Side Dish

Sambal eggs

Spicy, citrusy, salty and sweet all at the same time, the secret to sambal eggs is frying hard-boiled eggs before simmering in the sauce to blister the surface to enable the spicy sauce to stick to it better. Serve these spicy eggs for breakfast, as a side dish for lunch or dinner, or as a snack.

Keyword: Spicy

Cook time: 30

Servings: 4 people

Cornbread muffins a la Kenny Rogers Roasters

Made with yellow cornmeal and fresh sweet corn, these muffins are subtly sweet although they still lean more toward savory. Straight out of the oven, they're just gorgeous — crusty outside, soft inside. Serve with fried chicken, pork ribs and beef brisket BBQ, or just by themselves as a filling snack.

Keyword: Savory muffin

Cook time: 25

Servings: 12 large muffins