Author: Zak Pelaccio
A Thai curry paste flavored with dried chiles, roasted peanuts, galangal, makrut lime, garlic, cumin, and shallot.
Author: Bon Appétit Test Kitchen
Author: Bon Appétit Test Kitchen
Four Horsemen's glorious take on patatas bravas requires cooking the potatoes three times (once blanched, twice fried). We wouldn't make you go through all that if it wasn't worth it.
Author: Nick Curtola
If you don't have a grill, don't sweat it: Just heat the cast-iron skillet over medium on your stovetop. Inside or out, you'll still have buttery clams to enjoy.
Author: Andy Baraghani
Add sweetness and spice to a simple chicken dinner with a few spoonfuls of chile jam.
Author: Daphne Oz
Author: Bon Appétit Test Kitchen
A punchy, chile-spiked fish sauce vinaigrette works as both marinade and dressing for glass noodles and handfuls of basil and cucumber.
Author: Chris Morocco
Enslaved Haitians were not allowed to have this delicious and aromatic pumpkin soup, a favorite of the French who held people in slavery. What better way to celebrate than to eat the very thing they were...
Author: Nadege Fleurimond
Pairing earthy, hardy leafy greens with cooling coconut milk, a hot chile, and spices gives this side dish a full range of bitter, sweet, and tingling flavors.
Author: Andy Baraghani
I long for tamales de elote. But our Mexican corn cannot be swapped with US sweet corn, so this tamale recipe uses regular masa with sweet corn added.
Author: Zarela Martinez
This silky, cheesy dip celebrates New Mexico's famous hatch chiles, which are only available in the late summer and early fall. If you are lucky enough to see them at the market, be sure to bring some...
Author: Rhoda Boone
Everyone I cook for most often seems to love coconut; I've realized finally that it's a very easy way to keep them all happy. What I like about this particular dish is that the coconut adds flavor without...
Author: Suvir Saran
When you're grilling, you might expect grilled vegetables with a straightforward dip, but here I've paired just-cooked vegetables with a grilled dip.
Author: Eric Werner
Green mangoes would be ideal, but slightly unripe mangoes are an imperfect but successful substitute.
Author: Sarah Kirnon
Author: Selma Brown Morrow
Author: Marlena Spieler
When lacquered with a rich, complex sauce and roasted, chicken becomes a delicious crowd-pleaser. There's enough chipotle here to make your lips hum, but not so much as to overshadow the balancing act...
Author: Paul Grimes
Zhoug (or zhug) is to shawarma what salsa is to tacos-a spicy contrast to whatever rich thing it's with. This is Ori Menashe's red zhoug recipe from Bavel.
Author: Ori Menashe
Skip that dusty bottle of chili powder. Instead, soak and purée whole dried chiles to stir into this authentic Texas beef stew.
Author: Claire Saffitz
Author: Jessica B. Harris
Turkey drumsticks do not take kindly to the dry heat of an oven, which causes the meat to tighten up around the bone and tendons. But treat those same drumsticks to a long, slow, moist braise in barbecue...
Author: Kemp Minifie
I like this one because it's a one-pan dish-you will need a pan with a lid. You can use a can of tomatoes instead of making the purée if you wish, but puréeing the tomatoes produces a better result....
Author: Amelia Freer
Briefly soaking cashews in hot water softens them enough that you can blend them into a creamy (and gorgeously green-hued) basil-lime sauce for noodles. Top those noodles off with pan-seared pork chops...
Author: Anna Stockwell
One spoonful of this smoky-spicy guajillo braising liquid and you'll understand just how complex dried chiles can be. When soaked in hot water and blended with aromatics, they create a base so flavorful...
Author: Andy Baraghani
The key is to char the ingredients under the broiler for a roasty flavor, then blitz it in batches for a texture that's right in between smooth and chunky.
Author: Andy Baraghani
Author: Molly Wizenberg
Instead of deep-frying the broccoli in this sesame noodles recipe, we used a high-heat roasting method.
Pork tacos al pastor may get the fame, but this fish al pastor, based on a version at Mexico City restaurant Contramar, deserves plenty of glory. A potent chile marinade adds lots of flavor before the...
Author: Rick Martinez
Thinly slicing the pork and cooking it with plenty of marinade still clinging in a hot skillet yields the charred edges and deep flavor of traditional spit-roasted pastor.
Author: Rick Martinez
When working with a large quantity of greens, it's much easier to sauté them if they're blanched first. Their time in the olive oil is more for flavoring and reaching the ideal texture.
Author: Andrew Tarlow
These healthy burgers have a spicy kick and are ideal to pop into a sealable container and take to work for lunch.
Author: Alice Liveing
A little bit Thai, a little bit comforting, and a little bit refreshing, this one-bowl dinner showered in pea shoots and fresh herbs hits all the sweet spots for an early spring 30-minute meal.
Author: Anna Stockwell
Author: Jeanne Thiel Kelley
This baked pasta dish is the result of playing around in the kitchen one day and merging two beloved cheesy dishes: chiles rellenos and pasta al forno. It's creamy with some heat and tang, but nothing...
Author: Kathy Brennan
Melty, cheesy, crunchy, spicy: these sandwiches, a street food favorite in India, check all the boxes.
Author: Tara O'Brady
Larb will not only fill your belly, it will teach you how to balance sweet, sour, salty, spicy, funky, and umami flavors. Larb hails from Laos and gets its addictiveness from the way it stitches together...
Author: Andy Baraghani
Author: Zakary Pelaccio
Author: Mary Kate Tate
With the curry paste prepped ahead, this flavorful Thai-style curry comes together in just about 20 minutes.
Author: Donna Hay
Author: Chad Luethje
Author: Molly Stevens
A flavorful tomato sauce that's a cinch to make and rock shrimp that come already peeled mean a weeknight dinner recipe has never been so easy-or delicious.
Author: Claire Saffitz
Yes, you'll need a lot of spices, but it's not much work from there. Let the chicken marinate for 12 hours to get the most impact. This recipe is from Gunpowder, an Indian restaurant in London.
An extra chile for this harissa recipe will play up the heat, and if you're feeling confident, you can customize the mix of spices as well.
Author: Andrew Tarlow
Any easy Mole Poblano recipe. This recipe is part of the Epicurious Online Cooking School, in partnership with the Culinary Institute of America. To watch it being made, and to learn how to make other...
Author: Sergio Remolina
With the texture of duck confit, and extra-rich, deep flavor closer to pork carnitas than your average Thanksgiving bird, these turkey legs beg to fall apart with the push of a fork
Author: Chris Morocco