#asian-inspired

#asian-inspired

This spicy wonton soup recipe, developed with Michelle McGlinn, uses just five ingredients you likely have lying around already, especially if you frequently make Asian-inspired cuisines. Inspired by the spicy, silky wontons at Chinese dim sum restaurants, this soup is the perfect combination of fiery heat and meaty savoriness, complete with crunchy green scallions. A warming soup that is even better (and cheaper) than takeout, this wonton soup makes even the busiest weeknights feel like a breeze.

A lunch classic with endless opportunity for customization, chicken salad offers the perfect mixture of freshness, color, and a hearty dose of protein. It's a dish that comes in a diverse array of different formats, from creamy sandwich fillers and vibrant, Asian-inspired creations to satisfying pasta salads. Grilled, roasted, or pan-fried, chicken is the ultimate canvas for enhancing with complementary sweet and savory ingredients.

For this feature, we leaned into Asian-inspired salad kits, including Chinese, Thai, Korean and Japanese flavors. Among the things we learned is that the crucial elements in a great salad are a terrific dressing and mindfully cut veggies. Large, rough cuts of super crunchy cabbage, for example, are hard to eat and don't have enough surface area to hold dressing. Thin-cut cabbage, delicate vegetable shreds and greens with ruffly leaves are far more easily dressed.