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Crispy Fried Dumplings with Grapefruit Chili Sauce

These are crispy and delicious wontons, and easier than you might imagine. You'll need to make up a batch of Fish Mousse before you can get started, but it's a cinch. Read more about this recipe at Cook & Eat.

Oyakodon

The name of this common Japanese dish, oyako-donburi (shortened to oyakodon), translates loosely to "parent and child bowl," since it calls for both chicken and eggs. It's a quick and filling bowl for lunch or dinner.

Garlic Chive Dumplings

This was my first experience with making dumplings and they came out great! I loved the little noodles in the mixture and they had a great flavor. I was able to find garlic chives at the Chinese market but regular chives would be good too. Read more about this recipe at Coconut & Lime.

Miso Eggplant

Broiled Japanese eggplant infused with Asian flavors makes a quick and tasty weeknight side dish or meal. Read more about this recipe at Coconut & Lime.

Simple Whole Wheat Couscous

Doesn't this recipe sound good? It is. If you'd like some ideas about what to eat with it, click on the "goes with..." tab to the left. For the lowdown on ingredients, techniques and tools, click on "related tips."

Grilled Flank Steak

This simplest of grilled steak recipes could be dolled up with any marinade (such as jerk, chimichurri or lime-soy), but why not just let the generously seasoned flank steak speak for itself? We like flank steak rare, but you could let it go to medium. Past that and you risk a tough piece of meat.

Broiled Chicken With Miso

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Butternut Squash Tempura With Soy-Lime Dipping Sauce

We like the zip of this tempura, which complements the sweetness of the squash. This is one of our favorite dipping sauces, but you might also mix it up and try an Italian green sauce or a salsa verde.

Green Salad with Shrimp Fritters and Dijon-Sesame Dressing

Baby shrimp are sweeter than regular shrimp, and brinier. They make a perfectly lovely dinner pan-fried in little fritters and paired with good lettuce and a soy-based dressing with some bite. Read more about this recipe at Jess Thomson's hogwash.

Panko-Crusted Soft Shell Crab With Ginger Ponzu Sauce

Panko, Japanese bread crumbs, are the roughly shaped bread crumbs used to create light, airy, and extra-crunchy coating on fried foods, especially on these soft shell crabs. Read more about this recipe at Rasa Malaysia.

Crispy Sweet And Sour Tofu

This is a variation on the Grasshopper Restaurant's most popular dish, the No Name, a Crispy Sweet and Sour Seitan. Read more about this recipe at VeganYumYum.

Pineapple Fried Rice

In our home kitchens, where we can't get the super-high heat you really need for a true stir-fry, we prefer to use a large nonstick sauté pan over medium-high heat. The result is stir-fry/sauté hybrid. This recipe comes to us from Missy Frederick, and was the featured recipe for Root Source Challenge: Pineapple. To find out more about this weekly contest and how to participate, get caught up at the Cookthink blog.