Comforting braised chicken cooked in a rich savory sauce, served with rice and tender red beans. Main ingredients: chicken thighs, red beans, rice, onion, garlic, tomato paste, spices.

“By the time we’re done here,” says chef Edward Lee, “all of this is going to commingle and mix and become one beautiful dish.” The trick to making Lee’s peanut-braised chicken with coconut Carolina ...

Cathy Chaplin is a former senior editor at Eater LA, a James Beard Award–nominated journalist, and the author of Food Lovers’ Guide to Los Angeles. China’s one dish wonder mega-chain Yang’s Braised ...