Month: December 2016

  Souperchef Special | Vegan Doenjang Tteokguk (Vegan | No Garlic & Onion | Dairy-Free | Contains Gluten) Tteokguk is one of my daughter’s favourite soups at home. She loves the chewy tteok (rice cakes) cooked with oxtail, finished off with beef slices and carrots. Here, I have decided to make a vegan version inspired by […]

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Souperchef Special | Prosperity Black Pepper Beef Stew (Beef | Dairy-Free | Contains Gluten | Spicy) Every Chinese New Year, a certain fast food restaurant’s repertoire would include this black pepper beef burger with the infamous twister fries. It is definitely something that many of their fans look forward to. Singaporeans love all things black […]

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Souperchef Special | Beauty Collagen Stew (Chicken | Seafood | Dairy-Free | Egg-Free | Contains Gluten) Almost every country and culture around the world boasts of some kind of restorative, comforting chicken soup. The practice of ingesting collagen to fight the effects of aging has been going on in the homes of Japan for years, but […]

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Souperchef Special | Barramundi Kimchi Jjigae (Spicy | Fish | Dairy-Free | Contains Gluten) * May contain fine fish bones! Many have enjoyed the Korean stews we created for the #TSSTakeMeToKorea campaign in 2014, especially the Kimchi Chicken Jjigae. I am a big fan of kimchi and it made sense to combine my favourite locally farmed […]

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Souperchef Anna’s Message | Chinese New Year 2016   Can you believe that we are going to usher in the Year of the Rooster in just a few weeks? How has the past year been for you? Are you like me, looking forward to a time of reunion with loved ones, a time of rest […]

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SouperChef Special | French Onion Soup (Vegetarian*/Dairy-Free**/Egg-Free/Gluten-Free) Note: *Butter is used in this soup. **No longer dairy-free if cheese is added as topping. Julia Child and her Soupe à l’oignon Everyone loves Julia Child, and I’m no exception after watching the movie Julie & Julia. Her recipes taught a generation of Americans about French food, and her approach […]

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Yuletide Chicken Stroganoff  (Chicken / Contains Dairy / Contains Gluten / Alcohol-Free) Inspirations I love it when inspirations beget inspirations! This Chicken Stroganoff for Christmas is a spin-off from our Beef Stroganoff Brazilian Style hailing from the Taste Brazil campaign earlier this year, and I’m souper stoked to bring it back, in a brand new […]

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SouperChef Special | Beef Bourguignon (Beef/Gluten-Free/Egg-Free/Dairy-Free) Julie & Julia Julie & Julia is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nora Ephron starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, and Chris Messina. The film contrasts the life of chef Julia Child in the early years of her culinary career with the life of […]

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SouperChef Special | Prawn Bitsque (Seafood/Gluten-Free/Egg-Free/Contains Dairy) Meaning of Bitsque Every year, when we make this soup, we always have kind souls writing to me, informing me that we have accidentally spelled Bisque wrongly. I had to reply clarifying that our version is meant to be Bitsque, a bisque with bits. We wanted to make our bisque a […]

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Home for Christmas What‘s your favourite Christmas memory? For me, it’s the family gathering in thanksgiving for the reason for the season. It’s cosy, crazy times at home with my loved ones. It’s decking our long dining wooden table in our own familiar ways, the napkins and cutlery quirkily out of place. It’s seeing my […]

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