Ready-made Lunar New Year meals to enjoy at home
Ready-made Lunar New Year meals to enjoy at home
2026-01-29
How are you spending the Lunar New Year? As the holiday approaches, the way families prepare their reunion dinner has been evolving. While many once gathered at restaurants, online shopping for ready-made festive meals has quickly become the new tradition. FTV reporter Stephany Yang spoke to a well-known blogger, Lulu Wang, to find out how she prepares her Lunar New Year meals.
For Lunar New Year, many hotels and online platforms offer ready-made frozen meals and festive banquet dishes. One iconic dish is Lion’s Head Meatballs, a Shanghainese specialty made of large, tender pork meatballs braised with vegetables. You can buy them frozen and prepare them at home in just a few steps.
Lulu Wang
Blogger
Today’s demonstration features New Year’s dishes: Lion’s Head Meatballs. These dishes are generally prepared by five-star restaurants, so they’re already fully cooked and seasoned-you only need to reheat them at home. The key to reheating is to first check the instructions on the box for the recommended time. For example, if it says 15 minutes, follow that exactly to get the best texture. For soup-based dishes like braised Lion’s Head, we suggest adding some napa cabbage, regular cabbage, or shimeji mushrooms. This not only enhances the flavor but also helps make up for the lack of fiber during the holiday season. When reheating frozen New Year dishes, always use medium to low heat. Avoid high heat, because since the food is frozen, strong heat can easily burn the bottom of the pot and affect the taste. Instead, let it simmer gently so the heat slowly penetrates the meatballs.
Wang explains that her family shifted from dining out to enjoying New Year’s Eve dinner at home because restaurants book up months in advance. Ordering online is not only convenient but also more comfortable for the whole family. She prefers meals from well-known hotels or Michelin-starred restaurants, trusting their reputation for quality.
Lulu Wang
Blogger
Based on experience, I recommend choosing frozen New Year’s dishes that are co-branded with or produced by well-known hotels or restaurants. They would never risk damaging their reputation, so from my years of buying them, I feel the quality is quite reliable. Currently, the more popular frozen New Year’s dishes include braised Lion’s Head meatballs, pork hock, the classic Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and whole chicken soup-these are all essentials for the holiday. For non-soup dishes, there are also fish, cold platters like beef tendon, beef tripe, and beef shank, and drunken chicken.
Whether you decide to dine in or out, there’s an option for everyone to enjoy.
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飯店年菜加熱後"風味差很多"? 專家分享撇步還原美味
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您打算如何度過農曆新年？近年來，許多人準備年夜飯的方式有了變化，相較於過去許多人選擇在餐廳團圓，越來越多人傾向購買現成的外帶年菜，回家復熱，方便又省事。
在農曆新年期間，許多飯店和線上平台都會提供冷凍即食和節慶宴席菜餚。其中一道經典菜餚便是獅子頭，這道上海特色菜由鮮嫩的豬肉丸和蔬菜燉煮而成。購買冷凍獅子頭，只需幾個簡單的步驟即可在家中烹飪。
[[年菜顧客 王淳如]]
"今天示範的冷凍年菜是獅子頭，紅燒獅子頭，這個基本上都是五星級放店所製作出來的，所以，基本上它都已經是製作好，調味好了，所以回到家只有復熱就好。我們復熱的重點就是說，你要先看盒子上面寫的復熱的時間，如果他說15分鐘，你就按照它上面的時間來做，吃出來的口感是最好，像是這種湯類的，紅燒獅子頭湯類的，我們會建議可以另外再加一點大白菜，高麗菜，或是金針菇， 蔬菜之類的，順便可以補足過年時間纖維不足的問題。冷凍年菜在復熱的時候，基本上都用中小火來做加熱，千萬不要用大火，因為畢竟原本是冷凍的狀態，你用大火，它容易鍋底燒焦，影響味道，要讓他小火慢滾，慢慢讓熱能滲進去肉丸裡面"
王淳如解釋說，由於餐廳需要提前幾個月預訂，他們一家人不再外出用餐，而是改為在家享用晚餐。網路訂餐不僅方便，也讓全家都感到更舒適。她更傾向於選擇知名飯店或米其林星級餐廳的餐點，因為她相信這些餐廳的口碑和品質。
[[年菜顧客 王淳如]]
"根據經驗，我會建議選擇有知名飯店或是餐廳聯名推出的冷凍年菜，因為他們絕對不會砸自己的招牌，所以根據我這幾年這樣買下來，我覺得品質是有一定的保證。現在比較熱門的冷凍年菜就是紅燒獅子頭、腿庫，還有經典的佛跳牆，還有一整隻的雞湯"
無論選擇在店內用餐還是外帶，總有一款適合您。
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