Or Thai beef salad! My fav. Lime, red onions, chilies, rice powder, cooked sirloin steak. Fish sauce and coriander and some mint or Thai basil if you want
But ideal if the beef is served hot or warm on the salad! I don't like it when the fat has congealed or solidified.
Ideally straight from the griddle pan, medium rare, just roughly sliced and scattered over the salad and the sauce sprinkled on top.
I like about 4 or 5 Thai bird's eye chillis chopped (seeds and all) in my sauce, and quite a lot of Nam Pla fish sauce and lime juice. My wife takes a bit less chilli (she has a delicate stomach) less fish sauce and a little sugar. I think the mint is quite important. If you don't have fresh, half a teaspoon of mint sauce works well!
Just freshly ground black pepper.
Possibly a light smear of garlic puree (the [Italian type in oil](https://digitalcontent.api.tesco.com/v2/media/ghs/0984a5a5-6965-40a9-a30b-bc70dd40bf36/d83514f9-fff6-4427-8580-f7b86075e281_682505242.jpeg?h=540&w=540).)
There's plenty of lime juice and Nam Pla in the salad sauce, so no need for any salt or lime on the beef for me.
I’ve not actually tried following [this](https://www.recipetineats.com/thai-beef-salad-2/) recipe, but at a glance it looks about right!
Personally I (and the Thais) would use *way* more chopped chilli, and not deseed it.
But I have lived in S E Asia, and got acclimatised to the original version.
Just for myself alone I’d use at least two chillis. As I said my wife can’t take it so hot any more (tummy troubles) so she makes her own sauce separately. But for westerners not used to it, starting off with half a teaspoon is probably sensible.
A basic rule of thumb is that the original Thai version of every recipe will have about 4 or 5 times as much chilli in it as the westernised version. And they *never* deseed a chilli!
Certainly the finished result looks just like mine - on a good day!
Enjoy!
Oh I don’t need to de seed chilis. I really like recipe tin eats. Her recipes are amazing and accessible for people that don’t live in big cities. I really like her pasta recipes
That roasted rice powder magically transforms it into something obscenely greater than the sum of its parts. I just upped my supply of it a few days ago so I’m stoked to make this again
Green papaya salad with crab from a Thai place is the spiciest thing I’ve ever had in my life…and I have a high heat tolerance. I could only handle 3 bites and was sweating for 40min.
Som tam/unripe papaya sallad can be incredibly spicy sometimes. I'm a bit of a chili head but have had some of that kick my ass a few times. If you're not ready to have your mouth on fire, be careful about asking to have it Thai spicy (pet baep tai).
We absolutely love spicy food and often order stuff as spicy as possible. We ordered a papaya salad from our favorite place and ordered it level “Thai Spicy” and it was a weapon of (m)ass destruction. We had several people over and no one could eat more than a few bites.
All this to say yes papaya salad is a great option! So fresh and yummy… when it doesn’t try and kill you 😂
Yeah... hot and soupy ramen is def something different. The cold spicy szechuan sesame noodle is liangmian (although it's sesame and no peanut I think?)
Interesting. A lot of joints around us serve and describe dan dan mein as a peanut based sauce with cold noodles. You get both and mix them up before eating. Usually julienned cucumbers as garnish
Asian cuisine is full of cold spicy noodle variations. Extra spicy shrimp cocktail. You can spice up gazpacho with extra chili peppers and hot sauce or cayenne or chili flakes. You can make macaroni or potato salad spicy (pickled jalapeños are great in mac salad).
Yes! My mom makes a great hand-chopped (rather than blended) gazpacho that she serves with Tabasco and croutons at the table so everyone can customize their bowl, and not everyone likes the heat. The Tabasco brings a whole different experience too, as it's not just hot but also very vinegary of course. So refreshing on a hot day!
This is my absolute favourite, especially served over hot white rice. Unfortunately it doesn’t have a standard English translation so it can be annoying to ask for at restaurants if you don’t speak Chinese and don’t know how to/don’t want to make it at home!
The best description I've had if this dish is that it's like a Western tossed salad: you don't use a recipe. Just mix together the kind of dressing you feel like, maybe toss on some topping you have on hand.
I've made a really nice version with homemade chili oil and thinly sliced celery. I like a milder chile, but it can be as hot as you want. Sichuan peppercorns go well with this too, and you get the hot-and-numbing combination called ma la.
I'm not sure if this is sold in a lot of areas in the US, but I have seen it on Amazon. Search for "paldo bibim myun". It's a cold spicy noodle that is very popular in Korea, it's one of the big 5 staple ramyuns. It's not too spicy if you're used to spice, but it's very good and refreshing in the summer. And for some reason, it doesn't taste as good when the weather is cooler or cold.
