Vegetables are at the heart of weeknight dinners across Asian cuisines.
Our favorite recipes are loaded with big, bright, bold flavors.
We know you’ll love them too.
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Similarly, most Asian cuisines put vegetables at the center of weeknight dinners.
Below we gathered our favorite vegetarian recipes inspired and beloved by the vastly diverse cultures of Asia.
Sabrina Modelle
That’s a lot of flavor packed into a small spice jar!
And it seeps into the chickpeas slowly over six to eight hours.
Easy Vegetable Fried Rice
Speed and riffability are the name of the game.
Cheyenne Cohen
Fresh veggies trump frozen ones, except when you gotta get dinner on the table stat.
If you’re strictly vegetarian, check the label.
Also, this recipe calls for fish sauce.
Elise Bauer
you could use soy sauce, coconut aminos, or avegan fish sauceinstead.
It’s a smart technique traditionally used in India to make masalas (curries), typically with cashews.
Canned chickpeas make it as simple as can be.
Sheryl Julian
Sesame Ginger Noodle Salad
The world of Asian noodles is vast (and delicious).
This recipe calls for chow mein.
Any thin round noodles like somen, rice sticks, soba, or rice vermicelli works.
Sally Vargas
Korean Spicy Cold Noodles
These are the cold noodles I grew up making without a recipe.
That’s your permission to use whatever fresh vegetables or noodles you have available, A non-negotiable?
it won’t become mush when cooked).
Elise Bauer
No need to peel the skinit’s tender and not bitter.
The key to feathery ribbons of egg is to keep stirring the soup as you drizzle it in.
Resist the urge to stop stirring to check whether it’s working.
Prerna Singh
It’ll work, as long as you keep stirring.
The sauce is vegan even though hoisin means seafood in Chinese.
Cold Rice Noodle Salad
Cold Rice Noodle Salad is filling but not heavy.
Elise Bauer
They are full of vegetables and wholesome without being virtuous.
It’s a little spicy, very crunchy, and the noodles are chewy.
Basically, the perfect meal.
Elise Bauer
It’s okay if you don’t own a wok.
Use the biggest skillet you have.
Elise Bauer
Elise Bauer
Elise Bauer
Elise Bauer
Alison Bickel
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