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Velveted chicken, mushrooms and wakame soup

Velveted chicken, mushrooms and wakame soup

The prep time is 10 minutes, the cook time is 15 minutes, but velveting takes overnight. It's worth the waiting though because you end up with better than restaurant-quality food.
Cook time: 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Spaghettini with chorizo, asparagus and cherry tomatoes

Spaghettini with chorizo, asparagus and cherry tomatoes

A piece of chorizo is sliced, browned, and tossed with cooked pasta and vegetables sauteed in olive oil. A colorful and tasty one bowl meal that cooks in ten minutes.
Cook time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Pork belly kaldereta

Pork belly kaldereta

The pork version of a tomato-based beef stew that evolved in Filipino cuisine after over three centuries of Spanish colonization. Kaldereta is from the Spanish caldero or cauldron, the traditional pot for cooking stews.
Cook time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Chicken tinola

Chicken tinola

Bone-in chicken, wedges of green papaya and chili leaves in gingered broth. That’s chicken tinola, Filipino comfort food par excellence. Serve as a soup and or main dish.
Cook time: 1 hour hour
Servings: 4 people
Chinese-style fish fillet with lemon sauce

Chinese-style fish fillet with lemon sauce

Swordfish belly fillets are thinly sliced, seasoned, coated with batter, deep fried then tossed with a syrupy sauce made with fresh lemon juice, sugar, chili flakes, grated ginger, turmeric and kaffir lime leaves.
Cook time: 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 3 people
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