Recipe Sifter

Soy bourbon chicken breasts marinated overnight in a smoky-sweet glaze of bourbon whiskey, soy sauce, and brown sugar, then oven-baked low and slow until lacquered and deeply browned.

Cantonese chicken and Chinese sausage rice with shiitake mushrooms, soy-sherry marinade, and ginger. A one-pot Hong Kong-style claypot dish made in any heavy pan.

Oven-roasted chicken wings marinated overnight in hoisin, plum sauce, soy, honey, and garlic. Sticky, glossy, and packed with sweet-savory Asian-inspired flavor.

Chinese-style stir-fried chicken with toasted pine nuts, bamboo shoots, and a savory hoisin-oyster sauce. Cornstarch velveted chicken stays tender. Wok dinner in 30 minutes.

Szechuan chicken with peanuts features velveted chicken breast stir-fried with garlic, ginger, crushed red pepper, and crisp snow peas in a soy-based sauce. Loaded with peanuts and ready in 35 minutes over white rice.

Fried garlic chicken balls, walnut-sized ground chicken poppers seasoned with crushed garlic, ginger, soy, and sherry, rolled in a cornstarch-flour coat and deep-fried golden.

Ginger barbecue chicken baked in a homemade sauce of tomato paste, fresh ginger, dark brown sugar, soy sauce, and liquid smoke. Sweet, tangy, and smoky.

Set-it-and-forget-it sweet and sour chicken in the slow cooker. Frozen chicken simmers with pineapple, carrots, peppers, brown sugar, and soy sauce. Serve over rice for an effortless weeknight win.

This is a good "guest" food. You can appear to have mastered esoteric Oriental cooking techniques without ever having actually prepared the dish before... Unless you drop the pot on the kitchen floor and set it on fire with the hot salt, it's a pretty foolproof cooking technique.

Chinese-style lemon chicken: crispy cornstarch-fried chicken sliced over crisp stir-fried vegetables and drenched in a glossy sweet-tart lemon sauce. The takeout favorite, made fresh at home.

Grilled pineapple chicken teriyaki marinated in a homemade sauce of soy, molasses, brown sugar, pineapple syrup, and garlic. Served with caramelized grilled pineapple slices.

Chicken chunks marinated in lime, garlic and apple juice then grills to juicy perfection.

Chinese cashew chicken stir-fries sliced chicken breast with snow peas, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and toasted cashews in a savory soy-cornstarch sauce. A classic takeout favorite from scratch.

Chinese cold noodles tossed with shredded steamed chicken, slivered egg crepes, and scallions in a soy-chili oil dressing with Chinkiang vinegar and ginger. A refreshing, spicy summer noodle dish.

Grilled chicken and pineapple skewers marinated in a sweet-savory glaze of soy sauce, orange marmalade, honey, and white wine. Crowd-pleasing kebabs that vanish at every cookout and party.

Chinese sweet and sour soup with chicken: a quick 30-minute soup of thin-sliced chicken, mushrooms, and beef broth balanced with vinegar and sugar. Served with lemon slices.