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Fresh cilantro Recipes

36 recipes with fresh cilantro for weeknights, meal prep, and quick ingredient searches. Choose by time, cuisine, and what is in your kitchen.

36 recipes

🇲🇽MexicoEasy

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Guacamole

Ripe avocados mashed coarse with lime juice, raw onion, cilantro, and a hit of jalapeño. The key is chunky texture and enough salt — underseasoned guacamole is the most common mistake. Best eaten within minutes of making it.

13 min200 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian🥑Keto⚡Quick

🇵🇪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

🇨🇳ChinaAdvanced

Salads

Crispy Duck Salad

Duck breast scored, seasoned, and pan-fried skin-side down until the fat renders out and the skin turns glass-crisp. Sliced over fresh greens with a citrus-soy dressing, the richness of the duck meets bright, clean flavors.

45 min620 kcal4 serves

🥑Keto

🇲🇽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

🇲🇽MexicoMedium

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Spicy Fish

This dish combines the spiciness of jalapeños, the sourness of tomatoes and capers, and the delicate flavor of fish, characteristic of Mexican coastal cuisine.

40 min325 kcal4 serves

🥑Keto🌶️Spicy💪High protein

🇬🇪GeorgiaMedium

Vegetable and Mushroom Dishes

Ajapsandal

Adzhapsandali is a traditional Caucasian dish — a flavorful stew of eggplants, tomatoes and peppers, seasoned with fresh herbs and spices. Ideal both as a cold appetizer and a hot main course.

35 min375 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🌶️Spicy

🇲🇽MexicoMedium

Vegetable and Mushroom Dishes

Stuffed Bell Peppers

This recipe combines traditional Mexican ingredients and flavors to create a hearty and flavorful dish. The cheese and salsa give the dish an authentic Mexican flavor.

50 min250 kcal6 serves

🌾Gluten-free💪High protein

🇰🇷KoreaMedium

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Khe (Korean Marinated Fish)

A Korean-style marinated salmon salad where fish is cured in vinegar then tossed with vegetables, garlic, chili and soy sauce. Bold, spicy and fresh — best after marinating for at least 4 hours.

35 min120 kcal6 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein

🇨🇳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

🇻🇳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

🇮🇳IndiaMedium

Soups

Dal — Spiced Indian Lentil Soup

A warming Indian red lentil soup tempered with cumin, turmeric, coriander, and ginger — finished with a sizzling spiced ghee pour. One of the most comforting and nourishing dishes in Indian home cooking. Serve with warm chapati or basmati rice.

30 min190 kcal2 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free

🇲🇾MalaysiaMedium

Soups

Curry Laksa

Malaysia's most beloved noodle soup — a rich, spiced coconut curry broth with chicken or shrimp, rice noodles, bean sprouts, and a soft-boiled egg. Bold, aromatic, and deeply satisfying. A bowlful of Southeast Asia.

40 min380 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy🌾Gluten-free💪High protein

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