Fast or slow, spicy or soupy, these Chinese chicken recipes are set to liven up the dinner table. We’re fans of “strange flavour” chicken, also known as bang bang chicken; or the soy and chilli-laced goodness of kung pao chicken. For a fast and easy option, just stir-fry chicken with Sichuan peppers or Chinese mushrooms, but if time is on your side, slow-poach your chook: just see Tony Tan’s recipe for Hainanese chicken rice, or Sunda’s masterstock chicken with ginger and spring onion relish. And don’t forget Kylie Kwong’s recipe for deep-fried chicken with finger-lime sauce. Unmissable.

Roy Choi’s easy-peasy Chinese chicken wings

Tony Tan’s Cantonese fried rice with chicken, salted fish and bean sprouts

Stir-fried chicken with Sichuan pepper and chilli

Victor Liong’s white-cut chicken, aromatic chilli oil and peanuts

Chicken and egg noodle soup with ginger and chilli

Masterstock-poached chicken with ginger and spring onion relish

Dainty Sichuan’s bang bang chicken (bang bang ji)

Drunken chicken with Shandong ramen noodles

Stir-fried chicken and Chinese mushrooms

Chinese white cut chicken with soupy rice, ginger and spring onion dressing
