Whole plant foods, no added oil, no added sugar, no refined flour, little added salt. Chinese recipes only. 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z https://eathealthyandcheap.com/cuisine/chinese/ Eat Healthy and Cheap https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/cold-celery-and-peanut-salad/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Chinese celery blanched to a bright crunch and tossed with toasted peanuts, garlic, and black vinegar, a make-ahead cold plate with no oil and no salt.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/congee-with-toppings/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Brown rice simmered low and slow into a silky whole-grain porridge, finished with scallion, ginger, toasted peanuts, and sesame for a build-your-own bowl.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/dou-hua-silken-tofu-with-ginger-scallion/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Warm silken tofu spooned into bowls like a soft pudding and topped with ginger, scallion, and black vinegar, a Chinese breakfast bound by tamari alone.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/douchi-fermented-black-bean-and-ginger-relish/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Salty fermented black beans mashed with ginger, garlic, and scallion into a dark, savory relish to spoon over plain tofu, rice, or steamed greens.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/dry-fried-green-beans/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Sichuan-style green beans, dry-fried in a bare hot wok until wrinkled and charred, then tossed with garlic, ginger, dried chile, and Sichuan peppercorn.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/fan-shu-tang-shui-ginger-sweet-potato-soup/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

A clear Cantonese dessert soup of sweet potato simmered with smashed ginger and dates, warming and lightly sweet with no added sugar.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/five-spice-simmered-peanuts/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Raw peanuts in their skins simmered soft in a broth of star anise, Sichuan peppercorn, and five-spice, the tea-house snack rebuilt without the fistful of salt it usually carries.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/garlic-bok-choy/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Bok choy halves are blanched until tender, then coated in a garlic-ginger tamari glaze simmered in water instead of oil, an oil-free Cantonese-style side.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/hong-dou-tang-sweet-red-bean-soup/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Adzuki beans simmered until they slump into a loose, spoonable soup, sweetened only with blended dates and perfumed with strips of orange peel, the Cantonese dessert with the sugar taken out.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/hot-and-sour-soup/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

A dark, glossy Chinese hot and sour soup where whisked silken tofu forms ribbons instead of egg, and mushroom soaking liquid builds the broth.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/hu-pi-qing-jiao-hunan-tiger-skin-peppers/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Mild green Anaheim peppers blistered dry until their skins wrinkle into tiger stripes, then tossed hot with black vinegar, garlic, and tamari.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/laba-zhou-eight-treasure-porridge/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

A Chinese festival porridge of short-grain rice, adzuki and mung beans, millet, walnuts, and dates, simmered slow into a thick sweet breakfast bowl.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/lao-cu-huasheng-aged-vinegar-peanuts/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Dry-roasted peanuts tossed cold with celery, carrot, and red onion in aged black vinegar, a crunchy Chinese cold starter with no oil and no salt.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/laohu-cai-northeastern-tiger-salad/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

A raw Northeastern Chinese cold plate of cilantro, scallion, and green chile in a garlicky black-vinegar dressing, all crunch, no oil and no salt.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/liangban-bocai-chinese-cold-spinach-with-sesame/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Blanched spinach squeezed into logs and dressed in a loose sesame-tahini sauce sharpened with Chinkiang black vinegar and raw garlic.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/liangban-muer-cold-wood-ear-salad/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Rehydrated wood ear mushrooms blanched crisp and tossed cold with garlic, two vinegars, and cilantro, the black-and-orange banquet salad that stays crunchy for hours.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/lu-dou-tang-chinese-mung-bean-cooling-soup/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

A thin, cooling summer soup of whole mung beans simmered until their skins just split, sweetened with dates and served warm or over ice.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/luobo-daikon-and-shiitake-soup/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

A clear Chinese daikon soup simmered with shiitake, kombu, and ginger until the radish turns sweet and translucent, warming and nearly saltless.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/luohan-zhai-buddhas-delight/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

A Buddhist temple braise of tofu, two mushrooms, wood ear, and cabbage simmered in their own shiitake stock and finished with a light tamari glaze, no oil and no meat.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/ma-jiang-sesame-dipping-sauce/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

A Chinese sesame dipping sauce loosened with malty black vinegar and garlic, made to coat cold noodles or blanched greens, with only a whisper of tamari.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/mapo-tofu-with-mushrooms/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

A numbing, savory mapo tofu that skips the pork and the oil. Minced mushrooms give the sauce its body, and fermented black beans and miso carry the salt.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/sichuan-vinegar-napa-cabbage/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Napa cabbage seared hard in a dry pan, then slicked with a black-vinegar and Sichuan-pepper sauce thickened just enough to coat, an oil-free take on cu liu bai cai.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/smashed-cucumber-salad/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Cucumbers smashed and torn into craggy pieces so a garlic and black-vinegar dressing catches on every jagged edge, a cold Sichuan-style starter with no oil and no salt.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/suan-la-tudou-si-hot-and-sour-potato-slivers/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Julienned potato rinsed of its starch and flash-cooked so it stays crisp, then tossed with black vinegar, garlic, toasted Sichuan pepper, and dried chile.

https://eathealthyandcheap.com/recipes/suanni-qiezi-garlic-smashed-eggplant/ 2026-07-18T00:00:00.000Z

Roasted eggplant torn into silky strands and dressed cold with raw garlic, Chinese black vinegar, and toasted sesame, a spreadable version of the northern cold dish that leans on vinegar instead of soy.