Recipes with Cornstarch
11 recipes
There are 11 recipes here that use Cornstarch, and every one of them is scored against what is actually in your fridge before it is shown. The quickest is Sweet Corn Egg Drop Soup at 15 minutes; the longest, Steamed Ginger Chicken, takes 40. 7 of them finish in twenty minutes or less, which is usually what matters on a weeknight.
A few of these need equipment beyond a stove and pan; the filter will hide those if you do not have it. 1 are vegetarian. 8 have no chili at all, so they work for children.
Cornstarch turns up most often alongside Onion, Soy sauce, Oyster sauce and Chicken egg — if you have one or two of those as well, more of this list becomes cookable tonight rather than after a shopping trip. Add what you have to your fridge and the recipes reorder themselves around it, with anything missing collected into a shopping list.
Saucy Mixed Vegetables
The most efficient way to clear six kinds of vegetables before they all wilt.
⏱ 20 min🍽 4 servingsEasy
Sweet Corn Egg Drop Soup
Natural sweetness from corn, silky body from egg. Ten minutes, and children always say yes.
⏱ 15 min🍽 3 servingsEasy
Air Fryer Crispy Chicken
Crisp without a litre of oil. The trick is spraying the coating, not the chicken.
⏱ 35 min🍽 3 servingsEasy
Creamy Corn Soup
Silky and thick without expensive cream — just milk and a little cornstarch.
⏱ 20 min🍽 3 servingsEasy
Black Pepper Beef
Heat as high as it goes, beef sliced thin against the grain. Fifteen minutes, and it never turns tough.
⏱ 20 min🍽 3 servingsMedium
Nuggets in Sweet and Sour Sauce
Frozen nuggets become an actual dish. The sauce is made separately and poured over at the end so they stay crisp.
⏱ 20 min🍽 3 servingsEasy
Sweet and Sour Chicken
The balance comes from the vinegar, not the sugar. Add it last so the sourness is still bright when it reaches the table.
⏱ 30 min🍽 4 servingsMedium
Prawns and Broccoli in Oyster Sauce
Prawns cook in ninety seconds. Everything else must be ready before they hit the pan.
⏱ 15 min🍽 3 servingsEasy
Battered Fried Prawns
Ice water in the batter, and do not mix it smooth. The small lumps are exactly what makes the crust crisp.
⏱ 25 min🍽 3 servingsMedium
Green Beans with Beef
Slice the beef as thin as possible, cook it first, then remove it. Cooked together with the beans, one of them always comes out wrong.
⏱ 20 min🍽 3 servingsMedium
Steamed Ginger Chicken
No oil at all, and the chicken comes out remarkably tender. The liquid that collects while steaming is the sauce — do not throw it away.
⏱ 40 min🍽 3 servingsEasy