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Congee days and ramen nights

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  • Recipes
    • Appetizers
    • Salads
    • Soups
    • Main courses
    • Side dishes
    • Sweets
    • Beverages
  • Cooking tips
    • Kitchen how-tos
    • Cooking ingredients
    • Kitchen tools
  • Food stories
  • Umami Art Club

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.

Lemon pepper chicken rice bowl

Lemon pepper chicken

Ginger ale-battered fried chicken fillets tossed lemon pepper sauce. This lemon pepper chicken is cooked like Chinese lemon chicken but cayenne, dill and thyme add more …

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Cheese-topped broiled salmon served with tomato sauce

Easy cheesy broiled salmon

Looking for a recipe for a quick and easy dish that looks and tastes like it was cooked in a professional kitchen? Look no farther because you just found it.

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Tilapia braised in spicy coconut cream garnished with sliced chili and cilantro leaves

Tilapia braised in spicy coconut cream

Ten minutes to prep and ten minutes to cook. Simple to make but exceptionally tasty. Serve over rice (don't forget to drizzle sauce over the rice) for the best …

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