{"id":58901,"date":"2024-02-06T10:30:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T02:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shopee.sg\/blog\/?p=58901"},"modified":"2025-01-02T11:08:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T03:08:36","slug":"easy-pen-cai-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shopee.sg\/blog\/easy-pen-cai-recipes\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Pen Cai Recipes That Will Wow At Your CNY Reunion Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

While steamboat is a convenientgo-to for reunion dinners, pen cai can be another easy and delicious alternative to explore for CNY 2024! Think piping claypot filled to the brim with luxurious ingredients such as abalone, sea cucumber, fish maw and vegetables \u2013 enough to get your stomach rumbling! If you\u2019re keen on trying to put together your own pen cai, try these easy pen cai recipes and let this Rolls-Royce of all CNY dishes take the center stage at the dining table during your reunion dinner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What do you put in pen cai?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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(Credit: Fassler Gourmet<\/a> [Cropped])<\/figcaption><\/figure>As its name suggests, pen cai is made with a variety of vegetables, and amped up for a luxe factor with delicacies such as abalone, prawns, or even lobster! While the assembling may be a little time consuming, pen cai remains relatively easy to cook so don\u2019t be intimidated! Typically, pen cai includes eight main ingredients to symbolise wealth and abundance, but you can also add your family\u2019s favourite ingredients into the pot for a familiar taste. Here are the popular ingredients that are usually used to whip up a pen cai and their auspicious symbolisation for this special occasion:<\/span><\/p>\n