Easy Fried Rice

Light seasoning helps fried rice shine.

Sweet and Sour Sauce

Toss it on fried chicken to make the best sweet and sour chicken you'll ever eat.

The Best General Tso's Chicken

The glossy sauce that coats this take-out staple is simultaneously sweet, savory, and tart.

Extra-Flaky Scallion Pancakes

Homemade Spicy Chili Crisp

Make this spicy, tingly, salty, crunchy, addictive chili condiment your own.

Basic Marinade for Stir-Fried Meats

Gong Bao Ji Ding (Sichuan Kung Pao Chicken)

Tingly, mildly spicy, and nuanced, just like they do it in Chengdu.

XO Sauce

It'll be hard not to put this sauce in and on everything.

Sauced: Char Siu Sauce

Fish-Fragrant Eggplants (Sichuan Braised Eggplant With Garlic, Ginger, and Chili...

There's no fish in this Sichuanese classic.

Takeout-Style Kung Pao Chicken (Diced Chicken With Peppers and Peanuts)

Chinese Spareribs

Stir-Fried Choy Sum With Minced Garlic

A simple stir-fry for garlic lovers.

Taiwanese Three Cup Chicken (San Bei Ji)

Sichuan-Style Wontons in Hot and Sour Vinegar and Chili Oil Sauce (Suanla Chaosh...

Stir-Fried Lo Mein With Charred Cabbage, Shiitake, and Chives

Featuring cabbage charred until sweet, along with meaty mushrooms and big stalks of chives.

Real-Deal Mapo Tofu

Spicy Cumin Lamb Skewers

A Beijing street-food classic.

Vegan Crispy Stir-Fried Tofu With Broccoli

A quick and easy stir-fry.

Seriously Asian: Tofu Skin

Easy Sichuan Dry-Fried Green Beans (Gan Bian Si Ji Dou) Without a Wok

Broiling green beans instead of deep-frying gives them deliciously charred surfaces.

Real-Deal Kung Pao Chicken

A classic Chinese chicken stir-fry laden with Sichuan peppercorns and chili peppers.

Seriously Asian: Lotus Root

Braised Eggplant With Garlic and Basil

Softened chunks of Asian eggplant braised with garlic, chilies, and soy sauce.