The Spring Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals of the Chinese nation. It is also a time for the whole family to reunite and celebrate the festival.
On this special day, we always hope to prepare some delicious food to express our love and blessings to our loved ones.
Below, I will introduce you to some Spring Festival recipes so that you can easily make delicious dishes and enjoy the taste of family reunion during the Chinese New Year.
1. Dumplings Dumplings are one of the traditional Chinese New Year’s Eve must-have dishes and one of the most popular delicacies during the Spring Festival.
Making dumplings requires preparing dough and fillings. The specific steps are as follows: 1. Prepare the dough, mix the flour and water evenly, and knead it into a dough.
2. To make the filling, you can choose pork, beef, chicken, shrimp and other ingredients according to your personal taste, add onion, ginger, salt, soy sauce and other seasonings, and stir evenly.
3. Roll the dough into a thin sheet and cut it into rounds using a dumpling mold.
4. Put the filling in the center of the round dough, fold the dough in half into a semicircle, and pinch the edges with your fingers to completely seal it.
5. Put the dumplings into boiling water and cook, then take them out.
2. Fish In traditional Chinese culture, fish symbolizes good omens of abundance and wealth every year. Therefore, fish is also one of the indispensable delicacies during the Spring Festival.
Here's how to make a simple and easy braised fish: 1. Prepare a fresh grass carp, remove the scales, internal organs, head and tail, wash and set aside.
2. Pour an appropriate amount of oil into the pot, add onion, ginger and garlic and saute until fragrant.
3. Add the fish and fry until golden brown on both sides.
4. Add salt, soy sauce, sugar, cooking wine, and water, bring to a boil, then turn to low heat and simmer slowly.
5. When the soup thickens, add an appropriate amount of starch water to thicken it, and sprinkle with chopped green onion.
3. Rice cake Rice cake is one of the traditional Chinese Spring Festival delicacies, and it is also a food that symbolizes reunion and happiness.
Here's how to make a simple and easy steamed rice cake: 1. Prepare the rice cake and red dates, cut the rice cake into small pieces, remove the core of the red dates and cut into small dices.
2. Put the cut rice cake pieces into a bowl, add appropriate amount of water, and soak for 30 minutes.
3. Pour the soaked rice cake pieces into the steamer and add an appropriate amount of diced red dates.
4. Steam in a steamer for about 20 minutes. When the rice cake is soft, waxy and translucent, take it out and eat.
4. Candied haws on a stick Candied haws on a stick is one of the traditional Chinese snacks and one of the most popular delicacies during the Spring Festival.
Here is a simple and easy way to make candied haws: 1. Prepare hawthorns, strawberries, grapes and other fruits and vegetables, wash them and set aside.
2. Pour an appropriate amount of water into the pot, add sugar and cook until the sugar dissolves.
3. Thread the fruits and vegetables into skewers, dip them in syrup, dry them and then eat them.
5. Tangyuan Tangyuan is one of the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival delicacies and one of the most popular desserts during the Spring Festival.
Here's how to make a simple and easy sesame glutinous rice dumpling: 1. Prepare glutinous rice flour and water, mix them evenly, and knead them into a dough.
2. Roll the dough into a small round piece, wrap it with red date filling, and seal it tightly.
3. Boil a pot of water, put the glutinous rice balls into the water and cook.
4. Take out the cooked glutinous rice balls, dip them in sesame powder and serve.