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Stir-fried instant noodles

Stir-fried instant noodles

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆ 10

This stir-fried instant noodle dish offers a springy, chewy texture and a savory, well-seasoned flavor. It is a quick, home-style staple dish adapted from traditional boiled noodles. The addition of eggs and ham sausage enriches the protein and energy content. The preparation is simple; just be sure to rinse the noodles with cold water to maintain the desired texture. Even beginners can easily prepare it, and the entire process takes approximately 15 minutes from start to finish.

Qianlong Cabbage

Qianlong Cabbage

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆ 3

Qianlong Cabbage is a classic Beijing-style cold dish, featuring hand-torn cabbage hearts tossed in a rich, thick sesame sauce. It offers a refreshing, tangy, and crisp texture with a mellow, appetizing flavor. Cabbage is rich in vitamins and dietary fiber, while sesame sauce provides healthy fats and calcium, making the dish both refreshing and nutritious. The preparation involves no frying or boiling—simply mix the sauce and toss the cabbage, making it very beginner-friendly. Typically, it takes only about 10 minutes to prepare and serve.

Steamed Egg Custard

Steamed Egg Custard

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆ 2

This dish is a simple and quick homemade steamed dish, with a smooth, silky texture similar to jelly and a well-balanced savory flavor. It is commonly served as a breakfast item or a side dish on tables across the region. Eggs provide high-quality protein and lecithin, making them easy to digest and absorb. This recipe is very beginner-friendly; with just a few simple steps, you can steam a smooth and delicate egg custard. The entire process takes approximately 15 minutes.

Cold-dressed Cucumber

Cold-dressed Cucumber

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

A crisp and refreshing home-style cold dish, the stem lettuce becomes exceptionally tender and crunchy after marinating, with a slight kick of spiciness that makes it a perfect appetizer. Rich in vitamins and dietary fiber, yet low in calories. The preparation is simple and beginner-friendly, taking about twenty minutes from prep to serving. Chilled, it tastes even better.

Macau Wet-Plate Braised Beef Rice

Macau Wet-Plate Braised Beef Rice

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

This is a classic Macanese-style Portuguese fast food dish. The minced beef is tender, silky, and savory, enveloped in a rich sauce and semi-cooked egg yolk, creating a glossy and appetizing texture when mixed with rice. The ground beef provides high-quality protein, while the addition of eggs and onions ensures a balanced and satisfying meal. The preparation steps are simple and easy to follow, making it particularly suitable for beginners. From preparation to serving, the entire process takes approximately 30 minutes.

Blanched Choy Sum

Blanched Choy Sum

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

This classic Cantonese dish uses the white-blanching technique, where quick blanching in boiling water preserves the natural sweetness and crisp tenderness of the choy sum, with the stems being particularly refreshing. The flavor is light and delicately savory. Rich in vitamin C and dietary fiber, it is low in fat and calories, making it ideal for those seeking a healthy diet. The preparation is very simple, with an estimated difficulty of only two stars. Most beginners can complete it in just 15 minutes, making it an excellent choice for quickly adding leafy greens to your meal.

Poached Shrimp

Poached Shrimp

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

Poached shrimp is a classic Cantonese quick-and-easy dish, featuring shrimp meat that is fresh, sweet, and tender, while preserving its original flavor. The shrimp itself is rich in high-quality protein and various minerals, and paired with a dipping sauce, it is appetizing without being greasy. The preparation is simple with a high tolerance for errors, making it very beginner-friendly. From preparation to serving, it takes only about 15 minutes.

Canned Sardines with Black Bean Sauce and Lettuce

Canned Sardines with Black Bean Sauce and Lettuce

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

Douchi Canned Dace with Lettuce is a savory, umami-rich, and quick home-style stir-fry that goes perfectly with rice. Originating from Cantonese canned dishes, this recipe features crisp lettuce and crispy, fragrant dace. It offers a balanced mix of meat and vegetables, providing both protein and dietary fiber. The preparation is simple and beginner-friendly, typically completed in about fifteen minutes.

Bonito Nori Corn Rice

Bonito Nori Corn Rice

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

This is a flavorful and delicious Japanese-style light meal. The rice grains are distinct and well-separated, combining the savory umami of bonito flakes, the crispy aroma of nori, and the sweet crunch of corn. Bonito flakes are rich in high-quality protein and DHA, while nori provides minerals and corn adds dietary fiber, creating a nutritionally balanced dish. The preparation is very simple, even for beginners, and takes only 5 minutes of active hands-on work. Including the time to cook the rice, it is ready to enjoy in about 40 minutes total.

Cold Tossed Wood Ear Mushrooms

Cold Tossed Wood Ear Mushrooms

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

Stir-fried wood ear mushrooms are a healthy choice, especially since many of the distributed supplies are dried goods. Additionally, preparing cold-tossed wood ear mushrooms is relatively simple.

Microwaved Chinese Sausage Clay Pot Rice

Microwaved Chinese Sausage Clay Pot Rice

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

This is a quick and easy Cantonese-style staple. The rice absorbs the rich oils from the lap cheong, resulting in a savory, glossy flavor, complemented by crisp-tender greens and carrots for a well-rounded texture. It is rich in carbohydrates, protein, and various vitamins, offering a balanced nutritional profile. Prepared using a microwave, it is beginner-friendly, with the entire process taking approximately 15 minutes to enjoy.

Microwaved Egg Custard

Microwaved Egg Custard

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

Microwave steamed egg custard is a simple and quick home-style steamed egg dish, with a tender and smooth texture, making it especially suitable as a late-night snack or a fast side meal. Eggs are rich in high-quality protein and various vitamins, providing the body with essential nutrients, while dried shrimp adds an extra boost of calcium. This dish is very beginner-friendly, requiring no mastery of heat control techniques—from beating the eggs and seasoning to finishing, the entire process takes only about 10 minutes to complete.