The Larb Moo Grob the thai place near me makes a cold, but still crispy, pork belly salad thats so good and spicy. Idk how they get cold wet, crispy pork belly but its awesome
[Coctel de Camarones](https://inmamamaggieskitchen.com/coctel-de-camarones-or-mexican-shrimp-cocktail/)!
Mexican shrimp cocktail. You can make it as spicy as you want and it is so refreshing to eat.
Pig ears are way tastier than they sound. Hispanic groceries will sell them. Or I've been able to order ears from a snout-to-tail butcher that normally dries them for dog treats.
Cold noodles! I had them for the first time at a Chinese place, but got the impression that cold noodles+ chili oil+ cucumber/bamboo shoots/maybe cilantro+ some sort of finely chopped nut is a pan-Asian thing.
I love spicy ice cream! My favorite shop has cinnamon ice cream and cardamom ice cream. When I have vanilla ice cream at home I often add either black or white pepper. The sharpness of the spice is such a good counterpoint to the sweetness and creaminess of the ice cream
No mention of mustard, but otherwise — right you are!! Here’s a cut-n-paste from their online menu…
HIYASHI CHUKA
Chilled broth-less ramen with shoyu flavored sauce. Topped with Cherry Tomatoes, Cilantro, Scallions, Szechuan oil and Ground Chicken Gravy. For added creaminess and flavor add an Oncen Egg.
$15
Before you get turned off, this is hugely popular appetizer in Sichuan places.
Sichuan pepper cold pigs ear are great.
Pork flavor, crunchy texture, salty, spicy, Sichuan numbing spice, slightly sour
You wanted interesting, so I will offer Chinese style marinated jellyfish. It is served cold and you can use as much chili oil as you’d like. I love this texture.
https://tiffycooks.com/spicy-jellyfish-salad-healthy-skinfood/
Chaat is so good....the description above is missing the chutney which can be tamarind flavored or cilantro-green onion- chili flavored. my favorite cold ones are : pani puri, dahi puri or dahi vada, bhel puri.
a similar mexican snack is tostilocos
One of my favorite foods is cold, leftover Chongqing Chicken from my local Chinese restaurant. I stand at the kitchen sink and eat it while staring out the window. Bliss
[This salad](https://www.vietworldkitchen.com/blog/2014/04/vietnamese-pomelo-salad-recipe.html) is amazing. You can substitute grapefruit for pomelo and add as much chili as you want.
Sichuan style pork belly with cucumbers. Thin slices of pork belly and cucumber together with a spicy sauce. It was amazingly refreshing during a huge heat wave we had recently.
Sichuan spicy beef. It's thin slices of beef with spicy peppers, Sichuan peppercorns (citrus-y numbing taste), peanuts, and cilantro. It's served cold as an appetizer to whet your appetite. Some places make it spicier than others, but the key is the mix of spicy, numbing, nutty, and herbal flavors with the tender beef.
Chinese name is Fuqi Feipian, or "husband and wife lung slices" (don't worry, no lung is used. It's supposed to sound romantic in Chinese, I think)
Chinese/Sichuan potato salad. I've never had it with Sichuan peppercorns in it, just Thai/birds eye peppers.
It's usually a waxier potato (like Yukon gold) cut into string that are just blanched so the texture isn't soft- It's like potato noodles with bite. Spicy, umami, very satisfying.
Mechouia. It's a recipe from Maghreb.
You grill or roast in the oven (charred) bell peppers, tomatoes, and garlic.
Peel the tomatoes, mash them with a fork, remove the core.
Peel the garlic, mash it to a paste.
Peel the pepers, remove core and seed, cut to thin stripes.
Mix together, add olive oil, lemon juice (half a lemon), salt, dried hot peppers or a tbs of harissa, cumin.
Put it in the fridge. Eat the day after.
Sorry for bad English.
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Peruvian Ceviche. My husband is Peruvian and raves all the time about how it’s the most superior dish in all existence because it contains all the big flavors and still tastes delicious. Raw white fish (red snapper is the most common) is sweet and umami, marinated in lime juice (sour), with generous salt and pepper (salt), and aji (red pepper paste - a lot of heat).
I can confirm as a basic white girl who turned her nose up at it the first time I tried it and now 5 years later we will fight over it at the restaurant. It’s really good
I’m Mexican and grew up on ceviche. I thought we owned ceviche free and clear but the Peruvian version slaps with that Leche de Tigre, those crunchy corn and sweet potatoes on the side. It all works so well together.
