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Chinese Main Courses 

These amazing Chinese main course dishes will have you trashing the takeaway menu and cooking up a fantastic feast from the Far East!

Our Chinese main courses feature the all-time take-out favourites including crispy duck, an easy weeknight chicken stir-fry, a scrumptious kung pao beef and a firecracker zesty chilli tiger prawns. But if you want to venture off the well-beaten track, we’ve got some truly authentic Chinese main course dishes including ginger and mushroom wined clams, fish-fragrant aubergine with pork and a boozy beer-battered tilapia with fiery red chilli mandarin orange sauce. And no Chinese meal is complete without Yangzhou fried rice.

Enjoy an epicurean adventure to the East with these stunning Chinese main course recipes.

Featured Chinese Main Course Recipes

There are so many Chinese main course recipes out there. But which ones are the best? Here's a selection of our favourites:

Spiced Pork Noodles

Three Cup Chicken with Garlic Spinach

Chinese-style Cod Fillet

Fragrant pork

Crispy Salt and Pepper Squid with Spicy Asian Salad

Oyster Sauce Chicken with Bok Choy

Yang Yang Crispy Beef

Peking Duck with Apple and Tamarind Sauce

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Gok Wan's Shows How To Make Chinese Hot Pot At Home! | Gok Wan's Easy Asian

Chinese hot pot is the perfect main star of any dinner party. This dish has been a beloved staple in Asia for hundreds of years and Gok will teach you how to make it right at home!

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Chicken Chow Mein

This mouth-watering recipe is ready in just 30 minutes and the ingredients detailed can serve up to 2 people.

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Tasty Chinese Main Course Dishes

Whether you're looking for simple Chinese main course recipes or something more elaborate, we've got you covered.
Fakeout is the new takeout with this amazing collection of Chinese main course dishes! Bursting with exciting flavours and exotic ingredients, Chinese food is loved the world over, and this collection covers the tried and true classics as well as traditional Chinese main courses. Fast hot and sour noodle soup with yang-yang crispy beef is a perfect family weeknight meal, but to step it up a level, steamed egg with scallops and a stunning Peking duck with apple and tamarind sauce or even a grilled coconut lobster are dinner party winners! These Chinese main course recipes are your passport to an unforgettable journey to the heart of China.

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pork
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Chicken Stir Fry

Crispy Shredded Chilli Beef

Lamb Ribs with a Hot and Spicy Sauce

Saucy Hot and Sweet Chinese Chicken

Chow Mein

Spicy hotpot

Gong Bao Haddock Goujons

Festive Duck Salad

Crispy duck

Chilli Crab

Sticky Rice Wrapped in Lotus Leaves

Slow cooker ginger-soy short ribs and green rice with lime

Lion Head meatballs

Sesame chicken

Sichuan orange beef

sticky soy and orange beef rolls

Sticky Soy and Orange Beef Rolls

Spiced beef stir-fry topped with spring onion and coriander

'Dragon Prawn' noodles

Chinese-Spiced Duck Salad

Chilli chicken with jasmine rice

Prawn, scallop and pork shumai

BBQ Yellow Bean Chicken with Grilled Chinese Long Beans

Peking Duck

Pork Belly Bao

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