Oven baked garlic chicken thighs 蒜香烤鸡腿

Fuss-free baked chicken. If you love garlic like me, I think you will like this dish :)

Ingredients:

2 chicken thighs
2 tbs huadiao wine
1 tsp light soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp salt
15 pcs garlic (pound lightly)
Grounded pepper
Course black pepper

1) Rub in wine, soy sauce, sesame oil, salt and pepper to the chicken thighs. Marinate for at least 2 hours.

2) Place chicken thighs onto aluminium foil together with the marinate sauce. Scatter garlic over chicken thighs and wrap up the foil.

3) Bake in preheated oven at 250d for 45mins or until the meat is cooked.

Enjoy!

Herbal Kampung Chicken Stew

Herbal kampung Chicken Stew cooked by my friend. It's a pretty simple recipe yet so tasty. So...would like to share it with all of you.

Ingredients:

3 PCs of beiqi 北萁

5 PCs of danggui 当归
6 red dates (seeds removed)
1 litres of water
1 kampung chicken (cut into chunks)
2 tbs huadiao wine
Salt to taste
Some cooking oil

1) Heat up oil and fry beiqi, danggui n red dates until fragrant. Add water and boil for 5 minutes.

2) Add chicken, salt and wine and bring to boil. Cover and lower heat. Simmer for 40 minutes or until chicken is cooked.

3) Serve hot.

Enjoy!

Salted Egg Yolk King Oyster Mushrooms 奶油咸蛋杏鲍菇

You wouldn't want to miss this. Salted egg yolk recipes are so in these days. Instead of the usual chicken and seafood, it can be a meatless dish. I'm using mini king oyster mushroom here. (eryngii).

奶油咸蛋杏鲍菇 Salted Egg Yolk King Oyster Mushrooms

材料 ingredients：
~ 杏鲍菇一包约三百克 1 pack of Mini king oyster mushroom about 300g (you can use the usual big one and cut them into bite size)
~ 熟咸蛋黄三颗 (压碎) 3 cooked salted egg yolks (crushed)
~ 咖喱叶两颗 2 sprigs curry leaves (Retain the leaves only)
~ 小辣椒两条(不喜欢辣可以不放） 2 chilli padi (Those who can't take spicy food can omit this ingredient)
~ 淡奶三汤匙 3 tbs evaporated milk
~ 40g salted butter
~ 2 eggs (beaten)
~ some corn flour or plain flour

调味料 marinate：
鸡精粉 chicken seasoning powder 1-2 tsp (I use the spoon provided in the Knorr chicken seasoning powder)

做法：
1 调味料腌菇，至少三十分钟。
Marinade mushrooms with the chicken powder for at least 30 minutes.

2 菇先沾蛋液再沾粟粉，放进热油锅用高温炸至金黄色，捞起吸干油份待用。
Coat the mushroom thoroughly with beaten egg follow by corn flour before deep frying in high heat. Drain oil and set aside.

3 用干净的锅，放牛油爆香咖喱叶和小辣椒。
In a clean frying pan/wok, add butter and fry the curry leaves and chillies until fragrant.

4 倒入咸蛋黃炒至溶解散开. 之后倒入淡奶转小火。酱料拌匀后，加入先前炸好的菇。拌匀后捞起既可享用。
Add the salted egg yolks, stir-fry and make sure the yolks are further mashed. Add the evaporated milk, lower the heat and continue to fry until well mixed. Add the mushrooms and stir-fry for a while until the mushrooms are well coated with the sauce. Off heat and dish out.

Enjoy!

Moi Choy Khaw Yok 梅菜扣肉

外婆的梅菜扣肉在焖煮当中  Grandma's Moi Choy Khaw Yok, stewing slowly in the slow cooker.

材料很简单， 如下：
三成肉
蒜头
梅菜
菜油
水

阿嬷的方法：
梅菜用水浸泡， 去多余盐份， 洗净菜。切段放入slow cooker底层。
三成肉用热水烫一下。不要烫熟肉喔。去腥也让肉比较干净。然后切片。
锅中大火烧开油， 爆香蒜头和三成肉， 倒入slow cooker里。
爆香蒜头和三成肉的锅不用洗， 加入水烧开。水烧开后倒入slow cooker.
梅菜扣肉焖煮中可以试味道。如果梅菜在浸泡中去掉太多盐份， 可加盐继续烹煮。

Steamed Egg 蒸蛋

The secret to smooth, poreless and tasty steamed egg? Please enjoy the recipe video here

蒸蛋看似简单， 但要蒸得又滑又美也不是那么难啦 😁 快点学起来， 包你成功!

 

Ingredients:

2 eggs

250ml of stock

1) Beat egg and add the stock.

