List of Chinese dishes

Various Chinese dishes

This is a list of Chinese dishes in Chinese cuisine.

Dishes by ingredient

Grain-based dishes

Noodles

English	Image	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Notes
Chinese noodles		麵條	面条	miàntiáo	plain noodles
Chow mein		炒麵	炒面	chǎomiàn	stir-fried noodles
Noodle soup		湯麵	汤面	tāngmiàn	noodles with soup
Zhajiangmian		炸醬麵	炸酱面	zhájiàngmiàn	noodles mixed with sauce
Lamian			拉面	lāmiàn	pulled noodles

Rice

English	Image	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Pinyin
White rice		米飯	米饭	mǐfàn
Fried Rice		炒飯	炒饭	chǎofàn

Pork-based dishes

English	Image	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Notes
Braised pork		東坡肉	东坡肉	Dōngpō ròu
Sweet and sour pork		咕咾肉	咕咾肉	gǔlǎoròu
Twice cooked pork		回鍋肉	回锅肉	huíguōròu
Char siu		叉燒	叉烧	chāshāo	Chinese barbecued pork

Poultry-based dishes

English	Image	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Notes
Century egg		皮蛋	鸭头	yātóu	A famous snack in parts of China
Kung Pao chicken		宮保雞丁	宫保鸡丁	gōngbǎo jīdīng
Peking Duck		北京烤鴨	北京烤鸭	Běijīng kǎoyā	the trademark dish of Beijing
Soy egg		滷蛋	卤蛋	lǔdàn	hard boiled egg
Tea egg		茶葉蛋	茶叶蛋	cháyèdàn
fujian red wine chicken		福建紅酒雞	福建红酒鸡

Vegetable-based dishes

English	Image	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Notes
Buddha's delight		羅漢齋	罗汉斋	luóhàn zhāi	a vegetarian dish popular among Buddhists
Pickled vegetables		醬菜	酱菜	jiàngcài

Dishes by cooking method

English	Image	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Notes
Double steaming / double boiling		燉	炖	dùn	a Chinese cooking technique to prepare delicate and often expensive ingredients. The food is covered with water and put in a covered ceramic jar, and is then steamed for several hours.
Red cooking		紅燒	红烧	hóngshāo	several different slow-cooked stews characterized by the use of soy sauce and/or caramelised sugar and various ingredients.
Stir frying		炒 / 爆	炒 / 爆	chǎo / bào	two fast Chinese cooking techniques.

Dumplings

English	Image	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Notes
Baozi		包子	包子	bāozǐ	steamed buns with fillings
Dim sum		點心	点心	diǎnxīn	a staple of Cantonese cuisine
Guotie		鍋貼	锅贴	guōtiē	fried dumplings
Jiaozi		餃子	饺子	jiǎozǐ	steamed or boiled dumplings
Mantou		饅頭	馒头	mántóu	steamed buns
Wonton		餛飩 / 雲吞	馄饨 / 云吞	húntún / yúntūn	sphere-shaped dumplings usually served boiled in broth or deep-fried
Xiaolongbao		小籠包	小笼包	xiǎolóngbāo	soup dumplings, a specialty of Shanghai cuisine
Zongzi		粽子	粽子	zòngzǐ	glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves, usually with a savory or sweet filling

Pastry

English	Image	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Notes
Longevity buns		長壽包	长寿包	chāshāobāo	steamed buns filled with bean paste and shaped like peaches, usually served on birthdays
Cong you bing		蔥油餅	葱油饼	cōngyóubǐng	scallion pancakes
Mooncake		月餅	月饼	yuèbǐng	usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
Sachima		沙琪瑪	沙琪玛	shāqímǎ	a sweet pastry
Shaobing		燒餅	烧饼	shāobǐng	a flaky baked or pan-seared dough pastry
Youtiao		油條	油条	yóutiáo	long strips of deep-fried dough

Soups, stews and porridge

English	Image	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Notes
Congee		粥	粥	zhōu	Chinese rice porridge
Hot and sour soup		酸辣湯	酸辣汤	suānlàtāng
Hot pot		火鍋	火锅	huǒguō
Tong sui		糖水	糖水	tángshuǐ	a sweet soup served as dessert in Cantonese cuisine