Stir-fried Eggs with Onions

Stir-fried Eggs with Onions

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

Stir-fried eggs with onions is a home-style dish with a savory flavor and rich onion aroma. The eggs are tender and silky, while the onions are naturally sweet, making this a beloved staple served with rice. Eggs are rich in high-quality protein and a variety of vitamins, while onions contain dietary fiber and antioxidants, making this a quick dish with a balanced nutritional profile. The recipe is extremely simple and beginner-friendly, taking only about 5 minutes from preparation to serving.

French Fries

French Fries

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

French fries are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, with a golden, salty aroma, making them a widely popular fast food snack. Potatoes provide carbohydrates and dietary fiber, but their calorie content is relatively high after deep frying or air frying. Using pre-cut fries and an air fryer makes the process simple and easy, even for beginners. From preheating to serving, the entire process takes approximately 25 minutes.

Oven-Baked Basque Cheesecake

Oven-Baked Basque Cheesecake

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

Basque cheesecake is a dessert with a rich, dense texture, featuring a caramelized exterior and a moist interior. It is a classic flavor from the Basque region of Spain. The main ingredients are cream cheese and eggs, making it a good source of high-quality protein and calcium. The preparation process is very simple and easy for beginners to master. From preparation to baking, it takes only about 30 minutes. However, it is recommended to refrigerate it overnight before serving, resulting in a total time of over 8 hours.

Steam rice in a pot

Steam rice in a pot

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

This is a simple, everyday staple dish, yielding soft and tender rice with just an ordinary pot. White rice primarily provides carbohydrates, offering a quick source of energy for the body. The preparation is extremely straightforward; beginners can easily master it by simply paying attention to the heat level throughout the process. From adding the rice to serving, the entire process takes approximately 25 minutes.

Salmon Rice Cooker Dish

Salmon Rice Cooker Dish

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

This is a home-style dish inspired by Japanese clay pot rice (donabe), where the rice absorbs the rich aroma of butter and salmon, resulting in a deeply savory and umami-packed texture. Salmon provides high-quality protein and unsaturated fatty acids, while the addition of mushrooms boosts dietary fiber. The preparation is extremely simple—just use a rice cooker with one button press. From prep to serving, it takes about 45 minutes, making it perfect for beginners.

Air Fryer Chicken Wings

Air Fryer Chicken Wings

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

This is a convenient and effortless home-cooked quick dish. The chicken wings are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, naturally infused with a rich, savory aroma that tastes even better than fast food. Chicken wings are packed with high-quality protein and fats, providing ample energy. It’s extremely beginner-friendly—actual hands-on prep takes just a few minutes, and you can be eating in about forty minutes from start to finish.

Tomato Salad with Sugar

Tomato Salad with Sugar

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

This is a home-style cold dish perfect for summer—tangy, sweet, and refreshing, yet easy to prepare. Tomatoes are rich in vitamin C, stimulate the appetite, and cut through rich flavors. Even beginners can make it with ease; the entire process (including refrigeration) takes about 15 minutes before it’s ready to serve.

Soft-Peel Mandarin Tea

Soft-Peel Mandarin Tea

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

Babacan Tea is a creative fruit tea beverage that blends the sweet citrus notes of babacan (a type of mandarin orange) with the delicate aroma of jasmine. It offers a refreshing taste with a lingering sweet aftertaste and is not tied to any specific culinary tradition. Rich in vitamin C and dietary fiber, babacan pairs well with green tea, providing a crisp and invigorating drinking experience. The preparation is simple and beginner-friendly, taking approximately 15 minutes from brewing the tea to final stirring.

Celery with Tea Tree Mushrooms

Celery with Tea Tree Mushrooms

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

This is a refreshing and crisp cold dish, where the tender crunch of celery pairs perfectly with the chewy texture of tea tree mushrooms, creating a richly layered eating experience. Rich in a variety of vitamins and minerals, it is both nutritious and appetizing. The preparation is very simple and easy for beginners to master, taking only about 30 minutes from prep to completion.

Strawberry Jam

Strawberry Jam

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

This is a sweet and tangy, fruity homemade jam, perfect for spreading on bread. Strawberries are rich in vitamin C, though the recipe calls for a relatively high amount of sugar during cooking, which can be adjusted to taste. The method is very simple, making it easy even for beginners to master, with the entire process from preparation to completion taking approximately two hours.

Stir-fried Snow Peas with Chinese Sausage

Stir-fried Snow Peas with Chinese Sausage

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

Stir-fried snow peas with Chinese sausage is a refreshing, savory home-style dish. The fat from the Chinese sausage coats the bright green snow peas, creating a crisp, tender texture without being greasy. Snow peas are rich in high-quality protein and a variety of vitamins, which can help strengthen the body’s resistance to illness. The recipe is simple and requires almost no knife skills, so even beginners can quickly get the hang of it. It takes only about 15 minutes from preparing the ingredients to serving.

Celtuce Leaf Pancakes

Celtuce Leaf Pancakes

Difficulty：★★☆☆☆

Celtuce leaf pancakes are a simple and quick homemade snack with a crispy exterior and a tender interior, carrying the fresh aroma of celtuce leaves. Rich in vitamins and dietary fiber, celtuce leaves complement the high-quality protein from eggs, providing a well-balanced nutritional profile. The preparation process requires no complex techniques—simply mix the ingredients and pan-fry both sides. It is easy for beginners to master, with the entire process from preparation to serving taking approximately 10 minutes.