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Chinese Sunday dinners

The plans here are mostly home cooking rather than banquet food — the fast, wok-driven dishes a family actually eats, plus the slower red-braises that reward an afternoon. The technique that matters most is heat management: a domestic burner cannot do what a restaurant wok range does, so these recipes cook in batches rather than pretending otherwise.

17 plans in the Sunday Gallery.

What Chinese plans look like

Most common mains

  • fish7
  • chicken5
  • beef4
  • shellfish1

How they're cooked

  • Steamed8
  • Stir-fried8
  • Deep-fried1

Diets they fit

  • Dairy-free15
  • Nut-free12
  • Pescatarian6
  • No pork, no alcohol1

The plans

How Chinese dinners here are cooked

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