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Asian cooking at home

Sixty-four dishes from Thailand, Japan, Korea, China and Vietnam made with ordinary supermarket ingredients: tom yum, pad thai, ramen, bibimbap, pho, gyoza, curry.

64recipes
$0.27–$8.47per portion
8 min – 1 h 15 minto cook
160–804kcal per portion

Plan a week from this collection

Sixty-four dishes from Thailand, Japan, Korea, China and Vietnam: eight soups, from tom yum and pho to kimchi jjigae and a 15-minute egg drop soup; forty-two mains, among them pad thai, bibimbap, kung pao, green curry, gyoza, mapo tofu, katsu, okonomiyaki and satay; seven poke and rice bowls; four snacks, including spring rolls and onigiri; three breakfasts, congee among them.

Everything is built from what an ordinary supermarket sells: soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, coconut milk, curry paste, sriracha, ginger. Where the original calls for fish sauce or gochujang, there is an honest substitute here: soy sauce, and sriracha with sesame oil. The quickest are the egg drop soup and fried rice at 15–20 minutes; the longest is congee at 75, 60 of which the porridge simmers on its own.

Breakfast 3

Chicken and Ginger Congee Breakfast1 h 15 min528 kcal≈ $1.24

Lightly Salted Salmon and Avocado Bowl Breakfast20 min612 kcal≈ $5.11

Milk Rice Porridge Breakfast30 min386 kcal≈ $0.44

Lunch 17

Tom Yum with Shrimp Lunch30 min544 kcal≈ $6.36

Chicken and Egg Ramen Lunch40 min573 kcal≈ $1.38

Beef Pho with Rice Noodles Lunch40 min517 kcal≈ $6.63

Kimchi Jjigae with Pork and Tofu Lunch45 min523 kcal≈ $3.79

Chinese Egg Drop Soup with Corn Lunch15 min275 kcal≈ $1.01

Coconut Chicken and Mushroom Soup Lunch30 min616 kcal≈ $2.82

Homemade chicken ramen with egg Lunch35 min596 kcal≈ $1.28

Chicken Noodle Soup Lunch45 min514 kcal≈ $1.18

Red Lentil Coconut Curry with Rice Lunch35 min754 kcal≈ $2.29

Coconut Curry Chicken with Rice Lunch35 min713 kcal≈ $2.17

Curry with Chickpeas and Chicken Lunch35 min805 kcal≈ $2.71

Vegetable curry with chickpeas Lunch30 min738 kcal≈ $2.70

Split Pea Curry with Rice Lunch40 min615 kcal≈ $1.05

Beef with Rice and Vegetables in Asian Style Lunch30 min670 kcal≈ $3.57

Rice Noodles with Chicken and Vegetables Lunch25 min563 kcal≈ $2.45

Buckwheat Noodles with Beef Lunch30 min676 kcal≈ $4.20

Beef Teriyaki Udon Lunch25 min722 kcal≈ $3.63

Dinner 40

Chicken Pad Thai Dinner30 min746 kcal≈ $2.81

Bibimbap with Beef and Vegetables Dinner40 min778 kcal≈ $2.77

Kung Pao Chicken with Peanuts and Rice Dinner35 min769 kcal≈ $1.77

Beef and Broccoli in Oyster-Style Sauce Dinner20 min751 kcal≈ $3.87

Green Curry with Chicken and Rice Dinner35 min783 kcal≈ $2.96

Shrimp and Egg Fried Rice Dinner20 min715 kcal≈ $4.55

Teriyaki Chicken Skewers with Rice and Cucumber Dinner35 min745 kcal≈ $1.38

Korean-Style Spicy-Sweet Chicken Dinner35 min753 kcal≈ $1.12

Japchae with Beef and Vegetables Dinner35 min771 kcal≈ $4.01

Japanese-Style Chicken Gyoza (Pan-Fried) Dinner55 min684 kcal≈ $1.80

Miso-Glazed Salmon with Rice and Broccoli Dinner30 min737 kcal≈ $5.32

Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce Dinner40 min773 kcal≈ $2.62

