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Lime recipes

The sharpness that finishes a dish. 370 recipes on the site call for lime.

Lime is in 370 recipes from 41 cuisines, among them 164 dinners, 52 appetisers and small plates, 46 drinks and 36 lunches. The cuisines that use it most here are Mexican (103), American (77), Thai (28) and Vietnamese (18). Of these, 163 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Gin and Tonic (2 min), Rye and Ginger (2 min) and Ranch Water (3 min). For 89, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 282 easy, 86 medium and 2 hard.

As written, 139 are vegetarian, 90 vegan, 214 gluten-free and 251 dairy-free. Another 10 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.

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Lime recipes — all 370 recipes

Pad Thai
ThaiEditor’s Pick
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Pad Thai

The real thing is sour, salty and only lightly sweet — a world away from the ketchup-orange version. Tamarind, palm…

35 min · Medium
Birria Tacos
MexicanEditor’s Pick
Prep
30m
Cook
180m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Birria Tacos

Jalisco's chilli-braised beef, shredded into tortillas that have been dipped in the scarlet fat from the braise…

4 hr · Medium
Authentic Guacamole
MexicanFeatured
Prep
10m
Cook
0m
Serves
6
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Appetizers

Authentic Guacamole

The Mexican original is made in a molcajete and contains no garlic, no cumin and no soured cream — just avocado…

10 min · Easy
Tacos al Pastor
MexicanEditor’s Pick
Prep
30m
Cook
40m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Tacos al Pastor

Chilli-and-achiote-marinated pork, shaved off a vertical spit and served with pineapple, onion and coriander. This…

5.5 hr · Medium
Phở Bò (Beef Noodle Soup)
VietnameseEditor’s Pick
Prep
30m
Cook
240m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Phở Bò (Beef Noodle Soup)

A clear, aromatic broth simmered for four hours with charred ginger and onion and a bundle of toasted spices, poured…

4.5 hr · Hard
Thai Green Curry
ThaiFeatured
Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Thai Green Curry

Cracking the coconut cream until the oil separates, then frying the paste in it, is the step that turns a flat curry…

40 min · Easy
Loaded Nachos
Mexican
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
6
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Appetizers

Loaded Nachos

The real thing, not a pile of chips with sauce poured over: every chip laid out individually, each one bearing its…

30 min · Easy
Slow-Braised Carnitas
Mexican
Prep
20m
Cook
180m
Serves
8
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Dinner

Slow-Braised Carnitas

Pork shoulder braised in its own fat with orange and bay until it falls apart, then crisped under a hot grill so…

4 hr · Easy
Beef Rendang
IndonesianEditor’s Pick
Prep
25m
Cook
180m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Beef Rendang

Beef simmered in coconut milk and spice paste for four hours until the liquid has gone entirely and the meat fries…

4 hr · Medium
Thai Red Curry
Thai
Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Thai Red Curry

Chicken and vegetables in a coconut curry built by cracking the cream, frying the paste in the separated oil, and…

40 min · Easy
Caipirinha
Brazilian
Prep
5m
Cook
0m
Serves
1
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Drinks

Caipirinha

Lime muddled with sugar in the glass, filled with cachaça and crushed ice, and stirred until the outside frosts…

5 min · Easy
Classic Mojito
Cuban
Prep
5m
Cook
0m
Serves
1
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Drinks

Classic Mojito

White rum, lime, sugar, soda and a great deal of mint, pressed rather than pulverised. Bruise the mint too hard and…

5 min · Easy
Classic Margarita
Mexican
Prep
5m
Cook
0m
Serves
1
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Drinks

Classic Margarita

Three ingredients in the right proportions, shaken hard and served over ice with a half-salted rim. No mixers, no…

5 min · Easy
Tandoori Chicken
Indian
Prep
20m
Cook
35m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Tandoori Chicken

A double marinade — first in lemon and salt, then in spiced yogurt — gets flavour deep into the meat before it hits…

7.5 hr · Easy
Pad Kra Pao (Thai Basil Chicken)
Thai
Prep
10m
Cook
10m
Serves
2
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Quick Meals

