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Florence Lin’s Baked Coconut Sticky Rice Cake Recipe for Chinese New Year

February 8, 2021 by Jeanette 81 Comments

Chinese Coconut Almond Sticky Rice Cake © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Baked Coconut Sticky Rice Cake is easy to make and a delicious version of Chinese sticky rice cake. This sweet treat can be enjoyed for Chinese New Year or as dessert throughout the year. This year, for Chinese New Year, I’m sharing a very special recipe – my Auntie Florence’s Coconut Sticky Rice Cake. Into her…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, healthy choices, Recipes For Foodies, Resources Tagged With: baked nian gao, baked sticky rice cake, Chinese New Year Foods, Chinese New Year recipe, Chinese traditions, Florence Lin, glutinous rice flour, nian gao, sticky rice cake

Chinese Smoked Chicken Recipe (Instant Pot)

January 23, 2020 by Jeanette 11 Comments

Instant Pot Chinese Smoked Chicken - pressure steaming chicken before smoking it is a time saver and ensures a tender chicken

Chinese Smoked Chicken is tender, delicious and fragrant. One of my Dad’s specialities used to be his smoked chicken. He grew up in Beijing and recently, I learned that smoked meats were quite popular in that region when he was growing up. I found a recipe for Chinese smoked chicken in my late aunt’s Florence…

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Filed Under: Asian, chicken, Chinese New Year, dairy-free, Dinner, gluten-free, Instant Pot, main courses Tagged With: Florence Lin, Instant Pot, pressure steaming, wok smoking

Lion’s Head Casserole

January 21, 2020 by Jeanette 5 Comments

Lions Head Casserole - an authentic Chinese recipe - braised meatballs with napa cabbage - comfort food!

Lion’s Head Casserole is a traditional Chinese dish that is pure comfort food. I fondly remember this dish from my childhood. My namesake Auntie Jeannette made it on special occasions. Auntie Jeanette was a good cook and always welcomed people into her home. For a number of years, she and Uncle Dick hosted a small…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, dairy-free, Dinner, gluten-free, main courses Tagged With: authentic Chinese food, comfort food

20+ Lunar and Chinese New Year Recipes

February 2, 2019 by Jeanette 13 Comments

A Collection of Lunar New Year Recipes

Bookmark this collection of Lunar and Chinese New Year Recipes in celebration of the The Lunar New Year. These Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese recipes all contain auspicious ingredients to start the new year off right. Although I was born in the U.S., my parents are immigrants of China, so I try to instill a…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, healthy choices, Resources Tagged With: Chinese New Year dishes, Chinese New Year recipes, Chinese New Year traditions, Lunar New Year, Lunar New Year dishes, Lunar New Year recipes, Year of the Horse

Red Bean Sticky Rice Cake (Instant Pot)

February 14, 2018 by Jeanette 8 Comments

Red Bean Sticky Rice Cake - celebrate Chinese New Year with this traditional steamed mochi-like cake. Make in Instant Pot or steam.

Red Bean Sticky Rice Cake is a traditional sweet enjoyed during Chinese New Year. Adzuki beans add texture to this soft, sticky rice cake. This is one of many sticky rice recipes my mom has collected over the years. I have a black binder full of her favorite recipes, and I have sectioned off a…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, dairy-free, gluten-free, Instant Pot, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: Chinese New Year recipe, Chinese sticky rice, Lunar New Year recipe, Mom's recipe, symbolic foods for Chinese New Year

Chinese Jujube Date Sticky Rice Cake Recipe

February 12, 2018 by Jeanette 3 Comments

Jujube Date Sticky Rice Cake - traditional Chinese New Year sticky rice cake made with jujube date jam

Chinese Jujube Date Sticky Rice Cake is a traditional sweet treat served during Chinese New Year. It has a sticky, taffy-like consistency, and a sweet roasted fragrance and flavor from the jujube date jam (made with dried jujube dates). For the past several years, I’ve been trying new sticky rice cake recipes from my mom’s collection…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, Instant Pot Tagged With: Auntie Florence, Chinese New Year, Florence Lin, jujube date jam, Lunar New Year, sticky rice cake

Jujube Date Jam Recipe (Instant Pot)

February 11, 2018 by Jeanette 19 Comments

Jujube Date Jam - made from dried jujube dates, this jam has a deep rich flavor - used in Chinese New Year sticky rice cake

