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Umami Days

Umami Days

Meaty with a dash of veggies

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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.

Guam-style Grilled Chicken with Annatto Rice

Guam-style grilled chicken

In Guam, grilled chicken is marinated in a spicy sauce known in Chamorro (native Guam language) as fina’denne’. The basic ingredients represent salty, sour and spicy.

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Cheesy Chicken Pasta Salad in Red Plate

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.

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Duck breast teriyaki

Duck breast teriyaki

Unlike traditional teriyaki dishes that require the meat to be marinated then grilled, in this recipe, the duck breast is first seared then braised in teriyaki sauce.

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Taiwanese braised pork belly served over rice with pickled cucumber and halved egg on the side

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 …

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Mushroom broccoli stir fry

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 …

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Baked squash with Parmesan

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.

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Japanese twice-fried chicken wings (tebasaki)

Japanese fried chicken wings (tebasaki)

Tebasaki literally translates to “wing tips” and is the term used for both bone-in chicken wings and the fried chicken dish.

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