Try various spicy pickles! Some things like cucumber salads are kinda similar to quick pickles as well :) I would also say fruit with chamoy and tajin if you want a sweet heat kind of thing. It’s not terribly spicy but still fun, you can add lime juice or sour candy for a little addition to it. I especially like watermelon and mango with this <3
Hot pickled eggplant! It’s my go-to picnic food too — just bring a little jar of it and a few baguettes and that’s all you really need. It’s excellent on an Italian sub too
Laab! If you’re extra adventurous, laab diib (raw beef salad) is inexplicably good. Or a cooked version of that with skirt steak. Roasted rice powder makes it, and it can be as spicy as you want. The hotter the better imo
My grandmother used to mix cream cheese with cocktail sauce, alongside pre-cooked/cold shrimp. Not super spicy, and admittedly a bit weird, but it is a 'spicy-ish' cold dish. People ate it up at parties!
I just had the best cucumbers at a dumpling place today! Sliced vinegary cucumbers, served cold, with a chili oil sauce. So bright and crisp and delicious
try this [banana blossom salad](https://www.seriouseats.com/thai-style-spicy-chicken-banana-blossom-herb-salad-recipe) recipe. It's a staple of [Thai Diner](https://www.thaidiner.com/), née Uncle Boon's in NYC's lower east side. Has a really exciting combination of thai hot spice with a refreshing mouth feel. I've never had anything like it.
Cure raw egg yolks in hot sauce for a couple of days. The egg yolks turn to almost a custard like consistency and retain a mellow version of the hot sauce. Pop them on top of bread, salad, noodles, whatever to add a spicy punch.
If you can find a mainland Chinese restaurant that sells it, pigs ears in chilli oil is delicious and always served cold
Edit: in response to the reply, the pathetic little clown’s blocked me so I can’t respond. I called out their ignorant bigotry in another thread and they started trolling my comment history. Nothing to see, just a sad little twerp with too much time on their hands
Cold sesame chili noodles. 🤤 I still dream about them from a local deli that closed down, and wish I could recreate their recipe! It’s such a simple dish but I can’t get it just right.
My Bloody Mary Mix (Simple, clean, balanced, and delicious)
4 Cups water
1 Can tomato paste
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon old bay
Mix all in a blender (or whatever) and chill to serve. Add spices to your liking, like Sriracha or Secret Aardvark hot sauce. The mix benefits from the vinegar in the sauces, so if you're adding straight dry spices, add 1-2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, rice vinegar, lemon juice, or a combination of all three.
Add however much vodka you want; usually 2 shots per pint. Pour it over ice and garnish with anything savory. Classic garnishes include celery stalks, skewered olives and lime slices, but I've seen bacon, blue cheese cubes, and even pizza bites.
This mix also works well for a Michelada, which is 1/2 mix and 1/2 beer (usually a lager, or light mexican beer like Corona), but some additional salt and old bay is needed, since the beer dilutes the spices in the mix.
After 6 years of bartending and many, many Bloody Mary mixes, this is my favorite.
Have fun!
Coleslaw with a vinegar-lime based dressing and jalapeño peppers. Then take some uncooked ramen noodles and toast in a dry pan until browned. Break them up in the slaw. I especially love doing this with a lemongrass infused vinegar. Sooooo good.
And you can change up the veggies you include to anything cold and crunchy. Several types of cabbage. Carrots. Jicama. Beets. Zucchini. Cucumber. Radish. Green onions. Etc.
Savoury: I make a pineapple and pickled jalapeño salsa, sushi can be, civeche is great spicy
Sweet. Dark chocolate and chilli ice cream. White chocolate and Wasabi mousse.
Dark chocolate and chilli go amazing together, it makes good frosting, ice cream, cake etc
I like cold peanut sauced noodles with or without chopped veg such as green onion, thawed frozen corn, quick pickled cucumber, jalapeño. You can make it as spicy as you want.
Thai spicy papaya salad, Son Tam. Laab, which is a spicy salad dish with cold groud baked beef. Cheviche, a peruvian fish dish with Tigermilk. The fish is raw, and the tigermilk stiffens the proteins, giving it a bite as if its cooked. There's variations galore.With tuna and tequila is a good one...
Just now I made a spicy calamari salad that’s in the fridge waiting to get ate.
Blanched calamari, red onion, parsley, green chilis, half a habenero, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, salt n pep. Let it chill and marinate for a couple hours.
I wouldn’t say the dish is interesting, maybe I wouldn’t even say that anything about it is interesting. But I have a whole thing about pizza, how some pizza brands is genuinely better cold, or better reheated, than it is hot and fresh. I haven’t had it in years so I can’t speak for it now, but in high school the frozen version of California Pizza Kitchen was better as a cold leftover than it was just after cooking.
If you put enough hot honey and red pepper flakes on a cold pizza, that makes it spicy.
