28 Chinese New Year Recipes

28 Chinese New Year Recipes – ushering in the Lunar New Year with delicious and auspicious dishes for a prosperous year ahead.

Chinese New Year is just around the corner. Chinese New Year’s eve is the day set aside for the Reunion Dinner. Traditionally, all unmarried and married male offspring together with their families from near and far are expected to join their parents for this feast. It is a time of great joy and celebration and one that is not to be missed.

28 Chinese New Year Recipes

In Chinese culture, certain numbers are believed to be auspicious. The number 2 is considered a good number because “good things come in pairs”. In Cantonese, two is the homophone for “easy”. The number 8 is much favored because it is the homophone for “prosper”. Therefore, the number 28 is really auspicious because it sounds like “easy to prosper”. Hence, here are 28 Chinese New Year Recipes that I have lined up here for you. Chinese New Year is celebrated over 15 days and so you will have lots of opportunities to try out these dishes.

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Appetizers

Chinese New Year Recipes

Four Seasons Platter

Yusheng/Yee Sang with Seared Ahi Tuna

Prosperity Toss Salad (Yee Sang/Yusheng)

Golden Shrimp Puffs (Shrimp Fritters)

Lobak (Five-Spice Meat Rolls)

Yee Sang and Chinese New Year Feast

Soups

Chinese New Year Recipes

Shrimp Dumpling in Clear Soup

Money Bag Dumplings and Cabbage Rolls

Lotus Root and Peanut Soup

Sui Kow / Shui Jiao (Chinese Dumpling)

Main Dishes

Chinese New Year Recipes

Stove Top Char Siu (Chinese BBQ Pork)

Roast Pork Belly (Siew Yoke)

Kung Pao Chicken

Braised Chicken with Dark Soy Sauce and Mushrooms

Chinese Five-Spice Roast Chicken

Chinese Hot Pot – Perfect for Social Gatherings

Side Dishes

Chinese New Year Recipes

Prosperity Yam Basket

Sugar Snap Peas and Shrimp Stir Fry

Yu Choy Sum

Stir Fry Gai Lan (Chinese Broccoli)

Snacks and Desserts

Gula Melaka Tikoy (Nian Gao)

Pineapple Jam Tarts

Cashew Nut Cookies

Fah Sung Thong (Peanut and Sesame Brittle)

Bak Kwa (Long Yoke Korn) – Dragon Meat for the Year of the Dragon

Hup Toh Soh (Chinese Walnut Biscuits)

Crunchy Taro Fritters

Chinese Peanut Cookies

For more Chinese New Year recipes on this blog, please check out my –> RECIPE INDEX.

There are also more Chinese New Year recipes on my other blog, Malaysian Chinese Kitchen. Please click –> HERE to get to those recipes.

NOTE: This post was originally published on January 29th, 2014. It has been updated with more current recipes.