Hong Kong recipes
47 Hong Kong recipes for a home kitchen, from 15 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
15 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Ong choy with fermented tofu
Water spinach flash-fried with garlic and creamy fermented bean curd.
20 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Steamed cod with ginger and spring onion
The Cantonese classic: gently steamed fish finished with soy and a sizzle of hot oil over fresh spring onions.
30 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Typhoon shelter shrimp
Hong Kong-style fried shrimp buried in crisp golden garlic, chili and scallion crumbs.
30 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Beef chow fun
Wide rice noodles stir-fried over roaring heat with tender beef, bean sprouts and scallions for smoky wok hei.
30 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Salt and pepper shrimp
Shell-on shrimp fried crisp and tossed with garlic, chilies, scallions and peppery salt—a banquet favorite.
30 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Black pepper beef
Velvety beef strips stir-fried with onions and peppers in a punchy black pepper sauce.
35 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Macanese beef and potato minchi
Crumbled beef with onion, garlic and golden diced potato, seasoned with soy sauce and topped with a fried egg. A fast skillet supper for two.
40 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Crispy fried branzino with Hong Kong chili sauce and charred napa
A butterflied whole branzino fried until crackling, topped with a caramelized garlic-chili sauce cooked down with charred napa cabbage, plus a fresh herb salad to cut through.
40 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Honey walnut shrimp
Crispy battered shrimp in a creamy honey-mayo sauce with candied walnuts.
45 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Typhoon shelter lobster
Hong Kong harbor-style: lobster pieces fried crisp, then tossed with a huge pile of golden fried garlic, chilies, scallions and fermented black beans.
45 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Steamed spare ribs with black bean
Dim sum-style pork rib bites steamed with fermented black beans, garlic and chili.
50 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Hong Kong clay pot rice with Chinese sausage
Rice cooked in a clay pot until a crunchy crust forms on the bottom, topped with lap cheong, marinated chicken and greens, and seasoned with a sweet soy sauce at the table.
60 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Hong Kong curry fish balls
Springy homemade fish balls, fried and simmered in a mildly spicy, aromatic curry sauce, served on skewers like the street snack.
60 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Hong Kong baked pork chop rice
Cha chaan teng classic: fried rice topped with crispy pork chops and tomato sauce, baked under cheese.
60 min
Hong Kong · dinner
XO sauce fried rice
Egg fried rice tossed with a quick homemade XO sauce of dried shrimp, ham and chili.
70 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Big wonton noodle soup
Oversized pork-and-shrimp wontons and springy egg noodles in a clear, savory seafood-chicken broth.
75 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Honey-glazed char siu
Cantonese barbecue pork cured with sugar and five-spice, marinated overnight in hoisin, roasted on a rack and finished with a sticky honey glaze.
75 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Har gow (crystal shrimp dumplings)
Translucent, chewy wheat-starch wrappers pleated around a juicy, bouncy shrimp and bamboo shoot filling, steamed hard and fast.
75 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Bai qie ji (white cut chicken)
Cantonese whole chicken gently poached until silky, ice-bathed for gelatinous skin, served with ginger-scallion oil.
90 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Cantonese soy-poached chicken
A whole chicken gently cooked in a fragrant soy, rock sugar and spice master stock with the heat turned off, so it stays silky and glossy.
120 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Hakka salt-baked chicken
Whole chicken wrapped in paper and baked in hot salt (or a home shortcut) for intensely savory, silky meat.
180 min
Hong Kong · dinner
Siu yuk crispy roast pork belly
Cantonese roast pork belly with five-spice meat and a blistered, crackling skin.
Lunch & snacks
45 min
Hong Kong · lunch
Cantonese-style fish cake sandwich
A riff on the fast-food fish sandwich: a bouncy, ginger-scallion cod and shrimp fish cake, pan-fried and served on a steamed bun with cheese and a tangy tartar-style sauce.
45 min
Hong Kong · lunch
Shrimp cheung fun (steamed rice noodle rolls)
Dim sum's slippery steamed rice rolls wrapped around shrimp, drenched in sweet soy sauce.
