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    Hunan Recipes

    Whether you're craving wonton soup or savory lo mein, our members' best Hunan Chinese recipes are guaranteed to trump your take-out.

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    Velveted Fish

    Velveted Fish

    By FLKeysJen

    5 Reviews

    General Tso's Chicken

    General Tso's Chicken

    Chairman Mao's Red-Braised Pork

    Chairman Mao's Red-Braised Pork

    Orange Beef Ww

    Orange Beef Ww

    Most Popular Hunan Recipes

    Best Vegetarian Pot Stickers
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    If you like Chinese dumplings, these vegetarian pot stickers will blow your mind!! They are very easy to make (contrary to what people may think) and...

    Best Vegetarian Pot Stickers

    Recipe #32783

    Best Vegetarian Pot Stickers

    By Izzy Knight on July 1, 2002

    Recipe #32783

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    "If you like Chinese dumplings, these vegetarian pot stickers will blow your mind!! They are very easy to make (contrary to what people may think) and dumpling skins are available even in Western supermarket now. This recipe should use up one package of round dumpling skin and enough to serve a big crowd as appetizers. You can make these dumplings way..."

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    Ingredients: chives, cilantro, ginger...

    47 Reviews

    Prep Time:30 mins

    Total Time: 1 hrs 30 mins

    Stir-Fried Shrimp in Garlic Sauce
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    This has a great garlic flavor and tastes delicious with or without the heaters!

    Stir-Fried Shrimp in Garlic Sauce

    Recipe #36561

    Stir-Fried Shrimp in Garlic Sauce

    By Sue Lau on August 9, 2002

    Recipe #36561

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    "This has a great garlic flavor and tastes delicious with or without the heaters!"

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    Ingredients: cornstarch, dry sherry, garlic...

    38 Reviews

    Prep Time:15 mins

    Total Time: 22 mins

    Quick Hunan Grilled Chicken
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    Easy peasy Chinese cooking, when you just don't have time, but really have the taste for it! All on the table in 20 minutes! :)

    Quick Hunan Grilled Chicken

    Recipe #28287

    Quick Hunan Grilled Chicken

    By Sue Lau on May 13, 2002

    Recipe #28287

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    "Easy peasy Chinese cooking, when you just don't have time, but really have the taste for it! All on the table in 20 minutes! :)"

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    Ingredients: hot pepper oil, garlic...

    28 Reviews

    Prep Time:10 mins

    Total Time: 20 mins

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    Recipe #472924

    Noble House Yangzhou Fried Rice
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    This wonderful recipe is from my local Chinese restaurant. The recipe was invented by the Qing dynasty's Yi Bingshou (1754–1815) and the dish...

    Noble House Yangzhou Fried Rice

    By Celticevergreen on January 25, 2012

    Recipe #472924

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    "This wonderful recipe is from my local Chinese restaurant. The recipe was invented by the Qing dynasty's Yi Bingshou (1754–1815) and the dish was named Yeung Chow (Yangzhou) fried rice since Yi was once the regional magistrate of Yangzhou."

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    Ingredients: cooked ham, eggs...

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    Prep Time:30 mins

    Total Time: 40 mins

    Recipe #469935

    Noble House Hunan Lamb Salad
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    This recipe is from my local Chinese restaurant.

    Noble House Hunan Lamb Salad

    By Celticevergreen on December 15, 2011

    Recipe #469935

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    "This recipe is from my local Chinese restaurant."

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    Ingredients: cilantro leaves, cornstarch...

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    Prep Time:15 mins

    Total Time: 30 mins

    Recipe #464234

    Dong an Zi Ji (Dong an Chicken)
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    This recipe is from one of the great Hunanese chefs, Shi Yinxiang, who used to cook for Chairman Mao whenever he returned to his home province.

    Dong an Zi Ji (Dong an Chicken)

    By Celticevergreen on September 16, 2011

    Recipe #464234

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    "This recipe is from one of the great Hunanese chefs, Shi Yinxiang, who used to cook for Chairman Mao whenever he returned to his home province."

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    Ingredients: pepper, hot pepper oil...

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    Prep Time:15 mins

    Total Time: 45 mins

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    Smacked Cucumbers
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    A common appetizer in the Hunan province of China, smacked cucumbers got their name because of the way you whack the cucumbers with the flat of a cleaver...

    Smacked Cucumbers

    Recipe #260377

    Smacked Cucumbers

    By FLKeysJen on October 20, 2007

    Recipe #260377

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    "A common appetizer in the Hunan province of China, smacked cucumbers got their name because of the way you whack the cucumbers with the flat of a cleaver blade to encourage them to absorb the flavors of the dressing. From the Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook."

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    Ingredients: chili oil, cucumbers, garlic...

    2 Reviews

    Prep Time:10 mins

    Total Time: 40 mins

    Recipe #196380

    Tasty Spicy Tofu Triangles
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    Tasty, healthy treats, make the perfect appetizers for parties or dinners at home. The dish is vegan (as long as you get vegan wonton wrappers) and kosher,...

