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6 Chinese New Year Foods that Will Bring You Good Luck
Join us in prepping for Chinese New Year Celebration 2022 with 6 auspicious foods for good fortune. Explore what we should eat or which ingredient to use for cooking to bring us good luck and prosperity throughout the year. Get some ideas from these savory Chinese dishes selected especially for all Thai people of Chinese descent as offerings to Chinese Gods and ancestors.
Steamed grouper in soy sauce
The first lucky dish crafted from seafood is “steamed grouper in soy sauce,” which can be delightfully savored by everyone from children to the elderly. It’s such a fantastic dish to enjoy on the Chinese New Year Day as fish is considered one of the most popular yet auspicious ingredients which represents prosperity. The word “fish” shares the same pronunciation as the word “plentiful” in Chinese meaning that we will prosper throughout the year. Apart from its positive meaning, steamed grouper in soy sauce is a healthy dish as well.
Chinese-styled fried noodles
It can be said that “Chinese-styled fried noodles” is a must have for Chinese New Year. The long yellow noodles stir fried with meat and vegetables of your choice offer a tender yet elastic texture and a crowd-pleasing taste for the whole family. It’s another savory dish generally made as an offering as it conveys an auspicious meaning of longevity like the length of noodles. Apart from Chinese New Year, it’s quite a popular dish to make for birthday as well since it symbolizes a long life.
Black sesame glutinous rice balls in ginger syrup
An essentially auspicious dessert for Chinese New Year can’t be anything else but “black sesame glutinous rice balls in ginger syrup.” The balls are made from glutinous rice filled with black sesame and best accompanied with hot and sweet ginger soup. The dessert signifies love and unity perfect for auspicious events including Chinese New Year, birthday and wedding day.
Deep-fried spring rolls
Deep-fried spring rolls is a perfect snack dish where a variety of savory and sweet stuffing is wrapped and deep fried until golden brown. It appears similar to a gold bar which signifies continuous wealth. This mouthwatering dish is commonly enjoyed with a sweet & sour plum sauce yielding such a divine combo.
Crisp roast duck
One of the main meat included in the original offering set is inevitably duck. How about a crowd-pleasing dish like crisp roast duck instead of the same old soya duck this year? In fact, the duck dish auspiciously represents honesty and various abilities.
Sea asparagus and mixed seafood soup
Do a final touch up on your Chinese New Year offering table with “sea asparagus and mixed seafood soup”, a premium seafood dish where giant prawns, abalones, scallops and crab-paddle legs are gathered and delectably topped with a full-flavored thick soup that comes sea asparagus which symbolizes wealth, joy and happiness. It’s absolutely an ideal dish to savor for Chinese New Year for good fortune throughout the year.
To live up to Tops Picks’ name, we’re giving away a free recipe of “Sea Asparagus and Mixed Seafood Soup” for you to test your cooking skills to ensure your Chinese New Year is filled with joy and your tummy with delightful foods. Check out the ingredients you need and step-by-step instructions to magically craft this utterly sumptuous dish.
Ingredients
1. Broth 3 cups
2. Oyster sauce 2 tbsp.
3. Seasoning sauce 2 tsp.
4. Sesame oil 1 tbsp.
5. Sugar ½ tsp.
6. Chinese cooking wine 1 tbsp.
7. Steamed crab paddle-leg 200 g.
8. 5 Dried shiitake mushrooms soaked in water
9. 8 Abalones
7. Sea asparagus 200 g.
8. Scallop 200 g.
9. 8 Tiger prawns
9. 1 Broccoli
10. Spinach 500 g.
11. Crushed and chopped garlic 1 tbsp.
12. Potato starch 1 tbsp.
13. Water 3 tbsp.
14. Vegetable oil for frying 1 tbsp.
15. Oil for deep frying 5 tbsp.
Instructions
1. Heat a pan of frying oil over medium heat. Once hot, fry abalones, sea asparagus, shiitake mushrooms and tiger prawns separately. Remove the ingredients from the pan, allow the oil to drain out and set aside.
2. Heat vegetable oil over high heat. Once hot, add garlic, spinach and shiitake mushrooms to stir fry until done and dish up.
3. Heat vegetable oil over high heat. Once hot, add garlic, spinach and shiitake mushrooms to stir fry until done and dish up.
4. Beautifully dish up all the ingredients prepared and set aside.
5. Bring a pot of broth to a boil over low heat. Season with oyster sauce, seasoning sauce and sugar. Enhance the fragrance of Chinese cuisine with Chinese cooking wine and sesame oil. Bring it to a proper boil.
6. Slowly add potato starch mixed water into the soup as you prefer. Give it a quick stir to prevent the starch from clumping. Bring it to a boil, have a taste to make sure that you’re happy and remove from the heat.
7. Top the sauce all over the dish of ingredients for serving and savor whilst hot.
Fill up your stomach and feeling blessed with 6 auspicious dishes to celebrate Chinese New Year. Calling on the Thai-Chinese descent who are preparing offerings for the upcoming Chinese New Year, find everything you need at all branches of Tops and Central Food Hall or at Tops Online website and application in just a click away! Now let us make a list of Chinese New Year foods and see you next week.
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