Beef and bean salad
Sweet, tangy, spicy. Meaty but served with enough vegetables to cut through the fat. It's a delicious one bowl meal.
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.
Chicken and pasta salad
Chopped cooked chicken, fusilli (spiral pasta), pineapple, bell pepper, walnuts and olives are tossed with whipped cream cheese and mayo dressing.
Taiwanese braised pork belly
Strips of marinated pork belly are braised in soy sauce with star anise, cinnamon, shallots, garlic and sugar. The tender pork, with its thick sauce, is served over rice …
Mushroom broccoli stir fry
If you're a fan of Chinese beef with broccoli, this is the vegetarian version. Button and shiitake mushrooms were stir fried with broccoli florets, and tossed in a sticky …
Baked squash with Parmesan
Thick slices of squash are drizzled with butter in which garlic had been browned, topped with panko and Parmesan, and baked.
Whole fish with lemongrass and ginger sauce
The fish is twice cooked. First, it is deep fried to give it texture. Next, it is braised in the spicy sauce just long enough to allow the flesh to soak up the flavors. …
Meatballs shigureni
Cook meatballs (fry, bake, grill or broil), heat dashi, soy sauce, sake, mirin, sugar and ginger in a shallow pan just until simmering, drop in the cooked meatballs and …