Jujube Date Jam is made with dried jujube dates, which have a rich, caramel like flavor. As a kid, I fondly remember knocking down the ripe, speckled dates off the jujube date tree my dad planted in our front yard. We had a really long stick reserved just for this purpose. Fresh jujube dates are…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, dairy-free, gluten-free, Instant Pot, side dishes Tagged With: Auntie Florence, jujube date jam, jujube date puree, jujube date sticky rice cake, jujube dates

Florence Lin’s Chinese Spring Rolls Recipe

February 7, 2018 by Jeanette 2 Comments

Florence Lin's Chinese Spring Rolls - traditional Shanghai Spring rolls are light and crispy on the outside, and juicy on the inside. Serve for Chinese New Year or any special occasion

Florence Lin’s Chinese Spring Rolls are a traditional Shanghai style dish that are light and crispy on the outside, and juicy on the inside. These spring rolls are nothing like egg rolls or spring rolls you often see at Chinese restaurants here in the U.S. The juicy filling is made with chicken (pork is often…

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Filed Under: appetizers, Asian, Chinese New Year Tagged With: Chinese New Year, Florence Lin, Lunar New Year, Shanghai recipe, tribute

Instant Pot Chinese Sticky Rice

February 5, 2018 by Jeanette 28 Comments

Instant Pot Chinese Sticky Rice - traditional Chinese dish featuring Chinese sausage, chicken and shitake mushrooms; 12 minutes cooking time using pressure cooker setting

Instant Pot Chinese Sticky Rice is made with short grain sweet rice and features Chinese sausage, chicken and shitake mushrooms. This sticky rice dish is one of the fond food memories I have from my childhood. My mom used to make something similar for our potluck lunches after church. Every Sunday, we met at my…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, dairy-free, Dinner, Instant Pot, main courses Tagged With: Chinese New Year, Chinese sticky rice, Lunar New Year, Lunar New Year recipes

Chinese Mongolian Hot Pot Recipe

December 29, 2017 by Jeanette 10 Comments

Chinese Mongolian Hot Pot - celebrate Chinese New Year with this one pot dinner. It's just like fondue with a special dipping sauce

Chinese Mongolian Hot Pot is perfect for celebrating Christmas, New Year’s, Chinese New Year, or for serving on any cold winter night. Chinese hot pot is similar to fondue, with a big pot of broth and lots of foods that everyone cooks themselves. It’s an interactive, fun and festive meal. Chinese hot pot, fire pot,…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, Christmas, Clean Eating, dairy-free, Dinner, dips and sauces, gluten-free, main courses Tagged With: Chinese fire pot, Chinese fondue, Chinese hot pot, Chinese New Year, Florence Lin

Mom’s Baked Coconut Walnut Sweet Rice Cake Recipe

January 22, 2017 by Jeanette 29 Comments

Baked Coconut Sweet Rice Walnut Cake - this Chinese sticky rice cake is easy to make, not too sweet and perfect for Chinese New Year

Mom’s Baked Coconut Walnut Sweet Rice Cake is very easy to make and not too sweet. It’s the perfect treat to make for Chinese New Year. Sticky rice is traditionally eaten for Chinese New Year, so each year, I make some type of sticky rice cake (made with sweet rice). This particular recipe came from…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, Desserts and Cookies Tagged With: Chinese New Year, coconut milk, sticky rice cake, sweet rice flour, walnuts, year of the rooster

Mom’s Baked Coconut Sticky Rice Red Bean Paste Cake for Chinese New Year

February 3, 2016 by Jeanette 10 Comments

My Mom's Chinese Baked Sticky Rice Red Bean Paste Cake - celebrate Chinese New Year with this sticky rice cake that includes a sweet red bean paste filling

My Mom’s Baked Coconut Sticky Rice Red Bean Paste Cake is perfect for celebrating Chinese New Year. The sweet bean paste filling makes this sticky rice cake extra special. Chinese New Year is next Monday, so I’ve been digging through my mom’s sticky rice recipes. It’s the year of the Monkey (my oldest son and…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, dairy-free, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: baked sticky rice cake, Chinese New Year, coconut milk, coconut sticky rice cake, Mom's recipe, red bean paste, sticky rice cake

10 Symbolic Chinese New Year Recipes

February 19, 2015 by Jeanette 10 Comments

10 Symbolic Chinese New Year Recipes - Celebrate Chinese New Year with these symbolic foods for a prosperity, longevity, unity, fertility, luck, happiness, and good fortune

