480 cornstarch recipes

Sizzling Sichuan scallops wok-tossed with ginger, garlic, chili paste, and crunchy cucumber, then poured hot onto a screaming cast iron platter at the table. Pure drama.

Traditional Chinese braised duck webs simmered for 3 hours with star anise, ginger, and rice wine, then glazed in glossy oyster sauce. Served over stir-fried broccoli and dried mushrooms.

Bean sauce is used so often in Chinese dishes, white fish filets in bean sauce, they match so good!

Here's a light, spicy chicken recipe for a warm-weather evening.

You can serve this dish hot or cold. We prefer the crab balls hot, when their exterior is crisp and the meat hot and moist. They also go better with the vinegar dip when hot. If you prefer to serve them cold or at room temperature, delete the dip, or substitute something like mustard and catsup.

A quick and flavorful stir-fry featuring tender beef sirloin, vibrant bell peppers, onions, and mushrooms, all tossed in a savory soy-sherry sauce. Perfect for a weeknight dinner over rice.

Pan-fried shrimp and Monterey Jack gyozas with Chinese sausage, water chestnuts, and ginger, served in a silky lime cream sauce. East-West fusion dumplings that freeze beautifully.

Five-spice chicken thighs in a soy, sherry, ginger, and brown sugar sauce, cooked in the microwave in 30 minutes. The pan juices thicken into a glossy sauce spooned right over the top.

Chicken thighs stir-fried with broccoli and scallions in peanut oil, then finished with grated parmesan and whole wheat croutons. A quick East-meets-West dinner ready in 30 minutes.

Crispy deep-fried tofu triangles stuffed with curried tofu, mushrooms, and ginger in wonton wrappers. A fusion appetizer that's part samosa, part wonton, and totally addictive. Makes 30.

Pork meatballs with shiitake mushrooms, water chestnuts, and ginger, rolled in soaked rice and steamed until the grains turn translucent. A classic Chinese dim sum appetizer that's as fun to make as it is to eat.

Shrimp Sauce Mixed Vegetables & Shredded Chicken recipe

Ginger shrimp stir-fry with zucchini, red peppers, and jalapeño in a bright sauce of white wine, lime, mirin, and chicken stock. A 20-minute Asian-fusion skillet dinner finished with cilantro and scallions.

Gow gees are crispy fried Chinese dumplings filled with pork, shrimp, dried mushrooms, and scallions. Served with classic homemade sweet and sour sauce. Makes 48 for a crowd.

Sliced chicken with broccoli stir-fries cornstarch-velveted chicken with tender-crisp broccoli, ginger, and scallions in 25 minutes. Better than takeout, lighter on oil.

Flank steak marinated overnight in soy sauce, dry sherry, and garlic, stir-fried with green peppers and fresh tomato wedges in a glossy cornstarch sauce. Serve over steaming rice for a satisfying Chinese-style dinner.