Recipe roundups

Thirty-minute dinners, Cantonese recipes, pasta, and brunches worth staying home for.

Tonkotsu ramen with chashu, a marinated egg, scallions, and nori

Dinner in half an hour

12 30-minute Asian dinners for busy nights

I was VERY strict about the 30 minutes! The clock starts before you chop the scallions or mix the sauce, because a ‘30-minute recipe’ that assumes everything is prepped is not actually a 30-minute recipe.

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Steamed char siu bao buns filled with glazed Chinese BBQ pork and served with hoisin dipping sauce.

Cantonese cooking

14 Cantonese recipes to cook at home

Start with black pepper beef, beef chow fun, or the 15-minute char siu bao if dinner needs to happen soon. Save har gow, pineapple buns, and taro duck for a weekend when flour on the counter feels like a reasonable life choice.

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Curly pasta coated in basil pesto and topped with pine nuts and black pepper

What to make tonight

14 pasta recipes for dinner

For a fast dinner, make pesto pasta, carbonara, or linguine with clams. When you want the pot to stay on the stove awhile, there are three meat ragùs and a short-rib lasagna that has never heard the phrase ‘quick weeknight meal.’

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Stack of buttermilk pancakes with butter, raspberries, blueberries, and maple syrup

Stay home for brunch

9 brunch recipes for a lazy weekend

Make buttermilk pancakes when you want the diner breakfast without the wait, chilaquiles when a bag of tortilla chips is already open, or smoked salmon avocado toast when brunch needs to look impressive before coffee has fully worked.

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Taiwanese beef noodle soup with sliced beef, beef balls, noodles, and bok choy

Noodles, broth, and soft tofu

8 Asian soup recipes to make at home

These are soups you can make a whole dinner out of, with plenty of noodles, meat, or soft tofu. Have rice ready for the Korean stews! Five of the recipes take about 30 minutes, though the Taiwanese beef noodle soup and homemade tonkotsu need a much earlier start.

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Sizzling black pepper beef with onions and bell peppers on a cast-iron plate

Stir-fried and slow-braised

6 Chinese beef recipes for dinner

The onions in black pepper beef deserve more attention. They get sweet around the edges and catch SO much of the sauce, especially if you leave them in big pieces. Make plenty of rice for that one. There are noodle dishes here too, and a brisket with daikon that needs a much longer afternoon on the stove.

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Tall round honey-lavender scone brushed with honey butter on a floral plate

Scones, sandwiches, and little cakes

5 afternoon tea recipes to make at home

Please serve the scones warm, even if that means reheating them for a few minutes. The honey butter melts into the tops, and they're so much better that way. As for the tiny tarts, you can buy the shells. There's already enough to do before people come over for tea.

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