Practical Lunch Recipes for Every Day
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Practical Lunch Recipes for Every Day

A useful lunch should fit the place and time available. Choose a light salad, a portable bowl, a reheatable soup or a warm family meal that can be prepared without disrupting the day.

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Salade Niçoise with tuna, egg, green beans, tomatoes, olives and anchovies
30 min French

Salade Niçoise

Salade Niçoise is a southern French salad with tomatoes, green beans, egg, tuna, olives, anchovies and a clear dijon vinaigrette.

French onion soup with caramelized onions and burrated cheese baguette
1 hr 10 min French

French onion soup

French onion soup gets its taste through slowly caramelized onions, broth, white wine, thyme and burrated cheese baguette.

Bouillabaisse with fish, shrimp, mussels, saffron broth and rouille
1 hr 20 min French

Bouillabaisse

Bouillabaisse is a Provencal fish soup with fennel, tomatoes, saffron, fish, seafood and rouille. Fish and shrimps cook briefly only at the end.

Croque Monsieur with ham, béchamel, Gruyère and golden-brown cheese crust
30 min French

Croque Monsieur

Croque Monsieur is a French ham and cheese sandwich with béchamel, Gruyère and crispy roasted bread. It is baked golden brown in the oven.

Quiche Lorraine with crispy pastry, bacon and creamy egg cream filling
1 hr 35 min French

Quiche Lorraine

Quiche Lorraine is made of pastry, bacon, eggs, cream and cheese as desired. The bottom is pre-baked so that it remains crispy under the filling.

Ratatouille with aubergine, zucchini, peppers, tomatoes and herbs of Provence
1 hr French

Ratatouille

Ratatouille is a Provencal vegetable dish with aubergine, zucchini, peppers, tomatoes, onions, garlic, olive oil and herbs.

Boeuf Bourguignon with beef, red wine sauce, mushrooms, carrots and onions
3 hr 5 min French

Boeuf Bourguignon

Boeuf Bourguignon is a classic beef stew with red wine, bacon, mushrooms, carrots and onions. It is cooked slowly until the meat is tender.

Coq au Vin with chicken in red wine sauce, mushrooms, bacon and onions
2 hr 5 min French

Coq au Vin

Coq au Vin is a French stew with chicken, red wine, bacon, mushrooms, onions and herbs. The sauce takes time to make it dark and round.

Crispy spring rolls with vegetable filling, dip, sesame and spring onions
55 min Chinese

Spring rolls with vegetables

Spring rolls with vegetables need a dry, short-fried filling of cabbage, carrots, mushrooms and glass noodles. This is the only way to make the shell crunchy.

Wantan soup with clear broth, Wantans, Pak Choi and spring onions
55 min Chinese

Wonton soup

Wantan soup consists of filled dough bags in clear broth with ginger, spring onions, Pak Choi and sesame oil. The Wantans are gently cooked.

Beef with broccoli in dark sauce with rice, sesame and spring onions
37 min Chinese

Beef with broccoli

Beef with broccoli is fried with thinly cut, briefly marinated beef and blanched broccoli in a dark oyster soy sauce.

Dim Sum Dumplings in bamboo absorber with soy sauce, chilli oil and spring onions
1 hr Chinese

Dim Sum Dumplings

Dim Sum Dumplings succeed with juicy filling of pork chops or shrimps, cabbage, ginger, spring onions and finished dumpling dough leaves.

Chow Mein with fried noodles, peppers, carrots, pak choi, sesame and spring onions
32 min Chinese

Chow mein with vegetables

Chow Mein with vegetables are fried egg noodles with crisp vegetables and a short sauce of soy sauce, oyster sauce or vegetarian alternative and sesame oil.

Mapo Tofu with red Sichuan sauce, tofu cubes, minced meat and spring onions
38 min Chinese

Mapo Tofu

Mapo Tofu is cooked with soft tofu, doubanjiang, fermented black beans, minced meat, chilli oil and Sichuan pepper. The sauce should taste spicy and slightly numbing.

Kung Pao Chicken with peanuts, dried chilies, spring onions and rice
37 min Chinese

Kung Pao Chicken

Kung Pao Chicken is a Sichuan-wok dish with marinated chicken, dried chilli, Sichuan pepper, peanuts and a sweet-salty-sour sauce.

Fried rice with egg, vegetables, spring onions and sesame in a bowl
27 min Chinese

Fried rice with egg and vegetables

Fried rice succeeds with cold rice from the day before, egg, vegetables, soy sauce and high pan heat. The rice should fry, not steam in the wok.

Som Tam green papaya salad with tomatoes, beans, chilli, lime and peanuts
25 min Thai

Som Tam

Som Tam is a Thai green papaya salad with lime, fish sauce, palm sugar, chilli, garlic, green beans, tomatoes and peanuts. It is only slightly on the mortar.

Tom Yum soup with shrimp, mushrooms, lemongrass, chilli and lime
33 min Thai

Tom Yum Soup

Tom Yum soup is spicy and clear: shrimps, mushrooms, lemon grass, galangal, makrut lime leaves, chilli, lime and fish sauce give her the typical Thai taste.

Tom Kha Gai Coconut soup with chicken, mushrooms, galangal, chilli and coriander
35 min Thai

Tom Kha Gai

Tom Kha Gai is a mild, aromatic Thai soup with coconut milk, chicken, galangal, lemongrass, makrut lime leaves, mushrooms, lime and fish sauce.

Pad Thai with rice noodles, shrimp, egg, soy sprouts, peanuts and lime
35 min Thai

Pad Thai

Pad Thai is a Thai rice noodle dish with tamarind, fish sauce, egg, tofu or shrimp, soy sprouts, lime and peanuts. The balance of sour, salty, sweet and nutty is decisive.

Kimchi Pancakes with crispy edges, spring onions and soy dip
25 min Korean

Kimchi Pancakes

Kimchi pancakes are hearty Korean pancakes with kimchi, kimchi juice, flour, starch and spring onions. In plenty of oil the edges become particularly crispy.

Korean Fried Chicken with shiny Gochujang sauce, sesame and spring onions
50 min Korean

Korean Fried Chicken

Korean Fried Chicken is particularly crispy fried with starch and then coated with a shiny Gochujang sauce. Double frying makes the crust stable.

Tteokbokki with red rice cake, fish cake, egg and spring onions
30 min Korean

Tteokbokki

Tteokbokki is Korean street food with soft rice cake in a sweet-sharp Gochujang sauce. Fish cake, spring onions and boiled eggs make the pan filling.

Onigiri rice balls with Nori, sesame and various fillings
40 min Japanese

Onigiri

Onigiri are Japanese rice balls made of short sticky rice, salt and fillings such as salmon, tuna mayo, umeboshi or sesame. Nori comes just before the meal.

Miso soup with tofu, wakame, spring onions and Dashi broth
20 min Japanese

Miso soup

Miso soup consists of Dashi, Miso paste, Tofu, Wakame and spring onions. Miso is not boiled bubbling, but in the end is dissolved in hot broth.