Chinese Wedding Food Ideas

If you are planning a Chinese themed wedding, here are some Chinese wedding food ideas to serve at your reception.

Since the Chinese culture is so steeped in tradition, it is not surprising that their wedding food has special symbolism.

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For example, shark's fin soup indicates wealth and roasted pork symbolizes virginity. Noodles served at the end of the meal symbolize longevity.

At a Chinese wedding banquet, eight dishes are usually served for good luck. Below are some ideas for a traditional Chinese Wedding Banquet Menu and for an American-Chinese Wedding Menu.

TRADITIONAL CHINESE WEDDING FOOD MENU

Appetizers

• Salad Prawns
• Jelly Fish
• Spring Rolls
• Teriyaki Chicken
• Seafood Dumplings
• Deep Fried Minced Duck and Goose Liver Rolls

• Shark's Fin Soup with Crabmeat
• Shark's Fin Soup with Dried Scallops
• 8 Treasure Soup (fish maw, abalone, crabmeat, dried scallops, fish lip, dried mushrooms, bamboo pith and sea cucumber)

Entrees

Fish

• Braised Abalone with Vegetables
• Stir-Fried Prawns with Honey Peas and Cashews
• Steamed Sea Garoupa
• Lobster
• Vegetables with Sea Cucumber
• Braised Twin Vegetables with Crab Meat

Poultry/Fowl

• Crispy Roast Chicken
• Thai Crispy Chicken
• Peking Duck
• Squab or Quail

Pork

• Roasted Whole Pig

Noodles and Rice

• Fried Udon Noodles with Black Pepper Sauce
• Fried Crispy Noodles with Prawns
• Fried Rice with Scallops and Garlic
• Fried Rice with Shrimp and Scallops
• Braised E-fu Noodles with Shrimp Roe
• Fried Rice with Assorted Seafood wrapped with Lotus Leave

AMERICAN CHINESE WEDDING MENU

We all love our western styled Chinese food and much of it can be purchased prepackaged or can be purchased from your favorite restaurant.

Some ideas for an American-Chinese wedding menu are:

Appetizers

• Won tons with oriental dipping sauce
• Asian honey BBQ chicken drummettes
• Egg rolls

Salad

• Chicken stir-fry salad
• Stir-fry salad with rice
• Crunch Asian Salad

Soup

• Won ton soup
• Egg drop soup
• Oriental seafood soup

Entrees

• Stir-Fried Chicken and Almonds over Rice
• Orange-ginger Beef stir fry
• Sweet and Sour Chicken
• Sweet and Sour Pork
• Egg Foo Yong
• Fried Noodles with shredded Pork
Kung Pao Chicken

Don't forget the fortune cookies!

To make your reception dinner even more fun have chopsticks for those who want to use them.

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