Taiwanese Recipes for Home Cooking

Fish congee is a comforting Chinese dish - featuring tender fish simmered in a creamy rice porridge, along with veggies, and seasoned with ginger and a touch of spice!

Egg drop soup is a simple comforting Chinese soup made with chicken broth, wisps of eggs, green onions, and more!

Taiwanese Pork Chop is a flavorful way to make pork chops! It is first marinated, then lightly coated, and then pan fried - easy and delicious!

The trick to a tasty chicken stir fry is the chicken marinade! This is one of the most common ways we marinade our chicken.

Shrimp Cabbage Stir Fry - Marinated shrimp stir fried with cabbage in a tasty sauce. This is an easy dish to make and you can serve it family style or individually on a bed of rice!

This Tuna Fried Rice is so tasty and so easy to make too! The tuna is stir fried with mixed vegetables, eggs, garlic, rice, soy sauce and more!

Chicken Cabbage Stir Fry - marinated chicken stir fried with garlic, ginger, shiitake mushrooms, cabbage and more in a flavorful sauce!

This Chinese Beef Stew with Potatoes is so tasty - marinated tender chunks of beef browned and then simmered with potatoes, carrots, and tomatoes in a delicious broth! You can also make beef noodle soup with this beef stew.

This Chicken with Green Beans Stir Fry is a simple stir fry that we like to make! We marinade the chicken and then stir fry with green beans in a tasty sauce. I recommend serving with a bowl of white rice!

Shrimp Cucumber Stir Fry - this is a very refreshing and light dish we like to make. Marinated shrimp stir fried with chunks of crunchy cucumber with minced garlic.

If you're a fan of Mongolian Beef, you will also love this Mongolian Chicken Stir Fry! Marinated sliced chicken stir fried with sliced onions and green onions in a delicious sauce.

Chicken Stir Fry with Eggplant and Tomatoes - Marinated chunks of chicken, stir fried with chunks of eggplants and tomatoes with a tasty sauce! The sauce this one comes with is so yummy on white rice, or you can mix it with some noodles too!

Shrimp Snap Peas Stir Fry is a tasty and easy stir fry you can make any time of the week! Snap peas (or aka Sugar snap peas) is crunchy and goes deliciously with some tender jumbo shrimp.

This Chicken Zucchini Stir Fry is a simple stir fry that we like to make! We marinade the chicken and then stir fry with sliced zucchini in a tasty sauce, and then either serve with white rice or noodles!

King Oyster Mushrooms Stir Fry with Asparagus is an easy veggie side dish to make. I love the texture the king oyster mushrooms provide and how it contrasts with the crunchy asparagus!

This Chinese Fish Ball and Fishcake Soup is made with bone broth, fishcakes (aka odeng), fish balls, cabbage and more! I like having the soup as is, or adding some sliced pork and glass noodles with it.

This Egg Fried Rice is tasty and so easy to make too! Rice stir fried with mixed vegetables, eggs, garlic, soy sauce and more!

This Bacon Fried Rice is so tasty and easy to make too! Bacon adds a delicious aroma to the fried rice. This dish consists of bacon, mixed vegetables, eggs, garlic, rice, soy sauce and more!

If you're looking for an easy tasty veggie recipe, check this Bok Choy with Garlic Sauce. Blanched bok choy served with a garlicky, soy and oyster sauce mix.

Do you have leftover cooked rice around? If so, perfect! Time to make some tasty Fried Rice! There are so many ways to make fried rice - chicken, beef, salmon, shrimp, and more! Here's some tasty fried rice recipes from around the world (Thai, Japan, Korea, Indian, and more!) for you to check out!

Chicken and Snow Peas Stir Fry - marinated sliced chicken stir fried with crunchy snow peas and garlic in a tasty sauce! This dish is perfect for any day of the week.

Beef and Green Beans Stir Fry is easy to make and tasty! Marinated sliced beef, stir fried with a slightly crunchy green beans in a flavorful sauce - I recommend serving with rice!

There are a lot of different options when it comes to cooking Asian noodles - rice noodles, wheat noodles, egg noodles, glass noodles just to name a few! Here's what they are and how to cook them.

Shrimp Noodles Stir Fry - marinated shrimp stir fried with garlic, cabbage, and tender noodles in a tasty sauce! This recipe is yummy and easy to make!

This Steak Fried Rice is so delicious and so easy to make too! Pan seared steak stir fried with mixed vegetables, eggs, garlic, rice, soy sauce and more!

There are so many variations of bok choy, including Taiwan Bok Choy! This particular bok choy is long, with white stems and leafy greens at the end. Here's how to cook Taiwanese Bok Choy Stir Fry.

This Stir Fry Ground Beef is an easy way to cook ground beef, and it is super tasty too! Ground beef stir fried with onions, mushrooms, garlic and sprinkled with green onions in a soy sauce mixture.

One of the most popular Chinese soaps is Egg Drop soup! But did you know there are actually several versions? This Chicken Egg Drop Soup with Shiitake Mushrooms is a tasty version that is also very easy to make!

Chicken Shiitake Mushrooms Stir Fry - marinated tender chicken stir fried with sliced shiitake mushrooms and onions in a tasty sauce!

Tomato Bean Sprouts Soup is a tasty Chinese soup that is super easy to make and healthy for you. Tomato wedges, crunchy bean sprouts, in a pork bone broth along with ginger and more - definitely an awesome comfort soup!

Chicken congee is a savory rice porridge that I grew up eating as a comfort food. It's made by simmering rice in chicken broth with chicken and veggies - the ultimate comforting dish for when I wasn't feeling well or just wanted something to warm me up!

Broccoli Pork Stir Fry - marinated pork stir fried with crunchy broccoli! This recipe is easy to make and tasty - here's how to make it!

Air Fried Chinese Eggplant is an easy and tasty veggie side dish. We marinate the eggplants with a soy sauce mix, and then pop it in the air fryer, sprinkle with green onions and serve!

Beef with Bitter Melon Stir Fry aka 苦瓜牛肉 – who would’ve thought something bitter could be yummy? Not me when I was a child, but now as an adult, I appreciate the unique flavors of this dish. This is a go to when we want bitter melon!

Taiwanese Three Cup Chicken Wings (aka 三杯雞翅) – chicken wings simmered in a delicious sauce made with soy sauce, rice wine, and sesame oil, along with ginger and basil.

This Pepper Lamb Stir Fry dish is a tasty dish that is also pretty easy to make! Perfect for week days or week nights. Marinated sliced lamb, stir fried with tender but crunchy green peppers – what’s not to love?

Seafood Fried Rice - if you love seafood and love fried rice, this is the dish for you! Mix of fish and seafood stir fried with rice and veggies - perfect meal for any time of the week!

Bitter melon is not for everyone - but if you've acquired the taste and are looking for an easy tasty bitter melon recipe, check out this Stir Fry Bitter Melon with Dried Fish and Douchi recipe!

Run Bing (Taiwanese Spring Roll) is like the Taiwanese version of a burrito! It's got many delicious tasty ingredients such as meat and veggies and usually also grounded peanuts wrapped in a thin soft crepe.

We love homemade dumplings! You can make these with store bought dumpling wrappers, or you can also make your own! I'll tell you homemade dumpling wrappers are SO delicious. Here's how to make it!