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Weeknight Meals

Classic Chickpea Hummus

So easy you'll never buy hummus again.

Bo Zai Fan (Chinese Chicken and Mushroom Clay Pot Rice)

This Hong Kong staple is the ultimate one-pot comfort food.

Hungarian Mushroom Soup

Spiced with Hungarian paprika, dill, and thyme, this comforting soup is just what you need when winter seems to go on forever, and ever, and ever…

Soto Ayam Betawi

Rich, spiced, and full of coconutty goodness and zingy lime, this version of the traditional Indonesian dish uses bone-in chicken thighs to cut the cooking time to just under an hour.

Garlic Bread Grilled Cheese

Don’t rush the cooking process on this one. Moderate heat allows the cheese inside to fully melt without burning the outsides.

Seared Short Ribs With Mushrooms

When we crave beef but don’t want a capital-S steak, we opt for a smaller cut (hello, short ribs!), then pile on lots of meaty mushrooms.

Chickpea Pancakes With Greens and Cheese

This recipe covers pretty much all of our working-from-home lunch criteria: it’s cheesy, packed with greens and protein, and topped with hot sauce.

Oven-Roasted Chicken Adobo

Chef Melissa Miranda’s adobo is oven-roasted, leading to tender meat on the bottom of the pot as well as crispy skin on the top.

Shrimp and Okra With Sausage

Creole seasoning is the key to adding a spice cabinet’s worth of flavor in just a few shakes in this one-pot dinner.

Udon in Buttery Tomato and Soy Broth

You may be surprised at how quickly this broth builds flavor, with massive depth from golden onions, tomatoes, soy sauce, and just a tiny bit of butter for a silky finish.

Coconut-Milk-Braised Carrots With Coconut Dukkah

A nut-free riff on Egyptian dukkah lends heat, sweetness, and crunch to these tender coconut-braised carrots.

Winter Greens Laing

Use whatever sturdy greens you have on hand to create this simple but satisfying side.

Sarciadong Isda

Chef Melissa Miranda’s version of the Filipinx fish dish with a velvety-rich tomato sarciado sauce.

Spiced Coconut Chicken Rice

This one-pot meal is cozier than your favorite bathrobe, with fragrant basmati rice, tender chicken, warm spices, and coconut milk.

Turkey Meatballs With Romesco Sauce

These healthy turkey meatballs are ready in 30 minutes, with a nutty romesco-inspired sauce you’ll want to keep on hand for future dinners.

Tuna Salad With Crispy Chickpeas

Crispy chickpeas and gorgeous red endive just made your lunchtime tuna salad a lot more exciting.

Pasta With Lentils and Mushrooms

Pasta cooks directly in its sauce in this genius vegetarian dish that stars lentils and deeply browned mushrooms.

Gỏi Tôm Bắp Cải

Tyna Hoang’s gỏi tôm bắp cải is a colorful salad of cabbage, crunchy vegetables, poached shrimp, and tangy nước chấm.

Garlic Fried Rice

This is one of those times when just a few ingredients pay out big, resulting in a rice dish that bursts with garlic flavor.

Lunch Nachos With Spiced Cauliflower

Two words: Lunch nachos!!!!
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