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Chinese smashed cucumber salad with garlic and sesame oil

Chinese Smashed Cucumber Salad (Liangban Huanggua)

Smash cucumbers, toss with garlic, vinegar, soy sauce, and sesame oil. The smashing is the whole point — it creates rough edges that soak up the dressing. Ready in 20 minutes.

Cucumber Salad +3

Bright green spinach stir-fried with golden scrambled eggs

Stir-Fried Spinach with Eggs

Scrambled eggs with spinach — one of those dishes every Chinese household makes on busy weeknights. Five ingredients, ten minutes, done.

Spinach Eggs +4

Golden crispy stir-fried mantou cubes garnished with scallions

Stir-Fried Mantou (Chinese Fried Steamed Buns)

What to do with leftover mantou — cut them up, fry until crispy, and season with cumin and five-spice. Better as leftovers than the original steamed buns, honestly.

Mantou Snack +3