Lemongrass

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less but requires additional unattended time.

Steamed jasmine rice is all that's needed to turn this into a meal.

An exotic and light main course. The vinaigrette would work just as well with red snapper.

What to drink: The menu's sweet-tart flavors call for a floral Riesling or spicy Syrah.

The key ingredient to this Sri-Lankan-style curry with fatty pork, lemongrass, and fragrant spices? Black peppercorn and lots of it.

Chill out with this spicy beef noodle soup recipe that boasts both chile heat and a steaming broth. The two kinds of heat work in tandem to cool you down.

Meaty oyster mushrooms are great at absorbing spices and offer a chewy-firm contrast to bright and crunchy snap peas or snow peas in this versatile stir-fry.

Gently poached in an aromatic broth, these plump and juicy shrimp balls come together in a snap in the food processor for an easy weeknight meal.

With lots of crunchy green beans, caramelized lemon, toasted nuts, and creamy cheese, this is somewhere between a great pasta and a delicious salad.

Meltingly tender short ribs braised in a rich coconut-milk-based sauce stay bright thanks to Thai flavors and fresh lime. Be sure to make plenty of rice!

Saucy and spicy with lots of garlic and lemongrass, these ribs come together entirely on the stovetop. No grill or oven required.

A fragrant marinade of lemongrass, shallots, and Thai chiles adds tons of flavor to quickly grilled lamb chops.

You’ll want one of these delightfully frosty lime slushies, infused with lemongrass and sweetened with honey, in hand at every summer cookout.

Sweet, spicy, and aromatic, these vibrantly delicious galangal-and-lemongrass–marinated beef skewers are a Cambodian street food staple. 

Basting a rib eye with jarred crab paste adds flavor and intensity with almost no effort.

Adjust the heat in this riff on Thai tom kha gai to your liking—use one chile for mild heat, two for medium, and three if you want sweat beading on your brow.

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.

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

Nam prik is a delicious chile-based dip found all over Thailand. Here's our healthyish take on it.