With Southeast Asian restaurants springing up all over the United States, more and more diners are discovering the region’s cuisines. Here, we present an authoritatively seasoned Thai recipe for eight.

If you’re a mustard fan, you might try varying the spicy marinade for this chicken by using different mustards-Dijon, tarragon, green peppercorn, hot English-style, and German coarse-grained mustard are all possibilities.

Barbecued Meatball Kabobs

You can vary this stir-fry to suit your fancy. Choose Peking, black bean, or sweet-sour sauce; each blends beautifully with the crisp vegetables and tender meat. If you stir-fry often, you can save a little time by doubling any of the sauces and storing the unused portion. Covered tightly and ..

Braising is a process of slow cooking tougher cuts of meat in liquid in order to add flavor and to moisten and tenderize the meat.

This grilled kebab recipe features chunks of beef tenderloin and plenty of assorted vegetables, all marinated in a vibrant mixture of ingredients. To save money, cut up a top round roast rather than using the tenderloin.

Leg of lamb is slowly braised with garlic, rosemary, onions, and vegetables until it is tender, moist, flavorful and falling off the bone. A white wine and broth sauce is leftover from the cooking process that tastes divine when spooned over the meat and veggies. Absolutely delicious.

Juicy chunks of pineapple and papaya pair beautifully with sherry- and soy-flavored chicken. You thread the fruit on skewers and start the chicken marinating in advance; actual cooking time is less than 15 minutes.

Serve crisp, lacy tempura immediately after cooking; the fragile coating softens upon standing.

Chutney and Madeira team up with cream and ginger to make a melt-in-the-mouth sauce for chicken.