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Meaty with a dash of veggies

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Fried chicken and spaghetti

Fried chicken and spaghetti

Cook time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Chicken Béchamel

Chicken Béchamel

Cook time: 45 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Chicken farmer's pie

Chicken farmer’s pie

Cook time: 50 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 people

Recipe highlights

Vietnamese shrimp spring rolls

Spring rolls

Spanish oxtail stew

Organ meat

Fried chicken wings with honey adobo glaze

Fried chicken

Sigarilyas at tinapang bangus sa gata (winged beans and smoked milkfish in coconut milk)

Cooked with coconut

Grilled cheese and green onion kimchi sandwich

Cooked with kimchi

Crispy pork belly in coconut cream sauce

Pork belly

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Connie Veneracion

Home cook and writer by passion, photographer by necessity, and good food, coffee and wine lover forever. I create, test and publish recipes for family meals, and write cooking tips and food stories. More about me and my umami blogs.

Meaty with a dash of veggies

Gising-gising with crispy pork belly

Gising-gising with crispy pork belly

Cook time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Skewered pork belly teriyaki

Skewered pork belly teriyaki

Cook time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 people

Gingered chicken, shiitake and bok choy soup

Gingered chicken, shiitake and bok choy soup

Cook time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Japanese-style spinach and mushroom salad

Japanese-style spinach and mushroom salad

Cook time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Chicken yakisoba

Chicken yakisoba

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Fried chicken, rice and egg (chicksilog)

Fried chicken, rice and egg (chicksilog)

Cook time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Lechonsilog (crispy pork belly, rice and egg)

Lechonsilog (crispy pork belly, rice and egg)

Cook time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 people

Tapsilog (beef, fried rice and egg)

Tapsilog (beef, fried rice and egg)

Cook time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 people

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