Recipes with cilantro

A light, veggie-packed chicken soup with carrots, celery, zucchini, yellow squash, and rice, finished with fresh cilantro. Ranch-style comfort in 45 minutes.

Spanish-style butterflied Cornish hens rubbed with crushed coriander and garlic, roasted crisp, then topped with sauteed almonds and julienned bell peppers. Gallina de Cornuallo al Ajillo for a crowd.

Whole chicken rubbed with a bold spice blend, stuffed with fresh herbs, and grilled on charcoal with beer basting every 20 minutes. Smoky, juicy, and packed with herby flavor.

Pan-seared salmon with an herb crust, cumin-coriander yogurt crema and smoky chipotle salsa. Restaurant-style plated fish with bold Mexican-inspired flavors.

A great stand alone vegetarian meal or top it with a fillet of grilled chicken or a white fleshed fish fillet.

If you love that sweet and sour taste, you will adore this succulent stew made with garbanzo beans and sweet potatoes.

Authentic hot and sour soup with shredded pork, wood ear mushrooms, seaweed, and bean curd in a tangy black-pepper-and-vinegar broth. The Sichuan-style takeout classic, made from scratch.

Plump sweet raisins marry well with turkey meat, the pork mince adds richness and moistness and the generous quantity of fresh herbs lifts this stuffing out of the ordinary.

Stuffed pitta breads loaded with spice-rubbed roasted lamb, herbed couscous, griddled eggplant, and black olives in a balsamic-ginger dressing. A make-ahead meal that starts with an overnight marinade.

Baked black bean quesadillas stuffed with mashed beans, tomato, cilantro, olives, spinach, and pepper jack soy cheese on whole wheat tortillas. Vegan-friendly and ready in 30 minutes.

Paprika-rubbed chicken breasts chargrilled until smoky, sliced over fluffy couscous tossed with toasted pine nuts, dried apricots, and fresh coriander. A vibrant 40-minute dinner with North African flair.

Broiled chicken breasts stuffed with red bell pepper, Parmesan, and pine nuts, served with a fresh mango-papaya-coconut salsa spiked with ginger, lime, and jalapeno. A 45-minute dinner that's equal parts elegant and easy.

This super carrot raisin salad is very good for dinner, very light and tasty, but you had better finish it at one meal, don't let it overnight, will be not fresh.

Christmas kuchen bakes a buttery yeast bread scented with lemon, orange, mace, and coriander, then ribbon-tied for gifting. German-inspired holiday loaf that freezes for two months.

A rich beef and pork lasagna with a slow-braised ragu, a roasted butternut squash layer, and a quick creme fraiche white sauce instead of bechamel. A layered, deeply savory take on the classic.