Dishes by region

Anhui

Beijing

Cantonese

English	Image	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Jyutping	Notes
Braised abalone		燜鮑魚	焖鲍鱼	mèn bàoyú	mun6 baau1 jyu4
Shaved ice		刨冰	刨冰	páobīng	paau4 bing1
Beef chow fun		乾炒牛河	干炒牛河	gānchǎo niúhé	gon1 caau2 ngau4 ho4
Bird's nest soup		燕窩	燕窝	yànwō	jin1 wo1
Black sesame soup		芝麻糊	芝麻糊	zhīmahú	zi1 maa4 wu4
Cantonese seafood soup		海皇羹	海皇羹	hǎihuáng gēng	hoi2 wong4 gang1
Char siu		叉燒	叉烧	chāshāo	caa1 siu1
Crispy fried chicken		炸子雞	炸子鸡	zházǐjī	zaa3 zi2 gai1
Duck with taro		陳皮芋頭鴨	陈皮芋头鸭	chénpí yùtóuyā	can4 pei4 wu6 tau4 ngaap3
Guilinggao		龜苓膏	龟苓膏	guīlínggāo	gwai1 ling4 gou1
Little pan rice		煲仔飯	煲仔饭	bāozǎifàn	bou1 zai2 faan6
Red bean soup		紅豆沙	红豆沙	hóngdòushā	hung4 dau6 saa1
Roast squab		乳鴿	乳鸽	rǔgē	jyu5 gap3
Roast suckling pig		燒乳猪	烧乳猪	shāo rǔzhū	siu1 jyu5 zyu1
Sea cucumber		海參	海参	hǎishēn	hoi2 saam1
Seafood with bird's nest		海鲜雀巢	海鲜雀巢	hǎixiān quècháo	hoi2 sin1 zoek3 caau4
Shark fin soup		魚翅湯	鱼翅汤	yúchì tāng	jyu4 ci3 tong1
Snow fungus soup		銀耳湯	银耳汤	yín'ěr tāng	ngan4 ji5 tong1
Sour spare ribs		生炒排骨	生炒排骨	shēngchǎo páigǔ	saang1 caau2 paai4 gwat1
Spare ribs soup with watercress and apricot kernels		南北杏西洋菜豬骨湯	南北杏西洋菜猪骨汤	nánběixìng xīyángcài zhūgǔ tāng	naam4 baak1 hang6 sai1 joeng4 coi3 zyu1 gwat1 tong1
White cut chicken		白切雞	白切鸡	báiqièjī	baak6 cit3 gai1
Winter melon soup		冬瓜湯	冬瓜汤	dōngguā tāng	dung1 gwaa1 tong1
Wonton noodles		雲吞麵	云吞面	yúntūnmiàn	wan4 tan1 min6
Yeung Chow fried rice		揚州炒飯	扬州炒饭	Yángzhōu chǎofàn	Joeng4 zau1 caau2 faan6
Youtiao		油條	油条	yóutiáo	jau4 tiu4
Zhaliang		炸兩	炸两	zháliǎng	zaa3 loeng5

Chaozhou

English	Image	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Notes
Yusheng		魚生	鱼生	yúshēng
Popiah		薄餅	薄饼	báobǐng

Fujian

English	Image	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Pe̍h-ōe-jī	Notes
Buddha jumps over the wall		佛跳牆	佛跳墙	fótiàoqiáng	hu̍t-thiàu-chhiûⁿ
Fried rice in Fujian style		福建式炒飯	福建式炒饭	Fújiàn shì chǎofàn
Oyster omelette		蚵仔煎	蚵仔煎	hézǎijiān
Popiah		薄餅	薄饼	báobǐng	pȯh-piáⁿ
Yanpi		燕皮	燕皮	yànpí
fujian red wine chicken

Hainan

English	Image	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Notes
Hainanese chicken rice		海南雞飯	海南鸡饭	Hǎinán jīfàn
Wenchang chicken		文昌雞	文昌鸡	Wénchāng jī

Hunan

Jiangsu

Shandong

Sichuan

English	Image	Traditional Chinese	Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Notes
Chongqing spicy deep-fried chicken		重庆辣子雞	重庆辣子鸡	Chóngqìng làzǐjī
Dandan noodles		擔擔麵	担担面	dàndànmiàn
Fuqi Feipian		夫妻肺片	夫妻肺片	fūqī fèipiàn
Sichuan hotpot		四川火鍋	四川火锅	Sìchuān huǒguō
Kung Pao chicken		宮保雞丁	宫保鸡丁	gōngbǎo jīdīng
Mapo tofu		麻婆豆腐	麻婆豆腐	mápó dòufǔ
Shuizhu		水煮	水煮	shuǐzhǔ
Twice cooked pork		回鍋肉	回锅肉	huíguōròu
Zhangcha duck		樟茶鴨	樟茶鸭	zhāngchá yā

Yunnan

Zhejiang

See also

• Noodle with tomato egg sauce
• List of Chinese desserts
• List of Chinese restaurants
• List of Chinese soups
• List of restaurants in China

References