Nourishing Sesame Chicken Stew Contains Chicken | Contains Gluten | Dairy-Free   My food haunts in Taiwan are always deliciously marked with street eats in night markets. As ubiquitous as the traditional Taiwanese sesame oil chicken soup is, each version is still unique! This rendition of the stew includes warming herbs like danggui, dangshen and […]

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SouperChef’s Message | Red Dot Series I love the sheer diversity and inclinations we all enjoy when it comes to food. Name your favourite dish and be prepared to engage in a passionate foodies’ discourse about what’s the best. While curating this month’s SouperChef Specials that can be representative of our collective identity—quintessentially Singaporean, I […]

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Hainanese-Style Chicken Mixed Grain Risotto Contains Chicken | Contains Gluten | Dairy-Free   Whether in humble or haute cuisine, the Hainanese-style chicken rice has been flying our SG flag proudly in the culinary scene. Here, we keep what makes the dish sing and soupify it with our no-nasties Chicken Collagen Premium Soup Stock and mixed […]

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Nyonya-Inspired Vegetable Curry with Cheese Vegetarian | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free | Spicy   Just like how Singapore’s story is a complex tale of assimilation, Nyonya food is an exhilarating culinary ride of cultural infusion! Inspired by the Nyonya sayur lodeh, I added pineapple for a refreshing tang and cheese for natural umami. With Korean […]

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Soul-Good Barramundi Stew Teochew Style Contains Fish* | Contains Gluten | Dairy-Free *May contain fine bones   Inspired by Chef Willin’s “yu pin mai fan” and heritage dishes, this soup is a cross between Teochew steamed pomfret and fish porridge! You’ll find familiar Teochew elements like kiam chye and dau cheo, with barley to substitute […]

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SouperChef’s Message | World In One Kitchen Did you travel to your heart’s content last month? I took some sporadic breaks with my children during their school holiday and how lovely it is to simply slow down and savour time. Just as we need pauses between notes for music to sound good, we should see […]

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Catalan Chicken Stew with Prunes Contains Chicken | Contains Egg | Contains Gluten   In Corca, Catalan Country, we stayed with a family in their 500-year-old home, Casa Matilda. Over breakfast, I asked what a traditional Catalan soup would be. This is it—no formal recipe, just how generations in the family used to make it! […]

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Vietnamese Beef Stew Contains Beef | Contains Gluten | Dairy-Free   Vietnam’s cuisine is a blend of influences, a beautiful mix of native traditions and cultural inspirations. This soup is an embodiment of the seamless marriage of the East and West—a French-style beef stew flavoured with star anise, lemongrass, fish sauce, then cooked with white […]

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Roasted Vegetables Chilli Cheese Stew Vegetarian | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free | Spicy   This is the national dish of Bhutan, commonly eaten in homes on a daily basis, cooked with chillies, tomatoes and cheese, paired with rice! There, chilli is treated as a vegetable and not as a condiment. In Bhutan, I always looked […]

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SouperChef’s Message | 21st Anniversary The 21st birthday is widely and wildly celebrated all around the world. Do you know it has its origins in medieval times from grooming for knighthood? At 7 years old, a boy begins training as a page; at 14, he would become a Squire. And at 21, he will be […]

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Chicken Gumbo Contains Chicken | Dairy-Free | Gluten-Free | Spicy   Do you know chicken gumbo was one of our first few stews? I followed a recipe with spiced whole chicken, coated with flour, deep fried then cooked in a peppery stew. Yummy but a tad unhealthy! So here’s my healthier version sans the deep […]

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French Ratatouille Vegetarian | Contains Dairy | Gluten-Free   When I first made this stew, it was two years before the movie Ratatouille was released. We had to put its pronunciation next to the name! But after the movie, no one needed the aid anymore! Thick with an array of colourful vegetables like eggplant & […]

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