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Chili pepper Recipes

9 recipes with chili pepper for weeknights, meal prep, and quick ingredient searches. Choose by time, cuisine, and what is in your kitchen.

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🇵🇪PeruMedium

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Salmon Ceviche

Ceviche is a traditional Peruvian dish that uses fresh fish marinated in lime juice to create a refreshing and flavorful dish.

23 min370 kcal4 serves

🥑Keto⚡Quick🌶️Spicy

★4.8

🇲🇽MexicoAdvanced

Soups

Chili

Chile con carne is a traditional Mexican dish — a spicy soup with beef, beans and tomatoes. Perfect for the cold season as it is warming and satiating.

55 min420 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy🌾Gluten-free💪High protein

★4.9

🇨🇳ChinaMedium

Salads

Smashed Cucumbers

A classic Chinese cold appetizer where cucumbers are smashed to create craggy surfaces that soak up a bold sesame-soy-vinegar dressing. Ready in 30 minutes, refreshing and addictive.

30 min80 kcal5 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌶️Spicy⚡Quick

★4.5

🇹🇭ThailandMedium

Salads

Larb

Thai minced meat salad dressed with lime juice, fish sauce and toasted rice powder. Explosively fresh, herby and spicy — one of the most vibrant dishes in Southeast Asian cuisine.

35 min220 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein

★4.7

🇻🇳VietnamAdvanced

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Bánh Mì

The famous Vietnamese sandwich that fuses French baguette with Southeast Asian fillings — spiced pork, quick-pickled vegetables, fresh herbs and chili sauce. Two cultures in one loud, crunchy, deeply satisfying bite.

25 min460 kcal2 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein🌶️Spicy

★4.8

🇵🇭PhilippinesEasy

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Fried Peanuts with Garlic

A popular Filipino street snack of crispy golden peanuts fried with thinly sliced garlic. Simple ingredients, irresistible crunch — perfect with a cold drink or as a party appetizer.

10 min540 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🌱Vegan

★4.8

🇻🇳VietnamAdvanced

Soups

Pho Bo (Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup)

Vietnam's most iconic dish — a crystal-clear, deeply aromatic beef broth simmered for hours with charred onion, ginger, and whole spices, served over rice noodles with paper-thin beef, fresh herbs, lime, and chili. The broth is everything.

210 min400 kcal4 serves

🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy💪High protein

★4.9

🇹🇭ThailandMedium

Meat Dishes

Pad Kra Pao (Thai Basil Chicken)

Thailand’s most popular everyday street food — minced chicken stir-fried with garlic, fresh chili, and holy basil in a savory oyster-fish sauce glaze. Finished with a crispy fried egg on top and a drizzle of runny yolk over jasmine rice. Ready in under 15 minutes.

25 min300 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy🌾Gluten-free💪High protein

★4.7

🇮🇳IndiaMedium

Vegetable and Mushroom Dishes

Chana Masala

A Punjabi street food staple that became an all-India classic — chickpeas simmered in a thick spiced tomato-onion sauce with cumin, coriander, garam masala, and a squeeze of lime. Vegetarian, cheap, deeply satisfying. Eaten for breakfast with puri, for lunch with rice, and as a street snack.

35 min290 kcal2 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌶️Spicy💪High protein

★4.9

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