7,783 thickener recipes

Dutch-style chicken fillets coated in a mustard-egg batter, pan-fried in butter, and served over sauteed leeks with fresh red currants and Granny Smith apple. Sweet, tart, and savory in every bite.

If you run out of preserved lemons, or decide on just a few day's notice to cook a chicken, lamb, or fish dish with lemons and olives and need preserved lemons in a hurry, you can use this quick five-day method taught to me by a Moroccan diplomat's wife. Lemons preserved this way will not keep, but are perfectly acceptable in an emergency.

Hot and sour Thai-style mushroom soup with oyster and enoki mushrooms, serrano chilies, lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, lime juice, and fish sauce. Light, aromatic, fiery. Ready in 30 minutes.

A quick and easy lunch that is great on the go! Best stored in a thermos so its right there when you want it.

Baked whole tilapia roasted over ginger, scallion, and whole star anise, allspice, and peppercorns. The aromatic bed steams the fish as it bakes, then strains into a wine-butter pan sauce.

Confetti rice salad starts with chicken-flavored rice pilaf tossed with green onions, pimentos, and a sweet vinegar dressing. A colorful, make-ahead cold side dish for cookouts.

Spanish empanadillas stuffed with wine-braised rabbit, fennel and olives, folded into a thyme-scented dough and baked golden. Savory little hand pies for tapas or a Mediterranean spread.

Lemon olive oil basting sauce with garlic, oregano, and lemon zest. A bright, Mediterranean-style sauce for grilling chicken, lamb, pork, or fish.

Pumpkin soup gently spiced with whole cloves, sweetened with honey, and finished with cream. Smooth, autumn-bright puréed soup that holds up overnight for make-ahead dinner parties.

This colorful low fat salad can be enjoyed warm or cold.

Scallop or shrimp curry with apple, onion, cardamom, and a lime-finished cream sauce. The mild Anglo-Indian seafood curry that reads as comfort food more than fiery heat.

Kentucky-style burgoo soup made with mixed cooked meats, okra, lima beans, corn, and garden vegetables in a rich beef-and-chicken broth. A lighter take on the legendary Bluegrass State stew.

Pan-fried shrimp and Monterey Jack gyozas with Chinese sausage, water chestnuts, and ginger, served in a silky lime cream sauce. East-West fusion dumplings that freeze beautifully.

Ginger-Glazed Salmon Steak on Basil Mashed Potatoes with Sesame Asparagus recipe

A cheesy and scrumptious side dish that goes perfect with mashed potatoes or any pasta dish.

Mongolian hot pot with thinly sliced lamb, spinach, napa cabbage, and bean thread noodles cooked tableside in ginger-scallion broth with a spicy tahini dipping sauce.