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Ketchup Recipes

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13 recipes

Meatloaf with ground beef, onion and breadcrumbs — USA recipe

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Meat Dishes

Meatloaf

Meatloaf is a traditional American dish — ground meat mixed with breadcrumbs, eggs and spices, baked into a loaf shape and topped with a tomato glaze.

63 min700 kcal4 serves

💪High protein

Spare Ribs with pork ribs, brown sugar and ketchup — USA recipe

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Meat Dishes

Spare Ribs

Slow-cooked pork ribs covered in a flavorful BBQ sauce. Rich flavor and juiciness make them a favorite treat for all meat lovers.

270 min1120 kcal10 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein

Tonkatsu with pork, panko and egg — Japan recipe

🇯🇵JapanMedium

Meat Dishes

Tonkatsu

Tonkatsu is a popular Japanese dish — a breaded pork chop. A perfect example of adapting Western cooking techniques into Japanese cuisine.

23 min500 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein

Classic American Burger with beef, onion and cheese — USA recipe

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Meat Dishes

Classic American Burger

A proper smash burger with a deeply caramelized crust, melted American cheese, crisp lettuce, ripe tomato, and the perfect special sauce. Simple technique, extraordinary results.

25 min680 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein

Singapore Chili Crab with crab, chili and garlic — Singapore recipe

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Fish and Seafood Dishes

Singapore Chili Crab

Singapore's national dish — whole crab braised in a glossy sweet-spicy tomato-chili sauce with garlic, ginger, and egg ribbons. Created in 1950s Singapore and eaten with your hands, mopping up every drop of sauce with warm mantou buns.

45 min500 kcal1 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

Korean Fried Chicken with chicken, cornstarch and garlic — Korea recipe

🇰🇷KoreaAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Korean Fried Chicken

Korean fried chicken, or yangnyeom chicken (양념치킨), is chicken fried twice — once to cook it, then again, hotter, to set a thin glassy crust — and tossed in a sticky sauce of gochujang, honey, garlic and soy. The double fry is the whole technique: it drives moisture out of the coating, so the crust stays crisp even under the glaze. In Korea it is the standard late-night takeaway, eaten with pickled radish and cold beer.

40 min320 kcal2 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein

Sweet and Sour Pork with pork, pineapple and bell pepper — China recipe

🇨🇳ChinaAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Sweet and Sour Pork

A Cantonese classic — crispy cornstarch-coated pork pieces stir-fried with bell pepper, onion, carrot, and optional pineapple in a glossy tangy-sweet sauce of vinegar, ketchup, sugar, and soy sauce. The secret is high heat, small batches, and not overcrowding the wok.

65 min480 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein

Yakisoba (Japanese Stir-Fried Noodles) with noodles, Worcestershire sauce and oyster sauce — Japan recipe

🇯🇵JapanMedium

Cereal and Pasta Dishes

Yakisoba (Japanese Stir-Fried Noodles)

Japanese stir-fried wheat noodles with pork belly (or chicken), cabbage, onion, and carrot, tossed in a tangy-sweet Worcestershire-based sauce. Yakisoba (焼きそば) means 'grilled noodles' — it was born in post-war Japan, sold at outdoor teppan stalls and school festivals, and has been a beloved fast food ever since. The sauce is what defines yakisoba: Worcestershire provides the backbone tang, oyster sauce the umami depth, ketchup the fruity sweetness, and soy sauce the salt. Made at home in 20 minutes with a single pan, it tastes exactly like the stall version. The traditional finish — pickled red ginger and dried seaweed flakes — takes it from good to unmistakably Japanese.

20 min540 kcal2 serves

⚡Quick

Homemade BBQ Sauce (Sweet, Smoky & Tangy) with ketchup, apple cider vinegar and brown sugar — USA recipe

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Sauces and Dips

Homemade BBQ Sauce (Sweet, Smoky & Tangy)

Barbecue sauce is the foundation of American pit cooking — a condiment that in its classic Kansas City form balances four fundamental flavors: sweet (brown sugar and molasses), sour (apple cider vinegar), savory (Worcestershire sauce and garlic), and smoky (smoked paprika). Unlike most sauces, which are built by reducing a complex stock, BBQ sauce is assembled from pantry staples and then simmered together for 15 to 20 minutes until the flavors merge and the raw edge of the vinegar rounds out. The result is a thick, glossy, mahogany-coloured sauce that clings to ribs, glazes chicken, and tastes of concentrated American summer. The key adjustable levers: more brown sugar for sweetness, more vinegar for tang, more smoked paprika (or a small amount of liquid smoke) for smokiness, cayenne for heat. This recipe makes approximately 480 ml (2 cups) — enough for one full rack of ribs with extra for dipping.

25 min55 kcal16 serves

⚡Quick🌶️Spicy

Smash Burger with ground beef, American cheese and brioche — USA recipe

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Meat Dishes

Smash Burger

A smash burger is a thin burger made by pressing a loose ball of cold ground beef flat onto a very hot griddle, so that most of the patty turns into crust. Instead of forming a shaped patty and handling it gently, you place a loose ball of cold 80/20 ground beef on a screaming-hot cast-iron griddle or skillet, then press it flat instantly with maximum force. The entire physics of the burger changes: the thin patty achieves near-total surface contact with the hot metal, triggering the Maillard reaction across the full face of the burger rather than just the edges. The result is a hamburger that is almost entirely crust — dark, crispy, lacey-edged, deeply savory — with a thin, juicy interior. American cheese, with its uniquely high moisture content and engineered melt point, is not optional. No other cheese melts completely in the 30 to 45 seconds available between flip and serve.

25 min720 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick💪High protein

Korean Corn Dogs with hot dog sausages, mozzarella and panko breadcrumbs — Korea recipe

🇰🇷KoreaMedium

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Korean Corn Dogs

The Korean street-food corn dog that took over social media: a hot dog, a stick of mozzarella, or both, skewered, coated in a thick batter and a shell of panko, deep-fried until crunchy, then dusted with sugar and zig-zagged with ketchup and mustard. The pull of molten cheese and the sweet-savoury crust are the whole appeal.

40 min420 kcal4 serves

Burger Bowl with ground beef, cheddar and dill pickles — USA recipe

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Salads

Burger Bowl

A cheeseburger with the bun swapped for a bed of crisp lettuce: seasoned ground beef with the cheddar melted right in, piled over romaine with tomato, red onion, and pickles, then drizzled with a tangy special sauce. All the flavour of a fast-food burger, none of the heaviness, and on the table faster than grilling patties.

20 min550 kcal2 serves

💪High protein⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free

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ground beef egg Worcestershire sauce onion brown sugar pork garlic chicken breadcrumbs pork ribs tomato chili