Craving something savory and packed with an umami punch for dinner tonight? We have just the recipes for you: delectable Asian dinners from our favorite Asian American food bloggers.
From classic Filipino dishes, like chicken adobo and bihon pancit, to authentic Kung Pao chicken and an all-time favorite dish among Koreans, kimchi pancakes, Asian food bloggers such as Omnivore’s Cookbook, I Heart Umami, My Korean Kitchen, Nom Nom Paleo, Hip Foodie Mom Damn Delicious, and more have been churning out delicious Asian dinners for years — and we’ve rounded up our favorite ones.
And when you’re ready for dessert, head straight to our roundup of Asian dessert recipes.
Chinese Zucchini Stir Fry With Chicken
Need a meal that’s quick, healthy, and easy? Look no further. Sassy Chopstick’s Chinese zucchini stir ry is loaded with flavor and nutrients — and just in time for zucchini season!
Get the recipe from Sassy Chopsticks
Taiwanese Sticky Rice
When you’re craving a big warm bowl of comfort food, we highly suggest trying this Taiwanese sticky rice recipe from Mama Baby Mandarin. Plus, the whole recipe gets made right in your Instant Pot. All you need to do is add a little sweet and spicy sauce at the end.
Get the recipe from Mama Baby Mandarin
Chicken Adobo
Adobo is a classic Filipino dish that packs an umami punch thanks to its salty, vinegary marinade, your meat of choice (I prefer chicken), and a variety of veggies, typically including carrots, scallions, and onions.
Omnivore’s Cookbook recipe embraces the savory and calls for skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs (or drumsticks), garlic, whole black peppercorns, brown sugar, bay leaf, onion, and carrots.
Get the recipe at Omnivore’s Cookbook.
Keto Chicken Katsu Ramen
This isn’t your average ramen bowl.
I Heart Umami’s Chicken Katsu Ramen Bowl is not only Whole30, low-carb, and paleo-friendly, but it’s also loaded with air-fried crispy chicken katsu, spiralized zucchinis, soft-boiled jammy eggs, chopped scallions, and baby greens, all swimming in a savory ramen broth.
Get the full recipe at I Heart Umami.
Drunken Noodles (Pad Kee Mao)
This tasty Thai dish combines rice noodles, chicken, Chinese broccoli, baby corn, garlic, chili, and a slew of sauces, including fish sauce, soy sauce, and oyster sauce, to create a dinner that’s truly better than takeout.
Get the full recipe at Omnivore’s Cookbook.
Kimchi Fried Rice
Smoky bacon, enoki mushrooms, spicy kimchi juice, sunny side up eggs, minced garlic, sesame oil and, of course, rice come together to make My Korean Kitchen’s mouthwatering — and easy to make! — Kimchi Fried Rice.
Get the full recipe at My Korean Kitchen.
Chinese Hot Pot
Bring the restaurant experience home with The Woks of Life’s Chinese Hot Pot recipe — an interactive meal consisting of raw ingredients, like meat, seafood, vegetables, tofu, and starches, surrounding a hot pot of soup that’s customized by each person with their choice of dipping sauces.
Get the recipe at The Woks of Life.
Bihon Filipino Pancit
Pancit is another traditional Filipino dish that mixes your choice of noodles (we prefer bihon noodles, which are light, thin noodles made of cornstarch and rice flour) that are then cooked with soy sauce and mixed with chicken chunks and chopped veggies, like carrots, cabbage, yellow onions, and garlic. Like many Filipino recipes, you can customize the meal to your liking and choose any meat and veggies you want.
Get the full recipe at Pickled Plum.
Authentic Kung Pao Chicken
Kung Pao Chicken is a Chinese stir-fried dish boasting chicken, dried chili pepper, and deep-fried peanuts. And none make it better than China Sichuan Food.
Get the recipe at China Sichuan Food.
Japanese Pork Bowl
Tokachi Butadon is a Japanese pork bowl that pairs thick slices of caramelized sweet and savory-glazed fatty pork with a heap of short-grain white rice. And we’re drooling just looking at No Recipes’ dish.
Get the recipe at No Recipes.
Thai Coconut Curry Soup
Damn Delicious’ Thai Coconut Curry Soup is, well, damn delicious.
This intoxicating soup combines chicken stock, tomato sauce, fish sauce, brown sugar and coconut milk, and boasts more than 1 pound of shrimp. It doesn’t skimp on the veggies and herbs, either, as it also calls for bell peppers, onion, fresh Thai basil leaves, and more.
Get the recipe at Damn Delicious.
Korean Kimchi Scallion Pancakes
Breakfast for dinner? Absolutely. But instead of defaulting to your usual pancake recipe, whip up Hip Foodie Mom’s Korean Kimchi Scallion Pancakes.
Loaded with scallions, mushrooms and kimchi, you’ll only wish you tried these Korean pancakes sooner.
Get the recipe at Hip Foodie Mom.
Kalbi
Pick up a pack of short ribs and fire up the grill because you’ll want to make Nom Nom Paleo’s Kalbi dish asap this summer. These tender, thinly-sliced, marinated Korean BBQ short ribs are so flavorful; and to eat them, wrap the meat, rice, and kimchi with butter lettuce leaves. Nom!
Get the recipe at Nom Nom Paleo.
Thai Chicken Satay
You’ll want to turn on the air fryer for I Heart Umami’s Thai Chicken Satay.
For this savory-sweet dish, grab a pack of boneless, skinless chicken thighs and marinade them with a nearly 10-ingredient sauce that includes fish sauce, coconut aminos, hot sauce, cumin powder, and more.
“The chicken tastes earthy and little sweet, and with a light charcoal smoky flavor,” I Heart Umami writes.
Get the recipe at I Heart Umami.
Korean Beef Bulgogi
For an easy recipe that doesn’t skimp on the flavor, turn to Damn Delicious’ Korean Beef Bulgogi.
Served with rice and a side of kimchi, the thin slices of boneless rib eye steak is marinated in a pear, soy sauce, brown sugar, sesame oil, garlic, ginger and gochujang mixture for two hours, then grilled for about two to three minutes per side.
Get the recipe at Damn Delicious.
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