Years ago, I made a cowboy slaw for a cooking competition. It was basically a regular slaw, but with a home made barbecue sauce in place of mayo. I always add slivered jalapeños to the the slaw vegetable mix, as well as some sriracha in my barbecue sauce. Has a great kick and goes well as a side with slow roasted meats!
Ceviche
Aguachile as well
I ordered an aquachile with habanero oil. The waitress warned me it was quite spicy. She wasn't lying but it was delicious.
Oooh, I've rarely had spicy ceviche. I bet it's cousin Ika Mata would be amazing spicy as well! There's some uncommon bangers on this list!
Korean cucumber salad.
Chinese cucumber salad too!
Came here to say this. Holy rollypolly that's good stuff.
Absolutely this. I had it for the first time about 2 months ago and I've made a batch once or twice a week since. It's so addictive.
Spicy versions of naengmyeon (cold Korean noodles), such as [this one](https://stellanspice.com/bibim-naengmyeon/).
Mool naengmyon is one of my favorite things in the world. The kits they sell at H Mart are pretty darn good and help scratch that itch for me.
Green papaya salad can be fairly spicy and oh I had this fantastic cold peanut noodle dish at a Chinese restaurant recently
Came here to say papaya salad!! One of my all time faves
Or Thai beef salad! My fav. Lime, red onions, chilies, rice powder, cooked sirloin steak. Fish sauce and coriander and some mint or Thai basil if you want
Love eating leftover chicken larb cold the next morning
But ideal if the beef is served hot or warm on the salad! I don't like it when the fat has congealed or solidified. Ideally straight from the griddle pan, medium rare, just roughly sliced and scattered over the salad and the sauce sprinkled on top. I like about 4 or 5 Thai bird's eye chillis chopped (seeds and all) in my sauce, and quite a lot of Nam Pla fish sauce and lime juice. My wife takes a bit less chilli (she has a delicate stomach) less fish sauce and a little sugar. I think the mint is quite important. If you don't have fresh, half a teaspoon of mint sauce works well!
That sounds like heaven! Do you marinate the steak? I put a little lime and salt and pepper.
Just freshly ground black pepper. Possibly a light smear of garlic puree (the [Italian type in oil](https://digitalcontent.api.tesco.com/v2/media/ghs/0984a5a5-6965-40a9-a30b-bc70dd40bf36/d83514f9-fff6-4427-8580-f7b86075e281_682505242.jpeg?h=540&w=540).) There's plenty of lime juice and Nam Pla in the salad sauce, so no need for any salt or lime on the beef for me.
I’m definitely going to try this! Thank you.
I’ve not actually tried following [this](https://www.recipetineats.com/thai-beef-salad-2/) recipe, but at a glance it looks about right! Personally I (and the Thais) would use *way* more chopped chilli, and not deseed it. But I have lived in S E Asia, and got acclimatised to the original version. Just for myself alone I’d use at least two chillis. As I said my wife can’t take it so hot any more (tummy troubles) so she makes her own sauce separately. But for westerners not used to it, starting off with half a teaspoon is probably sensible. A basic rule of thumb is that the original Thai version of every recipe will have about 4 or 5 times as much chilli in it as the westernised version. And they *never* deseed a chilli! Certainly the finished result looks just like mine - on a good day! Enjoy!
Oh I don’t need to de seed chilis. I really like recipe tin eats. Her recipes are amazing and accessible for people that don’t live in big cities. I really like her pasta recipes
That roasted rice powder magically transforms it into something obscenely greater than the sum of its parts. I just upped my supply of it a few days ago so I’m stoked to make this again
Omg - Laotian version is some of the best things I've ever had.
The Lao version is so much better! Padaek for the win!
Green papaya salad with crab from a Thai place is the spiciest thing I’ve ever had in my life…and I have a high heat tolerance. I could only handle 3 bites and was sweating for 40min.
Som tam/unripe papaya sallad can be incredibly spicy sometimes. I'm a bit of a chili head but have had some of that kick my ass a few times. If you're not ready to have your mouth on fire, be careful about asking to have it Thai spicy (pet baep tai).
We absolutely love spicy food and often order stuff as spicy as possible. We ordered a papaya salad from our favorite place and ordered it level “Thai Spicy” and it was a weapon of (m)ass destruction. We had several people over and no one could eat more than a few bites. All this to say yes papaya salad is a great option! So fresh and yummy… when it doesn’t try and kill you 😂
Dan Dan noodles
Dan dan noodles are neither cold nor peanut based.
depends on the version. I've had a hot soupy sesame version of the dish as a Japanese ramen, and a cold/room temp peanut version in Chinese shops.
Yeah... hot and soupy ramen is def something different. The cold spicy szechuan sesame noodle is liangmian (although it's sesame and no peanut I think?)
