Top 12 Chinese Turkey Recipes and Side Dishes to Spice Up Your Thanksgiving

1. Roast Turkey

Turkey is seasoned with a spicy mixture including five-spice powder, oyster sauce and other ingredients before roasting in this recipe.

2. Roast Turkey With Hoisin

A recipe designed to produce a cooked turkey that is moist and delicious - the turkey is covered with a spicy mixture consisting of hoisin sauce, honey, oyster sauce, soy sauce and garlic before roasting.

3. Peking Duck

Not a fan of turkey? Peking Duck, Beijing's most famous dish, consists of duck that is repeatedly coated in a honey/vinegar mixture before roasting. This recipe includes links to a recipe for Mandarin Pancakes, the classic accompaniment to Peking Duck.

4. Cantonese Roast Duck

Learn how to make the duck with the shining reddish-brown skin frequently seen hanging in Chinese restaurants. This recipe comes from cookbook author Deh-Ta Hsiung.

5. Oriental Rotisserie-Style Turkey Breast

Are you looking for an easy alternative to roasting a whole turkey? Five-spice powder adds extra flavor to this low-carb recipe made with lean turkey breast. The recipe yields 12 servings.

6. Hainan Chicken Rice

A local specialty from the island of Hainan, this is a wonderful dish in which chicken is seasoned and slowly simmered, and then rice is cooked in the broth from the chicken. It includes a recipe for sweet chile sauce to serve with the chicken and rice.

7. Stir-fried Spicy Sweet Potatoes

For me, the Thanksgiving meal isn't complete without a side dish of sweet potatoes (yams). In this recipe sweet potatoes are gently cooked in a sweet and spicy mixture that includes orange juice, rice vinegar, sesame oil and chili paste.

8. Candied Sweet Potatoes

Rice vinegar and Chinese five-spice powder adds an extra kick to this candied sweet potatoes recipe.

9. Glazed Carrots With Five Spice Powder

Carrots lend color to your Thanksgiving meal. Carrots are glazed in brown sugar and five spice powder in this simple recipe. A reader gives this recipe a rating of 5 out of 5 stars, saying that “it’s a great way to get kids to try carrots.”

10. Basic Fried Rice

This basic recipe for fried rice makes a nice alternative to simple steamed rice as a side dish.

11. Tomato Egg Drop Soup

Looking for a different way to start the meal? Turkey and tomato make a great combination – the neutral flavor of turkey goes nicely with strong, tart tomato. Tip: Depending on what other dishes you are serving, you may want to replace the white pepper in the soup with a pinch of five spice powder.

Thanksgiving Leftovers

And finally, here are a number of different recipes using leftover turkey, from chow mein and curry to a flavorful salad made with mandarin oranges and topped with poppy seeds.

12. Wild Rice Stuffing

Made with goldenberries, wild rice, and soy sauce or wheat-free tamari, this delicious turkey stuffing recipe is low in calories and suitable for vegetarian and vegan diets.