Flavorful Chinese Pork Recipes

Family recipes always come with the best cooking tips and Molly’s Grandma’s Tepong Pork is no exception. Molly sears the pork shoulder fat-side down first — so that the rendered fat in the pan helps to flavor the rest of the roast when she flips it over.

These dim sum-worthy dumplings may be delicate but they’re packed with flavor, thanks to a variety of ingredients like mushrooms, scallion, ground pork and ginger.

This spicy, aromatic Sichuan dish is recognizable from the citrus aroma of Sichuan peppercorns and the spicy fermented flavor of hot bean sauce.

Congee, or jook in Cantonese, is a nutritious rice porridge that is usually eaten when someone isn't feeling well. The simplest version of congee is made with just rice, water and salt, so it is easily digestible and a blank slate for any flavor. There are many varieties of congee; ours focuses on the popular combination of salted pork and century egg.