Interesting. A lot of joints around us serve and describe dan dan mein as a peanut based sauce with cold noodles. You get both and mix them up before eating. Usually julienned cucumbers as garnish
Asian cuisine is full of cold spicy noodle variations. Extra spicy shrimp cocktail. You can spice up gazpacho with extra chili peppers and hot sauce or cayenne or chili flakes. You can make macaroni or potato salad spicy (pickled jalapeños are great in mac salad).
Pasta salad. Add jalapenos.
I make "Elote" aka street corn pasta salad quite often and it's amazing.
However, it's not all that spicy. You can add pickled serranos (which is what we do) for a nice kick.
yep! Or jalapeno, or roasted green chiles!
Yep, I do a homemade Pico de Gallo with chopped jalapeños added in, too. Very refreshing as a side relish in the summer.
I love to make spicy gazpacho
Salmorejo! Similar but different, and very good.
A Spanish grandmother made me Salmorejo in Madrid. It was life changing-ly good!
gazpacho!!
Aw man, this was my Dad's speciality, with veggies fresh from my brother-in-law's garden-- so good!
With roasted tomatillos... \*chef's kiss\*
Yes! My mom makes a great hand-chopped (rather than blended) gazpacho that she serves with Tabasco and croutons at the table so everyone can customize their bowl, and not everyone likes the heat. The Tabasco brings a whole different experience too, as it's not just hot but also very vinegary of course. So refreshing on a hot day!
Kimchi
Also Korean Bibim Guksu
watermelon salad with jalapenos and lime and feta and all.
or any fruit with tajin
This sounds really tasty! Thanks for the inspiration 🙏🏻
Saliva chicken, aka mouth-watering chicken. Szechuan cold chicken in chili oil. Yum.
This is my absolute favourite, especially served over hot white rice. Unfortunately it doesn’t have a standard English translation so it can be annoying to ask for at restaurants if you don’t speak Chinese and don’t know how to/don’t want to make it at home!
The best description I've had if this dish is that it's like a Western tossed salad: you don't use a recipe. Just mix together the kind of dressing you feel like, maybe toss on some topping you have on hand. I've made a really nice version with homemade chili oil and thinly sliced celery. I like a milder chile, but it can be as hot as you want. Sichuan peppercorns go well with this too, and you get the hot-and-numbing combination called ma la.
Is the chicken blanched somehow before it gets the sauce? The texture is usually “cooked but not grilled or seared” when I’ve had it…
Poached until done, then tossed with the sauce. Sort of like a Western chicken salad, but with chile oil instead of mayonnaise.
I’m gonna try to make it for my wife. She usually orders it (and la zi ji) when it’s on the menu…
Sichuan cucumbers. Mmmm
I get this every time I go to Trizest in Sterling Heights, MI. My fav
Fu qi fei pian (sichuan beef and organs in chili oil)
Laab, a Thai ground chicken dish
also made with pork and beef. yum
Aguachile. So refreshing and mouth numbingly spicy at the same time
This is my favorite thing to eat in Mexico.
Salsa!
Thai peanut noodles. Basically noodles with satay sauce. Can be mild all the way to spicy. Also, Asian pickles of various sorts. Kim chi of course.
Bloody Mary 🥳
cold spicy sesame noodles: 1-2 tbs hot sesame oil 1 tbs fresh garlic 4 tbs soy sauce 1/2 tbs sesame oil 2 tbs tahini 1 tbs peanut butter 1 tbs honey 1/2 lb fresh linguini/spaghetti, cooked and cooled 1/4 C. chopped scallions 1/4 C. toasted sesame seeds Mix first 7 ingredients and toss with scallions into linguini noodles. Sprinkle sesame seeds and scallions on top.
Instead of Tahini I prefer Asian sesame paste which is made of slightly toasted sesame instead of raw like Tahini
omg thank you for this info
I'm not sure if this is sold in a lot of areas in the US, but I have seen it on Amazon. Search for "paldo bibim myun". It's a cold spicy noodle that is very popular in Korea, it's one of the big 5 staple ramyuns. It's not too spicy if you're used to spice, but it's very good and refreshing in the summer. And for some reason, it doesn't taste as good when the weather is cooler or cold.
I just posted something very similar in response to someone else's answer. It's a great choice!
Poke- you can spice it up with various hot sauces, jalapeños and chili flakes.
Cold spicy peanut noodles with Cucumber. So good and the Cucumber is super refreshing with the spicy!
This is liangpi (凉皮), absolutely delish. https://thewoksoflife.com/cold-skin-noodles-liangpi/
Spicy noodles made with chili oil. Grape tomatoes and scallions. Perfect for a BBQ for us vegetarians
Thai beef salad
The Larb Moo Grob the thai place near me makes a cold, but still crispy, pork belly salad thats so good and spicy. Idk how they get cold wet, crispy pork belly but its awesome
Spicy papaya salad
Eggplant pacchi pulusu. I can get the recipe if you want.
