Fried Rice - A staple in Chinese restaurants, fried rice is the ultimate Chinese food, and can be one of the most flexible in your cookbook because you can use leftover ingredients and rice to make it. Of course, you can use fresh ingredients but it's best to use rice that has been kept in the fridge overnight for best results. Ingredients usually involved in making fried rice are eggs, scallions, diced meat of either chicken, pork or beef, ham, prawns and vegetables such as celery, peas, carrots, bean sprouts and corn. There are many varieties of fried rice but the more popular ones are the Yongchow and Fujian fried rice.

Kung Pao Chicken - Kung Pao chicken or Kung Po chicken is a Chinese dish from Sichuan cooking and is considered to be a delicacy. The recipe for this tasty dish commonly calls for diced chicken that is pre-marinated and quickly stir-fried with red bell peppers, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, oyster sauce, rice wine or sherry, chilli peppers and unsalted roasted peanuts. Alternatively, you can use scallops, shrimp, pork or beef in place of the chicken.

Moo Shu Pork - This is a dish of northern Chinese origin and a favorite of many. Ingredients in a Mu Xu pork recipe often include green cabbage, scrambled eggs, carrots, day lily buds, wood ear mushrooms, scallions, and bean sprouts. Bell peppers, snow pea pods, celery, onions, Shiitake mushrooms and bok choy are occasionally used. The vegetables are cut into long and thin strips before cooking, with the exception for day lily buds and bean sprouts. Fried Mu Xu pork is then wrapped in moo shu pancakes that is brushed with hoisin sauce and eaten by hand. Moo shu pancakes are thin wrappers made of flour that is easily available in supermarkets and steamed just before eating.

Sesame Chicken - Sesame chicken or sesame seed chicken is a Chinese dish originated from Hunan and is very similar to General Tso's chicken. Its recipe calls for chicken pieces that are boned and battered, and then deep fried. It is then dressed with sauce made from chicken broth, Chinese vinegar or wine, cornstarch solution and sugar. Finally, sprinkle toasted sesame seed generously on the dish and serve hot with white rice.

Egg Rolls - Egg rolls are one of the all time favorite Chinese foods, and for good reason. This savory roll is made by wrapping a combination of chopped cabbage and meats and sometimes noodles in a sheet of dough. It is then dipped in egg and deep fried to become super crunchy. Egg rolls have more filling and hence bigger in size than its cousin spring roll. Its skin is crunchier and thicker.

Chinese Dumplings - Chinese dumplings make a wonderful addition to your home cooked foods, and can be made quickly and simply using just a couple of ingredients. The key to making an excellent dumpling is to ensure that all of your ingredients are finely minced, so that each of the dumplings are steamed in the same amount of time.

Orange Chicken - This mouth watering Chinese dish is made of chicken chopped into bite size pieces and battered, and then fried with thick spicy and sweet chili sauce flavored with orange. The traditionally Chinese recipe for tangerine chicken as it's sometimes called, is to deep fry the chicken first and then stir fry it in a lightly sweet soy-based sauce flavored with dried orange peels. Vegetables like baby carrots and bok choy are used as the garnishing. However, chefs in Western restaurants do not use dried orange peel but rather fresh orange peel or orange juice and a lot of sugar to make the sauce. Steamed broccoli and dried chili peppers are used as garnishing instead.

Sweet and Sour Pork - This savory-sweet all-time favorite Chinese dish is of Cantonese origin. It is a good dish to prepare when you are planning on having guests, who will be wildly impressed with your cooking skill. As with other Chinese food recipes, the key to making a great Sweet and Sour Pork dish is in the sauce made of sugar, ketchup, white vinegar, and soy sauce. Its ingredients include pork, onion, bell pepper and pineapple cut into bite size pieces.

Chow Mein - In American Chinese cooking, Chow Mein is a stir-fried dish consisting of noodles, meat such usually chicken, pork, shrimp and beef, cabbage and other vegetables.

Egg Fu Yong - Egg foo young, also spelled egg furong, egg fu yung, egg fooyung, or egg foo yong is an hearty American Chinese dish. It's basically an omelet prepared with eggs beaten with minced vegetables or meat. Roast pork, ham, Chinese sausage, shrimp, chicken, beef or lobster may be used as meat while celery, water chestnuts and bean sprouts for vegetables.