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In this beloved Sichuan dish, the simple mixture of salt and ground Sichuan pepper lends complex and rich flavors to the fried duck.

Poultry and eggs• [Deep-frying/Shallow-frying]• [Steaming]

Fragrant crispy duck with Sichuan pepper salt (香酥鸭)

Steaming is one of the best ways to cook delicate and lean fish such as halibut, sea bass, and hake. Here, halibut marinated with Shaoxing wine and grated ginger is wrapped and steamed in savoy cabbage leaves.

Fish and shelfish• [Steaming]

Steamed halibut in savoy cabbage with ginger-scallion oil

Once you know how to balance the tastes when cooking with bitter melon, you’ll find that it can be very refreshing, as in this dish where it's stuffed and steamed with ground meat.

Meat• [Steaming]

Stuffed bitter melon with ground pork, beef, and veal

With beef meatballs and sweet corn kernals (both cooked and uncooked), this egg custard is comforting and fully of flavors and textures

Poultry and eggs• [Steaming]

Steamed egg custard with sweet corn and beef meatballs

Chinese eggplant is perfect for simple and quick cooking methods like steaming. Here, the steamed eggplant is jazzed up by the fish-fragrant sauce made with chopped salted chillies, ginger, garlic, scallions, salt, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, and rice wine.

Meat• Vegetables• [Steaming]

Steamed eggplant with fish-fragrant pork

This dish is adapted from the famous Cantonese dish glutinous rice with chicken in lotus leaves, or lo mai gai. Fava beans are added for their wonderful flavor, and banana leaves are used instead of lotus leaves.

Dumplings, dim sum, and snacks• Poultry and eggs• Rice, noodles, and grains• [Steaming]

Glutinous rice with chicken (糯米鸡)

Pea shoots are the immature tips of young pea plants, which include leaves, tendrils, and stems—all deliciously tender and crisp with a fresh pea flavor. Here, they are mixed with garlic and fermented tofu and steamed briefly atop shiitake mushroom caps.

Vegetables• [Steaming]

Steamed pea shoots with shiitake mushrooms

Many people consider twice-cooked pork the number one dish of Sichuan cuisine. I wholeheartedly agree—it’s a remarkable dish on so many levels.

Meat• [Steaming]• [Stir-frying]

Sichuan twice-cooked pork (四川回锅肉)