    Tasty Spicy Tofu Triangles

    By WhitneysWonders on November 19, 2006

    Recipe #196380

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    "Tasty, healthy treats, make the perfect appetizers for parties or dinners at home. The dish is vegan (as long as you get vegan wonton wrappers) and kosher, as well as quite good for you."

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    Ingredients: cumin, instant minced onion...

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    Prep Time:10 mins

    Total Time: 20 mins

    Recipe #282754

    Homemade Hunan Salted Chilies
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    This comes from fuschia dunlops book via barbara fisher. It looks like an amazing condiment to have on hand, the fermenting in salt changes the heat -...

    Homemade Hunan Salted Chilies

    By MarraMamba on January 29, 2008

    Recipe #282754

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    "This comes from fuschia dunlops book via barbara fisher. It looks like an amazing condiment to have on hand, the fermenting in salt changes the heat - it sneaks up and bites rather than in your face and a good flavor, tangy salty and hot is how dunlop describes the taste. the process is like kimchee using the lactic acid fermentation Times are..."

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    Ingredients: kosher salt, hot chili peppers...

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    Prep Time:25 mins

    Total Time: 35 mins

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    Stir-Fried Shrimp in Garlic Sauce
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    This has a great garlic flavor and tastes delicious with or without the heaters!

    Stir-Fried Shrimp in Garlic Sauce

    Recipe #36561

    Stir-Fried Shrimp in Garlic Sauce

    By Sue Lau on August 9, 2002

    Recipe #36561

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    "This has a great garlic flavor and tastes delicious with or without the heaters!"

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    Ingredients: cornstarch, dry sherry, garlic...

    38 Reviews

    Prep Time:15 mins

    Total Time: 22 mins

    Quick Hunan Grilled Chicken
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    Easy peasy Chinese cooking, when you just don't have time, but really have the taste for it! All on the table in 20 minutes! :)

    Quick Hunan Grilled Chicken

    Recipe #28287

    Quick Hunan Grilled Chicken

    By Sue Lau on May 13, 2002

    Recipe #28287

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    "Easy peasy Chinese cooking, when you just don't have time, but really have the taste for it! All on the table in 20 minutes! :)"

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    Ingredients: hot pepper oil, garlic...

    28 Reviews

    Prep Time:10 mins

    Total Time: 20 mins

    General Tso's Chicken
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    This is Fuschia Dunlop's version of the popular General Tso's, different from the American versions as it is not really sweet.

    General Tso's Chicken

    Recipe #287002

    General Tso's Chicken

    By Sue Lau on February 19, 2008

    Recipe #287002

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    "This is Fuschia Dunlop's version of the popular General Tso's, different from the American versions as it is not really sweet."

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    Ingredients: dried hot red chili peppers, dark soy sauce...

    3 Reviews

    Prep Time:15 mins

    Total Time: 30 mins

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    Stir-Fried Shrimp in Garlic Sauce
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    This has a great garlic flavor and tastes delicious with or without the heaters!

    Stir-Fried Shrimp in Garlic Sauce

    Recipe #36561

    Stir-Fried Shrimp in Garlic Sauce

    By Sue Lau on August 9, 2002

    Recipe #36561

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    "This has a great garlic flavor and tastes delicious with or without the heaters!"

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    Ingredients: cornstarch, dry sherry, garlic...

    38 Reviews

    Prep Time:15 mins

    Total Time: 22 mins

    Hot and Sour Soup (Betty Foo; Hunan Restaurant)
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    This is the recipe as taught in the Main Line School Night [winter, 2005] class on Regional Chinese Cooking by Betty Foo, chef & co-owner of the Hunan...

    Hot and Sour Soup (Betty Foo; Hunan Restaurant)

    Recipe #141637

    Hot and Sour Soup (Betty Foo; Hunan Restaurant)

    By Gandalf The White on October 17, 2005

    Recipe #141637

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    "This is the recipe as taught in the Main Line School Night [winter, 2005] class on Regional Chinese Cooking by Betty Foo, chef & co-owner of the Hunan Restaurant in Ardmore, PA. Betty and her husband are from Hunan and have returned to visit, so the recipe is authentic to the region, both by family history, by recent comparison, and by my own review..."

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    Ingredients: dried mushrooms, cornstarch...

    16 Reviews

    Prep Time:25 mins

    Total Time: 35 mins

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    Vinegar-Glazed Chicken

     2 Reviews

    "This is a wonderful chicken dish! I know you made some adjustments to the recipe since the previous review and the changes you made must have fixed it..." more 

    By loof
    on August 13, 2011

    Vinegar-Glazed Chicken

     2 Reviews

    "I don't know if it was the brand of soy sauce I used or what but this was too salty to even eat! And I am a saltaholic so that's saying a lot!" 

    By stonecoldcrazy
    on August 13, 2011

    Hot and Sour Soup (Betty Foo's Recipe, Hunan Restaurant)

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    "used pork that i had cooked with the marmalade recipe bought everything it called for.i was unsure as i had never cooked with any of these ingredients..." more 

    By dink's sandy
    on June 26, 2009

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