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Esquites (Mexican Street Corn Salad with Cotija, Lime, and Chili) with corn, cotija cheese and mexican crema — Mexico recipe

🇲🇽MexicoMedium

Salads

Esquites (Mexican Street Corn Salad with Cotija, Lime, and Chili)

Esquites (from Nahuatl ízquitl, "toasted corn"; also sold as elote en vaso, "corn in a cup") is a Mexican street snack of charred corn kernels dressed with mayo, Mexican crema, lime juice, jalapeño, red onion, cilantro and crumbled cotija, then dusted with chili powder or Tajín. It is the off-the-cob version of elote: the same flavours, eaten with a spoon. Street vendors across Mexico sell it in small cups. The method rests on one move: charring the corn until about half the kernels show black spots, which turns boiled corn with mayonnaise into something smoky and layered. Ready in 30 minutes; serves 6 as a snack or 4 as a side for grilled meat and tacos.

30 min270 kcal6 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌾Gluten-free⚡Quick

Fajitas with chicken, onion and lime — Mexico recipe

🇲🇽MexicoMedium

Meat Dishes

Fajitas

Strips of marinated meat seared at high heat with charred onions and peppers, served sizzling on a hot plate with warm tortillas. The smoky char on the vegetables and the caramelized edges on the meat make all the difference.

30 min570 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick🌶️Spicy💪High protein

Foil Packet Fish with white fish fillets, cherry tomatoes and olive oil — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAMedium

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Foil Packet Fish

White fish fillets sealed in foil with cherry tomatoes, olives, capers, zucchini and lemon. Everything steams together in 15 minutes — on the grill or in the oven. Zero cleanup.

30 min270 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free⚡Quick

Frango Piri-Piri (Portuguese Grilled Chicken) with whole chicken, piri piri chillies and lemon — Portugal recipe

🇵🇹PortugalMedium

Meat Dishes

Frango Piri-Piri (Portuguese Grilled Chicken)

Frango piri-piri is spatchcocked chicken grilled under a marinade of hot chillies, garlic and paprika. The backbone is cut out and the bird pressed flat, marinated for at least four hours, and glazed at the end with the portion of marinade that was boiled first.

60 min750 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

Fried Chicken with chicken, flour and buttermilk — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAMedium

Meat Dishes

Fried Chicken

A classic American dish that has become an icon of Southern cooking. Pieces of chicken on the bone, covered with a crispy, golden brown breading.

45 min225 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein

Fried Peanuts with Garlic with raw peanuts, garlic cloves and refined vegetable oil — Philippines recipe

🇵🇭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

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

Garlic Butter Shrimp with shrimp, butter and garlic — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAMedium

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Garlic Butter Shrimp

Juicy shrimp seared in a rich garlic butter sauce with a splash of lemon. Ready in 15 minutes and perfect over pasta, rice, or with crusty bread.

15 min290 kcal4 serves

💪High protein⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free

Gochujang Mayo (Korean Spicy Mayonnaise Sauce) with Kewpie mayonnaise, gochujang paste and toasted sesame oil — Korea recipe

🇰🇷KoreaEasy

Sauces and Dips

Gochujang Mayo (Korean Spicy Mayonnaise Sauce)

Gochujang mayo is a Korean-inspired spicy condiment built on Japanese Kewpie mayonnaise, fermented gochujang chili paste, rice vinegar, toasted sesame oil, and garlic. The mayo cools and rounds out the heat, the gochujang brings deep fermented umami, sesame oil signs the sauce as Korean. Whisks together in five minutes, lives in the fridge for a week, and works on Korean fried chicken, sweet potato fries, poke bowls, burgers, sushi, and as a sandwich spread. Serves about eight as a dipping sauce. The 30 minute rest in the fridge before serving is what separates a punchy mix from a balanced sauce.

5 min110 kcal8 serves

🌶️Spicy⚡Quick

Gỏi Cuốn (Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls) with pork belly, shrimp and rice vermicelli — Vietnam recipe

🇻🇳VietnamAdvanced

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Gỏi Cuốn (Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls)

Translucent rice paper rolled around poached pork belly, boiled shrimp split lengthwise, rice vermicelli, soft lettuce, fresh mint and Thai basil, with garlic chives trailing from one end. The shrimp is placed at the top before rolling so it shows through the paper like a window — pink, curved, vivid. Everything inside is cooked, cooled, and assembled cold. The roll is eaten with a rich peanut-hoisin dipping sauce. Gỏi cuốn translates literally as 'salad rolls' (gỏi = salad, cuốn = to roll), not spring rolls — the name reflects the herb-forward lightness of the filling rather than the season. They are served fresh, at room temperature, within minutes of rolling; the rice paper hardens and the roll becomes difficult to eat if it sits more than 20 to 30 minutes.

50 min220 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy

Grilled Corn with Herb Compound Butter with fresh sweetcorn, butter and garlic — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAMedium

Vegetable and Mushroom Dishes

Grilled Corn with Herb Compound Butter

Grilled corn on the cob is the defining side dish of the American summer barbecue — requiring almost no preparation, producing spectacular results, and improving everything eaten alongside it with a hit of smoke and sweetness. When corn is grilled directly on hot grates without the husk, the natural sugars caramelize against the hot metal, producing the characteristic charred, lightly sweet flavor that boiling or steaming cannot replicate. A herb compound butter — softened butter blended with fresh herbs, garlic, and lemon zest — is made ahead, rolled into a log, and sliced into rounds that melt over the hot corn the moment it comes off the grill. This recipe also includes a Mexican elote variation: the classic Mexico City street corn treatment of mayonnaise, cotija cheese, chili powder, and lime that transforms the same grilled cob into something entirely different.

35 min280 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy

Grilled Shrimp with shrimp, garlic and lemon — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAMedium

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Grilled Shrimp

Jumbo shrimp marinated in garlic, lemon, smoked paprika and olive oil, then grilled fast over high heat. Ready in 30 minutes, works as a main or an appetizer.

30 min220 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free⚡Quick

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