Asian fusion

Poached chicken, shiitake and mango salad

A salad that's filling enough to be enjoyed as a main course. The Thai-style sweet, salty and spicy dressing is flavored with palm sugar, fish sauce, lime juice, lemongrass, shallots, chilies and cilantro.

Cook time: 12

Servings: 2 people

Pork spare ribs with black beans and chili garlic sauce

Cooked Asian style, this braised pork ribs dish is salty and spicy with a hint of sweetness. That might sound like a description of a myriad of Asian dishes but let me tell you that saltiness and spiciness can be either flat or nuanced depending on the ingredients you use.

Cook time: 2

Servings: 3 people

Soy sauce and gochujang eggplants

Eggplants slices are seared in sesame seed oil then braised quickly in a mixture of soy sauce, gochujang (Korean chili paste), shallots and garlic.

Cook time: 7

Servings: 4 people

Tonkatsu with hoisin and gochujang glaze

Japanese breaded pork meets Chinese and Korean sauces in this sweet-salty-spicy dish that you'll want to enjoy with plain white rice.

Cook time: 10

Servings: 3 people

Asian grilled chicken skewers

Chicken thigh fillets are cut into small cubes and marinated in a mixture of fish sauce, sweet soy sauce, oyster sauce, garlic, chili, lemongrass and palm sugar before they are threaded onto bamboo skewers and grilled.

Cook time: 10

Servings: 4 people