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10 hot and spicy dishes from around the world

Are you craving hot and spicy food? Here are 10 recipes to satisfy your craving, from around the world.

Spicy chicken stew

Spicy chicken stew (pollo alla potentina) Source: Bonacini's Italy

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Add a spicy twist to Indonesia's street food favourite mee goreng, by mixing egg with sambal oelek and kecap manis together, and cooking over peanut oil.
Singapore noodles
Source: Danielle Abou Karam
A popular chickpea (chana) dish from India, cooked in hot and spicy tomato base. The beauty of this dish is that you can enjoy it with any Indian flatbread, Western bread or even plain boiled rice.
Spicy chickpeas (chana masala)
Spicy chickpeas (chana masala) Source: Essence of India
This popular Israeli breakfast is so easy to make, all whipped up in one single pan. It looks great, tastes delicious, with less washing. Everything a weekend breakfast should be!
Skakshuka
Eggs poached in spicy tomato sauce (shakshuka) Source: John Laurie.
This is a highly addictive fried chicken recipe form Korea. The crunchy morsels of golden chicken nuggets are coated in spicy sweet-and-sour glaze then tossed together with crispy leek and toasted peanuts. Cold beer a must.
Spicy garlic-fried chicken (kkanpunggi)
Spicy garlic-fried chicken (kkanpunggi) Source: Billy Law


One-pot dish from Italy, cooked with red hot chillies, lemon, basil and parsley. This dish is full of flavour, served perfectly with crusty bread. Buon appetito!
Spicy chicken stew
Spicy chicken stew (pollo alla potentina) Source: Bonacini's Italy
This is a traditional Timorese recipe passed to Ibu Amye Un from her mother and grandmother. “My recipe is an important memory of my mother throughout my childhood. It was a special event to share delicious spicy chicken even when times were hard.”
Amye’s hot spicy charcoal chicken
Amye’s hot spicy charcoal chicken Source: Ben Ward / Jimmy Shu's Taste of the Territory
A salad unlike any other, with caramelised pineapple, mint, cucumber and onions. Drizzle with spicy peanut dressing and serve with roasted peanuts and sliced chilli. Simple and refreshing!
pineapple-salad-peanut-dressing
pineapple-salad-peanut-dressing Source: SBS Food
Simple to make, yet always a crowd pleaser! These are perfect for parties, because you can do all the prep work well in advance!
Sweet and spicy chicken wings
Sweet and spicy chicken wings Source: Richo's Bar Snacks
Epitome of Thai cuisine – all in one bowl of soup. With complex blend of herbs and spices, the soup should have a balance of salty, sour and spicy flavours. Of course, you can always add extra chillies!
Hot and sour prawm soup with young coconut (tom yum)
Hot and sour prawn soup with young coconut (tom yum) Source: Alana Dimou
Sometimes it can be as easy as adding a spicy dipping sauce to your dishes. In this case, miso, Kewpie mayonnaise and a little Sriracha sauce. A popular Japanese snack, Karaage, but to a new level!
Karaage chicken with spicy mayo
Karaage chicken with spicy mayo Source: Adam Liaw

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Published 21 July 2022 5:37pm
Updated 21 July 2022 5:42pm
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