What to Eat for Chinese New Year - 11 Recipe Ideas, plus How to Make Lotus Root Soup (莲藕汤) | Chinese Cooking Demystified

So we wanted to show you guys how you could whip up a Chinese New Year's Eve feast, using the recipes that we've taught you on this channel.

The structure here is a Cantonese Spring Festival feast, for two reasons: first, Steph's from Guangdong and second, we have enough Cantonese videos to make a playlist. In the playlist, where there's a few blind spots, we've linked up Wantanmein and TheMeatmen. Nice channels, check em out.

Note that stuff like niangao and Taro cake, while important Spring Festival foods, are traditionally not eaten on the Chinese New Years eve feast (they're eaten later in the festival). So the recipe ideas:

SOUP
Lotus Root Soup, 3:49

LENGPAN
Siu Yuk Roast Pork, https://youtu.be/zV11JpSSA_Q
Char Siu BBQ Pork, https://youtu.be/g2-FFux9EbU
White Cut Chicken, via Wantanwein (Eng Subs), https://youtu.be/cxzEqNuC7aA

RECAI
Lion's Head Meatballs, https://youtu.be/3y-HejT87qc
Hongshaorou, https://youtu.be/K4E1Y27LWQE
Pearl Sticky Rice Meatballs, https://youtu.be/Kf6s4urZp_s
Braised Beef Brisket Pot, via Meatmen, https://youtu.be/Lz45IpTr3Rw

XIAOCHAO
Stir-fried Clams, https://youtu.be/ciLCT_7oOG0
Buddha's Delight, via Wantanmein, https://youtu.be/ztOBSQRUD8Y

FISH
Cantonese Whole Steamed Fish, https://youtu.be/dUyw0V7X1tg

ZHUSHI (STARCH)
Yangzhou Fried Rice, https://youtu.be/QsHLgZhkKyc
Stir-fried Sticky Rice, https://youtu.be/M4ve-tqU0i8

DESSERT
Red Bean Soup, via Wantanmein (Eng Subs), https://youtu.be/Hjq8V7NZ-A4
Coconut Pudding, https://youtu.be/aj3Lhhbz9Ho

Outro Music: "Add And" by Broke For Free
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We're Steph and Chris - a food-obsessed couple that lives in Shenzhen, China. Steph is from Guangzhou and loves cooking food from throughout China - you'll usually be watching her behind the wok. Chris is a long-term expat from America that's been living in China and loving it for the last nine years - you'll be listening to his explanations and recipe details, and doing some cooking at times as well.

This channel is all about learning how to cook the same taste that you'd get in China. Our goal for each video is to give you a recipe that would at least get you close to what's made by some of our favorite restaurants here. Because of that, our recipes are no-holds-barred Chinese when it comes to style and ingredients - but feel free to ask for tips about adaptations and sourcing too!