👉 Jamaican rice and beans (often called rice and peas) is the classic Caribbean side dish: fluffy rice cooked with coconut milk, kidney beans, allspice and thyme. This version uses the Instant Pot, with stovetop instructions too. 🍳 How to Make Jamaican Rice and Beans 1. Sauté. Set the Instant…
👉 Pad thai is the noodle dish Thailand is famous for: soft, chewy rice noodles stir-fried over high heat with chicken, tofu and egg, coated in a tangy tamarind and fish sauce dressing and topped with crunchy peanuts, fresh sprouts and lime. 🍳 How to Make Pad Thai Soak the…
👉 Yakitori simply means “grilled chicken”. The most popular kind is negima: pieces of chicken thigh threaded with spring onion, grilled until lightly charred and brushed again and again with tare, a sweet and salty soy glaze. 🍳 How to Make Yakitori Soak the skewers. If you use bamboo skewers,…
👉 Soft-shell crabs are blue crabs caught just after they shed their hard shell, so you can eat the whole crab – legs and all. Fried in a thin Japanese-style tempura batter, they turn shatteringly crisp outside and sweet and juicy inside. 🍳 How to Make Tempura Soft-Shell Crab Make…
👉 Shrimp fried rice is one of the best things you can do with leftover rice. Day-old rice fries into separate, slightly toasty grains, and with shrimp, egg and a handful of vegetables it becomes a full meal in under 25 minutes. 🍳 How to Make Shrimp Fried Rice Prepare…
👉 Alcapurrias are the fritters you smell at the roadside kiosks of Piñones and Luquillo in Puerto Rico. The dough is not made with flour but with grated green banana and yautía root, which fries up crisp outside and soft inside, wrapped around a savoury beef picadillo. 🍳 How to…
👉 Cacio e pepe means “cheese and pepper”, and that is almost all there is to it. The trick is the starchy pasta water, which melts the Pecorino into a smooth, glossy sauce that clings to every strand of bucatini. 🍳 How to Make Cacio e Pepe Cook the pasta.…
👉 In Guadalajara, a torta ahogada – a “drowned sandwich” – is a crusty roll stuffed with meat and soaked in spicy tomato sauce. This easy home version uses sliced roast beef and a smoky chipotle broth for dunking, so every bite stays crisp on the outside and juicy inside.…
👉 Adjarian khachapuri (აჭარული ხაჭაპური, acharuli) is the most famous Georgian bread in the world: a golden, boat-shaped loaf filled with bubbling melted cheese, topped at the last minute with a raw egg yolk and a piece of butter. You stir the yolk and butter into the hot cheese at…
👉 A baked potato with a crisp, salty skin and a fluffy middle is the perfect bowl for a spoonful of chilli. This version uses a simple homemade spice mix instead of a packet, so you control the heat. 🍳 How to Make Chilli Jacket Potatoes Bake the potatoes. Heat…
👉 Fesenjan (often spelled fesenjoon) is one of the most celebrated stews of Iran, served at weddings and on Yalda night. Ground toasted walnuts cook slowly with pomegranate molasses until the sauce turns almost chocolate-brown, and the oil from the nuts rises to the top – a sign it is…
👉 Kalan (or kaalan) is a street food you find at evening carts all over Tamil Nadu, especially in Chennai and Coimbatore. Mushrooms and cabbage are tossed with spiced flour and fried until crisp, then dropped into a bubbling, peppery onion-tomato gravy and served in a little bowl with chopped…
