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60 stories for“sauce”

Cornstarch-coated tofu emerges golden from the oven, ready to be dressed in silky peanut sauce. No deep-frying, all crispness.

Jul 22, 2024

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Mansaf: Jordan's Lamb in Tangy Yogurt Sauce with Rice

Jordan's national dish layers tender lamb in a bold jameed yogurt sauce over fragrant rice. Almonds and parsley crown this ceremonial dish that tastes complex but builds from simple ingredients.

May 30, 2024

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Gochujang Butter Noodles for the Sauce McDonald's Korea Just Sent Across Thirteen Asian Markets

McDonald's Korea launched a gochujang butter menu fronted by G-Dragon on 17 September, part of a wider push a 23 September report says has pushed gochujang exports up 10 per cent this year. This ten-minute noodle dish uses the same pairing.

Sep 27, 2026

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Shakshuka: Eggs Poached in Spiced Tomato Sauce

This Middle Eastern and North African classic transforms tomatoes, spices, and eggs into something elegant enough for company but easy enough for any night. Serve it straight from the pan with crusty bread.

Jan 10, 2024

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Cheesy Ramen on the Stove: Instant Noodles in a Real Cheese Sauce in Ten Minutes

Kraft Mac & Cheese announced a Cheesy Ramen line on 6 October, due in April 2027. You can have the idea tonight with a packet of noodles, stock, milk and a handful of cheddar.

Oct 18, 2026

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Samke Harra: Lebanese Fish Under Chilli, Citrus and Coriander

The name means spicy fish and undersells it. A tahini and coriander sauce sharpened with chilli and lemon does most of the work, and the fish only has to be fresh.

Aug 1, 2026

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Chicken Adobo: The Filipino Braise of Vinegar, Soy and Garlic That Improves Overnight

Bone-in chicken simmered in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, bay and peppercorns until the sauce reduces to a glossy, sour-salty gloss. Cheap, forgiving, and better the next day.

Sep 18, 2026

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Koshari: Egypt's Soul-Filling Street Food Breakfast

Rice, lentils, pasta, and crispy onions layered together and crowned with spiced tomato and garlic sauces. Egypt's national dish is humble street food that tastes like pure comfort in a bowl.

Jul 14, 2024

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Toum: Four Ingredients, One Emulsion, No Room for Impatience

Garlic, oil, lemon and salt whipped into a white sauce stiff enough to stand a spoon in. There is no egg holding it together, which is exactly why it breaks when you rush the oil.

Aug 15, 2026

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Pesto alla Genovese in a Mortar, With the Trofie, Potatoes and Green Beans It Was Made For

The Genoese sauce is seven ingredients pounded, not blended, and in Liguria it dresses a short twisted pasta cooked in the same pot as potatoes and beans. Why the mortar matters, what the official recipe specifies, and how to keep it green.

Sep 6, 2026

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Roasted Cauliflower Shawarma Bowls: Spiced, Golden

Caramelized cauliflower dressed in shawarma spices, served in grain bowls with tahini sauce. Middle Eastern flavors, no meat required.

Jan 15, 2025

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Chicken Tinga Tacos: Pueblan Spiced Shreds

A smoky, complex Mexican classic from Puebla: shredded chicken in tomato-chipotle sauce, crisped on tostadas or warm in corn tortillas.

May 8, 2024

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Creamy Cashew Alfredo Pasta: A Dairy-Free Classic

Rich, silky cashew cream transforms simple pasta into an elegant Italian-inspired dinner. No dairy, no compromise on flavor or texture.

Oct 5, 2023

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Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry: The Ten-Minute Chinese Home Dish That Rewards Ripe Tomatoes

Soft, barely set eggs folded into tomatoes cooked down to a light sauce. It is the weeknight dish in countless Chinese homes, cheap, quick and good over rice, and the argument is only over sugar.

Sep 23, 2026

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Fattet Hummus: Crisp Bread, Warm Chickpeas, Garlic Yoghurt

A Levantine assembly built on stale bread, designed so that every spoonful catches something crunchy and something soft. Timing is the only difficult part, and it is unforgiving.

Aug 2, 2026

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Keto Shawarma Bowl: The Spice Does the Work, Not the Bread

Shawarma seasoning was never the carbohydrate. Roast chicken thighs and cauliflower hard, build a garlic sauce that is not thickened with anything, and the bread turns out to be optional.

Aug 10, 2026

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Greek Moussaka: Eggplant and Béchamel Layers

Greece's most celebrated casserole: tender eggplant and potatoes layered with spiced meat sauce and creamy béchamel, baked until golden.

Jul 17, 2024

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Marry Me Chicken Pasta: Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato Chicken, Ready in 40 Minutes

The skillet dish with a marriage-proposal name is still climbing in searches and supermarket aisles. A weeknight pasta version with a sauce that clings, and no splitting.

Oct 23, 2026

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Swangy Tamarind Glazed Chicken Wings for the Flavour Replacing Swicy on Fast Food Menus

Burger King's new Special Savory Sauce launched 1 September and was already being called swangy, sweet, tangy and a touch spicy, in a roundup two days later. This home version glazes wings in the same tamarind-and-BBQ direction.

