Over a week of authentic dinner recipes that feature flavors from around the world. You'll love feeding the family with my take on these tasty international dishes, that are simple to put together.
Sometimes you want authentic dinner recipes like cashew chicken, or Thai coconut soup, without having to take the entire family out to eat, or order in.
Find more than a weeks worth of my take on the best ethnic foods that are easy, authentic tasting meals. With flavors that herald from Mexico, Italy, India, Thailand, and China, this will shake up your dinner rut in no time!
In this article you'll learn:
- How to make a menu plan with authentic global dinners using accessible, everyday grocery store ingredients without needing special equipment.
- Simple weeknight meal solutions featuring flavor profiles from Mexico, Italy, India, Thailand, China, and the Mediterranean.
- Recipes to recreate restaurant-quality favorites, like Cashew Chicken and Thai Coconut Soup, right at home.
- How to break out of your dinner rut with over a week's worth of globally inspired, family-friendly dinner recipes.
Generated with AI and experts from the Tara Teaspoon team.
Make Meals From Around The World
I've collected my best international dishes and recipes into a meal plan for the week.
Cooking cultural food doesn't have to take all day, and these recipes are simple to follow and bring the flavors from around the world into your kitchen.
I used my recipe developing expertise to adjust global recipes to use ingredients that are readily available in most grocery stores. And you won't need any special equipment.
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Reader Favorite Easy International Recipes
Expand your weeknight dinners with these reader favorite, globally-inspired recipes. The flavors in these recipes herald from China and India.
All of them use ingredients you can find at the grocery store, and introduce you to new flavor profiles without complex techniques.
Cashew Chicken
This is a recipe developed by a Chinese restauranteur in America for his customers. It uses simple ingredients to make a flavorful sauce we all love!
Chicken Biryani
This Indian comfort food has a mild, savory curry flavor and a touch of sweetness from dried currents. A rice casserole that cooks in one pan!
Slow Cooker Chicken Curry
Stew that combines classic curry spices for authentic Indian flavor. It’s a healthy take on a recipe that only needs 20 minutes of prep.
Try Cultural Recipes For Dinner
These authentic-tasting recipes capture the flavors of tradition, comfort foods, and staples with a Tara Teaspoon twist!
Try Mexican inspired tacos, and chili verde. Plus meatballs with Italian flavors using ground beef. Then chase the classics of Thailand with a coconut shrimp soup and chicken patties, and taste the best sesame ginger dressing of your life on the Asian-inspired beef salad.
Green Chili Beef Tacos
A one skillet meal with Mexican flavors, canned green chilis, black beans, and corn from the pantry. Add your favorite taco toppings for a quick and easy dinner everyone will love.
Thai Coconut Shrimp Soup
This soup features a rich coconut milk broth, tender shrimp, crisp green beans, and spicy curry paste. You can swap the shrimp for chicken as an alternative.
Ginger Thai Chicken Patties
Make these bite-sized patties or turn them into meatballs and serve with everyone's favorite sweet chili sauce for dipping. Delicious with jasmine rice too.
Pesto Red Pepper Meatballs
A few special ingredients in these classic Italian meatballs to make them tender and extra flavorful. You'll want to make extra and freeze them for another meal!
Sesame Ginger Beef Salad
A dinner jam-packed with fresh greens and Asian-inspired flavors. The marinated flank steak and ginger dressing are the stars of this fresh, tasty meal.
Chicken Chili Verde
Authentic flavors of green chilis and chicken with white beans. Top with loads of cilantro and avocado for a comforting soup everyone will love.
Easy Mediterranean Recipes For Dinner
Enjoy light, vibrant meals that showcase lean proteins, fresh produce and bright flavors with these Mediterranean inspired recipes.
Moroccan Chicken Stew
With chickpeas, tender chicken, juicy tomatoes, and bell peppers, this easy Moroccan stew is so tasty over a spoonful of fluffy couscous.
Grilled Shrimp and Zucchini Couscous
Grilled shrimp and summer zucchini take center stage with this easy to make couscous meal. Add Feta and mint for pops of authentic fresh flavor.
Lemon Butter Salmon
This salmon looks impressive but is actually very easy to make. Serve with a tomato and cucumber salad for a satisfying and fresh meal.
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Tara Teaspoon
I’ve been in food publishing for over 25 years, creating recipes & food-styling for magazines, books, television, food brands, & advertising. With two cookbooks under my belt and thousands of my recipes at your fingertips, I hope you'll be inspired to spend more time in the kitchen!
Tessa says
I am loving the one-pan meals! It's so ideal for weeknights when nobody wants to do the dishes 😛
Mary Bench says
Great give-aways!