Herbs & Spices

In this Filipino chicken rice porridge, a combination of medium-grain and sticky rice cooks in freshly made chicken stock until it becomes thick and creamy.

Serve these easy boiled potatoes with slow cooker corned beef, or any hearty main course.

This fresh slaw is refreshing, tart, crunchy, and wonderful served alongside grilled chicken.

These wheat-free pancakes are sweetened with nothing but homemade, sugar-free applesauce.

These sweet and very tangy neon pickles pair best with grilled meats, stews, and braises.

If you don’t rinse the rice, it will be gummy. If you don’t parboil the rice, it’ll be dry and tough when it comes out of the oven. If you don’t use yogurt, eggs, and oil, it will never get golden and crisp. Now you know!

Slather bone-in thighs with a Dijon-thyme butter, coat in breadcrumbs, and sidle onto a baking sheet for an effortlessly crispy roast chicken dinner.

Hemp milk makes the fastest, creamiest alt-milk with very little waste, but any nondairy milk works.

Cover a just-baked, garlic-scented pizza crust with a crisp salad of Bibb lettuce, blue cheese, prosciutto, and pickled onions, plus plenty of red wine vinaigrette.

Roasting fish fillets that have been oiled and seasoned is a fail-safe, hands-off technique with a big flavor payoff.

This easy taco dinner has lots of quick tricks: like cooking the pineapple and shrimp on one sheet pan, and then tossing the filling with the same dressing you used to quick-pickle the onions.

Dal tends to firm as it sits, so make sure to add a splash or so of water if you’re reheating it.

Coconut cream is what gives this soup its velvety richness. Otherwise it’d just be green juice and noodles!

Make a double or triple batch of the dashi and freeze in airtight containers to keep for making savory soups on the fly.

Cooking lemon slices just to this side of burnt adds a layer of complex flavor to this comforting dish.

Stirring an egg yolk into each steaming bowl just before eating adds richness and body to this subtly spicy soup.

Whether it's part of a Japanese breakfast or a classic bagel spread, smoked fish is never a bad idea.