Sep 29, 2026

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Japanese Chicken Katsu Curry: Crispy and Comforting

A beloved Japanese comfort dish: panko-crusted chicken cutlet served alongside a silky curry sauce. Crispy, warm, and endlessly satisfying.

Mar 12, 2024

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Cold Tahini Soba Noodles With Date Syrup and Chilli Crisp

Japanese buckwheat noodles dressed with a Levantine sesame sauce. The two sesame pastes are near relatives, and date syrup does the job mirin was already doing.

Aug 4, 2026

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Ratatouille Confit Byaldi: Elegant Vegetable Tian

Thomas Keller's refined ratatouille: precision-sliced vegetables arranged accordion-style and baked slowly until they confit together in perfect harmony.

Apr 15, 2025

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Chicken Tikka Masala: British-Indian Comfort Classic

The beloved fusion dish born in Glasgow kitchens. Tender marinated chicken in a creamy tomato-spiced sauce that became Britain's favorite curry.

Nov 14, 2023

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The Shish Tawook Sandwich, Built the Way Beirut Builds It

Bread, toum, chicken, pickles, chips. The order matters, the wrap has to be pressed, and yes, the chips go inside. This is the sandwich as it is actually sold on the street.

Aug 14, 2026

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Moroccan Chicken Tagine with Preserved Lemon and Olives

Braised chicken infused with saffron, cumin, ginger, and the distinctive tang of preserved lemon. Green olives and a rich sauce make this North African classic worthy of the finest occasions.

Jun 5, 2026

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Korean Bibimbap: Mixed Rice Bowl Perfected

A Korean rice bowl: steamed rice topped with seasoned vegetables, beef, and a fried egg, finished with gochujang and the act of thorough mixing.

Jan 3, 2025

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Fish Mansaf: How Aqaba Rewrote Jordan's National Dish

Jordan's coastline is 26 kilometres long, and it produced its own version of the country's lamb dish. The jameed stays. The animal changes entirely.

Jul 31, 2026

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Za'atar Chicken Tacos With Sumac Onions and Tahini Crema

A Levantine spice blend and a Mexican corn tortilla share no history at all. What they share is a logic, and that turns out to be entirely enough to build on.

Aug 2, 2026

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Honey Chicken Biscuit Sandwich: Buttermilk Fried Chicken on a Tall Flaky Biscuit

Popeyes put a $5 honey chicken biscuit on its permanent menu on 28 September. This home version fries buttermilk-brined thighs and bakes tall, flaky biscuits to hold them.

Oct 16, 2026

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Gigantes Plaki: The Greek Baked Beans That Make a Case for Dried Beans Over Tinned Every Time

Giant runner beans from the lakes of northern Greece, soaked overnight, simmered until tender and then baked slowly in tomato, onion, dill and a great deal of olive oil. A vegan main, a meze, and the best argument for the dried bean aisle.

Sep 6, 2026

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A Swicy Hot Honey Baked Chicken Recipe for the Flavour SPAM Just Bet a New Permanent Product On

Hormel launched SPAM Hot Honey on 19 September, its first permanent new flavour in two years, riding the swicy trend a 3 September piece traced back through Gujarati chhunda and Korean tteokbokki. This bakes the same sweet-heat onto chicken thighs.

Sep 27, 2026

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A Thanksgiving Turkey Sub With Hot Stuffing, Cranberry and Gravy to Dip

Firehouse Subs has brought back its Thanksgiving Turkey Sub through the end of December. This home version roasts the turkey, bakes a sage stuffing and builds the whole sandwich warm.

Oct 17, 2026

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Shish Tawook vs Shawarma: They Are Not the Same Chicken

Both are marinated chicken, both arrive in flatbread with garlic sauce, and they are made by completely different methods. The difference is the heat, and it changes everything.

Aug 14, 2026

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Lasagna al Forno: Northern Italian Baked Pasta

Italy's northern masterpiece: thin pasta layers with slow-cooked ragù and creamy béchamel, baked until bubbling and golden.

Feb 20, 2026

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Mandi, Kabsa and Machboos Are Not the Same Dish, and the Difference Is Mostly the Oven

One is cooked in a pit with the meat hanging above the rice. One is built on a tomato and spice base. One is the same dish under a different name across four countries. The word mandi comes from the Arabic for dew.

Aug 21, 2026

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Witches' Cauldron Beef Stew in the Slow Cooker, for the Halloween Table

Google says searches for a cauldron crock pot are at an all-time high. Here is a dark stout and beef stew with carrots, potatoes and green peas that serves six and cooks itself while you carve.

Oct 29, 2026

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Shawarma Is Not an Arabic Word, and the Dish Is Younger Than Almost Everyone Assumes

The name is a loanword from Turkish, the technique is a nineteenth century invention, and the man usually credited with it was a butcher in Bursa who turned the spit on its end. Here is where shawarma actually comes from.

