🇨🇳Chinese food
Chinese cuisine has many regional styles, such as Cantonese and Sichuan, using rice, noodles, vegetables, soy, pork, poultry and seafood. Stir-frying, steaming and braising are common, and dishes are typically shared at the table.
80dishes
166average kcal per 100 g
18%vegetarian
Lightest dishes
Most filling dishes
Highest in protein
💡Tip
Steamed dishes are usually lighter than fried or battered ones, and thick, sweet sauces add hidden calories — the rice and noodles count too.
All 80 dishes
🍲 Assorted Hot Pot🍜 Beef chow fun🍗 Beggar's chicken🍜 Biang biang noodles🥩 Black pepper beef🍡 Black sesame tangyuan🍵 Black tea🐟 Cantonese steamed whole fish🥣 Century egg and pork congee🍖 Char siu (Cantonese barbecue pork)🥟 Char siu bao (steamed BBQ pork buns)🥢 Char siu cheung fun (rice noodle rolls)🍖 Char siu pork with Shaoxing wine🍤 Cheung fun (shrimp rice noodle rolls)🍜 Chicken chow mein🍚 Chicken congee🍲 Chinese Hot Pot🍚 Clay pot rice with Chinese sausage🍜 Cold sesame noodles🥓 Crispy roast pork belly🍖 Cumin lamb🥟 Custard bun (nai wong bao)🍜 Dan dan noodles🥢 Dim Sum Spring Rolls🥩 Dongpo pork🍮 Douhua (tofu pudding)🍤 Dragon and phoenix🍗 Drunken chicken🫘 Dry-fried green beans🍲 Egg Drop Soup🍳 Egg Fried Rice🥢 Fried spring rolls🍆 Garlic eggplant🍵 Green tea🥟 Har Gow🥟 Har gow (shrimp dumplings)🍜 Hot and Sour Soup🥟 Jiaozi (Chinese dumplings)🍤 Kung Pao shrimp🌶️ Kung pao chicken🍜 Lanzhou Beef Noodles🍙 Lo mai gai (sticky rice in lotus leaf)🥮 Lotus seed mooncake🌶️ Ma la xiang guo🍆 Mapo eggplant🌶️ Mapo tofu🦆 Peking duck🐔 Phoenix Claws (Dim Sum Chicken Feet)🥟 Pork Shumai🍜 Pork lo mein🥘 Red-braised pork belly (hong shao rou)🦑 Salt and pepper squid🌶️ Salt and pepper tofu🍜 Scallion oil noodles🥞 Scallion pancake🥞 Scallion pancakes🦐 Shrimp Cheung Fun🦐 Shrimp Rice Noodle Rolls🥟 Shrimp Wonton Soup🐟 Shui Zhu Yu (Sichuan Boiled Fish)🌶️ Sichuan Boiled Beef (Shui Zhu Niu Rou)🥟 Sichuan wontons in red chili oil🥟 Siu Mai🍗 Steamed chicken feet (phoenix claws)🐟 Steamed fish with ginger and scallions🍖 Steamed spare ribs with black bean🍍 Sweet and Sour Pork🥟 Taro puffs🥟 Turnip cake (lo bak go)🥓 Twice-cooked pork (hui guo rou)🐟 Water-Boiled Fish (Shui Zhu Yu)🍜 Wonton soup🥟 Wontons in chili oil🥟 Xiao long bao (soup dumplings)🥟 Xiaolongbao🍚 Yangchow fried rice🍚 Yangzhou fried rice🍆 Yu xiang eggplant (fish-fragrant eggplant)🍜 Zhajiangmian🍜 Zhajiangmian (Beijing noodles with fried bean sauce)
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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. How we count →