East Asian

A beloved Hong Kong dish with approximately one billion variations, this soup—which relies heavily on fridge and pantry staples—is meant to be a little sweet and a touch sharp. 

The beloved Korean stir-fried chicken dish dakgalbi is spicy, sweet, aromatic, and comforting—and it comes together in a few easy steps and one pan.

Christina Chaey’s mushroom dashi can go with whatever vegetables and proteins you have in the fridge. It’s her favorite cold-weather meal.

In Korean, ssam literally means “wrapped”—set the fish in the center of the table and pull the meat off the bones, using chopsticks to fill lettuce wraps along with radish salad, ssamjang, kimchi, and rice. Roasting a whole fish—skin, bones, and all—is surprisingly easy, and the flesh stays moist and flavorful even if you overcook it a touch. 

This version of bulgogi is ideal for home grilling, featuring scored and marinated boneless short ribs that get cooked right on the grate.

If the words crispy dumpling skirt don't send you running to your stove, we don't know what will. Instead of steaming these dumplings in water, we simmer them in a vinegary cornstarch and flour slurry that creates a lacy, crunchy golden crust as the water evaporates and the dumplings brown. The vinegar adds tang, but also creates the lightest and crispiest skirt, a pro move we borrowed from Dumpling Galaxy in Flushing, Queens. 

This super-savory dish draws inspiration from Taiwanese beef noodle soup, then gilds the lily with a Dutch oven’s worth of sweet, slow-simmered onions.

The goal here was to achieve a tonkotsu-like broth without using any meat. Tomato paste, dried shiitake mushrooms, kombu, and a little bit of butter help to get you that rich umami-like effect.

Dashi is the fastest route to a savory, slurp-able broth—and there are no loooong simmers or bags of chicken bones necessary.

This Kung Pao recipe stays very close to the original but includes seasonal peppers.

This isn’t the crisp-skinned, high-heat-roast chicken you’re probably familiar with. Instead, it’s a melt-in-your-mouth tender, schmaltzy, slow-roast version.

These richly flavored ribs are a riff on kalbi jjim, a traditional Korean special-occasion dish.

Any vegetable or meat would be in good company with this stew’s spicy-funky base of kimchi, gochugaru, and gochujang.

The tastiest rice is seasoned sushi rice.

What’s better than a jammy egg? One that’s been sitting in a tangy-salty marinade of chiles, soy, mirin, and vinegar, like this classic star of Korean banchan.

A pan full of veggie-packed fried rice is one of the easiest and most satisfying weeknight dinners we know of.

Olive oil works great in stir-fry recipes; its sharp grassy notes complement flavors like lemongrass and basil.

This recipe is a great way to showcase the eggplants and basil you just hauled from the market.

The perfect recipe for any type of beautiful summer bean you buy at the farmers' market!

This all-purpose chile crisp—which is tangy, spicy, and crunchy—will give your other condiments an inferiority complex.