Best Chinese Recipes: Takeout Classics Made at Home

by D L
Sichuan mapo tofu soft tofu cubes in red chili oil sauce with minced pork and scallions over rice

The best Chinese cooking is fast, hot and built on a well-stocked pantry of soy sauces, oyster sauce and aromatics. These four classics are the takeout orders everyone loves — and they’re far better (and faster) made at home. Here are our best home-tested Chinese recipes.

Sichuan Kung Pao Chicken

Diced chicken stir-fried with peanuts, dried chilies and the signature numbing tingle of Sichuan peppercorn. Get the recipe →

Yangzhou Fried Rice

The classic banquet fried rice studded with shrimp, char siu, egg and peas — the gold standard of fried rice. Get the recipe →

Chinese Beef and Broccoli

Velveted beef and crisp-tender broccoli in a glossy garlic-ginger brown sauce, in one wok. Get the recipe →

Mapo Tofu

Silky tofu in a numbing-spicy Sichuan sauce of doubanjiang and Sichuan peppercorn, studded with minced pork. Get the recipe →

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