Main Course

Naporitan (Japanese ketchup spaghetti)

This strangely comforting pasta dish has sliced hotdogs and a sweet-sour sauce made with tomato ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, sugar and milk.

Cook time: 18

Servings: 4 people

Pork ribs sinigang

Chunky meat and all those vegetables in a flavorful broth… Don't think that it's a starter course. Sinigang is always served as a main course or a secondary course. And it's always paired with rice.

Cook time: 1 20

Servings: 4 people

Pork, sausage and beans

Pork strips browned with paprika, salt, pepper, chipotle and cayenne, and slices of Spanish chorizo are simmered in broth before a can of baked beans is added to make a delicious stew.

Cook time: 50

Servings: 4 people

Sweet sour fish fillets

Fish fillets are cut into cubes, seasoned, tossed in starch, deep fried and tossed in sweet sour sauce with ginger, garlic, scallions, bell pepper and fresh pineapple.

Cook time: 15

Servings: 4 people

Ginger beef, chayote and spinach soup

Cubes of beef short plate are browned, sauteed with ginger and onion, seasoned with fish sauce and simmered until tender. Wedges of chayote and spinach complete this soothing soup.

Cook time: 2 15

Servings: 4 people

Baked macaroni and beef ragu with Mornay sauce

Slow cooker beef ragu, pasta and Mornay sauce are assembled in an oven-safe dish and baked until bubbly. It’s the ultimate mac and cheese. Meaty. Cheesy. Lovely.

Cook time: 6 30

Servings: 6 people

Salmon curry rice bowl

When you don’t have time to cook an old-fashioned curry, there’s a way to enjoy all the curry goodness by using a quick-cooking protein like salmon. Prep time is five minutes. Cook time is ten minutes.

Cook time: 10

Servings: 4 people

Cantonese-style pork BBQ (char siu)

Pork shoulder (called butt in some regions) cut into the shape of a log is marinated in five-spice powder, Shao Xing rice wine, sugar, soy sauce, sesame seed oil and hoisin sauce, and roasted over high heat.

Cook time: 50

Servings: 4 people