Mapo Tofu with Ground Meat and Rice Dinner35 min765 kcal≈ $2.83

Sweet and Sour Pork with Pineapple Dinner35 min783 kcal≈ $2.85

Basil Chicken with Rice and a Fried Egg Dinner20 min704 kcal≈ $3.11

Noodles with Vegetables and Mushrooms in Soy Sauce Dinner20 min541 kcal≈ $2.33

Teriyaki Salmon with Rice and Broccoli Dinner20 min724 kcal≈ $5.46

Coconut Milk Chicken Curry with Rice Dinner40 min779 kcal≈ $2.29

Okonomiyaki with Cabbage and Bacon Dinner30 min777 kcal≈ $1.88

Chicken Katsu with Cabbage and Rice Dinner40 min768 kcal≈ $1.75

Noodles with Teriyaki Beef and Mushrooms Dinner35 min776 kcal≈ $4.77

Tofu with Cashews, Vegetables, and Rice Dinner30 min736 kcal≈ $3.80

Shrimp in Coconut Curry with Rice Dinner20 min784 kcal≈ $5.81

Teriyaki Chicken with Rice Dinner25 min693 kcal≈ $1.13

Chicken with Vegetables in Soy Sauce Dinner25 min582 kcal≈ $2.46

Soy-marinated chicken drumsticks with rice Dinner50 min695 kcal≈ $1.16

Tofu with Vegetables and Rice Noodles Dinner20 min555 kcal≈ $2.74

Kimchi Fried Rice with Egg Dinner20 min588 kcal≈ $2.45

Chicken Stir-Fry Noodles Dinner25 min646 kcal≈ $2.50

Asian-Style Chicken and Vegetable Noodles Dinner20 min676 kcal≈ $2.85

Beef Stir-Fry with Vegetables and Rice Noodles Dinner20 min774 kcal≈ $8.47

Chicken with Broccoli and Rice in Soy Sauce Dinner20 min678 kcal≈ $1.78

Sesame-crusted tuna steak with bok choy Dinner15 min330 kcal≈ $5.80

Salmon and Rice Poke Bowl Dinner35 min766 kcal≈ $4.92

Tuna and Avocado Poke Bowl Dinner25 min544 kcal≈ $2.44

Tofu and Mango Poke Bowl Dinner35 min800 kcal≈ $3.92

Teriyaki Chicken Bowl with Rice and Broccoli Dinner35 min780 kcal≈ $2.20

Korean Beef Bowl Dinner40 min778 kcal≈ $7.24

Chicken, Kimchi, and Fried Egg Bowl Dinner35 min767 kcal≈ $2.29

Kimchi and Tofu Bowl Dinner30 min651 kcal≈ $3.33

Snack 4

Fresh Shrimp Spring Rolls Snack25 min461 kcal≈ $3.30

Tuna Onigiri Snack35 min434 kcal≈ $0.93

Edamame with Sea Salt Snack8 min161 kcal≈ $0.90

Korean carrot salad Snack20 min190 kcal≈ $0.27

How to use it

“Plan a week from this collection” puts these dishes on lunches and dinners, and Racion adds the breakfasts. Rice in the recipes is counted dry, 60–70 g per serving; so are noodles.

Half of the dishes are cooked in a wok or a wide pan over high heat, and there everything depends on prep: cut the meat and vegetables ahead, mix the sauce in a cup. The frying itself takes 5–8 minutes and you cannot step away from the stove.

Plan a week from this collection

Questions

How spicy is it?

Twenty-one dishes are hot and marked as such. The heat comes from sriracha, chili or curry paste, and you can halve it: the taste stays. Children will be fine with teriyaki, katsu, gyoza, sweet and sour pork, onigiri and fried rice.

What replaces fish sauce and gochujang?

The recipes already replace them: fish sauce with soy sauce, gochujang with sriracha plus a spoon of sesame oil and honey. If you find the originals, use the same weight.

Which rice?

For poke, bibimbap and onigiri, short-grain: it is sticky and holds its shape. For curry and fried rice, basmati or jasmine, which stay separate. Brown rice works in bowls but takes 30 minutes.