These light crêpes from chef Paul Qui—whose new spot, Otoko, will open in South Congress Hotel in Austin this fall—are filled with a crisp and refreshing julienned salad of cucumber, carrot, daikon and green mango, and they’re superfun to eat. Using a mandoline to slice the vegetables and mango makes this very simple to assemble. Slideshow: More Salad Recipes
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F&W Best New Chef 2014 Paul Qui is Filipino, and this rich, delicious kinilaw (a dish made from raw ingredients) is his go-to raw-seafood starter. It's a simple combination of fish with coconut milk, vinegar, chiles, ginger and cilantro. Slideshow: More Delicious Ceviche Recipes
After Paul Qui won the Top Chef Season 9 title, F&W decided to throw him one more challenge: Create a dish based on four ingredients, including salmon and pork rinds. Turns out, Qui loves pork rinds. “My grandmother cooked everything in pork fat,” he says. “If I was lucky, I got to snack on the rinds she made.” The Top Chef winner used them to make a brilliant crumble for salmon carpaccio (raw fish is a specialty at Uchiko, the Japanese-accented Austin restaurant where he is executive chef). To finish the dish, Qui made a lemon aioli and served it with broccoli rabe.More Top Chef Recipes
This creamy, silky pasta gets salty pops of flavor from fish roe. Paul Qui uses mentaiko (spicy marinated pollock roe), but trout roe or even caviar would be delicious, too. Slideshow: Fast, Cheap & Delicious Asian Noodle Recipes
Top Chef Season 9 winner Paul Qui likes cooking his sushi rice with fresh ginger for more flavor. Slideshow: Great Recipes Featuring Ginger
In his outstanding Asian twist on Southern fried chicken, Paul Qui uses chile sauce in both the marinade and the sweet, sticky sauce that’s tossed with the chicken before serving. Slideshow: More Great Fried Chicken Recipes
With the addition of unsweetened coconut milk, this dish is like an Asian version of creamed spinach. Slideshow: Delicious Spinach Recipes
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In this very traditional Filipino dish, chicken stews in vinegar and soy sauce. If you can find coconut vinegar—made from the sap of the coconut tree—it's delicious here.