Vietnamese beef stew
Beef cooked with lemongrass, ginger, star anise and Chinese five-spice powder, among others. Vietnamese beef stew is highly aromatic and tasty! Serve with rice, noodles …
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.
Sweet sour fried pork chops
The inspiration for this dish came via the Venice episode in Season 2 of Netflix's Somebody Feed Phil.
Pork liver stir fry with Chinese chives
If you’re on keto diet, know that this stir fry is a keto dieter’s dream come true. But we're not on keto, so, we enjoy it with rice.
Japanese-inspired carbonara
Inspired by a pasta dish we enjoyed at a Japanese restaurant long ago, this Japanese-style carbonara has angel hair pasta, bacon, cream, salted egg powder, bonito flakes …
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.
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.