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Umami Days: Cooking

Umami Days: Cooking

Meaty with a dash of veggies

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Main Course

Mongolian beef

Mongolian beef
A Chinese-American dish derived from the Taiwanese Mongolian barbecue. Slices of beef are stir fried with vegetables then tossed with a thick brown sauce which may or may not be spicy.
Cook time: 7 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people

Chicken and broccoli pasta with garlic butter cream sauce

Chicken and broccoli pasta with garlic butter cream sauce
Butter, cream, garlic, chicken and pasta. What’s not to like? The recipe is easy; it’s hard to mess up with this chicken broccoli pasta unless you start scrimping on the ingredients. Because that’s where the magic lies — the freshest chicken, the freshest broccoli and copious amounts of butter and cheese. No scrimping allowed
Cook time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 2 people

Chinese red-braised pork belly (hong shao rou)

Chinese red-braised pork belly (hong shao rou)
Pork belly slow cooked with soy sauce, rice wine, onion, ginger, garlic, cloves, peppercorns and star anise. Serve with rice for a delicious meal.
Cook time: 1 hour hour 50 minutes minutes
Servings: 3 people

Thai fish coconut cream soup (tom kha pla)

Thai fish coconut cream soup (tom kha pla)
Spicy, subtly sweet, salty and tangy. Serve as a starter or pair with rice for a main course.
Cook time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people

Samgyeopsal-inspired pan-grilled pork belly

Samgyeopsal -inspired pan-grilled pork belly
With the flavors you'd expect from authentic samgyeopsal-gui, the cooking procedure is simplified to ensure that the pork slices are cooked to perfect tenderness even without the traditional tabletop grill.
Cook time: 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people

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