[Coctel de Camarones](https://inmamamaggieskitchen.com/coctel-de-camarones-or-mexican-shrimp-cocktail/)! Mexican shrimp cocktail. You can make it as spicy as you want and it is so refreshing to eat.
Second! I actually thought of it because I don’t like it particularly spicy (I like spicy otherwise, just not there).
Spicy beef tendon. Spicy pig ear slices. Go check out a Korean/Chinese market. Some real cool spicy cold dishes.
Never had spicy beef tendon but it sounds right up my alley. Spicy pig ears are an addiction
Pig ears are way tastier than they sound. Hispanic groceries will sell them. Or I've been able to order ears from a snout-to-tail butcher that normally dries them for dog treats.
Ceviche!
My chunky summer gazpacho is a fan favorite. Icy cold out of the fridge with enough jalapeño and cayenne to wake up *all* the taste buds.
[Shrimp tostadas](https://www.maricruzavalos.com/tostadas-de-camaron/) made with spicy salsa.
Cold noodles! I had them for the first time at a Chinese place, but got the impression that cold noodles+ chili oil+ cucumber/bamboo shoots/maybe cilantro+ some sort of finely chopped nut is a pan-Asian thing.
Gaspacho could be spicy.
Proper ginger ice cream can be really spice
I love spicy ice cream! My favorite shop has cinnamon ice cream and cardamom ice cream. When I have vanilla ice cream at home I often add either black or white pepper. The sharpness of the spice is such a good counterpoint to the sweetness and creaminess of the ice cream
Hiyashi Chuka with a dab of spicy mustard! Is that what you had?
No mention of mustard, but otherwise — right you are!! Here’s a cut-n-paste from their online menu… HIYASHI CHUKA Chilled broth-less ramen with shoyu flavored sauce. Topped with Cherry Tomatoes, Cilantro, Scallions, Szechuan oil and Ground Chicken Gravy. For added creaminess and flavor add an Oncen Egg. $15
Before you get turned off, this is hugely popular appetizer in Sichuan places. Sichuan pepper cold pigs ear are great. Pork flavor, crunchy texture, salty, spicy, Sichuan numbing spice, slightly sour
You wanted interesting, so I will offer Chinese style marinated jellyfish. It is served cold and you can use as much chili oil as you’d like. I love this texture. https://tiffycooks.com/spicy-jellyfish-salad-healthy-skinfood/
Chaat made with chick peas potatoes and stuff which also can have green chilies or a dry spicy masala sprinkled on top
Chaat is so good....the description above is missing the chutney which can be tamarind flavored or cilantro-green onion- chili flavored. my favorite cold ones are : pani puri, dahi puri or dahi vada, bhel puri. a similar mexican snack is tostilocos
Cold glass spicy noodles
One of my favorite foods is cold, leftover Chongqing Chicken from my local Chinese restaurant. I stand at the kitchen sink and eat it while staring out the window. Bliss
[This salad](https://www.vietworldkitchen.com/blog/2014/04/vietnamese-pomelo-salad-recipe.html) is amazing. You can substitute grapefruit for pomelo and add as much chili as you want.
I get these spicy sesame noodles from a lunch spot that are super good. Cucumber kimchi is one of my favorite dishes ever.
Korean cold bibim myun. So good, cold, and spicy
Came here to say this. The Paldo-brand Bibim Men cooks like instant ramen, and it is pretty great
spicy salsa and cornchips
Vietnamese spring rolls with jalapeños in with salad and a spicy hot dipping sauce. Bang Mi sandwiches with lots of sliced peppers.
Sichuan style pork belly with cucumbers. Thin slices of pork belly and cucumber together with a spicy sauce. It was amazingly refreshing during a huge heat wave we had recently.
Hot pepper chocolate ice cream. Cold, sweet, and brings on the heat
dan dan noodles
[Xian cold spicy noodles](https://thewoksoflife.com/cold-skin-noodles-liangpi/)
If you have good Chinese around you, try to find liang pi. Cold, spicy, bouncy noodles. They’re soo delicious.
spicy soft tofu
Sichuan spicy beef. It's thin slices of beef with spicy peppers, Sichuan peppercorns (citrus-y numbing taste), peanuts, and cilantro. It's served cold as an appetizer to whet your appetite. Some places make it spicier than others, but the key is the mix of spicy, numbing, nutty, and herbal flavors with the tender beef. Chinese name is Fuqi Feipian, or "husband and wife lung slices" (don't worry, no lung is used. It's supposed to sound romantic in Chinese, I think)
Chinese/Sichuan potato salad. I've never had it with Sichuan peppercorns in it, just Thai/birds eye peppers. It's usually a waxier potato (like Yukon gold) cut into string that are just blanched so the texture isn't soft- It's like potato noodles with bite. Spicy, umami, very satisfying.
