638 dried chile recipes

A Texas-style chili with stewing beef, ham rind, dried pinto beans, and red wine simmered low for hours with cumin, cayenne, and oregano. No tomatoes, all meat, pure grit.

Traditional Chinese New Year noodles with glass noodles, dried mushrooms, lily buds, and fermented bean curd sauce. Long noodles symbolize longevity and good fortune.

Louisiana-style crawfish chili with ground beef, bacon drippings, and a kick of cayenne. A bayou twist on classic chili that simmers low and slow until the crawfish meat surrenders to the broth.

Szechuan noodle salad with fettuccine in a spicy peanut sauce made with ginger, garlic, chili paste, and sesame oil, surrounded by julienned vegetables and ham.

These plant-based sausages taste great, contain no added fat except the vegetable oil they're fried in, and are easy to make. These ingredients yield fairly mild sausages; after you've tried them, adjust the seasonings to please your palate.

Vegan navy bean soup with balsamic-caramelized onions, miso paste, tomato sauce, and warming spices. Oil-free, long-simmered for deep flavor, serves 8. Worth every minute of the 4-hour cook.

Szechuan-style flank steak stir-fried with snow peas, mushrooms, carrots, and dried red chilies in an oyster sauce and sesame oil glaze. A spicy, authentic Chinese beef dish ready in about an hour.

Oven-baked beef and navy beans braised low and slow with tomato sauce, chili powder, mustard, and bay leaves. A hearty from-scratch casserole that feeds a crowd.

Barbecued tempeh baked in a homemade molasses-mustard sauce with cumin, coriander, and cayenne. A hearty vegetarian main served over rice or stuffed in pita.

Vegan red lentil lasagna loaded with broccoli, mushrooms, zucchini, and corn in a tomato-herb sauce, topped with a dairy-free nutritional yeast cheese sauce.

Spicy smoked spareribs with a 10-spice dry rub featuring five spice powder and ginger, parboiled then smoked over hickory with a peach preserves basting sauce.

Sylvia's stuffing lives up to its name with cubed bread, cornbread, oats, and sunflower seeds soaked in butter, bacon drippings, and turkey giblet broth. Seasoned with an unexpected kick of chili powder alongside classic herbs.

Hearty chili with cubed pork and beef, pinto beans, jalapeno, and dry red wine. Slow-simmered in a Dutch oven with Mexican oregano, cumin, and chili powder.

Marinated grated tempeh simmered with kidney beans, tomatoes, green pepper, and warming spices for a thick, meaty vegetarian chili. Topped with cheddar cheese, this plant-based bowl is packed with smoky cumin and chili flavor.

We have updated this spicy cajun recipe with more clear directions and adjusted it to be less spicy and use less salt.

Slow cooker beef and pork chili with secret Southern twists: bacon drippings, coffee, cocoa, and a touch of sugar for deep complexity. Simmer for hours until thick and rich.