Quick recipes
Quick here means under about forty-five minutes and is a looser tag than the timed ones. What these recipes share is that they can be started without planning — nothing needs marinating, proving, chilling or ordering in advance, and the ingredients are the sort of thing a reasonably stocked kitchen has. Where a recipe would be better with an overnight step, it says so and gives the version that works without it.
3 recipes
Green Curry with Chicken and Thai Basil
Cracking the coconut cream before the paste goes in is the step most recipes skip, and the one that decides whether this tastes fried or boiled.
Kimchi Jjigae
The stew that exists because kimchi got too sour to eat straight. Old kimchi is not a compromise here — it is the whole point.
Ceviche Clasico
Firm white fish, lime, chilli and onion, and a fifteen-minute window where it is exactly right. Buy the fish the day you make it.