Rice Life Foodie – Asian Recipes and Filipino Recipes with Natural Ingredients

This Thai green papaya salad recipe called som tam (ส้มตำ) is bright, crunchy, tangy, and spicy, with a dressing that clings to the shredded papaya rather than pooling at the bottom. The dressing is tangy, umami, and fresh. Make one of Thailand’s best known salads right at home.

This chicken adobo with coconut milk recipe is a comforting, savory, tasty one pot meal for tender chicken in a broth infused with coconut milk that makes you ask for a second serving. The coconut milk sauce is a game changer with added ginger and a balanced ratio of the classic soy sauce and vinegar that’s found in regular Filipino chicken adobo. This recipe stays true to th...

Oi muchim is a mildly spicy cucumber salad with ground Korean red pepper (gochugaru), commonly served as a Korean side dish, called banchan. The crunchy, fresh cucumbers and just a simple, spicy, savory mixture make this Korean cucumber salad super crisp, refreshing, healthy, and quick to make. Oi muchim is especially good when you need something fresh to balance gri...

This red bean paste recipe is easy, authentic, and made simple by using adzuki beans sweetened with sugar, which is cooked down to a paste that’s made for filling desserts, stuffed into sesame balls or mochi, used as topping, and yummy for spreading on toast! Make red bean paste smooth or chunky, and adjust sweetness to your liking. You can also use it for savory rice bowls a...