How To Make Your Favorite Asian Dishes At Home

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There's no excuse to not make summer rolls at home, all you do is stuff them with cucumber, carrot, strips of tofu, and fresh basil and you're done. They're delicious enough to be enjoyed by everyone, not just the vegans among you. Get the recipe on Food52.

A Thai dish for when you're feeling semi virtuous: lots of vegetables, minimal oil and no sugar. Get the recipe on Food52.

This soup is a long haul—but hang in there. Every bite of the smoky, spicy, long-simmered end result is a reward worth waiting for. Get the recipe on Food52.

In spite of the semi complicated poaching step, this is actually a pretty simple dish with flavor explosions. Sweet, spicy, salty, and funky, it has all the flavors you expect from Thai cuisine, but with salmon being the unexpected star. Get the recipe on Food52.

This salad's flavors come at you head first, hitting you with bursts of chili and jalapeno, sprays of cilantro and lemongrass and blows of lime. The asparagus breaks away from traditional Thai cooking by adding Worcestershire, and well, asparagus but after the first bite, you won't mind. Get the recipe on Food52.

Don't be scared by the two hour braise, your labors will be rewarded with beef that is tender and full of flavor, simultaneously sweet and salty. Cabbage adds a little crunch, and the genius stroke of serving the dish with a ladle of pasta water adds extra oomph. If our mom came up with this, we'd be begging for it every night. Get the recipe on Food52.

If you want to go all out with a Thai feast, this is your answer. The acid and heat of the chili and lime dressing cut through the richness of the lamb, and the marinade caramelizes as the lamb cooks leaving you with a hearty, flavorful maincourse salad. Get the recipe on Food52.

This one meal dish is stir-fried quickly and gobbled down even quicker. Pork, chilies, a few sauces thrown in, finishing with a big generous handful of thai basil, and topping off with a runny egg and a splash of fish chili sauce onto the rice is Thai comfort food at its finest. Get the recipe on Food52.

Tom Kha Gai is a creamy and zesty soup that is distinctly Thai. Made with coconut milk, chicken, lemongrass, galangal, and chili, it's easy to throw together which means dinner is never far away. Get the recipe on Food52.

Everyone's favorite takeout food has never been so easy or quick. A little spicy, a bit crunchy, and finished off with garlicky shrimp, this pad thai gives you the flavors you love from Thai food with a prep that's easy enough for an after work weeknight dish. Get the recipe on Food52.