Rice/72 recipes

Light sesame chicken salad with rice, snow peas, cucumber, and red pepper tossed in a soy-sesame dressing. No cooking required, just toss and serve for a fresh, filling meal.

Classic Italian spinach lasagna layered with fresh pasta, ricotta-spinach filling, tomato sauce, and bechamel. From-scratch vegetarian showstopper.

Bold herring salad, marinated herring tossed with apple, Spanish onion, potato, and beets in a creamy dill dressing. A sweet-tart, savory Northern European salad with a rosy hue, served chilled.

Chicken a la king with sauteed breast, mushrooms, roasted red and green peppers, scallions, and a sherry-cream pan sauce. A refined, from-scratch version of the retro classic.

Hot and sour garlic chive soup with silky tofu, cloud ear mushrooms, seaweed, and miso. A vegetarian Asian-style broth with tangy rice vinegar, chili heat, and herbaceous garlic chive garnish.

Cider chicken braised Normandy-style with hard cider, calvados, bacon, prunes, slow-cooked onions, and a fresh bouquet garni. Rustic French autumn cooking at its best.

This relish is based on a prize-winning English recipe of more than a generation ago. It is less sweet than traditional chutneys; most of its sweetness comes not from sugar, but from apples, dates, and parsnips. I generally use Winesap apples but any well-flavored, crisp eating apple will do.

This recipe is SO savory and SO beefy, it can be a meal in itself.

Pork tenderloin rubbed with oregano, cumin, ancho chile, and smoked paprika, seared golden then roasted alongside honey-glazed baby carrots with jalapeño and garlic. A smoky, one-pan dinner for six.

Old-fashioned divinity candy with holiday, chocolate, and ginger variations. The classic Southern white candy: cloud-light, melt-on-your-tongue texture, made by streaming hot syrup into beaten egg whites.

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Minestrone pasta salad with kidney beans, chickpeas, carrots, bell pepper, and Parmesan tossed in Italian dressing. Served warm or cold in 25 minutes.

Pressure cooker saffron brown rice with mushrooms, leeks, carrots, and fennel seeds. A one-pot vegetarian side that cooks hands-off in 25 minutes.

Spice-marinated pork simmered with butternut squash, chickpeas, and carrots in a warmly spiced broth with paprika, turmeric, and cumin. A hearty one-skillet dinner with North African flair.

A succulent curried beef dish that is made with seedless raisins and sliced apples while served over hot rice.

To bring out the natural sweetness of ham and to keep it juicy during grilling, we glazed ham steaks with orange juice and tequila.