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Red chili Recipes

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

9 recipes

Penne in Tomato Sauce with penne, tomato and garlic — Italy recipe

🇮🇹ItalyMedium

Cereal and Pasta Dishes

Penne in Tomato Sauce

Penne in tomato sauce is a versatile dish that can be either a simple everyday dinner or the basis for more complex variations with the addition of meat, seafood or vegetables.

33 min580 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌶️Spicy

Khe (Korean Marinated Fish) with salmon, vinegar and garlic — Korea recipe

🇰🇷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

Gado-Gado with potato, peanuts and cabbage — Indonesia recipe

🇮🇩IndonesiaAdvanced

Salads

Gado-Gado

A warm Indonesian salad of blanched and fresh vegetables, potato, and egg, drizzled with a rich spiced peanut sauce. Indonesia's national dish — gado-gado means 'mix-mix', and you can use whatever vegetables you have on hand.

30 min230 kcal2 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🌶️Spicy

Thai Spicy Beef Salad with beef, lime and mint — Thailand recipe

🇹🇭ThailandMedium

Salads

Thai Spicy Beef Salad

Thai spicy beef salad, yam nuea (ยำเนื้อ) in Thai, is thin slices of seared steak tossed while still warm with red onion, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, mint and cilantro in a lime, fish sauce and chili dressing. You sear the beef, rest it, slice it and dress it in about half an hour. Serve it on lettuce leaves or with jasmine rice.

30 min250 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free

Som Tam (Green Papaya Salad) with green papaya, lime and peanuts — Thailand recipe

🇹🇭ThailandMedium

Salads

Som Tam (Green Papaya Salad)

Thailand's most iconic salad — shredded green papaya pounded in a mortar with tomatoes, green beans, garlic, chili, lime juice, and fish sauce. Crunchy, spicy, tangy, and refreshing all at once. Served cold with sticky rice and grilled chicken.

20 min140 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free

Singapore Chili Crab with crab, chili and garlic — Singapore recipe

🇸🇬SingaporeAdvanced

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Singapore Chili Crab

Singapore's national dish — whole crab braised in a glossy sweet-spicy tomato-chili sauce with garlic, ginger, and egg ribbons. Created in 1950s Singapore and eaten with your hands, mopping up every drop of sauce with warm mantou buns.

45 min500 kcal1 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

Pepes Ikan (Fish in Banana Leaf) with fish, lemongrass and turmeric — Indonesia recipe

🇮🇩IndonesiaMedium

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Pepes Ikan (Fish in Banana Leaf)

An Indonesian classic — white fish fillets wrapped in banana leaves with a fragrant spice paste (bumbu) of shallots, garlic, chili, galangal, turmeric, and lemongrass, then steamed until tender. The banana leaf infuses a subtle herbal aroma that you cannot get any other way.

40 min280 kcal2 serves

🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy💪High protein

Beef Rendang with beef, coconut milk and lemongrass — Indonesia recipe

🇮🇩IndonesiaAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Beef Rendang

Voted the world’s best food by CNN Travel readers in 2011 — slow-braised beef in a rich aromatic paste of coconut milk, garlic, ginger, galangal, lemongrass, and spices, cooked uncovered for hours until every drop of liquid evaporates and the meat is coated in a dark caramelized crust. A labor of love from West Sumatra that gets even better the next day.

150 min380 kcal5 serves

🌶️Spicy🌾Gluten-free💪High protein

Nuoc Cham with fish sauce, lime and garlic — Vietnam recipe

🇻🇳VietnamEasy

Sauces and Dips

Nuoc Cham

Nuoc cham is the essential Vietnamese dipping sauce — a bright, balanced mix of fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, garlic, and chili that ties together spring rolls, grilled meats, rice bowls, and noodle salads with sweet, sour, salty, and spicy notes in every drop.

5 min35 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy

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