What to Cook with red chilli – Tasty Recipes to Try

Looking for recipes with red chilli? We’ve got simple, tasty ideas the whole family will love — perfect for everyday cooking.

Recipes with red chilli

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Steamed Fish in Spicy Fermented Chili Sauce (特色糟辣魚)

A vibrant fish dish featuring red snapper served with a punchy, aromatic fermented chilli sauce, layered with minced garlic, ginger, and chopped green onions. The sauce is seasoned with soy sauce and rice wine, then lightly thickened for a glossy finish that coats the fish beautifully—bold, savoury, and deeply satisfying.

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Spiced stir-fried tempeh

Orek Tempeh is a traditional Indonesian dish that combines lightly fried tempeh with long beans stir-fried in aromatic spices like garlic, shallots, galangal, and bay leaves. Its signature savory-sweet taste comes from a blend of sweet soy sauce, soy sauce, and oyster sauce, with a mild heat from green and red chilies. The crispy tempeh paired with slightly crunchy beans creates a balanced and appetizing dish. Orek Tempeh is best served as a side dish with warm steamed rice.

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Thai Style Prawn Salad(泰式涼拌大蝦)

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Garlic Fried Crispy Grass Carp

Try this creative dish that’s easy and nutritious: tender grass carp lightly coated with egg white, white pepper, and cornstarch, then quickly finished in a sizzling garlic-and-chilli fry with soy sauce and oyster sauce, and topped with fresh chopped green onion for a fragrant lift.

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Sea Snails in Spicy Wine Sauce

Sea snails are cleaned and quickly blanched, then cooked in a fragrant, spicy clay-pot sauce built from ginger, garlic, onion, dried chillies, spicy bean paste and Chu Hou paste. Soy sauce and oyster sauce bring a deep savoury backbone, while white pepper adds a gentle kick. The finish is all about aroma: Huatiao wine, rice wine, and a final splash of rose wine create a bold, warming, restaurant-style seafood dish with a rich, glossy sauce—topped with fresh red chilli and green onion for a bright lift.

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Thai Style Paper Baked Fish(泰式紙包烤魚)

A fragrant Thai-style baked fish “parcel” featuring halibut fillets nestled on cabbage and finished with a punchy blend of coriander roots, shallots, garlic, green and red chilli, and lime juice. The savoury backbone comes from soy sauce, fish sauce, and oyster sauce, balanced with a touch of sugar—bright, aromatic, and deeply satisfying when you open the paper to serve.

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Radish Egg Dumplings Pot (蘿蔔肉蛋煲)

A heartwarming, nutritious soup perfect for the autumn. A cosy clay-pot soup where sweet white radish simmers until tender, then gets topped with homemade egg-wrapped pork “dumplings” that soak up the savoury broth—finished with celery, green onion, a little chilli, and a hint of white pepper for gentle warmth.

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Bullfrog with Pickled Chilli(泡椒田雞)

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Braised Pork Tail with Chestnuts(栗子燒豬尾)

Braised Pork Tail with Chestnuts is a bold, warming dish where pork tail and chestnuts soak up a savory blend of soy sauce, dry pot sauce, oyster oil, and beer. Ginger, garlic, green onion, and a mix of green, red, and dried chillies add fragrance and heat, finished simply with salt and white pepper for a rich, deeply satisfying bite.

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Spicy Braised Pork Trotters(香辣豬蹄)

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