Recipes with cilantro

Stir-fried rice noodles tossed in a ginger-garlic curry sauce with shredded vegetables, fresh chili, and silky scrambled egg. A quick weeknight noodle dish ready in under 45 minutes.

The famous Hotel Bel Air tortilla soup. Fried tortillas blended with tomatoes, garlic, onions, cumin and jalapeño into a velvety pureed soup with classic taqueria garnishes.

Quick white bean chicken chili loaded with green chiles, cumin, and a bright hit of lime and cilantro. One pot, 40 minutes, feeds 8 hungry people.

Portuguese-style rice cooked in sausage drippings with white rice, water, and fresh cilantro. Five-ingredient one-pot side dish that draws all its flavor from the sausage fond.

Ba mee nam: Thai egg noodle soup with ground pork, dried shrimp, crispy fried garlic, bean sprouts, and crushed peanuts in a savory chicken broth. Comforting and ready in 40 minutes.

A great summer relish to serve with chips or as a topping for hamburgers off the grill.

Why this recipe works: Simmering chicken broth with lime zest and ginger is a shortcut to Asian flavor.

Basic peanut-style dipping sauce (no actual peanuts) with cashew butter, tahini, coconut milk, lime, miso, and ginger. A richer, Thai-leaning satay sauce for grilled skewers, coconut shrimp, or crudités.

Authentic cabrito al pastor: whole baby goat spit-roasted over mesquite coals until smoky and tender. Served with guacamole, pico de gallo, frijoles de olla, and crispy tortilla wedges.

Authentic Vietnamese shrimp paste molded around sugar cane sticks, broiled until bright orange, and wrapped in rice paper with fresh mint, cilantro, and cucumber. Dipped in tangy nuoc cham sauce, these are a Southeast Asian street food classic.

Cubed chicken tossed in tangy tamarind, warm cumin, garam masala, and fresh lemon juice with crunchy onion and shredded lettuce. A bold Indian street food salad ready in 30 minutes.

Vegetarian black bean chili made from scratch with dried beans, green chiles, and cumin, topped with a sharp red onion, tomato, and cilantro salsa. Slow-simmered for deep flavor.

Gobhi mung simmers split yellow mung beans with cauliflower, potatoes, and turmeric, finished with a sizzling cumin-ghee tarka. North Indian vegetarian comfort dish.

Indian curry gravy base with garlic, ginger, onion, and tomato purees cooked in ghee with turmeric, cumin, and curry powder. Make 10 portions and freeze for quick curries.

Herb-crusted cod fillets coated in fresh cilantro, chives, and parsley breadcrumbs, then roasted and served over a silky roasted tomato-garlic sauce with balsamic. Clean flavors, high-impact plate.

Thai-inspired mollusk pan roast with shrimp, mussels, and clams in a coconut milk-lemongrass broth with ginger, chilies, and white wine. Oven-finished in a Dutch oven.