Sweet and Sour Sauce

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

Easy Fried Rice

Light seasoning helps fried rice shine.

Extra-Flaky Scallion Pancakes

The Best General Tso's Chicken

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

XO Sauce

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

Homemade Spicy Chili Crisp

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

Gong Bao Ji Ding (Sichuan Kung Pao Chicken)

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

Basic Marinade for Stir-Fried Meats

Sauced: Char Siu Sauce

Chinese Spareribs

Real-Deal Mapo Tofu

Taiwanese Three Cup Chicken (San Bei Ji)

Stir-Fried Choy Sum With Minced Garlic

A simple stir-fry for garlic lovers.

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

There's no fish in this Sichuanese classic.

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

Spicy Cumin Lamb Skewers

A Beijing street-food classic.

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.

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

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

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

Seriously Asian: Lotus Root

Seriously Asian: Tofu Skin

Vegan Crispy Stir-Fried Tofu With Broccoli

A quick and easy stir-fry.

Spicy Peanut Noodle Salad With Cucumbers, Red Peppers, and Basil (Vegan)

A vegetable-heavy spin on cold peanut noodles.

Crispy Kung Pao Tofu