Snack Recipes

A very traditional, crunchy, deeply fried dough snack twisted into a beautiful braid. Famous in Tianjin, it can be made sweet with sugar and sesame, or savory with five-spice.

The iconic Northern Chinese winter street snack. Tart, bright red hawthorn berries skewered on bamboo sticks and coated in a shatteringly crisp, transparent shell of hard sugar candy.

The global phenomenon from Taiwan. A refreshing, creamy, sweet iced black tea filled with chewy, caramelized tapioca pearls.

Considered one of the world's oldest sandwiches. A crispy, pan-baked flatbread stuffed to the brim with incredibly tender, deeply spiced, slow-braised pulled pork belly.

The most infamous Chinese snack. Fermented tofu that smells pungently of decay, but when deep-fried, transforms into an incredibly savory, crispy, and addictive delicacy.

The king of Chinese street breakfasts and snacks. A massive, savory crepe coated with egg, sweet bean sauce, chili, scallions, and wrapped around a crispy fried cracker (Baocui).

The ubiquitous Chinese convenience store and street snack. Hard-boiled eggs with beautifully marbled whites, steeped in a savory, aromatic broth of black tea and whole spices.

The ultimate savory Chinese street food and snack. A crispy, flaky, laminated flatbread layered with pork fat or oil and massive amounts of fresh green scallions.

Fluffy, pillowy steamed lotus leaf buns stuffed with melt-in-your-mouth red braised pork belly, pickled mustard greens, cilantro, and crushed peanuts.

A savory, umami-packed steamed cake made from shredded daikon radish and rice flour, studded with Chinese sausage and dried shrimp, then pan-fried to a crisp.

Crispy, chewy, and highly aromatic unleavened flatbreads folded with oil and minced scallions to create beautiful, flaky layers.

Silky, melt-in-your-mouth freshly made tofu pudding, served the savory Northern Chinese way with soy sauce, chili oil, pickled radish, and scallions.