2) Sieve egg mixture and divide mixture into 3 ramekins. Cling wrap the ramekins.

3) Bring water in steamer to boil and and steam egg mixture under high heat for about 10 minutes.

Enjoy!

Sardine Sandwich

I prepared some sardine filling for my sandwich. Many would say that consuming canned food does not do the body any good. Okay lor.. I tried to be healthy by adding Japanese cucumber, onion, chilli and green lemon juice :P

230g sardine (about 3 small sardines inside and retain 2 tbs of the sauce)
1 small Japanese cucumber and 1 small onion (diced)
1~2 chilli padi (chopped)
(Mash the sardines and mix all of the above. Drizzle 1-2 tbs of the green lemon juice and give it a mix.)

Voila! Very nice sandwich filling :) Try it.

Sesame Oil Chicken 麻油鸡

我没有做月子啦。就突然很想吃麻油鸡啊。外面吃的份量少少， 吃了都 no kick. 自己煮， 吃个够 谢谢朋友 Yean Leng 无私的分享她的秘方给我。

重点： 鸡肉不要切太大块。因为我的ceramic knife被自己弄断了 还没买新的， 所以买了超市斩好的全鸡。一只鸡斩了八块而已，害我煮很久.

Ingredients:
1.2kg chicken (chopped into small pieces)
140g ginger (julienned)
6 shallot (sliced)
3 stalk of spring onion (cut into 2-inch length)
2 tbs shaoxing wine
2 tbs oyster sauce
1 tbs dark soy sauce
1 tsp sugar
10 tbs sesame oil + 1 tbs more (for drizzling)
pepper
1-2 tbs soy sauce
200ml water

1) Heat up wok and add 10 tbs of the sesame oil. Heat up oil and fry ginger until fragrant and add shallot. Continue frying.

2) Add chicken meat and stir fry until the skin changes color (Naughty yenling reminded, the skin of the chicken hor, not your skin )

3) Add dark soy sauce and continue frying. Add water. Bring water to boil, cover wok and lower heat. 

4) When meat is cooked, add oyster sauce, sugar, soy sauce, wine and pepper. Stir to ensure the condiments are well spread.

5) Add spring onion and give it a few stir.

6) Off heat and drizzle the balance sesame oil.

7) Dish out and serve hot with fluffy white rice

Enjoy!

Thai Style Top Shell

Thai Style Top Shell. I like to order this when I patronize the Zhi Char stall at Sembawang. You can try this at home too. Good on it's own or with a mug of cold beer.

Ingredients:
1 can of top shell (sliced)
1 small red onion (sliced)
1 small Japanese cucumber(diced)

Sauce:
2 tbs of the sauce from the can of top shell. Discard the rest.
2~3 tbs of lemon lime
1 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp castor sugar
3 tbs Thai chilli sauce
2 chilli padi (chopped) ~ can be omitted if you don't fancy it too spicy.
(Combine all of the above and mix well)

Pour sauce onto the ingredients and mix well. Chill in fridge (Note: 1 to 2 hours is sufficient. The vegetables will produce moisture with prolong chilling). Serve when chilled.

Enjoy!

Bak Kwa Cookies

It's been a while since I last shared a recipe coz I was really so busy with my trips and the sales of my chinese new year cookies ;)

Here's Chinese Pork Jerky Cookies aka Bak Kwa Cookies/肉干曲奇

Instead of baking the usual cookies that are sweet, why not try baking some savory ones? :)

Ingredients:

250g salted butter (softened)

130g bak kwa (diced into tiny pieces)

300g plain flour

50g corn flour

50g icing sugar

1 tsp all purpose seasoning powder (masterfood)

1/2-1 tsp dried coriander

1) Beat butter and sugar until fluffy.

2) Sieve in the flour.

3) Add the seasoning powder and mix.

4) Add in bak kwa and dried coriander and knead until a dough is formed.

5) Cling wrap the dough and chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

6) Using 1 tsp dough, roll into a ball and place them on baking tray lined with parchment paper.

7) Bake at 180 for 13 to 15 minutes or until cookies turn slightly brown.

Enjoy!

Clams In Clear Broth 清汤蛤蜊

LaLa (Clams) in clear broth, my favorite. Home-cooked at just a fraction of the price as compared to the zichar stalls. I like to cook it with lots of ginger, garlic and spring onion (scallion). Comfort food for the cold weather. It's gonna be Christmas soon...

Ingredients:
- 800g of clams ($2.80 from NTUC)
- 8 slices of ginger cut into strips
- 5 pieces of garlic minced
- 1 tbs of goji berries
- 2 chilli padi chopped
- 1 sprig of chinese coriander cut into 2-3cm strips
- 1 sprig of spring onion cut into 2-3cm strips
- 300ml of stock or water
- 2 tbs of huatiao wine
- Salt to taste

1) Soak clams in salt water for an hour to get rid of sand.

