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Main dishes anchor the meal. This category gathers poultry, seafood, meat, pasta, grains, and plant-forward recipes with clear methods and satisfying structure.

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Daechang-bokkeum (Spicy Pork Large Intestine Stir-Fry)

Chef Jeong-sun

Daechang-bokkeum (Spicy Pork Large Intestine Stir-Fry)

Pork large intestine cleaned, simmered, dried, then stir-fried hard with garlic, chilies, cabbage, and perilla leaves, a late-table anju where the fat must brown before the sauce ever touches the pan.

Daege-jjim (Steamed Snow Crab)

Chef Jeong-sun

Daege-jjim (Steamed Snow Crab)

Whole snow crab steamed belly-up so the sweet juices stay inside, then finished the Korean way with warm rice stirred into the crab roe and green innards.

Daegu-jorim (Braised Cod)

Chef Jeong-sun

Daegu-jorim (Braised Cod)

A winter cod braise built on thick radish, clean fish, and a restrained soy-gochugaru sauce that reduces just enough to gloss the pieces without burying them.

Daging Opor

Chef Joost

Daging Opor

Daging opor is the pale, fragrant beef stew of the Indo-Dutch table, where coconut milk, candlenut, and lemongrass soften the louder dishes around it.

Daging Roedjak

Chef Joost

Daging Roedjak

The old spelling roedjak carries a whole colonial table in it: beef simmered until tender in coconut, chili, tamarind, and trassi, sweet, sour, hot, and deeply savoury.

Dak-bibimbap (닭비빔밥, Pyongan Chicken Bibimbap)

Chef Jeong-sun

Dak-bibimbap (닭비빔밥, Pyongan Chicken Bibimbap)

A gentle Pyongan rice bowl where shredded boiled chicken, broth-cooked rice, and separately seasoned namul are mixed with soy and sesame oil, not gochujang, so every ingredient keeps its own voice.

Dak-bokkeumtang (Spicy Braised Chicken)

Chef Jeong-sun

Dak-bokkeumtang (Spicy Braised Chicken)

Bone-in chicken, potatoes, and carrots braised in a deep red sauce until the meat is tender and the potatoes drink enough seasoning to deserve the rice beside them.

Dak-galbi (Chuncheon Spicy Chicken)

Chef Jeong-sun

Dak-galbi (Chuncheon Spicy Chicken)

Chuncheon's iron-pan chicken, seared with cabbage, sweet potato, rice cakes, and a measured gochujang sauce, then finished properly with fried rice in the leftover pan.

Dak-jjim (닭찜, Soy-Braised Chicken)

Chef Jeong-sun

Dak-jjim (닭찜, Soy-Braised Chicken)

A gentle soy-braised chicken from the home table, with potato, carrot, and shiitake simmered until the sauce clings dark and glossy without hiding the chicken under chili or sugar.

Dakgangjeong (Crispy Glazed Chicken)

Chef Jeong-sun

Dakgangjeong (Crispy Glazed Chicken)

Small pieces of chicken double-fried until the coating dries and crackles, then tossed through a reduced soy and rice-syrup glaze that sets thin enough to keep the market crunch.

Dampede Blaamuslinger fra Limfjord med Hvidvin og Dild

Chef Freja

Dampede Blaamuslinger fra Limfjord med Hvidvin og Dild

Limfjord blue mussels steamed open in white wine, butter, and shallots, the broth finished with cream and torn dill, served from the pot with crusty bread for the last spoonful at the bottom of the bowl.

Dampfnudeln mit Vanillesoße

Chef Klaus

Dampfnudeln mit Vanillesoße

A sweet southern steamed dumpling lives by one rule: the lid stays shut until the milk has cooked away and the crust has formed underneath.

Dansk Oksebof Stroganoff

Chef Freja

Dansk Oksebof Stroganoff

Strips of seared beef in a paprika cream sauce, the weeknight dish that arrived from Russia in the 1950s and never left the Danish kitchen. Served over rice with the quiet confidence of something that has been Tuesday dinner for three generations.

Daube Glacee

Chef Remy

Daube Glacee

A shimmering Creole treasure of fork-tender spiced beef suspended in amber aspic, sliced thin and served cold, the kind of elegant make-ahead dish that graces the finest holiday tables in New Orleans.

Dentice al Forno

Chef Graziella

Dentice al Forno

The noble dentex of the Mediterranean, roasted whole with nothing more than olive oil, white wine, and a whisper of herbs. When you begin with a fish this fine, your job is to stay out of its way.

Deunggalbi-jjim (Braised Pork Back Ribs)

Chef Jeong-sun

Deunggalbi-jjim (Braised Pork Back Ribs)

Pork back ribs simmered until the meat loosens from the bone, then reduced in a soy-garlic chili sauce that is hearty, affordable, and made for a weeknight rice table.

Devonshire Squab Pie

Chef Thomas

Devonshire Squab Pie

A West Country farmhouse pie of lamb layered with Bramleys, onions and prunes under a golden shortcrust lid, the sweet-savoury balance so quietly right it makes you wonder why it was ever forgotten.

Dirty Rice

Chef Remy

Dirty Rice

Humble white rice transformed into something extraordinary with ground pork, chopped chicken livers, and the holy trinity, every grain stained with rich, savory goodness that feeds the soul as much as the belly.

Dithmarscher Mehlbeutel

Chef Klaus

Dithmarscher Mehlbeutel

The North Sea flour pudding that eats two ways at one table: first savoury with Kohlwurst and mustard, then sweet with cherry Grütze.

Dobrada com Grão

Chef Margarida

Dobrada com Grão

The dish that made Porto's people tripeiros: tripe simmered tender with chickpeas, chouriço, and presunto. Humble ingredients, patient cooking, a city's pride on a plate.

Dolsot-bibimbap (Stone Pot Bibimbap)

Chef Jeong-sun

Dolsot-bibimbap (Stone Pot Bibimbap)

A heated stone bowl fixes the old bibimbap problem: cold namul meeting warm rice. Oil the dolsot, press in the rice, and let the bottom crackle into nurungji before you mix.

Domi-jjim (Steamed Sea Bream)

Chef Jeong-sun

Domi-jjim (Steamed Sea Bream)

A whole sea bream for the celebration table, scored and steamed under soy-seasoned beef, shiitake, jidan, and five-color garnish, with every cut made to keep the fish tasting like itself.

Doria (ドリア, rice gratin)

Chef Takumi

Doria (ドリア, rice gratin)

Doria is yōshoku comfort food with its sleeves rolled up: buttered rice, shrimp, white sauce, and cheese. The one detail is thickness, bechamel loose enough to settle, not swamp.

Dotori-guksu (도토리국수, Acorn Noodles)

Chef Jeong-sun

Dotori-guksu (도토리국수, Acorn Noodles)

Dark acorn and buckwheat noodles in a cold anchovy-kelp broth, set with separately seasoned greens and cucumber so the acorn's faint bitterness stays honest and clear.

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