Thursday, April 29, 2010

Simple Fried Bee Hoon

April 26 2010

Ingredients:
1 packet of beehoon
1 tbsp chopped garlic

Seasoning A:
3 tbsp dark soya sauce
3 tbsp light soya sauce
3 tbsp sesame oil

Seasoning B:
3 tsp Fish Sauce
2 tbsp Sweet Black sauce

Optional:
Brocolli, Celery, Carrots, mushroom,
Leafy green vegetable

Method:
1. Use a large pot, add water and seasoning A to mix.
2. Put whole packet of bee hoon to soak for 1 hour till it’s soft.
3. Heat up wok with 1 tbsp of cooking oil. Saute chopped garlic till fragrant.
4. Add vegetable to stir fry. Cover lid ( I use Esiway wok) till smell comes out.
5. Add Bee hoon, 200 ml of seasoning water and seasoning B to stir fry.
6. When bee hoon is coated, add green leafy vegetables.

Simple Dinner

April 27 2010 Dinner

Dark Sauce Pork with lettuce and kong ba bao

Vegetables Soup

Chicken Rice, Pao Shen Soup and Stir Fry Cai Sim with Ikan Bilis

April 28 2010 Dinner

Chicken Rice
550gm Chicken parts, cut to small bite size
2 Chinese Sausages, sliced thinly
8 Dried Chinese Mushroom, sliced
1 can Button mushrooms sliced
3 cups of rice, rinsed and drained
5 shallots sliced thinly
Spring onions used for garnishing

Seasoning:
1 tbsp light soya sauce
1 tbsp hua tiao jiu
1 tbsp oyster sauce (I use vegetarian mushroom sauce)
1 tsp sesame oil
A dash of pepper

Method:
1. Marinade chicken with seasoning for at least 30 min, longer better.
2. Heat up wok, saute shallots until fragrant and golden brown. Dish up and set aside
3. Heat up wok and stir fry mushrooms for a while. Add in chicken to stir fry till half cooked.
4. Put rice in rice cooker with the mushroom water and add more if needed to make the amount of water to cook rice. Stir in the stir fried mushroom and chicken. When rice is about 80% cooked, add in pumpkin and shallots to continue cooking until the rice is cooked thoroughly. Use a spatula to loosen and fluff up the rice.
5. Garnish with spring onions and serve.

Pao Shen Soup with Chicken

Stir Fried Cai Sim with Ikan Bilis

Fresh Huai Shan Carrot Soup

April 29 2010 Dinner

Fresh Huai Shan Carrot Soup

Fresh Huai Shan 1 portion sliced to 1 cm thick
Carrots cut to 1 cm thick
Yuzhu 20g
Red Dates 10
Wolfberries 10g
Pork Ribs 250 gm

Method:
1. In a large pot, add pre blanched pork ribs and water to boil
3. Add rest of ingredients to cook
4. Simmer over low heat for 45 min to an hour
5. Add 1-2 tablespoon of tiparos fish sauce to taste in the last 10 min of boiling
6. Put into crock pot if you like to slow cook.

Hotdogs
Brocolli and carrots stir Fry

Monday, April 26, 2010

Hammy Hash Browns

April 26 2010 Kids Lunch

Hammy Hash Browns
Ingredients:
4 large potatoes, peeled
100g ham, finely chopped
6 Spring onions, sliced
A dash of pepper
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp dairy free margarine

Method:
1. Boil the potatoes until just cooked. Drain and set aside to cool
2. Grate the potatoes and combine with the ham and spring onions, then add a dash of pepper. Make into little patties.
3. Heat the oil and margarine in a large non stick fry pan. Cook over medium low heat for about 5 min or until golden brown. Turn over and cook the other side until crisp. Drain on absorbent paper.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Alphabet & elbows Pasta Soup

April 23 2010 Dinner
Alphabet & elbows Pasta Soup

Ingredients
½ Cup Alphabet Pasta
¼ cup elbows pasta
Finely chopped cai sim or spinach
1 potato cut into cubes
1 carrot cut into cubes
1 stalk of celery cut into cubes
½ Onion finely diced
1 clove of garlic, minced
1 tomato
2-3 slices of ginger
Fish

Method:
1. Preheat a small pot and stir fry the onion, ginger and garlic with some oil until fragrant. Then add in the potatoes, celery and carrots
2. Stir fry for a few seconds then add in tomato and suitable amount of water and bring to a boil. Add in the cai sim or spinach and let it simmer for 2-3 minutes.
3. Add Meat/Fish / fishballs. Let it simmer for 2-3 mins. Transfer to thermal pot.
4. Cook the alphabets and elbows in a separate pot according to the packet instruction then drain and rinse with cold water. This stops the cooking process and prevents the pasta from sticking together.
5. Scoop the pasta and pour the soup over and serve.