2) Heat up oil and fry ginger, garlic and chilli until fragrant. Add clams and fry for a while.

3) Add stock/water and goji berries, cover pan and bring to a boil.

4) Clams shell should be opened. Add wine and salt.

5) Lastly, add the greens. Give a few stir and off heat.

6) Serve immediately. 

Enjoy!

Portobello Mushroom with Cheese

I have prepared this dish so many times that I have lost count. Portobello mushrooms with cheese, be it sliced cheese or mozzarella, they are so juicy and delicious. I'm never sick of it.

I have done a video on the preparation. Try it :) Hope you will like it.

Enjoy!

GUINNESS STOUT chicken wings

Nah..not soy sauce chicken, nope not marmite chicken either. No no... not teriyaki chicken. IT'S GUINNESS STOUT chicken wings! Oh, please don't ask me if kids and pregnant ladies can eat this dish ok :P I can only tell you that these wings are delicious and they will not make you drunk.

Ingredients:

I kg of mid-wings
I can of stout
1 tbs dark soy sauce
1 tbs full of sugar
few slices of ginger
a sprig of scallion (cut into strips)
some salt

Marinade:
1 tbs dark soy sauce
1 tbs light soy sauce
1 tbs sesame oil
1 tbs shaoxing wine
some pepper

1) Marinade chicken wings and chilled in fridge for at least a couple of hours in the fridge.
2) Add oil into wok and fry scallion and ginger until fragrant.
3) Add chicken and stir fry for a while.
4) Pour in the stout, add in sugar, dark soy sauce and pinch of salt. Bring liquid to boil and turn down to medium heat to cook until sauce reduces and caramelized.
*In the process of cooking, do not flip the chicken. Just let the chicken wings get cook in the sauce.

Enjoy!

Thai-style Prawns

I love Thai food. I love prawns. Aromatic and irresistible Thai-style prawns that could wake up your palate and whet up one's appetite. It may not be very authentic. But I was happy with it when I miss the taste of Thailand.

Chop up some garlic, chilli, ginger, coriander, spring onion and shallot. Marinade prawns for an hour with pinch of salt n pepper n sesame oil. Heat oil in wok to stir fry all the chopped ingredients except coriander and spring onion until fragrant. Add prawns and stir fry til half cooked. Add sugar and fish sauce and cook further. Prior to off heat, add in the greens and stir swiftly. Off heat, squeeze in the juice of Kaffir lime (Makrut), mix well by giving a few stir and dish up. Alternatively, dish up and drizzle juice.

Enjoy!

Easy Prawn Paste Chicken Mid-Wings 虾酱鸡翅

Cooking Prawn Paste Chicken need not be tough. It's just the marinade that does most of the works. Marinate, fry, voila! Eat!

Ingredients:

16 mid-wings (about 600g)
3 tbs prawn paste
1 tbs oyster sauce
1 tbs sesame oil
1 tbs shaoxing wine
1 egg

1) Combine all of the above and let marinade in the fridge for at least 4 hours.

2) Prior to deep frying, coat wings with tapioca flour (1 cup or less), tap off excess flour and fry wings till golden.

Just so easy. Enjoy!

Vegetarian KFC

OMG! This is un un un unbelievable! Vegetarian KFC. Really looks like KFC drumsticks. And finger licking good!

Im using king oyster mushroom. Soy sauce and sesame oil to marinate the mushroom. Coat mushroom in beaten egg and coat with fried chicken premix.

Video link credit to my friendMay Ng.

Thanks May for the inspiration and sharing.

Lava Croquettes 爆浆可乐饼

As easy as ABC. Makes 4 gigantic croquettes (haha!) You can make them into 8 or 16 bite-sized balls though.

Ingredients:
- 650g potatoes
- 4 slices of cheese (sandwich slices)
- 40g breadcrumbs/crushed cornflakes
- 20g softened unsalted butter
- 1 egg
- 1 tbs corn flour
- cooking oil (for spraying)
salt and pepper to taste
dried parsley/coriander (optional)

1) Boil washed potatoes (with skin) until soften. Do a skewer test/fork test. Potatoes are done when the skewer/fork slides easily to the centre of the potatoes.

2) Peel off skin of the potatoes and mash them with a masher. Add butter, dried herbs, salt and pepper to taste. Leave to cool before shaping the balls.

3) Divide mashed potatoes into 4 portion. Roll into ball and flatten it. Fold cheese in quarter and lay on the centre of mashed potatoes. Wrap up the cheese by shaping into ball. *The reason for shaping into balls is that the croquettes will be evenly bake without the need to flip in order to get both side of the crust crispy - lazy people like me are just too lazy even to flip :P

4) If the balls aren't too soft to handle (otherwise you may want to chill it for an hour or two), coat it with the flour, lightly tap and shake to remove excess flour, dip into beaten egg and coat with breadcrumbs/crushed cornflakes.

