807 hot pepper recipes

Silky cream cheese sauce thinned with cream and seasoned with celery salt, hot sauce, Worcestershire, and onion. No cooking required. Drizzle it on everything.

Chicken breasts stuffed with green chilis, Monterey Jack cheese, and garlic, pan-seared in butter until golden. Topped with chunky salsa for an easy, flavorful weeknight dinner.

Stuffed lemon eggs filled with yogurt, lemon zest, lemon juice, and hot sauce instead of mayo. Topped with a single caper for a lighter, tangier take on deviled eggs.

Spicy Mexican jicama salad with tangerines, apple, cantaloupe, cilantro, and a dusting of chili powder. A crisp, no-cook fruit salad in the style of Mexican street fruit cups.

A bright Vietnamese salad of diced shrimp and pork tossed with lime, garlic, coriander, chili, and fresh mint. No cooking required, ready in 20 minutes.

Lamb, lentil, and rosemary soup made from leftover roast lamb stock and bones, simmered with carrots, tomatoes, and earthy lentils. The Mediterranean way to stretch a Sunday roast into Monday's dinner.

New Orleans-style spinach and crabmeat casserole with shrimp, artichoke hearts, sour cream, Parmesan, Tabasco, and Worcestershire. Rich Cajun-Creole comfort food.

Fiesta sloppy joes with ground beef, Mexicorn, tomato soup, chili powder, and hot sauce served over warm split biscuits. A Tex-Mex spin on the classic weeknight sloppy joe.

Shrimp in a creamy Indian-spiced sauce with cumin, lime, sour cream, and yogurt, finished with fresh cilantro. A quick 30-minute dinner best served over saffron rice.

The sauce here is no kin whatsoever to the ketchupy stuff that too often swamps cold seafood; it's a good bet with cold shrimp or crabmeat, too.

Fiesta onion dip with Vidalia onions, black olives, green chilies, and fresh tomato dressed in olive oil and vinegar. A fresh, no-cook party dip.

A zesty homemade salad dressing with olive oil, two types of vinegar, Romano cheese, garlic, and a kick of hot sauce. Mixes up in 5 minutes flat and gets better as it chills.

Caponata di melanzane with eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, capers, olives, and anchovies. A bold Sicilian appetizer that improves as it sits at room temperature for hours.

Crawfish Rixie sautees a pound of tails in butter, then bathes them in a double-reduced fish stock and cream sauce with a dash of Tabasco. Elegant Cajun simplicity on toast points.

No-cook cucumber avocado salad with lime, chili pepper, and red bell pepper. Paper-thin cucumber slices with creamy avocado and a spicy citrus kick.