Ring in the Chinese New Year with a few of these Symbolic Chinese New Year recipes. Today is Chinese New Year and it’s the year of the Goat, Sheep or Ram. Food is a very important part of Chinese culture, so for Chinese New Year, it is especially important to eat foods that symbolize good…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, dairy-free, gluten-free, Holidays, Resources Tagged With: Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year recipes, symbolic foods, year of the goat, year of the ram, year of the sheep

Chinese Marbled Tea Eggs Recipe

February 18, 2015 by Jeanette 13 Comments

Chinese Marbled Tea Eggs - these beautiful eggs are flavored with star anise and soy sauce

Chinese Marbled Tea Eggs are beautiful an easy to make. The first time I saw marbled tea eggs, I was intrigued. How was the marbled pattern made? Little did I know just how simple the process was. Eggs are hard boiled, then cracked all around. The cracked hard boiled eggs are then steeped in a…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, Clean Eating, dairy-free, gluten-free, vegetarian Tagged With: Asian food, Auspicious Chicken Vegetable Egg Noodle Soup, auspicious meal, Chinese New Year, tea eggs

My Mom’s Coconut Sticky Rice Cake for Chinese New Year

February 16, 2015 by Jeanette 30 Comments

Mom's Coconut Sticky Rice Cake - this is a recipe handed down to me by my mom - it's like rice pudding and is perfect for celebrating Chinese New Year

I fondly remember eating My Mom’s Coconut Sticky Rice Cake growing up. It’s the perfect ending to a Chinese meal – not too sweet and full of coconut flavor. Recently, my mom gave me a copy of all her treasured recipes she’s been collecting over the years. Some of the recipes are original recipes she…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free Tagged With: Chinese New Year, coconut milk, Mom's recipe, sticky rice, year of the goat, year of the ram, year of the sheep

Vegetarian Buddha’s Delight Recipe

January 31, 2014 by Jeanette 21 Comments

Vegetarian Bhuddas Delight

Vegetarian Buddha’s Delight is a traditional food served for Chinese New Year. Packed with a variety of “good luck” ingredients, it’s sure to usher in a bright start to the New Year. One of the Chinese New Year dishes I fondly remember that my namesake, Auntie Jeanette, made when I was growing up was Buddha’s…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, dairy-free, gluten-free, healthy choices, main courses, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: Buddha's Delight, Chinese New Year, lo han jai, traditional foods for Chinese New Year, vegan, vegetarian

Chinese Braised Chicken with Chestnuts Recipe

February 6, 2013 by Jeanette 28 Comments

Chinese Chestnut Chicken © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Chinese Braised Chicken with Chestnutsis a tradition Chinese recipe that is pure comfort food. Chinese New Year is coming up soon – February 10, 2013, and it’s the Year of the Black Snake! I’ve been thinking of what dishes I’m going to make for my family, and this Chinese Braised Chicken with Chestnuts is a…

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, dairy-free, Dinner, Family, gluten-free, healthy choices, main courses Tagged With: chestnuts, Chinese New Year dishes, Chinese New Year recipes, Comfort Food Feast, Food Network, Shanghai recipe, Year of the Black Snake

Chinese Turnip Cake Recipe

October 10, 2012 by Jeanette 22 Comments

Pan Fried Chinese Turnip Cake

Today, I’m sharing a Chinese Turnip Cake recipe that I adapted from my late Aunt Florence’s cookbook. I love dim sum, the bite-size delicacies that are carted around at Chinese restaurants in Chinatown on the weekend. Unfortunately, since I live in the suburbs of Connecticut, finding restaurants that serves dim sum nearby are few and…

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Filed Under: appetizers, Asian, Chinese New Year, dairy-free, Dinner, gluten-free, healthy choices, Recipes For Foodies Tagged With: Chinese turnip cake recipe, dim sum, Florence Lin

Gluten Free Chinese Dumplings Recipe

April 11, 2011 by Jeanette 93 Comments

Gluten Free Chinese Dumplings

These Gluten Free Chinese Dumplings will satisfy your dumpling craving even if you can’t eat wheat. Today, Chinese dumplings can easily be found in regular supermarkets and wholesale stores like Costco’s. I haven’t made homemade dumplings in a really long time since they are so readily available in our local Chinese grocery store. One of my…

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Filed Under: appetizers, Asian, Chinese New Year, dairy-free, dips and sauces, gluten-free, snacks Tagged With: gluten free Chinese dumplings

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