Best Chinese Recipes to Try at Home

It's shocking how quickly a Chinese takeout bill can tally up, but it’s equally as shocking how easy your favorites are to make at home. So it pays to have these real-deal recipes in your pocket—literally. From General Tso’s chicken and steamed dumplings to super easy egg foo yung, we’ve got a full menu of entrees and apps to satisfy all your Chinese food cravings just as if they came from a top Chinese restaurant.

Lemongrass Chicken Potstickers

Wrapped in tender gyoza skins and pan fried until golden brown, these perfect potstickers are filled with a bright flavor burst of lemon chicken and taste downright amazing.

General Tso's Chicken

With its crispy fried coating and sweet and spicy sauce, this delicious dish is a staple on almost every Chinese restaurant menu in America. So it’s no wonder we wanted to learn the secrets to making it ourselves. Luckily, it’s easy to recreate at home which means you can have General Tso’s chicken anytime you want.

Slow-Cooker Sweet and Sour Chicken

In the time it would take for you to peruse a menu, decide what you wanted and order takeout, you could prep this super easy sweet and sour chicken and have it cooking in your slow cooker while you go about your day. Then come dinnertime, you’ll have tender, sweet and sour chicken ready to enjoy!

Chinese Steamed Dumplings

If you can’t make it to your favorite dim sum restaurant, then your only option is to bring the dim sum to you! With this easy homemade version, you’ll be able to enjoy as many steamed dumplings as you want. And feel free to play around with the filling—sweet or savory, it’s all good.

Garlic Chicken Spring Rolls

The hardest part of these homemade spring rolls is mastering the rolling technique, but after a few tries, even that will be a breeze. Stuffed with marinated chicken, vermicelli noodles, veggies and cilantro, these rolls are easy to make and taste super fresh and delicious. And don’t worry if your rolling skills need a little work at first—they’ll taste great even if it takes a few tries!

Easy Sesame Chicken

Sweet, sticky, crispy—all the things you love about sesame chicken is in this easy recipe you can make in just 30 minutes in the comfort of your own home.

Copycat Panda Express™ Orange Chicken

There’s a reason Panda Express™ orange chicken is the restaurant’s best-selling dish. It’s sweet, savory, sticky, crispy, crunchy and not to mention, crazy addictive. This copycat version tastes just as good as the real deal which means you can have orange chicken anytime you want without even having to hop into the car.

Easy Chinese Chicken Fried Rice

For those nights when you’re either too busy or too lazy, this easy fried rice is the throw-together meal of your dreams. Using leftover or cold rice (don’t use fresh or it will turn to mush), add in some frozen veggies and chicken, and voila! This fresh and fast meal takes minimal effort but tastes incredible.

Ginger Tofu Stir Fry

Vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike will thoroughly enjoy this ginger-infused stir fry dish. Speckled with cherry tomatoes, asparagus, broccoli and golden-fried tofu, this easy meal is worth making over and over again.

Kung Pao Chicken

Hot chili peppers give this dish its signature heat. Roasted peanuts give it crunch. And the rich sweet and savory sauce ties everything together into a mouthwatering meal you’re going to love.

Super Easy Egg Foo Yung

Twenty minutes is all it takes to create perfect fluffy egg foo yung. While this version uses mushrooms, onions and bean sprouts, feel free to tailor it to your taste by adding other vegetables or proteins like pork, chicken and shrimp. No matter what you add, it’s sure to become a dinnertime favorite.

Easy Kung Pao Shrimp

If you love seafood and spice, then this kung pao shrimp is for you. Made with onions, green peppers, peanuts, frozen shrimp and a sweet chili paste sauce, this dynamite dinner goes from the frying pan to the table in just 20 minutes for a Chinese feast that’s ready to devour.

Instant Pot™ Chicken and Vegetable Lo Mein

What do you get when you combine a Chinese restaurant favorite with the most popular cooking gadget that’s taking over kitchens everywhere? The perfect lo mein meal that’s easy and ridiculously quick to make, that’s what! Made with chicken thighs, vegetables and spaghetti noodles, this simple recipe makes smart use of the Instant Pot™ to create an easy and delicious lo mein that’s just right for dinner.

Instant Pot™ Asian Chicken Noodle Soup

Elevate your chicken soup game with the addition of miso paste, shiitake mushrooms, soy sauce and toasted sesame oil for an Asian twist on a comfort food classic.

Skillet Moo Shu Pork Bowls

Definitely not traditional, but rather a tasty twist that’s perfect for busy weeknight meals, this skillet version of moo shu pork made with sweet and spicy ground pork served in tortilla bowls has all the flavors of the classic and is ready in just 30 minutes.

Crab Rangoon Dip

This party dip version of crab rangoon turns the popular cream cheese-filled wonton appetizers into a cheesy dip delight. Serve with wonton chips or tortilla chips and enjoy!

Instant Pot™ Orange Sesame Chicken Thighs

We’re pretty sure you’ll want to put this orange sesame chicken dish on regular rotation throughout the week. Made with chicken thighs smothered in a thick orange sesame sauce, this easy Instant Pot™ meal won’t disappoint.

Kung Pao Meatballs

Take all the sweet and spicy elements of a classic kung pao dish and add in a bag of your favorite frozen meatballs and what do you get? The quickest and most delicious dinner ever. In fact, it’s the one you’re making tonight!

While it can be tempting to let someone else do the cooking, trust us when we say you’ll be ordering takeout a lot less after you give any one of these Chinese food recipes a try. Whether it’s staying true to the original with sesame chicken or going full-fledged re-imagination like crab rangoon dip, we’re pretty sure you’ll love each and every one of these amazing recipes as much as we do.

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