Weeknight in 30 minutes or less
Tomato and egg, scallion noodles, garlic bok choy and other fast, forgiving dishes.
Chinese home cooking, made doable.
Clear, original recipes for overseas home cooks — with US and metric measures, supermarket substitutes, and no-wok alternatives. No live assistant, no account needed, no per-visitor AI cost: just recipes you can cook tonight.
Browse the recipesStart with the pantry guide
All 189 dishes from the original ClouChef library are now full recipes on this site. Recipe cards use original ClouChef posters; guide and collection cards are text-only.
Collections
Regional Chinese cooking
Sichuan tingle, Shanghai sweetness and Cantonese steaming — with the context to cook them properly.
No wok? No problem
Cast-iron, oven and air-fryer versions, plus steamer substitutes, on every recipe page.
First batch
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Spicy Boiled Fish
Sichuan fish fillet in a tingly, chilli-topped broth — made with fillet, not a whole fish.
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Twice-Cooked Pork
First boiled, then stir-fried: pork belly slices with garlic shoots and a savoury bean-paste sauce.
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Scallion Oil Noodles
Shanghai-style noodles tossed in fragrant scallion oil and soy — fifteen minutes, pantry ingredients, big flavour.
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White Cut Chicken
Gently poached chicken, chilled for a firm, silky texture, served with a ginger-scallion dip.
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Satay Beef with Gai Lan
Tender beef slices in sweet-salty satay sauce, served over crisp gai lan — a quick stir-fry.
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Guobao Pork
Northeastern sweet-and-sour pork, fried crisp and coated in a light, glossy sauce.
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Three Delights from Earth
Eggplant, potato and green pepper, fried then tossed in a savoury sauce — a classic Northeastern home dish.
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Braised Pork Ribs with Green Beans and Potatoes
One-pot braised ribs with green beans and potatoes, cooked until the meat falls off the bone.
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Kung Pao Chicken (No Deep-Frying)
Sichuan's famous sweet, sour, salty and tingly chicken — pan-fried, not deep-fried, with peanuts for crunch.
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Beijing Zhajiang Noodles
Wheat noodles topped with slow-fried black bean pork and crisp vegetable shreds.
From the original ClouChef — with a real photo
Second batch
All recipes below are full recipes.
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Mapo Tofu
A family-friendly mild version alongside the authentic mala version, so the same page serves cooks who want tingle and cooks who do not.
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Spicy Hunan Lamb Stew with White Radish
Warming winter stew: lamb chunks and white radish in a spicy, savoury broth.
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Char Siu
Cantonese roast pork made in a home oven or air fryer, with a sticky, caramelised edge and no barbecue pit.
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Hong Shao Rou
Slow-braised pork belly with rock sugar, in an Instant Pot or on the stove, with a glossy, savoury-sweet sauce.
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Braised Beef with Potatoes
Beef braised until tender with potatoes that soak up the savoury sauce — a classic family stew.
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Hakka Sticky Rice
Steamed glutinous rice with pork, dried mushrooms and dried shrimp — savoury, filling and warming.
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Lamb Noodle Soup
Henan-style lamb soup noodles with sesame paste, tofu skin and a warming, savoury broth.
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Oil-Blast Shrimp
Shrimp flash-fried in hot oil until the shells turn crisp and red, in a lightly sweet, savoury glaze.
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Ants Climbing a Tree (Glass Noodles with Minced Pork)
Glass noodles soaked in a savoury minced-pork sauce — the 'ants' are the pork, not insects.
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Silver Sprout Glass Noodles
Crisp bean sprouts, chives, egg and glass noodles — a light, refreshing home stir-fry.
Guides
Chinese Pantry Starter Guide
The short list to buy first — and what can wait.
Ingredient Glossary
Plain-English explanations for doubanjiang, Shaoxing wine and more.
Wok Buying and No-Wok Cooking Guide
When a wok helps, and what to use instead.
Substitution Index
Swaps that work, and swaps to avoid.
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