Regional Recipe Index

Jiangnan and Shanghai Recipes

These recipes are grouped under Jiangnan and Shanghai because their names, techniques, ingredients, or restaurant context point to this cuisine or tradition.

About Jiangnan and Shanghai

Shanghai, Jiangnan, and lower-Yangtze dishes, noodles, rice cakes, and braises.

Recipes in this section: 8.

Jiangnan and Shanghai recipes

Chinese New Year Rice Cake Soup

Jiangnan / Home-style · Rice cake soup · Serves 3–4 · 30 minutes

Chinese New Year Rice Cake Soup recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Drunken Chicken

Jiangnan · Jiangnan · Serves 3–4 · 1 hour plus chilling

Drunken Chicken recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Red-Braised Pork

Jiangnan · Jiangnan-style · Serves 4 · 1.5 to 2 hours

A red-braised pork recipe with pork belly, soy sauce, sugar, Shaoxing wine, ginger, and menu-literacy notes.

Scallion Oil Noodles

Jiangnan · Shanghainese/Jiangnan · Serves 2 · 25 minutes

A scallion oil noodles recipe with fragrant scallion oil, soy sauce, and Jiangnan menu-literacy notes.

Shanghai Stir-Fried Rice Cakes

Jiangnan · Jiangnan · Serves 3–4 · 35 minutes

A Shanghai stir-fried rice cakes recipe with napa cabbage, pork or mushrooms, soy sauce, and chewy niangao.

Shanghai-Style Noodle Soup

Jiangnan / Shanghai · Noodle soup · Serves 2–3 · 35 minutes

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

Sheng Jian Bao

Jiangnan · Shanghai · Makes 16 buns · 2 hours

Sheng Jian Bao recipe with ingredients, method, substitutions, and Chinese menu-literacy notes.

Xiao Long Bao

Jiangnan · Jiangnan · Makes 24 · Longer project

A practical xiao long bao soup dumpling recipe with pork filling, gelatinized broth, wrappers, and Jiangnan menu-literacy notes.