New Orleans-style red beans and rice slow-cooked with salt pork, bell pepper, celery, garlic, and a whole hot pepper. Thick, creamy gravy over fluffy white rice.
Spicy Chinese stir-fried chicken with hoisin sauce, bamboo shoots, ginger, and crushed red chili peppers. Marinated in sherry and soy, wok-ready in 10 minutes.
Traditional Cajun red beans and rice with salt pork, dried red kidney beans, and Italian seasoning. Boil the pork to remove salt, simmer beans with peppers and garlic for 3 hours until creamy. Serve over white rice.
A quick and savory chili that tastes wonderful with a bread bowl or dinner rolls.
Spicy ground beef and macaroni skillet simmered in tomato sauce with diced chili peppers and chili powder. One pan, pantry staples, ready in under an hour. Homemade hamburger helper with bite.
Jack's barbecue pintos: dried pinto beans slow-simmered until tender, then finished with sauteed bacon, onions, garlic, and green chilies. Smoky, hearty cookout side that beats anything from a can.
Chicken almendrado simmers breast halves in a blended sauce of almonds, red chilies, cinnamon, and chicken broth. A Mexican almond-chile sauce with warm spice and subtle heat. Serve over rice.
Bean chili built from scratch with toasted cumin and oregano, ground dried ancho or negro chilies, smoky chipotle, and a splash of red wine for depth. A meatless chili with serious heat and layered spice.
Sopa de elote is a creamy Mexican corn soup made from pureed corn simmered in milk with sweet and hot peppers. Garnished with fried tortilla strips and crumbled cheese.
Shrimp curry made with freshly ground whole spices, tomato, ginger, and finished with lime juice. A South Indian-style shrimp curry served with rice and mango chutney.
Cuban-style black beans cooked from dried with garlic, onion, olive oil, and optional hot chilies. Slow-simmered overnight then finished in a sofrito and served over rice.
Tex-Mex cream cheese pinwheel appetizers: spread chili-spiced cream cheese with black olives across a flour tortilla, roll, chill, slice. Five-minute party app for game day.
Sichuan-style bean thread noodles with minced pork, dried mushrooms, hot bean sauce, and fresh ginger. Spicy, slurpable, and deeply savory with a cilantro finish.
Fragrant Thai-style coconut soup with silky tofu, lemongrass, galangal, and white miso. Brightened with lime juice, fresh basil, and chili. Serve over jasmine rice.
La Piperade, a Basque pepper and egg dish with sauteed bell peppers, tomatoes, hot chili, and ham folded into softly set eggs. A rustic French-Basque brunch or supper.
Badami Gosht is a rich Indian lamb curry simmered in saffron yogurt and coconut milk, thickened with ground almonds and fragrant with cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves.