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91 Bold and Savory Cilantro Recipes

Love it or hate it, cilantro adds distinct flavor to every recipe it touches. Here are the dishes that use it best.
These meatless tacos are one of our favorite bean recipes. They're loaded with avocado corn jalapeño cilantro and...
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  • These meatless tacos are one of our favorite bean recipes. They're loaded with avocado corn jalapeño cilantro and...
    Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Katherine Sacks
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    Spicy Black Bean and Corn Tacos

    Filled with black beans, avocado, and crunchy raw summer corn marinated in bright lime juice along with jalapeño, cilantro, and toasted nuts and seeds, these hearty tacos make an easy to cook, easy to eat weeknight dinner.

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    Curried Lentil, Tomato, and Coconut Soup

    Packed with flavor from curry powder, fresh ginger, and cilantro, this fragrant soup is wonderfully filling, but won’t weigh you down.

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  • Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Kate Schmidt
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    Chipotle-Style Cilantro-Lime Rice

    This homemade version of a popular Chipotle restaurant menu item livens up plain white rice with lime juice and tons of cilantro. Serve it as a side dish or top with cooked vegetables and salsa to make a quick burrito bowl.

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    Baked Eggs with Coconut Milk and Cilantro

    This easy, impressive, tropical-leaning dish is tasty enough to serve at a brunch party and quick enough for a weekday morning.

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  • Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Olivia Mack Anderson
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    Spring Lamb in Herbs

    Any tender herb or green can be used in this riff on a traditional Georgian spring dish, but cilantro and dill make a wonderfully fragrant, traditional pairing.

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    The Greenest Coconut Curry with Clams and Rice Noodles

    A pile of cilantro and basil purée into the greenest, most refreshing clam broth you've ever tasted in this easy, super-green seafood dinner.

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    Fragrant Green Chicken Curry

    With the curry paste prepped ahead, this flavorful Thai-style curry comes together in just about 20 minutes.

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    Shrimp Tacos with Pineapple

    This easy taco dinner has lots of quick tricks: like cooking the pineapple and shrimp on one sheet pan, and then tossing the filling with the same dressing you used to quick-pickle the onions.

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    Chilaquiles

    This is morning-after-your-party food. It even calls for day-old fried tortillas! They’re cooked in salsa roja, topped with fried eggs, pickled chiles, and queso Oaxaca, and broiled until slightly browned and perfectly melted.

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  • Photo by Alex Lau
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    Ramen Noodles With Miso Pesto

    Springy ramen noodles and a cilantro-miso sauce bring a welcome twist to a classic pesto recipe.

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    Green Sauce No. 4

    Mixing lemon and lime juice, as well as a shot of apple cider vinegar, makes for a much more dynamic dressing than just one type of acid could ever achieve.

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    Broiled Red Snapper With Za'atar Salsa Verde

    You're bound to get plenty of accolades for this zesty sauce, a Middle Eastern–spiced riff on herby salsa verde.

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    Mango and Cucumber Chow

    Green mangoes would be ideal in this salad-slash-relish, but slightly unripe mangoes are an imperfect but successful substitute.

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    Super Green Stir-Fry

    Asparagus, snap peas, green onions, edamame, spinach, and cilantro make this vegetarian noodle stir-fry plenty green and powerfully healthy.

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  • Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Ali Nardi
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    Egg Curry with Tomatoes and Cilantro

    While this easy curry is super satisfying served over rice or with naan, we wrapped it in some leftover crepes for a convincing dosa-like experience.

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    Pico de Gallo Verde

    Cilantro and mint make wonderfully refreshing partners in this avocado-laced salsa.

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    Shirazi Salad

    For this juicy, herbaceous salad, feel free to combine different varieties of cucumbers and tomatoes, which are at peak season around the same time.

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  • Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Anna Hampton
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    Moroccan Skirt Steak Salad with Chermoula

    A fragrant, herbaceous sauce acts as both a marinade and a dressing for this pretty, Moroccan-inspired salad.

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    Roasted Cauliflower Larb

    Cilantro and mint freshen up this vegetable-focused take on the flavorful Laotian salad.

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    Zhoug (Spicy Herb Sauce)

    Zhoug is often the go-to condiment for falafel and is eaten with bread for those who want heat with every bite. It’s a must with Shakshuka, and you’ll probably find yourself stirring it into scrambled eggs, spreading it on a sandwich, mixing it with Greek yogurt to make a dip, or just eating it by the spoonful.

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    Green Mango Salad

    Done well, this should be crunchy, fresh, spicy, sour, and a little bit funky. Taste as you go and adjust as needed.

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    Green Curry Pork Tenderloin

    Prepared green curry paste gives this simple, dinner party–worthy dish tons of complex flavor in very little time.

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    Spicy Cabbage Salad With Turkey and Peanuts

    Toss leftover shredded turkey or chicken with crunchy cabbage, zesty green chiles, and a piquant lemon-miso vinaigrette for a refreshing, easy dinner.

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    Kuku Sabzi

    Kuku sabzi (Persian frittata) tend to have less eggs than the typical fritter or omelet. You really can use whatever hearty greens and herbs you like. It’s the ideal clean-out-the-fridge recipe.

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    Braised Lamb Shanks with Fish Sauce

    Where most chefs used to just reach for kosher salt, there are now many paths to savory goodness.

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    Instant-Pot Carnitas

    Pressure-cooked carnitas take a lesser cut of meat and turns it into the most delicious savory shredded pork, perfect for rolling up in a homemade, grain-free tortilla!

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    Paneer and Broccoli Masala

    Frying the paneer in a little oil before stirring it through the masala not only makes it crispy but also adds bags of flavor.

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    Thai-Spiced Turkey Burgers

    These tasty burgers have a little chile kick and are ideal to pop into a sealable container and take to work for lunch.

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    Lamb Larb

    Larb is hailed as the national dish of Laos. This recipe calls for ground lamb, a fattier protein than what’s usually used, and subs ground peanuts as a nod to the texture of the rice.

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    Soba With Green Chile Pesto

    The key to cooking with chiles is to think of their heat not as a dare but as another essential building block of flavor, right alongside salt, acid, and fat.

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    Black-Eyed Pea Chile Verde

    Smoked pork hocks don’t just add meatiness and body; they release smoky, salty notes as they cook, seasoning the beans in the process.

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    Tri-Tip with Chimichurri

    This zesty chimichurri—a mix of parsley, cilantro, garlic, vinegar, and oil—is the perfect way to brighten up any steak.

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    Black Bass with Scallion, Cilantro, and Chile Relish

    A rustic, Asian-inspired relish turns quick-cooking bass into a show-stopping dinner.

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  • Photo by Chelsea Kyle, food styling by Rhoda Boone
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    Creamy Jalapeño Sauce

    This spicy condiment is ubiquitous at Tex-Mex restaurants and taco trucks all over Texas. People are shocked when they learn the light green, creamy sauce is made without avocado or dairy. Our version is full of fresh jalapeño heat and bright lime, emulsified using only neutral vegetable oil.

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    Thai Beef Salad

    The thinly sliced meat, the crunch of the cucumbers and red onions, and the heady aroma of mint and cilantro tossed with the chile-spiked salty-sweet dressing in this salad seem made for hot days and nights.

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    Tarragon-Cilantro Salsa Verde

    Lobster, steak, chicken: whatever protein you have, this herb-loaded sauce is a perfect match.

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