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Christine's Recipes: Easy Chinese Recipes
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Recipes site for the home cook with easy Chinese recipes, Asian recipes and Western home cooking. Photographs, cooking tips and step-by-step instructions.
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Braised Chicken Wings with Black Fungus (Chinese Homey Dish)

This is a very traditional Chinese dish. Every Chinese family will have their own version of how to make this dish. It’s so simple and humble that only use the most ordinary ingredients in your fridg...

19 may 12

Apple Raspberry Crumble

After having taken a course of antibiotics for flu a few weeks ago, I found that not only was the medication really good to help kill the bad bacteria, sadly, but also my appetite. I understand yoghu...

10 apr 12

Molten Chocolate Cakes (Easter Dessert)

My favourite part of Easter is the chocolate desserts. Molten chocolate cake, aka lava cake or chocolate fondant pudding, is very popular around the world. It is even served in high-end restaurants a...

04 apr 12

Pan-fried Lemongrass Chicken Wings

Chicken wings are always a big hit in my family. You can’t be wrong if you bring along some yummy wings to share in any party or BBQ gatherings. The marinated lemongrass chicken wings are suitable fo...

29 mar 12

Red Dates and Egg Tea

Ever heard or tried this red date tea? This is a kind of Chinese traditional herbal soup. Chinese believes that red dates (紅棗) are very good for women’s health. Oh, well, pardon me. If you’re a male,...

23 mar 12

How To Peel Garlic

Whatever dish we make, western or Asian, we need garlic cloves quite often. Garlic can enhance dishes with great aroma and nutrition. Way back thousand years ago, garlic was widely used as a medicine...

07 mar 12

Simple Scones Recipe

Scones are well-known and popular treat for accompanying a cup of tea or coffee. They are quick breads per se. All you have to do is to mix all the ingredients,then pop them in an oven for about 15 m...

29 feb 12

How To Make Caramel (Tips and Video)

Both this post and video were requested by my fans after I posted the crème caramel recipe for Valentine’s Day. Some fans found it’s quite tricky to make the caramel. But for making the custard, it’s...

21 feb 12

Creme caramel (Valentines Day Dessert)

My hubby is a lover of eggs. He loves every egg dish, no matter it’s savoury or sweet. For Valentine’s Day, it’s quite natural to make something sweet, something simple. I don’t want to stand before ...

13 feb 12

Banana Chocolate Crepe

When I spotted this crepe maker was on sale at Aldi, it quickly became one of my kitchen gadget collections. Hadn’t hubby encouraged, I would’ve taken one or two more days to consider. You might easi...

07 feb 12

Beef Mince Congee (Beef Rice Porridge)

This is an old-fashioned breakfast I always had when I was a primary-school aged kid. To me, a bowl of nice and hot congee before going to school seemed to be a luxury enjoyment, although it didn’t c...

30 jan 12

Blessing Cookies (Fortune Cookies) for Chinese New Year

These blessing cookies (aka fortune cookies) are fantastic as snacks enjoyed during the Chinese New Year as an alternative to the traditional butter cookies, that are often presented to relatives and...

24 jan 12

Cheat’s Sweet Egg Twists (Chinese New Year Snack)

23 January, Monday is a big day for Chinese people all over the world. Only two more days to go, then we’ll start the year of Dragon. Yay! Our family celebration often starts from the New Year’s Eve ...

21 jan 12

Mandarin Pancakes for Peking Duck (Chinese New Year Celebration)

Chinese New Year Day falls on the 23rd of January this year, about two weeks time to go. We all start thinking about what we should cook for the celebration. The traditional dishes, like radish cakes...

10 jan 12

Banana Apple Muffins

Happy New Year, everyone! Before the new year’s eve, I finally uploaded the last batch of recipes and photos to my publisher. Right at the moment I hit the “upload” button, I started feeling like ove...

04 jan 12

Chocolate Crackle Cookies (Christmas treats)

We’re going to enjoy a very hot Christmas festive season as usual in a few more days. Although I still haven’t got myself used to celebrate Christmas in summer, I’ve learned to create imagery picture...

20 dec 11

Steamed Vegetable Dumplings (五彩蔬菜蒸餃)

You might’ve noticed that my family and I are not vegan eaters. But I do love having many different vegetables served on table, sometimes enjoy a no-meat day. These dumplings have got several vegetab...

13 dec 11

Pan Fried Fish Fillet (Hong Kong Style)

This is one of my favourite homey dishes often cooked by my mother. I always feel that she’s the best in cooking it. The fish fillet is pan fried perfectly and the sauce is just balanced. It is suita...

06 dec 11

Baked Pork Chops with Caramelized Onion

Caramelized onion and pork chops are wonderful partners. If you haven’t tried it before, do give it a go. You’ll know how fantastic the taste is. Making caramelized onion is quite simple, just need a...

11 nov 11

Baked Sweet Potato Chips

Ever tried baked sweet potato chips? Do give it a go if you like this delicious vegetable or want your kids to have a healthy alternative to chips. To me and my daughter, it’s absolutely a tasty snac...

01 nov 11

Grilled Sanma (Japanese Style)

Whenever we have fish on our dinner table, I’d feel it’s a very satisfying and rich supper, no matter what kind of fish we have. This dish is a super easy and quick one, yet delicious enough. Sanma i...

11 oct 11

Traditional Mooncakes (廣式月餅)

Mid-Autumn festival (中秋節) is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month in the lunar calendar every year. So we finished this year’s celebration two weeks ago. You might’ve wondered why this recipe ...

26 sep 11

Homemade Golden Syrup (For Making Mooncakes)

What made this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival special to me was that my homemade traditional mooncakes were loved by many of my friends. All major ingredients I used were homemade, from the salted eggs, ...

13 sep 11

Lotus Seed Puree (蓮蓉)

Lotus seeds are extensively used in making Chinese desserts or fillings in steamed buns. As the mid-autumn festival is coming around the corner, I’m going to prepare a large batch of lotus seed puree...

05 sep 11

Chocolate Mousse

Sometimes, unexpected things would happen to get in the way of our daily routine. This dessert was made to cheer my daughter up as I hadn’t had enough time to cook dinner for her before she went out ...

18 aug 11

How To Juice a Pomegranate (Easy and Quick) + Bookdeal News

This draft of this post has been sitting way too long in my folder. Finally, I managed to edit and hit the publish button and get it alive on my blog. It’s been quite an exciting and busy fortnight s...

09 aug 11

Pomegranate Sorbet

The jewelry-like fleshy seeds of pomegranate are the most attractive to me. The seeds contain fabulous sweet, slightly tart flavour, very suitable for making refreshing juice for summer days. Well, i...

01 aug 11

Pig’s Trotters in Ginger and Sweetened Vinegar 豬腳薑醋

This traditional Chinese dish conveys a mystical message even in Chinese community, as it’s often cooked for women post-labour. In fact, it’s a dish that everyone, including men, can enjoy, and needl...

25 jul 11

Pomegranate Souffle

What draws me to pomegranate, might be its vibrant red, perhaps its healthy benefits to our body. Comparatively, pomegranate contains much more antioxidants than many other kinds of fruits. Some peop...

14 jul 11

Chicken, Leek and Pea Pie (Maggie Beers Sour Cream Pastry)

Gladly that I broke my routine and baked this chicken pie, instead of cooking rice, for our dinner the other day. Even though my husband is a rice lover, he’s pretty attracted by the delicious fillin...

11 jul 11

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