Recipes

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Long Life Noodles With Shrimp & Greens

After you cut the noodles, you can freeze them to use later. Place the noodles in small bundles on the parchment-lined baking sheet, freeze for about 1 hour, then transfer the bundles to a ziplock bag to finish freezing. When ready to cook, do not defrost. Drop the bundles of frozen noodles into boiling water and cook for 4 to 6 minutes.

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Carolina Shrimp & Sausage Purloo

Middlins, or broken rice, are the fractured bits of grain that get caught during milling process. They're smaller and glossier than a Carolina rice kernel. The effect is somewhere between a rice and a porridge. We sourced ours from Anson Mills.

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Braised Shrimp Puttanesca

This sauce-braising technique can be used to cook other proteins, too: In place of the shrimp, try nestling 1 ½ pounds pork tenderloin or boneless, skinless chicken thighs into the sauce in Step 2 and simmer, covered, until cooked through (145 degrees for pork, 165 degrees for chicken). This sauce is particularly excellent served over any pasta shape or atop creamy polenta.

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Kimchi, Shrimp, and Soba Noodles Salad

We've been taught to use our pickle brine to marinade meat, so kimchi counts, too. Here, it works its magic on shrimp, puncturing it with flavor and then serving as the dressing for a noodle salad.

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Shrimp and Chorizo Stew

I love the indulgent combination of shrimp and chorizo. The rich spiciness of the chorizo is a natural complement to the sweet shrimp. Background notes of smoked paprika, fresh thyme, and minced shallot round out the dish. If you want to get creative, add a handful of hearty greens to the stew before serving, or crack a couple of eggs into the stew and poach them along with the shrimp.

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Coconut-Turmeric Sticky Rice Pancakes

This dish is full of vibrant, contrasting flavor and texture combinations: crisp hot edges; smooth, cooling yogurt; sweet coconut milk; spicy, salty, and sour toppings. Balachaung is a Burmese condiment similar to XO sauce that I like using on everything, from sautéed string beans to cucumber salad to soft boiled eggs. You can also make the pancake with leftover sticky rice, even if it was made with water as opposed to coconut milk. It will still be delicious.

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Marinated Beef Kabobs

A zesty marinade gives tongue-tingling flavor to this change-of-pace beef dish from Susie Freeman of Irons, Michigan.

Pork

Korean Salmon Skewers with Rice Slaw

This easy dinner is light and lovely, with so many delicious flavors and textures all in one stunning dish. It's so impressive that I often serve it to guests.

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Spaghetti al Cartoccio

This is quite an ingenious dish: You can prepare these little paper packages earlier in the day and simply bake them right before serving. If you can't find the exact shellfish typical of the Mediterranean, don't worry. Ask your trusted fishmonger for some advice on what is good and in season and substitute as you please. Linguine and short pasta shapes also work well in place of spaghetti.

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Garden Vegetable Gnocchi

When we go meatless, we toss gnocchi (my husband's favorite) with veggies and a dab of pesto. I use zucchini in this, too.

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