8 Chinese Delicacies You Need To Try!

In a country where the traditional way to greet someone translates to 'have you eaten yet?'(ni chile ma), be rest assured, the food will be extraordinary. China has the most popular culinary heritage in the world. The history of their cuisine dates back to about 1000 years with varied cooking styles, techniques and ingredients that have evolved over time.

Let's check out 10 Chinese dishes you must try ASAP!

1. Kung Pao Chicken

Kung Pao chicken, also transcribed as Gong Bao or Kung Po, is a spicy, stir-fried Chinese dish made with chicken, peanuts, vegetables, and chili peppers. The classic dish in Sichuan cuisine originated in the Sichuan Province of south-western China and includes Sichuan peppercorns.

2. Ma Po Tofu

Ma Po Tofu or Doufu is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan province. It consists of tofu set in a spicy sauce, typically a thin, oily, and bright red suspension, along with minced meat, usually pork or beef.

3. Wontons

A wonton is a type of Chinese dumpling commonly found across regional styles of Chinese cuisine.Generally meat or chicken is stuffed in the wontons sheets and it is either steamed and served in a soup or deep fried.

4. Lo Mein

Lo mein is a Chinese dish with egg noodles. It often contains vegetables and some type of meat or seafood, usually beef, chicken, pork, shrimp or wontons.

5. Bird's Nest Soup

Edible bird's nests are bird nests created by edible nest swiftlets, Indian swiftlets, and other swiftlets using solidified saliva, which are harvested for human consumption. They are particularly prized in Chinese culture due to their rarity, supposedly high nutritional value, and flavour.

6. Peking duck

Peking duck is a dish from Beijing that has been prepared since the imperial era. The meat is characterized by its thin, crisp skin, with authentic versions of the dish serving mostly the skin and little meat, sliced in front of the diners by the cook.

7. Buddha's Delight

Buddha's delight, often transliterated as Luóhàn zhāi, Lo han jai, or Lo hon jai, is a vegetarian dish well known in Chinese and Buddhist cuisine. It is sometimes also called Luóhàn cài.

8. Youtiao

Youtiao, also known as Chinese cruller, Chinese fried churros, Chinese oil stick, Chinese doughnut, is a long golden-brown deep-fried strip of dough commonly eaten in China and in other East and Southeast Asian cuisines. Conventionally, youtiao are lightly salted and made so they can be torn lengthwise in two.

So now you know, what you need to order next time, rather than your regular Chow Mein, at a Chinese food outlet!