Darina Allen: Time to celebrate Chinese New Year with stir-fried pork and ginger noodles

— plus recipes for Garlic Chive Omelettes, Chicken & Leek Pot Stickers, and Siu Mai Pork, Bacon & Ginger Dumplings

Stir Fried Pork and Ginger Noodles with Peanuts.

This week, let's concentrate on the Chinese New Year coming up on Friday, February 12 this year. 

Festivities have already begun to celebrate the beginning of a New Year on the traditional lunar calendar. In China and East Asian countries the festival is commonly referred to as Spring Festival. Chinese New Year marks the transition between zodiac signs but this year, 2021 is the Year of the Ox. 2020 was the year of the Rat and 2022 will be the year of the Tiger.