Vegetarian Recipes

Vegetable dishes that carry a meal on their own — blistered green beans, silky tofu, and the seasoning that keeps them from tasting like a side dish.

6 recipes

easy 25 min total · Sichuan

Blistered, wrinkled green beans with minced pork and preserved mustard greens. The most addictive vegetable dish in Sichuan cooking.

easy 13 min total · Soups

Silky ribbons of egg suspended in clear golden broth. Ten minutes, five ingredients, and one pouring technique that decides everything.

easy 15 min total · Rice Dishes

Separate, glistening grains with real wok flavor — not a greasy clump. Ten minutes, five ingredients, and one rule about the rice you cannot break.

easy 30 min total · Soups

Thick, peppery, tongue-tingling broth packed with wood ear mushroom, tofu, and bamboo shoot. The heat comes from white pepper, not chili.

medium 60 min total · Appetizers & Small Plates

Flaky, layered, shatteringly crisp pancakes from four ingredients. The rolling technique that creates the layers takes two minutes to learn.

easy 15 min total · 30-Minute Meals

The first dish every Chinese kid learns to cook. Soft folds of egg in a sweet-savory tomato sauce, done in ten minutes with four ingredients.