19 of the best Chinese-inspired recipes to celebrate Lunar New Year 2025
If you celebrate LNY, or just want inspiration for your next fakeaway, find our favourite Chinese-inspired recipes to try now.
If you're looking for the best Chinese recipes to celebrate Lunar New Year, or you just want a fragrant fakeaway option for your next Friday night feast, we've got you covered with our favourite recipes inspired by this wonderful cuisine.
It's the year of the snake in 2025 and represents wisdom, rebirth and reflection and what better way to celebrate than with a delicious feast shared with friends and family.
Some favourites include our Chinese-inspired peanut chicken (Gong Bao), our Char Siu lamb chops and our speedy egg fried rice.
For a truly authentic taste, cooking in a wok will give you that characteristic taste, and our experts at the GHI have found the best wok to buy now.
Beef and Black Bean Stir-Fry
Black bean sauce is one of our favourite flavours in a stir-fry and this quick and easy recipes uses beef mince so there's no chance of chewy meat in sight!
Recipe: Beef and Black Bean Stir-Fry
Chinese Peanut Chicken (Gong Bao)
Ready in under 30 minutes, this fragrant Chinese-inspired dish is full of tender pieces of chicken, ginger and chilli, served with fluffy steamed rice. Delicious!
Sweet and Sour Chicken Thighs
Sweet and sour flavours marry perfectly in this tender chicken thigh dish.
Recipe: Sweet and sour chicken thighs
Prawn Toast Tortillas
Not traditional at all, but exceptionally delicous, these prawn toast tortillas have the filling squished into a small tortilla, and is fried until golden and fragrant. Serve with a chilli dipping sauce on the side.
Recipe: Prawn Toast Tortillas
Duck Stir-Fry
We've used a skinless duck breast in this recipe, due to its lean and flavourful qualities, but you could sub for chicken breast if you prefer.
Recipe: Duck stir fry
Dan Dan Noodles
Ready in under an hour, these aromatic and spicy Dan Dan noodles are so moreish, you'll want to make them over and over.
Recipe: Dan Dan Noodles
Char Siu Lamb Chops
Chargrilled lamb chops with a stir-fried vegetables makes this a delicious but simple dinner party dish
Recipe: Char Siu Lamb Chops
Pork Fried Rice
Use chicken, chorizo, ham or prawns in place of the pork shoulder in this versatile dish.
Recipe: Pork fried rice
Chilli Beef Noodles Traybake
Needing only 15mins of prep time, this super simple chilli beef noodle traybake is perfect for midweek dinners.
Recipe: Chilli Beef Noodles Traybake
Beef and Black Bean Stir-Fry
A classic Chinese takeaway favourite, this dish is so easy to make at home.
Recipe: Beef and black bean stir-fry
Crispy Duck Noodles
All the flavours of your favourite Chinese supper in an easy noodle dish. Using ready-made duck confit is a handy shortcut and makes this very quick to cook.
Recipe: Crispy duck noodles
Hoisin Spare Ribs
A classic: sweet and spicy Hoisin sauce on a baby rack of ribs for the perfect meat to bone proportion
Recipe: Hoisin spare ribs
Peanut Butter Dan Dan Noodles
Cooking with peanut butter guarantees a nutty yet creamy taste and it's one of our favourite store cupboard essentials, especially in this mouth-numbing dan dan noodle dish.
Recipe: Peanut Butter Dan Dan Noodles
Slow-Cooker Honey-Garlic Chicken
We love it when our slow-cooker does all the hard work and that's especially true with this honey-garlic infused chicken dish.
Recipe: Honey-garlic chicken
Veggie Spring Rolls
Always a favourite for a yummy starter; just serve on a bed of rice or noodles for a clever main course
Recipe: Veggie spring rolls
Ginger and Garlic Pork Stir-Fry
Terrifically tasty – just leave out the pork for a vegetarian alternative for a main course or side dish
Recipe: Stir-fried pork with ginger and garlic
Special Fried Rice
It's not a Chinese feast without some special fried rice and this dish is ready in under half an hour, too.
Recipe: Special fried rice
Speedy Chicken Chow Mein
Fried noodles, strips of chicken and a fragrant sauce, all ready in under 30 minutes? Yes please!
Recipe: Chicken chow mein
Fragrant Chilli Oil
Homemade chilli oil is superior to shop-bought and you can adjust the heat intensity to suit your tastes. Plus, it makes a wonderful edible gift for a chilli lover.
Recipe: Chilli oil
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