Notes about Recipes in this book

• Stir-fried pork and sweet peppers with peanuts

  • anya_sf on May 16, 2025

    Quick, easy and flavorful. I sliced pork loin chops instead of tenderloin, and added some baby bok choy wedges with the peppers. Cooked in a wok so everything would fit, I should have wiped it after browning the meat as the residual sauce burned.

• Chickpea, chorizo, and spinach soup

  • kari500 on January 23, 2022

    I made this with what I had: soyrizo and two turkey sausages (loved the soyrizo, meh on the sausages), great northern beans in place of chickpeas, red onion in place of yellow. This was surprisingly delicious for something so easy and simple. Definitely goes in the repeat folder.

  • Shewi128 on February 04, 2022

    I used red potatoes instead of the other types, so the soup was thinner than intended from the less-starchy potatoes. I also used a full 10 oz Portuguese sausage instead of the 4 oz. It didn't overpower the dish. We added some hot sauce according to our own preferences. However, the dish was surprisingly well-seasoned considering how little seasonings or ingredients are in the soup. Even the kids liked this one. Again, I'm very impressed with my Milk Street recipes.

• Turkish braised beans with potatoes and carrots

  • stacylynnwinnie on February 08, 2026

    This was excellent! My husband loved it. I made it as is and it definitely had a little kick from the Aleppo pepper, but it was so full of flavor. We added dollop of sour cream and ate it with Greek lamb sausages.

• Spanish beef stew with mushrooms and sherry

  • Rinshin on December 01, 2022

    Excellent with unusual flavor profile from typical beef based stews. Somewhat similar sour note to New Mexico green chili stews. I did not deviate much from the recipe with the exception of using less beef, smaller cut beef pieces, potato addition, longer simmer time with cover on. I would certainly make this again and highly recommend this stew as an alternative to American style beef stews or ones based on Demi glacé like Japanese style beef stews. The use of Fino sherry and sherry vinegar are what makes this stew very special much like use of green chiles or tomatillos with its sour note in New Mexico and chili verde.

• Avocado, pineapple and arugula salad with fresh chili and lime

  • ldholakia on July 15, 2022

    This was delicious. Perfect recipe for a salad to accompany Mexican food (or in general).