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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Wantan soup with clear broth, Wantans, pak choi and spring onions
55 min Chinese

Wonton soup

Wantan soup consists of stuffed dumplings 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 seeds and spring onions
37 min Chinese

Beef with broccoli

Beef with broccoli is fried with thinly sliced, short-marinated beef and blanched broccoli in a dark oyster soy sauce.

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

Dim Sum Dumplings

Dim sum dumplings succeed with juicy stuffing of minced pork or shrimp, cabbage, ginger, spring onions and ready-made dumpling dough sheets.

Chow mein with fried noodles, peppers, carrots, pak choi, sesame seeds 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. It is said to taste spicy and slightly numbing.

Kung Pao chicken with peanuts, dried chilli, spring onions and rice
37 min Chinese

Kung Pao Chicken

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

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

Fried rice with egg and vegetables

Fried rice is best with cold rice from the day before, egg, vegetables, soy sauce and high heat. The rice should be fried, not steamed in a 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 lightly toasted in a mortar.

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

Tom Yum Soup

Tom Yum soup is sharp and sour and clear: shrimp, mushrooms, lemongrass, galangale, kaffir lime leaves, chilli, lime and fish sauce give it the typical Thai flavour.

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, galangale, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, mushrooms, lime and fish sauce.

Pad Thai with rice noodles, shrimp, egg, bean 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, bean sprouts, lime and peanuts. The balance of sour, salty, sweet and nutty is crucial.

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 fried with starch until crispy and then covered with a shiny gochujang sauce. Double-frying makes the crust stable.

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

Tteokbokki

Tteokbokki is Korean street food with soft rice cakes in a sweet and hot gochujang sauce. Fish pie, spring onions and boiled eggs make the pan filling.

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

Onigiri

Onigiri are Japanese rice balls made from short sticky rice, salt and fillings such as salmon, tuna mayo, umeboshi or sesame seeds. Nori is only added shortly before eating.

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 sparkling, but dissolved in hot broth at the end.

Ramen with noodles, egg, mushrooms, spring onions, nori and clear broth
1 hr Japanese

Ramen

Ramen is a Japanese noodle soup with a rich broth, tares, ramen noodles and toppings such as egg, spring onion, mushrooms, nori and chicken or tofu.

Sweet and sour chicken with bell pepper, pineapple, rice and shiny red sauce
45 min Chinese

Sweet and sour chicken

Sweet and sour chicken is prepared with crispy fried chicken, peppers, pineapples and a sauce made from vinegar, sugar, ketchup, soy sauce and cornstarch.