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Meaty with a dash of veggies

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No claypot chicken rice

No claypot chicken rice

Cook time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Korean-style ground beef rice bowl

Korean-style ground beef rice bowl

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 people

Oxtail kare-kare

Oxtail kare-kare

Cook time: 9 hours hours

Servings: 4 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

Japanese beef and potato stew (nikujaga)

Japanese beef and potato stew (nikujaga)

Cook time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Steamed fish steak with sweet soy sauce

Steamed fish steak with sweet soy sauce

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 people

Steamed whole tilapia with ginger, chilies and scallions

Steamed whole tilapia with ginger, chilies and scallions

Cook time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 people

Chicken yakisoba

Chicken yakisoba

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Tofu and shiitake in soy ginger sauce

Tofu and shiitake in soy ginger sauce

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Bandeja paisa

Bandeja paisa

Cook time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 people

Watermelon iced tea

Watermelon iced tea

Cook time: 3 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Tempura-style crispy green beans

Tempura-style crispy green beans

Cook time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 people

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