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Caldo verde refers to a Portuguese soup made with olive oil, potatoes and dark green Portuguese curly cabbage, garnished with slices of garlic sausage.
Cannelli beans refers to a White kidney bean that is originally from Argentina. The cannelli bean has been adopted by Italy where it is found in many soups, stews and salads. It has a creamy texture and a milder taste than the red kidney bean.
Chadolbagi-Yeongyang-Jeongol refers to Korean seafood and mushroom hot pot.
Chawanmushi is a Japanese dish - a steamed egg custard that contains vegetables, chicken, shrimp or fish cake, and other ingredients. Chawanmushi is also known and spelled as Chawan Mushi
Cha Gio pronounced "chow yau" are Vietnamese spring rolls in the south. It is called and Nem sai gon or Nem ran in the north. Cha Gio are small rice papers filled with minced pork, crab, vermicelli, Moc Nhi, a kind of edible fungus , onion, mushrooms and egss and then fried until the rice paper turns crispy brown. Nem Rau are vegetable spring rolls.
Cha refers to a Vietnames pork paste fried in fat or broiled over hot coals. Cha Que is a variety of Cha prepared with cinnamon.