With or without the sauce, these garlicky grilled shrimp make a tasty, and quick, meal.
Appetizer
Avocaderia’s Panko-Crusted Avocado Wedges with Tangerine Sweet & Sour Dipping Sauce
We mix and match Chinese and Japanese ingredients in this unique avocado side dish, and we use light and flaky Japanese panko in place of bread crumbs.
Nik Sharma’s Sumac-Seared Scallops with Mostarda
Most seafood benefits from a dash of acid. In this recipe, however, I skip the usual suspects (lemons, limes, and vinegar) and opt for sumac, a common spice in North African and Middle Eastern households. The small fruit, from which the powdered sumac is obtained, has a strong, lemony acidity, which makes sumac a great substitute when you’re out of citrus.
Crispy Scallion + Sesame Pancakes
These crispy scallion pancakes have all of the traditional appeal of their restaurant namesakes, with more flavor and texture thanks to sesame oil and sesame seeds and less greasiness than what is often served in Americanized Chinese restaurants.
Mark Bittman’s Sweet Potato–Eggplant Stacks with Lime Ricotta
You can be endlessly inventive with vegetable stacks, discovering your own favorite combinations. You want to cut the vegetables about 1/2 inch thick, and then layer twice—any higher than that and your stack is likely to topple.
Chris Prosperi’s Spicy Chicken Quesadilla
Faith and Chris are big believers in loading your quesadilla up with all the veggies you love, so make these your own. Serve with your favorite salsas (homemade or store-bought, we don’t care). The idea is just to have fun together.
