Around the World in 10 Dinners
Ten weeknight dinners from ten countries. one passport, no plane ticket.
Filipino Chicken Adobo
Soy-vinegar braised chicken with garlic, bay, and pepper. the Philippines' unofficial national dish, one pot, twelve ingredients, deep flavor.
- Time
- 50 min
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Calories
- 480 kcal
- Cost per serving
- $3.40/serving
Korean Bibimbap
Sizzling rice bowl with seasoned vegetables, beef, fried egg, and gochujang sauce. Seoul comfort food in glorious technicolor.
- Time
- 50 min
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Calories
- 580 kcal
- Cost per serving
- $4.80/serving
Spanish Seafood Paella
Saffron-stained rice with shrimp, mussels, and chorizo, finished with the prized crispy bottom layer (socarrat). Sunday lunch on the Valencia coast.
- Time
- 1 hr
- Servings
- 6 servings
- Calories
- 580 kcal
- Cost per serving
- $8.20/serving
Beef Bourguignon
Rich Burgundian beef stew with red wine, bacon, mushrooms, and pearl onions. Julia Child's technique, weekend project, ten times better the next day.
- Time
- 3 hr 30 min
- Servings
- 6 servings
- Calories
- 620 kcal
- Cost per serving
- $7.20/serving
Feijoada (Brazilian Black Bean Stew)
Brazil's national dish. black beans slow-cooked with smoky pork, sausage, and bay. Served over rice with garlicky greens and orange.
- Time
- 2 hr 20 min
- Servings
- 8 servings
- Calories
- 620 kcal
- Cost per serving
- $5.40/serving
Jamaican Jerk Chicken
Charred, smoky, intensely seasoned bone-in chicken marinated in a fiery scotch-bonnet jerk paste. Jamaica's most exported flavor, in a home-kitchen-friendly version.
- Time
- 1 hr
- Servings
- 6 servings
- Calories
- 520 kcal
- Cost per serving
- $3.80/serving
Sheet-Pan Chicken Shawarma
Spice-roasted chicken thighs with crispy edges, served in pita with garlic toum, pickles, and tahini. the home version of the late-night dream.
- Time
- 50 min
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Calories
- 540 kcal
- Cost per serving
- $4.40/serving
Vietnamese Banh Mi Sandwich
Crispy baguette stuffed with grilled pork, pickled daikon-carrot, cilantro, jalapeño, pâté, and mayo. Saigon's answer to the perfect sandwich.
- Time
- 45 min
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Calories
- 580 kcal
- Cost per serving
- $4.20/serving
Doro Wat (Ethiopian Spicy Chicken Stew)
Ethiopia's national dish. chicken slow-simmered in berbere spice, deeply caramelized onions, and clarified butter (niter kibbeh). Served with injera.
- Time
- 2 hr
- Servings
- 6 servings
- Calories
- 540 kcal
- Cost per serving
- $4.80/serving
Nigerian Jollof Rice
Smoky, deeply flavored one-pot rice with tomato, scotch bonnet, and bay. the dish that starts arguments in every African household, here in its simplest weeknight form.
- Time
- 55 min
- Servings
- 6 servings
- Calories
- 380 kcal
- Cost per serving
- $1.45/serving