Chinese Menu Dinner Party

This Chinese dinner party menu is a mixture of traditional and modern dishes with a twist, including Char Siu duck legs with a modern slaw and pineapple fritters with a modern spicy toffee sauce.

Starter

Sichuan Chinese chicken wings

Main

Char Siu duck legs with a modern Asian slaw

Dessert

Chinese pineapple fritters with a spiced toffee sauce


Sichuan Chinese Chicken Wings

These spicy Sichuan chicken wings make a deliciously simple starter, the wings are coated in a hot and spicy Sichuan sauce made with Sichuan pepper, chilli flakes, soy sauce, garlic, ginger and brown sugar. These Asian-style chicken wings are topped with roast peanuts and chilli flakes.


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Char Siu Duck Legs with Asian Slaw

A delicious Chinese char siu duck salad. duck legs marinated and cooked in a char sui sauce of garlic, ginger, chilli, honey and soy sauce. The succulent duck is shredded and served with an Asian slaw made with carrots, cabbage, celery, cucumber, and herbs and dressed with a lime, honey, ginger and soy sauce dressing

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Chinese Pineapple Fritters with Spiced Toffee Sauce

Chinese pineapple fritters are simple to cook and absolutely delicious, fresh pineapple slices in a golden brown crispy vanilla batter,  sprinkled with a touch of sugar, and served with a cinnamon and ginger toffee dip

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Chinese themed dinner party

This menu is packed full of traditional Chinese cuisine with a modern twist. The starter is crispy Sichuan chicken wings, crispy chinese chicken wings baked in the oven and coated in a Sichuan sauce of black pepper, chilli flakes, ginger, garlic, sesame and soy sauce . The  main, is Char Sui marinated duck legs with a modern Asian slaw, duck legs marinated in fish sauce, garlic, honey, rice vinegar, and soy sauce baked in the oven shredded and served with an Asian coleslaw dressed in a honey, lime and soy sauce. For dessert, Chinese pineapple fritters with a  spiced toffee sauce, pineapple cooked in a light crispy fritter, served with a toffee sauce flavoured with cinnamon, ginger, star anise.

Difficulty level

This menu is needs careful prep as the dishes need cooking to order.

Cooking Order

Night before   
  • marinate the duck legs
Two hours before   
  • chopped the vegetables for the coleslaw
  • make the dressing for the coleslaw
  • peel and cut the pineapple
  • cut the vegetables for the stir fry
one hour before           
  • place the chicken wings in the oven
  • make the pineapple fritter batter 
  • make the toffee sauce, set a side
  • make the sauce for the chicken wings       
  • place the duck in the oven to cook
10 mins before 
  • complete the chicken wings
  • add the coleslaw to the dressing
5 mins before serving main 
  • shred the duck meat
5 mins before serving dessert 
  • warm the toffee sauce
  • cook the pineapple fritters

Top Tips

  • Don’t make the coleslaw too early
  • the bicarbonate of soda on the chicken wings makes them really crispy 

Keep an eye on

keep an eye on the duck during the starter