3 EASY CHINESE DINNERS YOU'LL MAKE ON REPEAT

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium soy sauce reduces salt intake.

chicken

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: tofu

Tofu is a budget-friendly protein alternative.

sesame oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is less expensive and versatile.

beef

🥗Healthier: lean pork

💰Cheaper: chicken

Chicken is often more affordable than beef.

Cut chicken thighs into thin strips.

Make a sauce with soy sauce, oyster sauce, chili crisp, and sugar.

Heat oil in a wok until smoking hot.

Add chicken to the wok and stir until almost done.

Add whites of green onions and minced ginger; stir until fragrant.

Pour in the sauce and let it bubble.

Add Japanese yakasoba noodles and toss everything together.

Add dark green parts of green onions and drizzle with sesame oil; mix well.

Prepare shrimp by rinsing and chopping into bite-sized pieces.

Beat 3 eggs in a bowl.

Heat oil in a pan and cook the eggs until just done; remove from pan.

Heat oil in the same pan and add shrimp with a little salt; cook until opaque.

Add cold rice, breaking up clumps, and mix in frozen peas.

Add soy sauce, white pepper, and the cooked eggs; mix well.

Finish with green onions and a splash of sesame oil; mix again.

Cut hanger steak into thin pieces and season with kosher salt and black pepper.

Dust steak pieces with cornstarch and set aside.

Make a sauce with orange zest, 1/2 cup orange juice, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, and chili flakes; mix well.

Heat oil in a pan and cook the beef in batches until crisp around the edges.

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