Category: Rice bowl meals
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Easy Banchan Recipe for Irresistible Korean Braised Potatoes
My favorite thing about eating out at Korean restaurants is all the little side dishes or banchan that come out before the meal, that often make the main meal slightly redundant. My absolute favorite banchan is gamja jorim. Sweet, salty, crispy potatoes – How can you go wrong? The thing was, I never felt I…
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Mayak Eggs Recipe: Korean Marinated Eggs for Rice Bowls
When I first discovered soft boiled jammy eggs a few years back, it was a culinary life changer. Beautiful soft boiled eggs that keep well in the fridge for days to be used at whim on sandwiches, toast, ramen soups or with rice. These Mayak eggs take the jammy soft boiled egg to the next…
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Chinese Fried Cabbage Recipe – Simple and Delicious
The first time I made this cabbage I ended up eating almost the entire thing myself, it’s that good! I like to serve this as a side with a Chinese stir-fried omelette for a simple Sunday supper but it goes well with tofu dishes or any Asian style protein. Make sure you don’t mince the…
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Greek Spinach and Rice Recipe with Lashings of Olive Oil
I’ve just come back from a long two month trip to India. I love Indian food but I got very homesick for food from home. I particularly missed olive oil. I dreamt of lashings of olive oil in – salads, hummus, babaganoush, tabouli and in particular this dish – Greek spinach and rice, which was…
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Easy Bibimbap Recipe: Quick Korean Rice Bowl with gochujang sauce
Bibimbap – Quick and easy vegetarian dinner for when you have those cooking ennui blues
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Tasty Instant Ramen Fried Rice Recipe for Teenagers
My teenage son is addicted to instant ramen noodles. His cousin got him hooked on them a few years back and he’s been making them as snacks and quick meals since then. When he has friends over he often makes them as a midnight snack as they watch movies or play computer games into the…
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Baked Rice with Pomegranate and Olive Salsa Recipe
I’m a late-comer to Ottolenghi fandom, I had the standard complaints about his books; too many exotic ingredients, pedantic and complicated recipes. This all changed when a friend gave me Jerusalem as a birthday present a few years ago. Middle-Eastern food is my thing, suddenly, the exotic ingredients weren’t so exotic and I didn’t have…
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Easy Onion Pilaf Recipe for Cuban, Indian, Mexican, and Middle-Eastern Cuisine
This is my son’s favorite rice and the rice I always serve with black beans, it goes perfectly with Cuban black beans but it mixes and matches with Indian, Mexican, Middle-Eastern – take your choice. It also makes an excellent emergency store cupboard meal, when you have no idea what to cook – add…
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Nostalgic Comfort: Braised Cantonese Style Tofu Recipe
When I was a kid Chinese food was the one exotic eating option in rural Australia. For my eighth birthday dinner, I chose the standard family celebration dinner, roast chicken with pavlova for dessert. My best friend came for dinner and brought an exotic offering, a container of fried rice, from the Chinese restaurant that…
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The Back Yard Lemon Tree 