Soy Rice Fire, inspirations from classic Chinese recipes and techniques - Part 3

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 easy recipe, Chinese cabbage is paired with another versatile ingredient—meatballs.

Meat• Vegetables• [Simmering]

Chinese cabbage with meatballs

This sorghum porridge with jujubes and peanuts make a comforting breakfast or snack in cold weather

Rice, noodles, and grains• [Simmering]

Sorghum porridge with jujubes and peanuts

This dish, braised winter melon with dried tiny shrimp, is a beloved family-style dish in Shanghai and its surrounding region.

Vegetables• [Simmering]

Braised winter melon with dried tiny shrimp

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My cookbook about the food of Shanghai

Steaming fish with black mushrooms (shiitake) and goji berries is a great way to create a dish that’s at once familiar and new.

Fish and shelfish• [Steaming]

Steamed fish with black mushrooms and goji berries

This tasty soup with white Asian radish and pork ribs is easy to make and utterly warming and satisfying when it’s cold outside.

Meat• Soups and stews• Vegetables• [Simmering]

White Asian radish and pork rib soup

In this dish, meigan cai lends layers of flavor to the sweet butternut squash

Vegetables• [Steaming]

Steamed butternut squash with meigan cai and pork