Aug 21, 2026

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Authentic Falafel: Crispy Chickpea Fritters from Dried Beans

Real falafel starts with dried chickpeas, soaked but never cooked. The difference between homemade and store-bought is the crispy exterior and light, fluffy center that only proper technique delivers.

Mar 18, 2024

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Pad Thai: Government-Made National Noodle

Thailand's national dish with a surprising history: born during wartime, promoted by government decree, now the world's favorite Southeast Asian noodle.

Jan 23, 2024

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Chicken Shawarma: Oven-Roasted Spiced Chicken at Home

Without the rotating spit, home cooks still achieve restaurant-quality shawarma through high-heat roasting and a broil finish. Marinated, caramelized, and sliceable, it's worthy of your best pita.

Apr 20, 2025

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One-Pan Wonders: The Formula That Conquered Food Media

One sheet pan, 30 minutes, everything done. The one-pan dinner isn't just a trend, it's how America stopped cooking complicated meals.

Apr 22, 2025

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Where Shakshuka Actually Comes From

Tunisia has the strongest claim, the name means roughly a mixture, and no version of the dish can be older than the sixteenth century. The argument about who owns it is really about something else.

Aug 14, 2026

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Avgolemono: The Greek Soup That Teaches the One Technique Every Cook Should Know

Chicken broth, rice, eggs and lemon, brought together into something silky without a drop of cream. The whole dish turns on tempering the eggs so they thicken rather than scramble, and once learned that skill goes everywhere.

Sep 6, 2026

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Vegan Mushroom Bourguignon: Red Wine Braise

Mushrooms braise in burgundy wine until luxuriously tender. A plant-based answer to beef bourguignon, rich enough for special dinners.

Oct 8, 2024

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Chicken Karaage: Japanese Fried Chicken With a Crust That Stays Crisp Until the Last Piece

Thigh meat marinated in soy, ginger and garlic, coated in potato starch and fried twice. The second fry is the whole secret: it drives out moisture and leaves a thin, shattering crust.

Sep 14, 2026

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Shakriyeh, the Mansaf You Make With Fresh Yoghurt

Northern Levantine kitchens skip the dried jameed and cook lamb in fresh yoghurt instead. Softer, quicker, and the version most families actually make on an ordinary week.

Jul 25, 2026

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Ten Middle Eastern Dishes You Can Actually Cook on a Weeknight

No special equipment, no two-day marinades, no ingredients you have to travel for. Ten dishes that are genuinely quick, ordered by how little you have to do.

Aug 14, 2026

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Turkish Menemen: Scrambled Eggs with Tomato and Peppers

A Turkish breakfast classic that transforms simple vegetables and eggs into something aromatic and deeply satisfying. Gentle heat and fresh herbs make this one-pan dish shine.

Sep 25, 2024

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Lamb Kabsa: Saudi Arabia's Fragrant Rice and Meat Classic

Saudi Arabia's national dish combines tender lamb with fragrant basmati rice and a warm spice blend. Toasted nuts and raisins add sweetness and crunch to this show-stopping one-pot meal.

Nov 22, 2023

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Silken Tofu With Ginger and Soy Takes Four Minutes and Requires No Cooking At All

A block of silken tofu, hot oil poured over aromatics, soy and vinegar. It is a standard of Chinese home cooking, it is genuinely fast, and it demonstrates the one technique that makes cold dishes taste cooked.

Sep 4, 2026

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Fatteh Batinjan: Stale Bread, Fried Aubergine, Garlic Yogurt

A dish built to use up yesterday's bread, assembled in layers while everything is still hot so half the bread softens and half stays crisp. Timing is the whole technique.

Aug 15, 2026

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Buddhist Monks Invented Mock Meat in the Sixth Century and Called It Mianjin

Wheat gluten appears in a Chinese agricultural encyclopaedia written in 535. It has been a temple staple across East Asia for fifteen centuries, and the word seitan was only coined in the twentieth.

Sep 4, 2026

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Chicken Cheesesteak at Home: Seared Thigh, Sweet Onions and Melted White American on a Sesame Roll

Arby's put three chicken cheesesteaks on its menu on 12 October. This version takes 50 minutes, sears the chicken hot and fast, and keeps the cheese properly molten.

Oct 26, 2026

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Palestinian Food: A Guide to the Dishes, Regions and Rules

Not a single cuisine but several, split between coast, hills and desert. What defines it, which dishes matter, and why so much of it is built on olive oil, wheat and the seasons.

Aug 9, 2026

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İmam Bayıldı: The Turkish Aubergine Dish Named for a Man Who Fainted, and the Olive Oil That Explains Why

Whole aubergines split, stuffed with slow-cooked onion, garlic and tomato, and braised in olive oil until collapsing. Served at room temperature, entirely vegan, and one of the great dishes of the Ottoman kitchen. The legend, the method, and the oil.

Sep 6, 2026

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Shawarma, Gyro, Doner and Al Pastor Are the Same Machine in Four Languages

Three of those words literally mean turning. The fourth means shepherd, and it exists because a hundred thousand Lebanese migrants arrived in Mexico and their children swapped the lamb for pork and added pineapple.

Aug 21, 2026