The 60 best Chinese recipes by top chefs and restaurants
- Dan Hong’s crisp eggplant with fish-fragrant sauce
- Kylie Kwong: Caramelised pork belly with Chinese coleslaw
- Tony Tan’s Sichuan sliced pork with garlic and chilli sauce
- Flower Drum’s jin deiu (sesame doughnuts with custard)
- Louis Tikaram’s grilled Hervey Bay scallops with soy and ginger
- Tony Tan’s Chiu chow raw fish salad
- Neil Perry: Cucumber with smashed garlic
- Tony Tan’s crab soup with pickled vegetable and tomato
- Kylie Kwong’s deep-fried chicken with finger-lime sauce
- Dainty Sichuan’s wawa cabbage (chow wawa cai)
- Tony Tan’s guide to making Hakka salt-baked chicken
- Dainty Sichuan’s bang bang chicken (bang bang ji)
- Good Luck Pinbone’s Sichuan chilli eggplant with wood-ear fungus
- Victor Liong’s grilled eggplant with sesame, cumin and chilli
- Tony Tan’s eggplant and broad beans with soy-sesame dressing
- Louis Tikaram’s stir-fried snake beans with pork
- Lau’s Family Kitchen’s calamari with shrimp sauce
- Victor Liong’s masterstock-braised meats and tofu
- Tony Tan’s stir-fried asparagus with shiitake mushrooms and chilli
- Tony Tan’s braised beef brisket with chilli-oil sauce
- Kylie Kwong’s beef with black bean and chilli sauce
- Stir-fried beef and gai lan with rice noodles
- Cheong Liew’s pork hock and wood fungus
- Tony Tan’s braised pork belly with soy sauce
- Victor Liong’s stir-fried beef hor fun
- Victor Liong’s white-cut chicken, aromatic chilli oil and peanuts
- Louis Tikaram’s fried rice of shiitake, salted radish and peas
- Kylie Kwong’s XO fried rice
- Tony Tan’s bang bang chicken
- Kylie Kwong’s stir-fried Australian native greens with garlic
- Lau’s Family Kitchen’s tangerine duck
- Sunda’s lamb ma po tofu with green beans
- Ricky & Pinky’s steamed snapper with coriander and ginger
- Lau’s Family Kitchen’s salt and pepper whiting
- Kylie Kwong’s Cantonese-style prawn wonton soup
- Kylie Kwong’s fried eggs with XO sauce
- Dan Hong’s mud crab with XO sauce
- Kylie Kwong’s prawn dumplings with organic tamari and chilli dressing
Our love of Chinese food knows no bounds. And when it comes to cooking Chinese cuisine, who better to turn to than the people who cook it for a living?
Chinese cuisine is a rich tapestry of flavors, techniques, and regional specialties that delight the senses. From the fiery heat of Sichuan to the delicate dim sum of Cantonese kitchens, each dish tells a story of tradition and refinement. From fresh starters like Louis Tikaram’s grilled scallops with soy and ginger and Tony Tan’s Chiu chow raw fish salad, heftier mains like Victor Liong’s masterstock-braised meats and tofu, comforting classic like Kylie Kwong’s comforting Cantonese-style prawn wonton soup to sweet custard-filled doughnuts by Melbourne’s Flower Drum, there’s a carefully refined Chinese recipe by a top chef here for all.
Even for the masters, nailing Chinese recipes begins with the right ingredients: Shaoxing wine, Sichuan peppercorns, and fermented black beans add depth and authenticity. Wok-frying at high heat imparts the coveted wok hei, while slow braising creates deeply flavoured broths.
Whether crafting Kylie Kwong’s delicate dumplings, adding the final, chilli-spiked flourish to Neil Perry’s smashed cucumber salad, or simmering Tony Tan’s braised beef brisket, these are all the restaurant-quality Chinese recipes you’ll ever need.

