952 chile recipes

Pickled fish poaches mild white fillets, then bathes them overnight in a citrus-bright marinade of vinegar, orange juice, green chiles, bay leaf, and garlic. A make-ahead Mexican escabeche-style dish served cold.

Microwave taco salad with hot Italian sausage, green chilies, and Monterey Jack over crisp lettuce and tomatoes. Single-person dinner ready in 20 minutes start to finish.

Pitlai is a South Indian lentil stew with bitter gourd (karela), chickpeas, tamarind, and a ground coconut-spice paste. A tangy, complex vegetarian curry with toor dal and jaggery.

Late making dinner? Try this dish that can be served with potatoes or rice.

Moroccan tomato and pepper salad with charred green bell pepper, cucumber, and a cumin-paprika-lemon dressing. Bright, smoky, and served cold.

Whole rainbow trout baked in a creamy yogurt and herb sauce with parsley, chives, fennel, thyme, oregano, and tarragon. An elegant British-style fish supper ready in under an hour.

Chili mac casserole with elbow macaroni, chili beans, crushed tomatoes, and melted cheddar. A freezer-friendly, four-ingredient comfort meal.

Moroccan-style cooked tomato and green pepper salad with cumin, garlic, chili, and lemon juice. Served warm or cold as a side dish or mezze appetizer.

A tasty and scrumptious seafood pasta dish that will have you hooked from the first bite to the last!

Indian tacos build hot frybread into open-faced plates piled with stewed anasazi beans, roasted Anaheim chiles, avocado, plum tomatoes, arugula, and red onion. Pueblo and Navajo street-food at home.

Homemade sambar powder (sambar podi) with toasted channa dal, coriander seeds, red chilies, fenugreek, and asafetida. An essential South Indian spice blend.

This recipe is delicious but might be too barbaric for some.

Korma Sabzee is a slow-simmered Afghan beef stew with spinach, cilantro, and cumin, served over chalau basmati rice. A gentle, herb-forward one-pot meal from Afghan home kitchens.

Hearty steak and bean chowder with cubed sirloin, spicy chili beans, russet potatoes, and tomato. One-pot meal somewhere between chili and beef stew, ready in 45 minutes.

Homemade Indian spice blend with coriander, cumin, black peppercorns, turmeric, dried chili, cloves, ginger, and allspice. A versatile hot and spicy seasoning mix ground fresh in a spice mill.

Thin salmon escalopes grilled in barely a minute and served in a frothy champagne and chive cream sauce. An elegant, restaurant-style dish that cooks fast yet looks dinner-party special.