Spicy recipes

Tingling prawns, chilli crab, spicy potato croquettes: here are some recipes that are guaranteed to turn up the heat.

Hot spicy fried tempeh sambal (Sambal goreng tempe)

Pork ribs with Sichuan salt

Charcoal-grilled chicken with aji (Pollo a la Brasa)

Chilli crab

Spicy crab soup

Spicy potato croquettes

Spicy chicken laksa

Potato taquitos with salsa roja

Pork scratchings with spicy salt

Jerk chicken with coconut rice and pineapple relish

Nonya pork satay

Neil Perry: Cucumber with smashed garlic

Tingling prawns

Oysters with spicy fennel

Hmong spicy eggplant mash

Morcilla de calabaza (Spicy pork and pumpkin pâté)

Naxi pork ribs with chillies and cumin (Naxi pai gu)

Braised mushrooms with chillies and Sichuan pepper (Dun xiang gu)

Bean, chorizo and tomato soup with Manchego soldiers

Padang chilli fried chicken (Ayam goreng balado)

Jaew bong

Korean fried chicken

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