Top Ten Chinese Food on Chinese Table

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Scrambled egg with tomatos

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This is a very common Chinese dish. It can be found in most Chinese restaurants.

Chinese name:

番茄炒鸡蛋/fān qié chǎo jī dàn

or 西红柿炒鸡蛋 xī hóng shì chǎo jī dàn

9

Sour and Spicy Shredded Potatoes

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Yes, these pale-looking, spaghetti-like thin strips are shreds from a potato. There are variations though, they all tend to include peppercorns and dried red chilies as the key ingredients.Chinese name:
酸辣土豆丝(spicy and sour)/suān là tǔ dòu sī醋溜土豆丝(mainly sour)/cù liū tǔ dòu sī

8

Sauteed Tofu, Home Style

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This is also a very common Chinese dish. It is a mix of tofu and usually some vegetables. Some people use mushrooms too. It's crispy outside and very soft inside.

Chinese name：家常豆腐/jiā cháng dòu fǔ

7

Twice-Cooked Pork

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Very famous Sichuan (Szechuan) Cuisine, red and green in color, rich in taste. The pork slices in it is fat but not greasy. Almost every housewife in Sichuan can cook it. Nowadays, twice-cooked pork has been developed into a great variety according to different local flavors, but the way of cooking the pork is unchanged.

Chinese name: 回锅肉/huí guō ròu

6

Shredded cabbage

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It is one of the most popular dish from Hunan Cuisine. But you can easily find it basically everywhere. But different regions might have different ways of cooking. Usually people shred cabbages by hand and fried it with pork and dry chilies.

Chinese name: 手撕包菜/shǒu sī bāo cài

5

Stewed beef and potatoes

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My personal favorite. It is reddish in color, usually spicy. The dish is made from fresh beef and potatoes. Some people put carrots too. It goes very well with rice.

Chinese name: 土豆烧牛肉/tǔ dòu shāo niú ròu

4

Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs

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This dish is originated in Wuxi City of Jiangsu Province and has been popular in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Sichuan provinces. It epitomizes the sweet and sour dishes of China. It is made from fresh pork ribs, which appear shiny and red after being cooked.

Chinese name: 糖醋排骨/táng cù pái gǔ)

3

Steamed fish

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A very popular Guangdong style fish. It is usually cooked with fresh perch(鲈鱼/lúyú) and mandarin fish(桂鱼/guì yú ). If you prefer food with light flavor, you can't miss this one.

Chinese name: 清蒸鱼/qīng zhēng yú

2

Fish Flavored Pork

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This dish tastes sweet, sour, salty, sweet, fresh and delicious. It has a rich fresh and fragrant fish-flavor but does not contain fish or fish sauce. The secret of its special taste is the blend of chili sauce, shallot, ginger, garlic, white sugar, and salt used during preparation – a recipe that the local Sichuan people originally used to cook fish.
Chinese name: 鱼香肉丝/yú xiāng ròu sī)

1

Chinese Bouilli in Brown Sauce

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The dish is red in color, rich in flavor. It is made from fresh streaky pork. It is a very common and popular traditional Chinese cuisine which you can find almost in all restaurants.

Chinese name: 红烧肉/hóng shāo ròu

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