Cantonese home cooking and Hong Kong café favourites: soy sauce chicken, curry chicken, sticky honey garlic spareribs, steamed fish and iced lemon tea.
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Samantha Chow grew up in a Chinese-Canadian household and now cooks in Puebla, Mexico. This collection gathers the blog's Cantonese and Hong Kong recipes: café staples like Hong Kong curry chicken and iced lemon tea, Cantonese soy sauce chicken and sticky honey garlic spareribs, and the steamed home dishes that rarely make it onto a takeout menu, like zha choy with pork. A few cross the ocean, like a Cantonese fish noodle soup made with Mexican verdolaga.
Why you'll love these
Hong Kong café favourites made at home- Steamed Cantonese dishes that need little more than a wok
- Classic sauces: soy, honey garlic, curry
- Cantonese technique with Mexican ingredients in a few of them
All Hong Kong Classics
DinnerTasty Soy Sauce Chicken Recipe – Cantonese Style
Dinner · ChineseTraditional Hong Kong Curry Chicken
Drinks · Hong KongHong Kong Iced Lemon Tea Recipe (Vita Copycat)
Dinner · CantoneseSteam Preserved Vegetables (Zha Choy) and Pork
Dinner · ChineseCantonese Steamed Chicken with Goji Berries
Dinner · Cantonese · ChineseSteamed Soy Sauce Fish with Preserved Lemon
Dinner · CantoneseHomemade Chinese Food Classic: Hainanese Chicken
Asian · Cantonese · MexicanChinese Fish Noodle Soup with Mexican Verduloga
Drinks · ChineseGoji Berry, Red Date and Chinese Yam Tea
DinnerEasy Homemade Soy Milk – Fresh And Creamy
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Tips & techniques
Kitchen tips
Blanch pork ribs first
A quick blanch in boiling water before braising removes impurities, so the sauce stays clean and glossy.
Set up a steamer with what you have
A wok with a rack, a lid and a heatproof plate is all most Cantonese steamed dishes need. Keep the water at a steady boil.
Finish with hot oil
Many steamed dishes end with sliced scallion and ginger and a spoonful of smoking-hot oil poured over the top to wake up the aromatics.
Frequently asked questions
What is Cantonese food?
Cantonese cooking comes from Guangdong province and Hong Kong. It favours fresh ingredients and clean, balanced flavours: steaming, braising in soy, quick stir-fries and roasted meats.
What is a Hong Kong café dish?
Hong Kong cafés (cha chaan teng) serve a mix of Cantonese and Western comfort food: curry chicken, baked rice, milk tea and iced lemon tea are classics.
Do I need a wok?
A wok helps for stir-frying and steaming, but a large skillet and a pot with a steamer rack cover most of these recipes.