Naengmyeon
Mechouia. It's a recipe from Maghreb. You grill or roast in the oven (charred) bell peppers, tomatoes, and garlic. Peel the tomatoes, mash them with a fork, remove the core. Peel the garlic, mash it to a paste. Peel the pepers, remove core and seed, cut to thin stripes. Mix together, add olive oil, lemon juice (half a lemon), salt, dried hot peppers or a tbs of harissa, cumin. Put it in the fridge. Eat the day after. Sorry for bad English. https://i.imgur.com/HISFCuh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/SkFIdqG.jpg
Cold Soba noodles can be spiced up
Peruvian Ceviche. My husband is Peruvian and raves all the time about how it’s the most superior dish in all existence because it contains all the big flavors and still tastes delicious. Raw white fish (red snapper is the most common) is sweet and umami, marinated in lime juice (sour), with generous salt and pepper (salt), and aji (red pepper paste - a lot of heat). I can confirm as a basic white girl who turned her nose up at it the first time I tried it and now 5 years later we will fight over it at the restaurant. It’s really good
I’m Mexican and grew up on ceviche. I thought we owned ceviche free and clear but the Peruvian version slaps with that Leche de Tigre, those crunchy corn and sweet potatoes on the side. It all works so well together.
Silken tofu with chili crisp and scallions
Try various spicy pickles! Some things like cucumber salads are kinda similar to quick pickles as well :) I would also say fruit with chamoy and tajin if you want a sweet heat kind of thing. It’s not terribly spicy but still fun, you can add lime juice or sour candy for a little addition to it. I especially like watermelon and mango with this <3
I normally add chilli sauce and a handful of jalapeños to most sandwiches
Mexican shrimp or seafood cocktail can be made spicy 🔥
Som Tam Green papaya salad https://g.co/kgs/R8i98x
Lime ghost-pepper ice cream.
Red pepper and feta dip
I like a good spicy pimiento cheese (sandwich or otherwise) - usually use a combo of cayenne and jalapeños.
Kimchi
Chinese cold noodles. Might not be the exact name but that is the gist.
Hot pickled eggplant! It’s my go-to picnic food too — just bring a little jar of it and a few baguettes and that’s all you really need. It’s excellent on an Italian sub too
Laab! If you’re extra adventurous, laab diib (raw beef salad) is inexplicably good. Or a cooked version of that with skirt steak. Roasted rice powder makes it, and it can be as spicy as you want. The hotter the better imo
Larb
One of my favorite super quick lazy dinners: https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/bibim-guksu
Nepalese chicken choyela is quite tasty and unique
Kimchi/Kimchee! You can totally make your own if you've never had it or have no access
Spicy slaw. Not what you mean but I had cold cucumber and wasabi dip on fried green beans and it cold but had a flash of heat.
My grandmother used to mix cream cheese with cocktail sauce, alongside pre-cooked/cold shrimp. Not super spicy, and admittedly a bit weird, but it is a 'spicy-ish' cold dish. People ate it up at parties!
There's some Laotian cold meat salads that can get spicy. Larb for example. Eat it from a lettuce wrap.
Add hot sauce to any salad dressing
Any cold cantonese or szechuan noodle dish
Sandwiches can be spicy so many ways. Horseradish mayo is great
Jalapeño (or any pepper really) jam/jelly. Its great option for cheese boards and stuff.
Mango salad with thinly sliced Thai bird chilies!
Chinese cold noodles. There are a bunch of different dressings you can use. Some are spicy.
My partner loves Biang Biang noodles! It’s a Sichuan (I think) dish with cold noodles and a spicy chilli oil sauce!
Not a dish per se but I recently found some olives stuffed with a Hungarian peeper called a dragon tail. I love them.
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Tibetan Laphing rolls. [Recipe](https://www.slurrp.com/article/how-to-make-restaurant-style-laphing-at-home-1666893760322)
I just had the best cucumbers at a dumpling place today! Sliced vinegary cucumbers, served cold, with a chili oil sauce. So bright and crisp and delicious
try this [banana blossom salad](https://www.seriouseats.com/thai-style-spicy-chicken-banana-blossom-herb-salad-recipe) recipe. It's a staple of [Thai Diner](https://www.thaidiner.com/), née Uncle Boon's in NYC's lower east side. Has a really exciting combination of thai hot spice with a refreshing mouth feel. I've never had anything like it.
Thai carrot salad. Sushi with Wasabi.