Pad Kra Pao (Thai Basil Chicken)

Thailand's most-eaten dish: minced pork fried hard with garlic and chillies, tossed with holy basil, and served over…

20 min · Easy
Jamaican Jerk Chicken
JamaicanFeatured
Prep
20m
Cook
45m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Jamaican Jerk Chicken

Chicken marinated overnight in scotch bonnet, allspice and thyme, then cooked slowly over indirect heat until the…

13–25 hr · Easy
Mission-Style Burrito
Mexican
Prep
25m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Mission-Style Burrito

San Francisco's contribution to world food: a steamed flour tortilla wrapped around rice, beans, meat, cheese, salsa…

3–5 hr · Easy
Hainanese Chicken Rice
SingaporeanEditor’s Pick
Prep
25m
Cook
60m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Hainanese Chicken Rice

A whole chicken poached gently and plunged into ice, with rice cooked in the poaching stock and rendered chicken…

85 min · Medium
Key Lime Pie
American
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Key Lime Pie

Sharp, silky lime custard in a buttery graham crust, set by nothing but the chemical reaction between lime juice and…

4.5 hr+ · Easy
Tom Yum Goong
Thai
Prep
15m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Healthy

Tom Yum Goong

The hot-and-sour prawn soup that defines Thai cooking: lemongrass, galangal and lime leaf simmered into a broth…

35 min · Easy
Pisco Sour
Peruvian
Prep
5m
Cook
0m
Serves
1
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Drinks

Pisco Sour

Pisco, lime, sugar syrup and egg white shaken hard twice, poured over a fine foam and finished with three drops of…

5 min · Easy
Curry Laksa
Malaysian
Prep
25m
Cook
30m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Curry Laksa

Curry laksa: a coconut and spice paste soup with two kinds of noodle, prawns, tofu puffs and cockles, finished with…

55 min · Medium
Baja Fish Tacos
Mexican
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Baja Fish Tacos

Baja-style tacos with beer-battered white fish, a lime crema and shredded cabbage for crunch. Twenty minutes from…

35 min · Easy
Piña Colada
International
Prep
5m
Cook
0m
Serves
2
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Drinks

Piña Colada

Rum, coconut cream and pineapple blended with ice into something thick enough to stand a straw in. Puerto Rico's…

20 min · Easy
Peruvian Ceviche
PeruvianFeatured
Prep
25m
Cook
0m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Peruvian Ceviche

Firm white fish cured for ten minutes in lime juice with chilli, red onion and coriander, served immediately with…

25 min · Easy
Elote — Mexican Street Corn
Mexican
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Elote — Mexican Street Corn

Charred corn slathered in crema and mayonnaise, rolled in salty cotija and dusted with chilli and lime. It is the…

25 min · Easy
Khao Soi
ThaiFeatured
Prep
20m
Cook
35m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Khao Soi

Northern Thailand's coconut curry noodle soup, with soft egg noodles beneath and a nest of crisp fried ones on top…

55 min · Medium
Arepas
Venezuelan
Prep
15m
Cook
20m
Serves
6
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Bread

Arepas

Griddled corn cakes made from pre-cooked maize flour, split open and stuffed. Venezuelans and Colombians both claim…

35 min · Easy
Misal Pav
IndianFeatured
Prep
30m
Cook
50m
Serves
6
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Appetizers

Misal Pav

Sprouted moth beans in a thin, fiery gravy, topped with farsan, raw onion and coriander, with a slick of red rassa…

21.5–25.5 hr · Medium
Tom Kha Gai
Thai
Prep
15m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Healthy

Tom Kha Gai

The gentler sibling of tom yum: coconut milk smooths the sourness into something creamy and fragrant, with chicken…

35 min · Easy
Fried Sweet Plantain
Jamaican
Prep
5m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Side dish

Fried Sweet Plantain

Very ripe plantain sliced on the diagonal and fried until the sugars caramelise into a dark crust around a soft…

15 min · Easy
Nihari
Pakistani
Prep
30m
Cook
240m
Serves
8
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Dinner