60 min
Hong Kong · lunch
Pork and shrimp shu mai
Open-topped dim sum dumplings packed with a springy pork and shrimp filling and steamed until juicy.
120 min
Hong Kong · lunch
Turnip cake (lo bak go)
Dim sum and New Year cake of shredded daikon, rice flour, lap cheong and dried shrimp, steamed then pan-fried crisp.
120 min
Hong Kong · lunch
Taro cake (wu tau gou)
Savory steamed taro and rice flour cake with Chinese sausage and dried shrimp, sliced and pan-fried.
180 min
Hong Kong · lunch
Lo mai gai (sticky rice in lotus leaf)
Dim sum parcels of glutinous rice with chicken, Chinese sausage, mushrooms and salted egg yolk, wrapped in lotus leaves and steamed.
180 min
Hong Kong · lunch
Dim sum chicken feet (fung jao)
Fried-then-braised chicken feet that puff and wrinkle, steamed in black bean and chili sauce until meltingly soft.
Breakfast
20 min
Hong Kong · breakfast
Hong Kong-style peanut butter French toast
Two slices of thick white bread sandwiched with peanut butter, dipped in egg, deep-fried until golden, and topped with butter and golden syrup or condensed milk.
20 min
Hong Kong · breakfast
Hong Kong French toast (sai do si)
Peanut butter-stuffed toast dipped in egg, deep-fried golden and topped with butter and condensed milk or golden syrup.
25 min
Hong Kong · breakfast
Hong Kong tomato macaroni soup
Cha chaan teng breakfast classic: macaroni in a sweet-savory tomato broth with ham or luncheon meat and a fried egg on top.
30 min
Hong Kong · breakfast
Hong Kong egg waffles (gai daan jai)
Bubble waffles with crisp shells and custardy centers—HK's iconic street snack.
90 min
Hong Kong · breakfast
Century egg and pork congee
Silky Cantonese congee with marinated lean pork and creamy preserved duck eggs.
Baking & sweets
20 min
Hong Kong · baking
Mango pudding
Mango pudding—smooth, creamy and set with gelatin, served with evaporated milk.
20 min
Hong Kong · baking
Almond tofu (almond jelly)
Cool, fragrant almond-milk jelly set with agar, cubed and served with fruit cocktail.
30 min
Hong Kong · baking
Mango pomelo sago (yeung chi gam lo)
Chilled HK dessert soup of blended mango and coconut milk with chewy sago pearls and pomelo.
30 min
Hong Kong · baking
Douhua (sweet tofu pudding)
Trembling homemade tofu pudding served warm with ginger syrup.
40 min
Hong Kong · baking
Sweet potato ginger soup (tong sui)
Warming Cantonese dessert soup of sweet potato simmered with old ginger and brown slab sugar.
45 min
Hong Kong · baking
Shuang pi nai (double-skin milk pudding)
Shunde's silky steamed milk pudding with a delicate skin on top.
55 min
Hong Kong · baking
Pork and pine nut buns with a crackly topping
Golden baked buns filled with sweet-savory char siu and pine nuts under a buttery crumb topping, made quickly with biscuit dough.
120 min
Hong Kong · baking
Salted egg yolk custard mooncakes
Hong Kong-style snow-skin mooncakes with a soft, not-too-sweet salted egg yolk custard center that oozes when you cut in.
120 min
Hong Kong · baking
Hong Kong egg tarts (dan tat)
Flaky pastry shells with glossy, wobbly sweet egg custard—a dim sum and bakery classic.
120 min
Hong Kong · baking
Red bean soup (hong dou sha)
Cantonese sweet soup of adzuki beans cooked until creamy with dried tangerine peel and rock sugar.
150 min
Hong Kong · baking
Baked char siu bao
Soft, golden, egg-washed buns filled with diced barbecue pork in a glossy sweet-savory sauce, the Hong Kong bakery classic.
180 min
Hong Kong · baking
Bolo bao (pineapple bun)
Soft milk bun under a crackly sweet cookie crust—no pineapple—served warm with a thick slab of cold butter (bolo yau).
Drinks
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