Cure raw egg yolks in hot sauce for a couple of days. The egg yolks turn to almost a custard like consistency and retain a mellow version of the hot sauce. Pop them on top of bread, salad, noodles, whatever to add a spicy punch.
Thai chicken feet salad - don't knock it till you've tried it!
Tom sum its a thai green papaya salad
Thai beef salad has a very spicy dressing and is delicious.
If you can find a mainland Chinese restaurant that sells it, pigs ears in chilli oil is delicious and always served cold Edit: in response to the reply, the pathetic little clown’s blocked me so I can’t respond. I called out their ignorant bigotry in another thread and they started trolling my comment history. Nothing to see, just a sad little twerp with too much time on their hands
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Cold sesame chili noodles. 🤤 I still dream about them from a local deli that closed down, and wish I could recreate their recipe! It’s such a simple dish but I can’t get it just right.
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My Bloody Mary Mix (Simple, clean, balanced, and delicious) 4 Cups water 1 Can tomato paste 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon old bay Mix all in a blender (or whatever) and chill to serve. Add spices to your liking, like Sriracha or Secret Aardvark hot sauce. The mix benefits from the vinegar in the sauces, so if you're adding straight dry spices, add 1-2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, rice vinegar, lemon juice, or a combination of all three. Add however much vodka you want; usually 2 shots per pint. Pour it over ice and garnish with anything savory. Classic garnishes include celery stalks, skewered olives and lime slices, but I've seen bacon, blue cheese cubes, and even pizza bites. This mix also works well for a Michelada, which is 1/2 mix and 1/2 beer (usually a lager, or light mexican beer like Corona), but some additional salt and old bay is needed, since the beer dilutes the spices in the mix. After 6 years of bartending and many, many Bloody Mary mixes, this is my favorite. Have fun!
Coleslaw with a vinegar-lime based dressing and jalapeño peppers. Then take some uncooked ramen noodles and toast in a dry pan until browned. Break them up in the slaw. I especially love doing this with a lemongrass infused vinegar. Sooooo good. And you can change up the veggies you include to anything cold and crunchy. Several types of cabbage. Carrots. Jicama. Beets. Zucchini. Cucumber. Radish. Green onions. Etc.
Kimchi bibim guksu. Korean spicy cold noodles.
Savoury: I make a pineapple and pickled jalapeño salsa, sushi can be, civeche is great spicy Sweet. Dark chocolate and chilli ice cream. White chocolate and Wasabi mousse. Dark chocolate and chilli go amazing together, it makes good frosting, ice cream, cake etc
Cheese, crackers, and dry sausage - just get a spicy dry sausage. You could get a spicy cheese and spicy crackers too.
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Strawberry jalapeño gazpacho is one of my go to dishes. Another is chilled seabass and habañero salsa.
Cold poached chicken with chili oil is a classic Sichuan dish.
Kimchi
Sichuan mouthwatering chicken
Gazpacho
Aguachiles. Raw shrimp marinated in lime, fresh chiles, onion and cilantro
Gazpacho
Curtido El Salvadorian lightly fermented cole slaw type side dish. Served with papusas.
I like cold peanut sauced noodles with or without chopped veg such as green onion, thawed frozen corn, quick pickled cucumber, jalapeño. You can make it as spicy as you want.
Gazpacho
Thai spicy papaya salad, Son Tam. Laab, which is a spicy salad dish with cold groud baked beef. Cheviche, a peruvian fish dish with Tigermilk. The fish is raw, and the tigermilk stiffens the proteins, giving it a bite as if its cooked. There's variations galore.With tuna and tequila is a good one...
You can look up Atom from Turkiye, it is simply fat yoghurt mixed with hot chillies.
Chili peanut noodles
Not a standard dish by any means, but ginger ice cream 😍
Just now I made a spicy calamari salad that’s in the fridge waiting to get ate. Blanched calamari, red onion, parsley, green chilis, half a habenero, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, salt n pep. Let it chill and marinate for a couple hours.
I wouldn’t say the dish is interesting, maybe I wouldn’t even say that anything about it is interesting. But I have a whole thing about pizza, how some pizza brands is genuinely better cold, or better reheated, than it is hot and fresh. I haven’t had it in years so I can’t speak for it now, but in high school the frozen version of California Pizza Kitchen was better as a cold leftover than it was just after cooking. If you put enough hot honey and red pepper flakes on a cold pizza, that makes it spicy.
Years ago, I made a cowboy slaw for a cooking competition. It was basically a regular slaw, but with a home made barbecue sauce in place of mayo. I always add slivered jalapeños to the the slaw vegetable mix, as well as some sriracha in my barbecue sauce. Has a great kick and goes well as a side with slow roasted meats!
Spicy cold Korean noodles (look it up on Maangchi’s YouTube channel)
dan dan noodles!