Crisp eggplant with fish-fragrant sauce
Dan Hong’s crisp eggplant with fish-fragrant sauce

Kylie Kwong's caramelised pork belly
Kylie Kwong: Caramelised pork belly with Chinese coleslaw
Tony Tan’s Sichuan sliced pork with garlic and chilli sauce
Flower Drum’s jin deiu (sesame doughnuts with custard)

Five scallops in a half-shell topped with herbs and a soy dressing, on an off-white plate, on a white marble background.
Louis Tikaram’s grilled Hervey Bay scallops with soy and ginger
Tony Tan’s Chiu chow raw fish salad

Neil Perry: Cucumber with smashed garlic
Neil Perry: Cucumber with smashed garlic
Flower Drum’s twice-cooked king prawns with soy sauce (si yow wong ha)
Tony Tan’s crab soup with pickled vegetable and tomato
Victor Liong’s cold silken tofu with peanuts, salted daikon, coriander and black vinegar

Deep-fried chicken with finger-lime sauce
Kylie Kwong’s deep-fried chicken with finger-lime sauce
Dainty Sichuan’s wawa cabbage (chow wawa cai)
Flower Drum’s pan-fried pei pa tofu with Chinese sausage and prawns (heung jin pei pa doufu)
Tony Tan’s guide to making Hakka salt-baked chicken
Dainty Sichuan’s bang bang chicken (bang bang ji)
Good Luck Pinbone’s Sichuan chilli eggplant with wood-ear fungus
Victor Liong’s grilled eggplant with sesame, cumin and chilli

Eggplant and broad beans with soy-sesame dressing
Tony Tan’s eggplant and broad beans with soy-sesame dressing

Louis Tikaram’s stir-fried snake beans with pork
Louis Tikaram’s stir-fried snake beans with pork

Lau Family Kitchen's calamari with shrimp sauce
Lau’s Family Kitchen’s calamari with shrimp sauce
Victor Liong’s Sichuan sour and spicy poached fish with pickled mustard greens

Victor Liong's masterstock-braised meats and tofu
Victor Liong’s masterstock-braised meats and tofu

Lau's Family Kitchen's prawns and char siu with vermicelli in a claypot
Lau’s Family Kitchen’s prawns and char siu with vermicelli in a claypot

Stir-fried asparagus with shiitake mushrooms and chilli
Tony Tan’s stir-fried asparagus with shiitake mushrooms and chilli

Beef brisket with chilli-oil sauce
Tony Tan’s braised beef brisket with chilli-oil sauce

Beef with black bean and chilli sauce
Kylie Kwong’s beef with black bean and chilli sauce
Flower Drum’s stir-fried water spinach with preserved bean curd (fu yu ong choy)
Stir-fried beef and gai lan with rice noodles

Sweet and sour pork with Davidson's plum
Cheong Liew’s pork hock and wood fungus

Braised pork belly with soy sauce
Tony Tan’s braised pork belly with soy sauce
Victor Liong’s stir-fried beef hor fun
Victor Liong’s white-cut chicken, aromatic chilli oil and peanuts
Louis Tikaram’s fried rice of shiitake, salted radish and peas
Kylie Kwong’s XO fried rice
Tony Tan’s bang bang chicken
Kylie Kwong’s stir-fried Australian native greens with garlic
Lau’s Family Kitchen’s tangerine duck
Flower Drum’s braised squab with oyster sauce and shiitake mushrooms (tung ku wat yu kap)

Lamb mapo tofu with green beans
Sunda’s lamb ma po tofu with green beans

Ricky & Pinky’s steamed snapper with coriander and ginger
Ricky & Pinky’s steamed snapper with coriander and ginger
Lau’s Family Kitchen’s salt and pepper whiting
Kylie Kwong’s steamed fish fillets with ginger, soy sauce and spring onions

Cantonese-style prawn wonton soup dumpling recipe
Kylie Kwong’s Cantonese-style prawn wonton soup
Kylie Kwong’s fried eggs with XO sauce

Mud crab with XO sauce recipe by Dan Hong
Dan Hong’s mud crab with XO sauce
Flower Drum’s sautéed mud crab with ginger and spring onion (keong chung hai)

Louis Tikaram’s mango pudding with lime tapioca and coconut ice-cream