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Recipes with vegetable / fruit

Pork ribs sinigang

Chunky meat and all those vegetables in a flavorful broth… Don't think that it's a starter course. Sinigang is always served as a main course or a secondary course. And it's always paired with rice.
Cook time: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Pork, sausage and beans

Pork, sausage and beans

Pork strips browned with paprika, salt, pepper, chipotle and cayenne, and slices of Spanish chorizo are simmered in broth before a can of baked beans is added to make a delicious stew.
Cook time: 50 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Sweet sour fish fillets

Sweet sour fish fillets

Fish fillets are cut into cubes, seasoned, tossed in starch, deep fried and tossed in sweet sour sauce with ginger, garlic, scallions, bell pepper and fresh pineapple.
Cook time: 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Ginger beef and vegetable soup

Ginger beef, chayote and spinach soup

Cubes of beef short plate are browned, sauteed with ginger and onion, seasoned with fish sauce and simmered until tender. Wedges of chayote and spinach complete this soothing soup.
Cook time: 2 hours hours 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Miso ramen with shrimp wonton and shiitake

Miso ramen with shrimp wonton and shiitake

Do you like Japanese miso soup? We do! It is great in its simplest form — with just tofu and wakame — but did you know that wonton and shiitake are great additions to basic miso soup?
Cook time: 8 minutes minutes
Servings: 1 bowl
Fried rice with bacon, tomato, garlic and basil

Fried rice with bacon, tomato, garlic and basil

The cooking technique is Asian; the flavors are Mediterranean. Garlic sauteed in rendered bacon fat forms the flavor base of this easy breakfast dish. The bacon topping is optional but who says no to bacon, right?
Cook time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 2 people
Moo goo gai pan (chicken and mushroom stir fry)

Moo goo gai pan (chicken and mushroom stir fry)

Thin slices of chicken are velveted and stir fried with shiitake, snow peas and carrot. A simple sauce made with chicken stock, oyster sauce and starch completes the dish.
Cook time: 5 minutes minutes
Servings: 2 people
Pork menudo

Pork menudo

A stew of pork, liver, potatoes, raisins, carrots, bell peppers and peas, Filipino menudo is cooked in tomato sauce with lots of onion, garlic, oregano and bay leaves.
Cook time: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 6 people
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