Nihari

Beef shank stewed overnight in a spice-heavy gravy thickened with wheat flour, finished with ginger, chilli and…

4.5 hr · Medium
Beef Suya
Nigerian
Prep
20m
Cook
12m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Beef Suya

Thin beef skewers coated in yaji, a spice mix built on ground peanuts, chilli and ginger, grilled over coals and…

2–5 hr · Easy
Cuban Sandwich
Cuban
Prep
15m
Cook
186m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Cuban Sandwich

Roast pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles and mustard pressed in Cuban bread until the cheese melts and the crust…

11.5 hr+ · Easy
Ghormeh Sabzi
PersianEditor’s Pick
Prep
30m
Cook
170m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Ghormeh Sabzi

The Persian herb stew: several bunches of herbs fried down almost to black, with lamb, kidney beans and dried limes…

3.5 hr · Medium
Colombian Empanadas
Colombian
Prep
45m
Cook
20m
Serves
12
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Appetizers

Colombian Empanadas

Corn dough shells filled with potato and shredded beef, deep fried until the outside is crackly and deep yellow…

65 min+ · Medium
Thai Pineapple Fried Rice
Thai
Prep
15m
Cook
12m
Serves
4
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Quick Meals

Thai Pineapple Fried Rice

Fried rice with pineapple, cashews and a curry-scented edge, served in the hollowed shell if you are feeling…

27 min · Easy
Salt and Pepper Squid
Chinese
Prep
20m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Salt and Pepper Squid

Squid in a light cornflour crust, flash fried and tossed with chilli, garlic and toasted salt and pepper. A…

30 min · Medium
Cochinita Pibil
Mexican
Prep
25m
Cook
210m
Serves
8
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Dinner

Cochinita Pibil

Yucatán pork marinated in achiote and bitter orange, wrapped in banana leaves and cooked slowly until it falls into…

12 hr · Medium
Moqueca Baiana
Brazilian
Prep
20m
Cook
30m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Moqueca Baiana

Bahian fish stew of coconut milk, tomato, peppers and coriander, cooked in a clay pot and finished with dendê palm…

80 min · Easy
Huevos Rancheros
Mexican
Prep
10m
Cook
20m
Serves
2
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Breakfast

Huevos Rancheros

Fried eggs on crisped tortillas under a warm, smoky ranchero sauce, with black beans and avocado. The Mexican…

30 min · Easy
Larb Gai
Thai
Prep
15m
Cook
12m
Serves
4
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Healthy

Larb Gai

Minced chicken tossed with toasted rice powder, lime, fish sauce and a great deal of mint and shallot. Isaan…

27 min+ · Easy
Bún Chả
Vietnamese
Prep
30m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Bún Chả

Hanoi's great lunch: charred pork patties and belly slices floating in a warm sweet-sour dipping broth, with cold…

2.5 hr · Medium
Kottu Roti
Sri Lankan
Prep
25m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Kottu Roti

Godamba roti chopped on a hot griddle with vegetables, egg and curry, in a rhythm of metal blades that you can hear…

45 min · Medium
Som Tam (Green Papaya Salad)
Thai
Prep
20m
Cook
0m
Serves
4
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Side dish

Som Tam (Green Papaya Salad)

Green papaya pounded with garlic, chilli, lime, palm sugar and fish sauce in a clay mortar. Bruising rather than…

35 min · Easy
Bún Bò Huế
Vietnamese
Prep
30m
Cook
180m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Bún Bò Huế

Central Vietnam's spicy beef and pork noodle soup: a lemongrass and shrimp paste broth, thick round rice noodles…

3.5 hr · Hard
Michelada
Mexican
Prep
5m
Cook
0m
Serves
1
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Drinks

Michelada

Beer, lime, hot sauce and Worcestershire over ice in a chilli-salt-rimmed glass. Mexico's answer to the Bloody Mary…

5 min · Easy
Pancit Canton
Filipino
Prep
25m
Cook
20m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Pancit Canton

Wheat noodles tossed with pork, prawns, chicken and vegetables in a soy and oyster sauce broth the noodles absorb as…

45 min · Easy

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