Healthy Asian Recipes that You Have to Try!

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Craving healthy Asian recipes that are easy to make? These healthy Asian food ideas are all about bold flavors and unique ingredients.

I’ve rounded up some of my favorite dishes with a nutritious twist—think more protein, fewer empty carbs, and a lot less sodium. These healthy Asian meal ideas are simple, delicious, and packed with flavor, so there’s no excuse not to give them a try!

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15-Minute Quinoa Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing

Quinoa salad is simple and loaded with vegetables, but the most significant difference is the sesame ginger-based dressing. You will see this combo in various Asia-inspired recipes, as ginger, white vinegar, and sesame are an elite fusion.

15-Minute Quinoa Salad (Vegan Meal Prep Lunch Idea!)
This 15-minute quinoa salad is a light vegan meal packed with texture and flavour. You’ll want to eat the sesame ginger sauce with a spoon!
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Baked Teriyaki Chicken

Teriyaki chicken is one of the best ones you can ever taste! Of course, well-prepared teriyaki sauce is the key – you can go for a store-bought one or make it from scratch with low-sodium soy sauce, orange juice, rice vinegar, ginger, garlic, and chili flakes.

Baked Teriyaki Chicken
Baked Teriyaki Chicken is baked in a homemade Teriyaki sauce until flavors blend, then served over rice with steamed veggies!
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Healthy Air Fryer Salmon with Ginger and Scallion

I love preparing fish in an air-fryer as it is ready in a blink of an eye! Coat fine-quality salmon fillet in spices – pepper, oyster sauce, and sesame oil. Whip up some ginger scallion oil to boost the flavors!

Healthy Air Fryer Salmon with Ginger and Scallion
Skip the oven and make this healthy air fryer salmon for a delicious, easy weeknight meal that takes less than 15 minutes to cook.
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10-Minute Korean Spicy Cucumber Salad

This viral Korean spicy cucumber salad makes a flawless side dish or a snack rich in fiber! Just coat cucumber slices with spices: white vinegar, garlic, Korean chili flakes, sesame seeds, and oil.

10-Minute Korean Spicy Cucumber Salad
Easy Korean cucumber salad made in under 10 minutes just by tossing together a few simple ingredients! A great appetizer and side dish!
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Asian Turkey Lettuce Wraps

This is a simple but filling dish, loaded with protein and with minimal carbs. The combination of lean ground turkey and water chestnuts with different spices is fabulous, especially when served in these lettuce “bowls.”

Asian Turkey Lettuce Wraps
Inspired by PF Changs’ famous recipe, these Asian Turkey Lettuce Wraps are quick, easy to make and are full of so much flavor!
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15-Minute Cauliflower Fried Rice

If you fancy a serving of fried rice but want to stick to a low-carb diet, prepare this dish! Cauliflower is actually a fine substitute, while some edamame and eggs are there for protein. YUM!

15 Minute Cauliflower Fried Rice
15 Minute Cauliflower Fried Rice – healthy fried rice made with cauliflower, carrots, onions, garlic, eggs/tofu, and sesame oil!
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Chinese Eggplant with Garlic Sauce

Eggplants and ground meat are the match made in heaven! Chinese eggplants are hands down the best variety for this dish. Serve them on a bed of spiced-up mince, and don’t forget to add garlic sauce to skyrocket the flavor!

Chinese eggplant with garlic sauce
Chinese eggplant with garlic sauce (Yu Xiang eggplant) is garlicky and delicious. A Chinese eggplant recipe made easy for home cooks!
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Fresh Vietnamese Spring Rolls

One thing is certain here – you will get the layers of flavor and textures. Wrap up shrimp, rice vermicelli, carrot, cucumber, red bell pepper, mint, and butter lettuce in the rice paper sheets. Peanut sauce is spot on!

Simple Fresh Vietnamese Spring Rolls (with video)
A step-by-step guide (with video) on how to make tasty and beautiful Vietnamese spring rolls. These spring rolls are filled with shrimp, vegetables, herbs, and noodles.
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Cold Soba Noodle Salad with Ginger Soy Dressing

The main thing you need for this salad is a spiralizer to achieve its signature consistency and crunch. The ingredients are super simple: just soba noodles, cucumber, carrots, cabbage, and spring onion drenched in fabulous ginger soy dressing.

