe
A stack of parathas on a plate.
Paratha (Flaky South Asian Flatbread) Recipe
A platter of Pakistani Seekh kebabs with slaw, cucumbers tomatoes, and lime wedges.
Seekh Kebabs (Pakistani Spicy Grilled Ground Meat Skewers) Recipe