Cantonese cuisine is considered to be the finest of China's regional cuisines. Here are popular Cantonese restaurant recipes and home-cooked dishes.
1. Beef With Oyster Sauce
A classic Cantonese dish - snow peas and carrots are cooked with beef in an oyster flavored sauce.2. Broccoli With Oyster Sauce
This recipe calls for Chinese broccoli (Gai Lan), which has a unique bittersweet flavor that combines nicely with oyster sauce. If it's not available, don't worry - the recipe also works well with regular broccoli or Chinese greens such as bok choy.3. Barbecued Spareribs - Honey Garlic Spareribs
Cantonese spareribs are world famous. In this recipe the ribs are marinated in a sweet and spicy combination of honey, hoisin sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce and crushed garlic, and then glazed with honey during baking.4. Beef With Tomato
A classic Cantonese home-cooked dish - tomato is cooked with beef that has been marinated in oyster sauce. A bit of sugar helps balance the slightly acidic taste of the tomatoes.5. Beef and Peppers in Black Bean Sauce
Another example of Cantonese home-cooking - beef and sweet bell peppers are cooked in a savory black bean sauce.6. Sweet and Sour Pork, Restaurant Style
Here is the popular restaurant dish, with pork deep-fried twice for extra crispiness and coated with a tangy sweet and sour sauce made with pineapple juice and ketchup.7. Salt and Pepper Shrimp (Salt and Pepper Prawns)
This dish makes an excellent appetizer or main course. The deep-fried shrimp shells turn a wonderful orange color, and have a crunchy texture, while the spicy seasoning adds extra flavor. Leaving the shells on protects the shrimp meat inside, so that it tastes very tender.Not a fan of deep-frying? Here is a recipe for stir-fried Salt and Pepper Shrimp