Crispy Chicken Bites

Crispy Chicken Bites
Ingredients:
2 Chicken breast fillets. Skin removed
1 egg, lightly beaten
¼ tsp ground black pepper
½ tsp crushed garlic
¼ tsp ground mustard powder
½ cup cornflake crumbs

Method:
1. Preheat oven to moderate 180 deg. Line oven tray with foil or baking paper.
2. Cut chicken breast into strips
3. Combine egg, garlic, pepper and mustard in medium mixing bowl. Whisk until smooth. Dip fillet strips in egg mixture a few at a time. Coat with crumbs. Shake off excess.
4.Place chicken on prepared tray. Baked 10-15 minutes or until crisp and golden.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Stew Chicken Wings with mushrooms and beancurd skin + Bei Qi Huai Shan Gouji Longan Pork Ribs Soup

April 20 2010 Dinner

Stew Chicken Wings with mushrooms and bean curd sticks

Ingredients:
12- 15 pieces of chicken wings
8 Chinese mushrooms soaked and sliced
10 button mushrooms, sliced
Few pieces of bean curd sticks
1 large Onion, chopped
3 slices ginger

Marinade

1 tbsp Light soya sauce
1 tbsp dark soya sauce
2 tbsp Vegetarian Oyster Mushroom sauce
1 tbsp Hua Tiao Jiu
1/2 tsp of kicap manis sweet
1/2 tsp of sugar

Method:
1. Stir fry ginger and onions in hot oil till fragrant.
2. Add in the mushrooms and chicken pieces and fry for about 2 minutes.
3. Add in the mushroom water (2 cups) or enough to cover the ingredients and let it boil for a while. Add in bean curd sticks
4. Let it simmer for about 10 minutes and transfer to thermal pot.

Bei Qi Huaishan, gouji Longan with Pork Ribs

Beiqi
Huaishan
Gouji
Longan
250 gm of pork ribs
1. Boil a small pot of water. Turn off fire. Put in pork ribs to blanch for 5-10 minutes.
2. Boil a pot of water for soup. Pour in herbs. Put in blanched ribs. Let it boil for 10-20 minutes then transfer to thermal pot.

Dark Sauce Pork + ABC Soup

April 21 2010 Dinner

Dark Sauce Pork with Tau Kwa and Eggs

Ingredients:
300gm belly pork, sliced to chunks
4-6 eggs, hard boiled and shelled
10 quails eggs, hard boiled and shelled
2 pieces of taukwa, sliced and fried.
2 bulbs garlic, broken into cloves, skin on
1 cup dark soya sauce
1/2 cup light soya sauce
2 sticks cinnamon
3-4 pods star anise
1tsp cloves
50gm sugar
salt and pepper to taste

Method:
1. Heat up a little oil in the pan and add garlic cloves. Fry till cloves and lightly browned and fragrant.
2. Add sugar to caramelise. Once sugar caramelises, add pork chunks and toss well to coat. Add all the spices and stir to mix.
3. Allow the pork to sear completely, then add soya sauces and enough water to cover th mixture. Bring to a boil.
4. Add the eggs and tau kwa and let it simmer for about 10-20 min and transfer to thermal pot

ABC Soup


Ingredients:
200-250gm Pork Ribs
2 potatoes cut to quarters
3 carrots cut to cubes
1 tomato cut to cubes
1 onion
2-3 slices ginger

Method:
1. Boil a small pot of water. Turn off fire. Put in pork ribs to blanch for 5-10 minutes.
2. Boil a pot of water for soup. Put all ingredients in. Boil for 10-20 min and transfer to thermal pot. Leave it in for 4-5 hours

Stew Chicken wings with red dates and ginger and 补气汤

April 22 2010 Dinner

1. Stew Chicken wings with red dates and ginger
2. 补气汤

for vegetables, it was sliced tomatoes and cucumbers.

Stew Chicken Wings with red dates and ginger
Ingredients:
13 Mid joints wings
15 red dates
8 cloves of garlic
6 slices of ginger
6 Tbsp of Hua Tiao Jiu
Water

Method:
Place all the ingredients into a pot and add enough water to cover the ingredients.
Cook over medium heat for about 10 min till boiling. Put into thermal pot.


补气汤

1. Boil a small pot of water. Turn off fire. Put in pork ribs to blanch for 5-10 minutes.
2. Boil a pot of water for soup. Pour in packet ingredients (can be bought from Hock Hua). Put in blanched ribs. Let it boil for 10-20 minutes then transfer to thermal pot.