easy 25 min total · Takeout Classics
Beef and Broccoli
Silky velveted beef and crisp-tender broccoli in a glossy brown garlic sauce. Twenty-five minutes, and the tenderness trick takes just fifteen of them.
Takeout Classics Recipes
The dishes you order every Friday night — orange chicken, beef and broccoli, lo mein — made properly at home. Better texture, less sugar, and no delivery fee.
12 recipes
easy 25 min total · Takeout Classics
Cashew Chicken
Tender diced chicken with toasted cashews and crisp vegetables in a light savory sauce. A gentle, kid-friendly stir-fry that still tastes like something.
medium 30 min total · Takeout Classics
Chicken Chow Mein
Pan-fried noodles with genuinely crisp edges, tossed with chicken and bean sprouts. The textural contrast is the whole point — and it's easy to get.
easy 15 min total · Rice Dishes
Egg Fried Rice
Separate, glistening grains with real wok flavor — not a greasy clump. Ten minutes, five ingredients, and one rule about the rice you cannot break.
medium 40 min total · Takeout Classics
General Tso's Chicken
Crisp fried chicken in a dark, sticky, chili-spiked glaze — sweet, sour, and savory in balance rather than just sweet. The American-Chinese icon done right.
medium 40 min total · Takeout Classics
Honey Walnut Shrimp
Crisp shrimp in a creamy honey glaze with candied walnuts. Rich, a little decadent, and far better than the buffet version that inspired it.
easy 25 min total · Sichuan
Kung Pao Chicken
Chicken thighs wok-tossed with blistered chilies, peanuts, and a sweet-sour-savory glaze. The Sichuan original, not the gloopy takeout version.
easy 20 min total · Takeout Classics
Pork Lo Mein
Soft egg noodles tossed in a dark savory sauce with pork and crisp vegetables. Twenty minutes, and the sauce is four pantry ingredients.
easy 25 min total · Takeout Classics
Mongolian Beef
Silky flank steak in a dark, glossy soy-and-brown-sugar glaze with charred scallions. Twenty minutes start to finish, no deep frying.
medium 40 min total · Takeout Classics
Orange Chicken
Shatteringly crisp chicken in a bright, citrus-forward glaze made from real oranges. Everything the mall-food-court version wishes it were.
medium 35 min total · Takeout Classics
Sesame Chicken
Crisp chicken in a dark, nutty, sesame-heavy glaze. Deeper and less sugary than the takeout version, and it comes together in 35 minutes.
medium 40 min total · Takeout Classics
Sweet and Sour Pork
Crisp battered pork in a bright, tangy glaze with pineapple and peppers. Made with real vinegar and tomato instead of neon-red syrup.