Leftover roast turkey farmer’s pie
Mashed potato-topped leftover roast turkey farmer’s pie moistened with excess gravy is a lovely way to use scrap meat from your Thanksgiving / Christmas turkey.
Main Courses
Our definition of a main course is a dish, usually protein-based, that provides the most bulk in a meal. It can be a stew, a chunky soup, a stir fry, roast meat, fried meat or grilled fish. This is Asia, so, rice is the default partner.
But there are instances — as in the case of one bowl meals — when the main course is the only course for lunch or dinner.
Three-cup chicken
Three-cup chicken derives its name from the three liquid ingredients in which it is cooked — a cup each of sesame seed oil, Shaoxing rice wine and soy sauce.
Filipino sweet sour roast chicken stew (paksiw na lechon manok)
A great way to recycle leftover roast / fried chicken is to stew it in vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, garlic, shallots and chili to make a sweet sour stew.
A la chicken Marbella
It's roast chicken in white wine with olives and capers. I read that Chicken Marbella was an iconic 1980’s dish. The original recipe has prunes and brown sugar; I used …
Fried whole fish with chili pineapple sauce
A whole fish is deep fried until the skin is crisp then smothered with a mixture of homemade sweet chili sauce, fish sauce, chilies and chunks of fresh pineapple.
Catfish braised in caramel sauce (ca kho to)
Sweet and salty with heat supplied by ginger and chilies. Serve the catfish with hot rice for a real Asian dining experience.
Hollandaise chicken sandwich
What to do with leftover chicken? Shred it, season it, pile on bread, drizzle with Hollandaise sauce and sprinkle with cayenne.