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Hot and Sour Dumpling Soup 酸湯水餃

Hot and Sour Dumpling Soup 酸湯水餃

Turn a handful of frozen dumplings into a spicy, sour, and aesthetically striking dish.
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Hakka-Style Tang Yuan 客家鹹湯圓

Hakka-Style Tang Yuan 客家鹹湯圓

Served in a rich broth with the aroma of fried shallots, dried shrimp,  Chinese celery, Chinese chives, and white pepper.
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Mapo Tofu 麻婆豆腐

Mapo Tofu 麻婆豆腐

Mapo Tofu is a classic Sichuan dish; in our take, doubanjiang, fermented black beans, and chili oil come together for a spicy, earthy dish.
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Oolong Jelly Bowl, Three Ways

Oolong Jelly Bowl, Three Ways

Recipes for assembling three different bowls from a simple set of four ingredients: grass jelly, ai yu jelly, mulberry jam, and oolong tea.

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Tainan Style Zongzi 台南肉粽

Tainan Style Zongzi 台南肉粽

Sticky Rice Dumpling, or Zong 粽, is glutinous rice is packed tightly into a tetrahedral funnel made of bamboo leaves and tied off with twine. 
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Black Bean Tofu 蔭豉豆腐

Black Bean Tofu 蔭豉豆腐

Pairing yìnchi (fermented black soybeans) with tart and sweet of pickled cordia seeds makes this tofu dish the perfect complement to rice. 

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Three Cup Lion's Mane Mushrooms Recipe

Three Cup Lion's Mane 三杯猴頭菇

Sānbēi (three cups) refers to toasted sesame oil, soy sauce, and rice wine. Lion’s mane mushrooms soak up this sauce beautifully.

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mee sua

Mee Sua 麵線羹

A starch-thickened soup, mee sua is made with red vermicelli and gets its signature flavor from a splash of Taiwanese black vinegar.

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Lu Rou Fan

Lu Rou Fan

Lu Rou Fan 滷肉飯, or braised pork over rice, is almost as much of a staple in Taiwanese cuisine as rice itself.
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A Bon Appetit-Worthy New Year Spread

A Bon Appetit-Worthy New Year Spread

Here are the nine Lunar New Year dishes that Yun Hai founder Lisa Cheng Smith shared with Bon Appetit, featuring flavors from her childhood.
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Su Chili Dumpling Sauce

Su Chili Dumpling Sauce

A basic dumpling sauce using umami soy sauce, tangy Taiwanese black vinegar, aromatic Su Chili Crisp, and nutty white sesame oil.

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Steamed Fish

Steamed Fish

There’s no better answer to a hangry weeknight than a simple homestyle steamed fish, made in a Tatung steamer with minimal ingredients.
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Run Bing and Spring Roll

Run Bing and Spring Roll

Run Bing (潤餅), or Taiwanese Spring Roll, is a customary dish. Families gather and wrap fresh, lightly cooked ingredients in spring roll skins.

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Soy Paste Burnt Basque Cheesecake

Soy Paste Burnt Basque Cheesecake

A tart and caramel-y dessert from Ozzy Hsieh of Yu Ding Xing. We love it for showing how versatile soy paste, a type of rice-thickened soy sauce, is. 
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Steamed Egg

Steamed Egg

This easy, perfectly silken steamed egg is cooked in a Tatung Steamer then dressed with soy sauce and chili crisp.
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Sticky Rice Stuffing

Sticky Rice Stuffing

This is a tradition in many Taiwanese-American families, adapted for the American autumnal season.
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Sesame Oil Lion’s Mane Soup

Sesame Oil Lion’s Mane Soup

This is a vegan take on the Taiwanese classic, Sesame Oil Chicken Soup, featuring lion's mane mushrooms.
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Braised Cabbage with Shiitake Mushroom

Braised Cabbage with Shiitake Mushroom

One of the simplest Taiwanese dishes, this braised cabbage is infused with umami from dried shiitake and shrimp.
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Irwin Mango Pound Cake

Irwin Mango Pound Cake

In this recipe, our fresh-tasting, sweet, and pulpy mango jam gets swirled into a lemony vanilla pound cake.
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Red Guava Frozen Yogurt

Red Guava Frozen Yogurt

Turn the classic guava-plum powder pairing into a cold dessert by incorporating our red guava jam into a frozen yogurt.
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Three-Cup Chicken 三杯雞

Three-Cup Chicken 三杯雞

This is a classic Taiwanese stir fry, often paired with light beer. It's sweet, salty, fragrant, and garlicky, with a hint of freshness from basil.
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Crystal Meatball (Bawan) 肉圓

Crystal Meatball (Bawan) 肉圓

This is a type of dumpling made with a glutinous, starchy wrapper and covered in pungent garlic and a sweet sauce.
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Stir Fried Shrimp with Nyonya Sauce

Stir Fried Shrimp with Nyonya Sauce

Use spicy-sweet Nyonya Garlic Chili Sauce to make this simple head-on shrimp stir fry, perfect to pair with rice.
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Preserved Daikon Omelet 菜脯蛋

Preserved Daikon Omelet 菜脯蛋

This fluffy shallow-fried omelet is dotted with preserved daikon radish, which provide piquant crunch in every bite.
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Hot Grass Jelly 燒仙草

Hot Grass Jelly 燒仙草

Perfect for winter, this hot grass jelly embodies old-fashioned flavor 古早味 when served with fen yuan, red bean, job’s tears, and nuts.
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Hot Ai Yu Jelly 燒愛玉

Hot Ai Yu Jelly 燒愛玉

Although usually served cold, Ai Yu Jelly is also excellent warm, in a bath of oolong tea with brown sugar syrup and creamer.
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Sesame and Peanut Tang Yuan 芝麻花生湯圓

Sesame and Peanut Tang Yuan 芝麻花生湯圓

These traditional sweet glutinous rice balls are stuffed with black sesame paste or toasted crushed peanuts.
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Fried Yuba Pockets with Camellia Oil

Fried Yuba Pockets with Camellia Oil

In this recipe from TCM practitioner Zoey Xinyi Gong, camellia oil pairs with black wood ear and goji to lower high blood cholesterol.
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Winter Melon Chicken Soup

Winter Melon Chicken Soup

This is a simple winter melon soup garnished with blanched Yu Choy and drizzled with soy sauce and black sesame oil.
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Mesona Pimm's Cup

Mesona Pimm's Cup

The refreshing Pimm's Cup gets a clever twist by incorporating Mesona, or Grass Jelly Herb, which has a rooibos-like flavor.
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Ai Yu Jelly Champagne Punch

Ai Yu Jelly Champagne Punch

This cocktail, incorporating champagne and soju, is a grown-up take on the classic lemon-and-sugar Ai Yu Jelly drink.
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Black Sesame Russian

Black Sesame Russian

This recipe is a twist on the White Russian. made with Kahlua, vodka, cream, and rich black sesame paste.
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Sour Plum Margarita

Sour Plum Margarita

Replace the traditional margarita salt rim with tart and licorice-scented plum powder to make it Taiwan.
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White Sesame Mocktail

White Sesame Mocktail

This drink contains a balance of sesame fragrance with lively citrus and a subtle kick from the peppercorns.
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Red Oil Wontons 紅油抄手

Red Oil Wontons 紅油抄手

Slippery, soft, and savory pork wontons make for a beautiful contrast to a spicy, sour, and tangy sauce.
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Black Sesame Soy Paste Pound Cake

Black Sesame Soy Paste Pound Cake

In this recipe by soy sauce brewer Ozzy Hsieh, black sesame and roasted cashews create a deep, nutty aroma that will fill your house.
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