• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
Umami Days: Cooking

Umami Days: Cooking

Meaty with a dash of veggies

  • Recipes
    • Appetizers
    • Salads
    • Soups
    • Main courses
    • Side dishes
    • Sweets
    • Beverages
  • Cooking tips
  • Food Stories
  • Newsletter
  • Recipes
    • Appetizers
    • Salads
    • Soups
    • Main courses
    • Side dishes
    • Sweets
    • Beverages
  • Cooking tips
  • Food Stories
  • Newsletter

Recipes with chicken, duck or turkey

Poached chicken Hainanese-style

Poached chicken Hainanese-style

Instead of a whole chicken, thighs are poached in broth and Shao xing rice wine with garlic, ginger and scallions. Authentic taste of Hainanese chicken with a shorter cooking time.
Cook time: 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 3 people
Lemongrass pandan chicken and rice

Lemongrass pandan chicken and rice

It looks like Hainanese chicken, it’s served like Hainanese chicken, but the flavor and aroma couldn’t be more different. Even the dipping sauce is unique.
Cook time: 1 hour hour
Servings: 3 people
Lemon honey chili garlic chicken

Lemon honey chili garlic chicken

Velveted strips of chicken fillet are tossed with julienned vegetables and cooked in a sauce made with lemon juice, honey, garlic, chilies and kaffir lime leaves.
Cook time: 5 minutes minutes
Servings: 3 people
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
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
  • Previous
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 5
  • Page 6
  • Page 7
  • Page 8
  • Page 9
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 21
  • Next
  • Cook & Author
  • Privacy
  • Copyright
  • No AI
  • Contact

Created by a human for humans · Copyright © 2026 · Connie Veneracion · All Rights Reserved