Regional Recipe Index

Buddhist, vegetarian, and pan-Chinese home cooking Recipes

These recipes are grouped under Buddhist, vegetarian, and pan-Chinese home cooking because their names, techniques, ingredients, or restaurant context point to this cuisine or tradition.

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Recipes in this section: 28.

Buddhist, vegetarian, and pan-Chinese home cooking recipes

Braised Wheat Gluten with Mushrooms

Buddhist Vegetarian · Vegetarian · Serves 3–4 · 35 minutes

Braised Wheat Gluten with Mushrooms recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Buddha's Delight

Buddhist Vegetarian · Buddhist vegetarian · Serves 4 · 45 minutes

A Buddha's delight recipe with tofu, mushrooms, vegetables, glass noodles, vegetarian sauce, and Buddhist vegetarian menu-literacy notes.

Chile Oil for Wontons and Noodles

Chinese Condiment · Condiment · Makes about 1 cup · 20 minutes

Chile Oil for Wontons and Noodles recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Cold Cucumber Salad

Cold Dish · Cold dish · Serves 2–4 · 15 minutes

A Chinese cold cucumber salad recipe with garlic, vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, and chile oil, plus dietary substitutions.

Cold Wood Ear Mushroom Salad

Cold Dishes · Cold dish · Serves 2–3 · 20 minutes

Cold Wood Ear Mushroom Salad recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Dumpling Dipping Sauce

Chinese Condiment · Condiment · Makes about 1/2 cup · 5 minutes

Dumpling Dipping Sauce recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Egg Fried Rice

Technique · Technique · Serves 2 · 20 minutes

An egg fried rice recipe focused on rice texture, egg, scallion, soy sauce, and menu-literacy notes.

Fresh Soy Milk

Chinese Breakfast · Drink · Makes about 4 cups · Soaking plus 30 minutes

Fresh Soy Milk recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Fried Dough / Youtiao

Chinese Breakfast · Fried dough · Makes 8 · 1 hour plus resting

Fried Dough / Youtiao recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Garlic Greens

Vegetable · Vegetable · Serves 2–4 · 15 minutes

A simple Chinese garlic greens recipe with bok choy, choy sum, Chinese broccoli, pea shoots, or other greens.

Home Style Tofu

Home-style / American Chinese · Tofu dish · Serves 3–4 · 35 minutes

Home Style Tofu recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Hot and Sour Soup

Soup · Chinese American / regional variants · Serves 4 · 30 minutes

A practical hot and sour soup recipe with vinegar, white pepper, tofu, mushrooms, egg, and menu-literacy notes.

Hot Pot Dipping Sauces

Hot Pot Guide · Hot pot · Makes several sauce styles · 15 minutes

A practical guide to Chinese hot pot dipping sauces with sesame paste, shacha, soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, scallion, chile oil, and dietary notes.

Mock Duck with Vegetables

Buddhist Vegetarian / American Chinese · Vegetarian dish · Serves 3–4 · 30 minutes

Mock Duck with Vegetables recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Pork with Bamboo Shoots

Home-style Chinese · Stir-fry · Serves 3–4 · 30 minutes

Pork with Bamboo Shoots recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Rabbit Noodle Soup

Regional Chinese Noodle Soup · Noodle soup · Serves 3–4 · 1 hour

Rabbit Noodle Soup recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Sauteed Chinese Vegetables

Vegetables · Vegetable dish · Serves 2–3 · 20 minutes

Sauteed Chinese Vegetables recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Sauteed Spinach with Garlic

Chinese Vegetables · Vegetable dish · Serves 2–3 · 15 minutes

Sauteed Spinach with Garlic recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Seaweed Salad

Cold Dishes · Cold dish · Serves 2–3 · 15 minutes after soaking

Seaweed Salad recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Sesame Cold Noodles

Cold Dishes / American Chinese · Cold noodles · Serves 3–4 · 25 minutes

Sesame Cold Noodles recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Steamed Egg Custard

Home-Style · Home-style · Serves 2–3 · 20 minutes

A Chinese steamed egg custard recipe with eggs, water or stock, soy sauce, sesame oil, and menu-literacy notes.

Steamed White Rice

Basic Staple · Rice · Serves 3–4 · 25 minutes

Steamed White Rice recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Tomato and Bean Curd Soup

Home-style Chinese · Soup · Serves 3–4 · 25 minutes

Tomato and Bean Curd Soup recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Tomato Egg

Home-Style · Home-style · Serves 2–3 · 20 minutes

A Chinese tomato egg recipe for a simple home-style dish with eggs, tomatoes, scallions, and rice.

Vegetable Dumplings

Vegetarian · Vegetarian · Makes 30 · 1 hour

A Chinese vegetable dumplings recipe with cabbage, mushrooms, tofu, scallions, wrappers, and dietary adaptation notes.

Vegetarian Hot Pot Broth

Vegetarian · Vegetarian · Serves 4 · 45 minutes

A vegetarian hot pot broth recipe with mushrooms, kombu optional, ginger, scallion optional, vegetables, tofu, and menu-literacy notes.

Vegetarian Red-Braised Tofu

Vegetarian · Vegetarian · Serves 2–3 · 30 minutes

Vegetarian Red-Braised Tofu recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Water Spinach with Garlic or Fermented Bean Curd

Southern Chinese / Southeast Asian Chinese · Vegetable dish · Serves 2–3 · 15 minutes

Water Spinach with Garlic or Fermented Bean Curd recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.