Chinese-American Barbecue: Big-Flavor Asian BBQ from the Smoke Queen Hardcover – April 28, 2026

Take your barbecue cooking into flavorful new territory with more than 100 Chinese dishes that are cooked, authentic barbecue-style, low and slow over smoking wood embers. Open the pages of Chinese-American Barbecue and you will discover a broader world of flavors than you have encountered in your town’s traditional barbecue joints. Los Angeles’s Winnie Yee, of Smoke Queen BBQ, is the most celebrated female pitmaster in the world, praised by the New York Times and dozens of other media outlets, and a leader of a new generation of barbecue chefs dedicated to incorporating global flavors into the barbecue repertoire. In this first-ever cookbook on Chinese barbecue, The Smoke Queen reveals her secrets, including:Wet rubs, dry rubs, marinades, glazes, and barbecue sauces, such as Chinese Char Siu BBQ Sauce and Spicy Hoisin BBQ Sauce5 Chinese Mother Sauces, including Chile Crisp Oil and Kung Pao Sauce, that you can use for barbecue and grilling, or in your kitchen BBQ appetizers and sides like Spring Rolls with Spicy Hoisin BBQ Sauce and Hong Kong Wonton Mein with Char SiuSubstantial and delectable meat-centered main courses, from Chinese Eight-Spice Spatchcock Chicken with Honey Garlic Glaze to Pork Tenderloin with Gochujang BBQ SauceFish and seafood mains, such as Scallion Oil Smoked Shrimp and Malaysian Salt-Smoked Whole CrabSweet finishes for a Chinese BBQ meal, from a rustic Smoked Asian Pear and Apple Pie to a light and airy Smoke Queen Banana Pudding This is an authoritative, colorful, photo-packed volume that will give you years of enjoyment and will deliciously expand your vision of what barbecue can be. Read more