Yun Hai Family Recipes

雲海家常食譜

Recipes for you, your family, or your book club.

Hot & Sour Dumpling Soup

酸湯水餃

Have you ever drunk dumpling sauce right out of the dish because it’s that good? This recipe is basically that, but a little more polished.

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Steamed Egg

蒸蛋

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

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Winter Melon Chicken Soup
冬瓜雞湯

Sesame Oil Lion's Mane Soup
麻油猴頭菇湯

Mee Sua
麵線羹

Cabbage Stock Soup
乾燥高麗菜湯

Everything
chili crisp
dry goods
herbal jellies
Sesame Oils & Pastes
Soy Sauces & Pastes
Taiwanese jams
tatung
vegan
vinegars

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sticky Rice Stuffing

This is a tradition in many Taiwanese-American families, adapted for the American autumnal season.

Sesame Oil Lion’s Mane Soup

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

Braised Cabbage with Shiitake Mushroom

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Black Sesame Russian

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

White Sesame Mocktail

This drink contains a balance of sesame fragrance with lively citrus and a subtle kick from the peppercorns.

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.

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.

Taiwanese Cold Noodles 台式涼麵

These cold noodles with sesame-peanut sauce are best enjoyed in the early mornings after a long night of KTV.

Sichuan Spicy Cold Noodles 四川涼麵

Perfect for summer, this is a spicy, sweet, and tangy cold noodle dish from Yi Reservation, featuring our Su Chili Crisp.

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