5) Do note that the mashed potatoes and the cheese can already be eaten on its own. Prolong cooking is not require. The baking/frying process is just to crisp the crust and melt the cheese within. Hence, if you are going to fry them, when the crust turns golden brown, they are done. To bake, spray some cooking/olive oil on the surface of the croquettes and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180c for 20 minutes.
Croquettes are such a versatile dish. Always a hit with kids and even adults. Apart from being meatless, you can try the salmon version too.

Enjoy!

Sweet and Sour Pork 咕噜肉

我不常吃猪肉。还是第一次煮咕噜肉呢。不过， 卖相还不错吧， 呵呵 ^^ 随意agakagak调制了54321酱料， 让自己容易记， 下次再煮就不难。味道如何？当然是好吃咯， 不然哪敢和你们分享？ ;)

I seldom take pork dishes and this is the very first time I'm cooking sweet and sour pork. I concoct my own sauce for easy remembrance. I call it the 54321 sauce and you will know why from the below. So here goes, easy 54321 sweet and sour pork :)

Step 1: Combine all of the below other than the flour and marinate for at least 30 minutes.
Ingredients:-
200g lean hind meat (cubed)
1 tbs sesame oil
1/3 tsp salt
1 egg
1 cup tapioca or corn flour (for coating prior to frying)

Step 2: Cube the below vegetables/fruits and set aside.

Ingredients:-

1/2 Japanese cucumber

1/2 red capsicum (or any color)

1/2 slice pineapple

1 small red onion

1 tomato

3 cloves garlic (crushed)

Step 3: Prepare the sauce by combining the below and set aside.

Ingredients:-

5 tbs of ketchup (Lee Kum Kee)

4 tbs of water

3 tbs plum sauce with ginger (Singlong)

2 tbs vinegar (Heinz)

1 tbs fine sugar

*see? Thats what I meant by 54321.

1) Coat pork in flour and fry in pan/wok till golden. Remove fried pork and set aside when done. *Note: Please discard any remaining marinating sauce.

2) In clean pan/wok, add a little oil and fried garlic til fragrant. Add onion and stir fry for a while and follow with capsium, tomato and cucumber. Stir fly swiftly by giving them a few stir. Add sauce.

3) When sauce is heated up, add pineapple and the fried pork. Swiftly stir and coat the meat evenly with the sauce. Off heat.

Serve hot with rice. Yummay! Enjoy!

Hollandaise Sauce

Im a breakfast person. 早餐也可以当晚餐吃 ;)

Easy Hollandaise Sauce (microwave method)

Ingredients:
3 egg yolks
2 tbsp lemon juice
100g of salted butter
Pinch of salt and pepper

1) Beat the egg yolks, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a bowl.
2) Melt the butter on high for 1 minute.
3) Slowly add melted butter into the mixture in (1) and whisk till combine with a balloon whisk.
4) Microwave mixture in (3) on high for 10 seconds. Whisk mixture until reasonably thick.
5) Place mixture back to microwave for another 10 seconds. Whisk mixture until it thicken further.
6) To serve, place poached eggs over toasted bun and grilled bacon and spoon sauce over the eggs.

Enjoy!

Buffalo Wings

Buffalo Wings! Need I say more?

Ingredients:

- 12 chicken wings - about 1 kg (cut into half and discard the wing tip. You will get 24 pieces.)

- 1 packet McCormick Buffalo Wings seasoning

- 5 tbs extra hot chilli sauce

- 2 tbs honey

- 1 tbs wine

- 2-3 tsp grounded chilli powder

- 1 tsp coarse black pepper

1) Place all the ingredients in a zip-lock bag, mix well and let the meat get marinated overnight or for at least 4 hours.

2) Bake in pre-heated oven at 220c for 20-25 minutes.

I serve them along side with cool Japanese cucumbers slices.

Enjoy!

Deep-Fried Breaded Prawns

My diet consist of mainly seafood, chicken, fruits and vegetables. Despite many has warned about the cholesterol level that one may have due to the over consumption of prawns, I like to believe that I take them in moderation and I can't give up my prawns as yet :P Most of the times, I have them steamed. Rarely I have them fried. Well... once a while ok la, right? :)

Serve 5 in 20 minutes.

20 big prawns marinated with pinch of salt and pepper. Coat with plain flour, dip into beaten eggs and coat with breadcrumbs or crushed soda crackers and fried for a minute or until done. Served with honey mustard sauce.

I thought I just saw them? And they were gone in a jiffy!