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This tasty salad wrapped in lettuce leaves is something I enjoy making all year round, especially in the summer.

Cold dishes and salads• [Boiling/Poaching]

Avocado, tomato, and green soybean salad in lettuce leaves

Cold noodles with shredded chicken (鸡丝凉面) are a favorite in many Chinese households.

Rice, noodles, and grains• [Boiling/Poaching]

Cold noodles with shredded chicken (鸡丝凉面)

One of my favorite Chinese greens, choy sum has thinner stems, darker leaves, and sometimes yellow flowering shoots.

Vegetables• [Boiling/Poaching]

Cantonese-style blanched choy sum (白灼菜心)

This intriguing stir-fry features two extraordinary ingredients: romanesco and king oyster mushrooms.

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Stir-fried romanesco with king oyster mushrooms

This beloved vegetable dish is so named because of its main ingredient, lotus roots.

Vegetables• [Boiling/Poaching]• [Stir-frying]

Lotus pound stir-fry (荷塘小炒)

Chicken, mango, and bell pepper make a refreshing salad for warm weather.

Cold dishes and salads• Poultry and eggs• [Boiling/Poaching]

Chicken salad with mango and bell pepper

This clam and spinach soup, quite different from your familiar clam chowder, is equally amazing.

Soups and stews• [Boiling/Poaching]

Clam and spinach soup

In this dish, aromatic Shaoxing wine gives the clams a boozy kick while letting their natural flavors shine.

Cold dishes and salads• Fish and shelfish• [Boiling/Poaching]

Drunken clams