Cold Soba Noodle Salad with Ginger Soy Dressing
This cold soba noodle salad with ginger soy dressing is one of the quickest recipes ever! It tastes fresh, tasty and is super healthy.
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Thai Chicken Curry

Thai chicken curry is bursting with flavors because of some amazing additions that shift the flavor profile, like ginger, lemongrass, red curry paste, Kaffir lime leaves, fish, and soy sauce. Cook the curry with vegetables and chicken, and plate it with brown rice or glass noodles.

Thai Chicken Curry
Thai Chicken Curry with coconut milk and vegetables is a one-pot meal that is healthy, lusciously creamy, fragrant, delicious and incredibly easy to make. Customize it to your taste!
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Miso Soup

Miso soup calls for seven ingredients only – water, dried kombu, dried bonito flakes, silken tofu, scallions, wakame seaweed, and miso paste. It is the epitome of a dish that is rich in probiotics that skyrocket gut health and strengthen the immune system.

Miso Soup
This super-simple miso soup recipe is easy to make with just 6 ingredients and tastes amazing!
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Easy Korean Beef Bibimbap

Korean bibimbap is a signature dish that is incredibly flavorful and gut-healthy. Load the bowl with rice, mung bean sprouts, watercress, carrot, ground beef, egg, and napa cabbage kimchi. Check out the spice selection!

Easy Korean Beef Bibimbap Recipe
This Beef Bibimbap recipe puts a Korean classic within the grasp of any home cook. Our Beef bibimbap recipe takes about 45 minutes from start to finish.
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High-Protein Sushi Rolls

This is a healthier version of sushi, as it calls for short-grain brown rice instead of regular white variety and loads of protein-rich ingredients. Load the sushi rolls with light cream cheese, tofu, fish, and veggies!

High-Protein Sushi (light and healthy rolls)
Are you a sushi-lover? 🍣 Try my high-protein sushi recipe, healthy, light, and also super quick and simple to make!
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Green Papaya Salad

This is one of the best side dishes, as it pairs peculiarly with chicken and fish. Mix up some thinly sliced green papaya, carrot, Persian cucumbers, and mint. Lastly, make a dressing with rice vinegar, maple syrup, soy sauce, chili pepper, and shallots.

Green Papaya Salad
This vegan green papaya salad is a delicious light salad that is great as an appetizer. It is dressed with a light, tangy dressing made of rice vinegar, garlic, shallots and maple syrup.
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Chinese Steamed Fish with Ginger and Spring Onions

You must admit, steamed white fish tends to be pretty bland taste-wise, but the right marinade changes everything! This one is a fusion of ginger, Shaoxing wine, and soy sauce, but choose the low-sodium variety. 

Chinese Steamed Fish with Ginger and Spring Onions
When making Chinese steamed fish, its crucial to use the freshest fish you can find. Whole fish is ideal but fish fillets are just as good!
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Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup

Chicken noodle soup is a staple for winter, as it is packed with micronutrients and antioxidants to boost your immunity. Besides loads of veggies in the recipe, there are some spices, aka antioxidant gems: lemongrass, garlic, anise, ginger, cinnamon, coriander… 

Vietnamese chicken noodle soup
Make our comforting bowlful of chicken noodle soup with warming Vietnamese spices. This easy ‘pho ga’ recipe makes an ideal low-fat supper for a crowd
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Healthy Chicken Stir Fry

Chicken and vegetables are the ultimate combo for a healthy lunch; I like the selection here: carrots, multicolored bell peppers, snow peas, button mushrooms, and broccoli. You can definitely swap white rice for brown if you want slower-digesting carbs.

The Best Healthy Chicken Stir Fry Recipe | Weeknight Dinner
Skip the take-out and make this veggie-packed Healthy Chicken Stir Fry recipe right at home in under 30 minutes!
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The Best Healthy Chicken Stir Fry Recipe | Weeknight DinnerPin

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