One pot dish

Soy sauce eggs (shoyu tamago)

Boiled eggs soaked in soy sauce, mirin and rice vinegar served as a snack, as a topping for congee and ramen, or as one of the many dishes in a bento box.

Cook time: 0

Servings: 4 eggs

Season pork with salt, crushed Sichuan peppercorns and five-spice powder, brown in oil then simmer in broth. Scoop out, make the spicy sticky sauce, toss in the cooked pork and voila! Pretty simple but very tasty and aromatic.

Cook time: 50

Servings: 4 people

Chinese five-spice beef stew

Browned beef is pressure-cooked with ginger, chilies, star anise, fennel seeds, cloves, cinnamon bark, Sichuan peppercorns, soy sauce and rice wine in this beef stew recipe.

Cook time: 1 20

Servings: 6 people

Pineapple orange duck in white wine sauce

Think duck à l’orange but with the flavors of tropical Asia. And because we’re cooking duck breast fillets here instead of a whole duck, the cooking time is shorter.

Cook time: 25

Servings: 2 people

Pork chops with honey orange sauce

Browned boneless pork chops and softened onion slices braise in freshly-squeezed orange juice until the cooking liquid is thick and sticky. Honey is added to give the dish a glossy finish and balance the tang of the orange juice.

Cook time: 30

Servings: 3 people