Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Claypot Sesame Oil Chicken



Ingredients:
1/2 chicken (cut into pieces)
4cm ginger (sliced thinly)
6 cloves garlic (sliced thinly)
1 stalk spring onion (cut into 3cm length)
4-5 tbsp sesame oil

Seasoning:
2 tbsp thick soya sauce
3 tbsp Shao Xing wine
3 tbsp light soya sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
dash of salt
2 tsp cornflour
400ml water

Methods:
1. Heat up 4-5 tbsp sesame oil, saute ginger and garlic until fragrant.
2. Put in chicken. Stir-fry until half-cooked.
3. Add in light soya sauce, thick soya sauce and oyster sauce. Continue stirring to mix well.
4. Add in water. Cook over high flame for 15-20 minutes.
5. Add in Shao Xing wine. Let it simmer for another 20 minutes.
6. Add in cornflour mixed with water to thicken the gravy. Season with dash of salt.
7. Put in spring onion and make a few quick stirs before serving.

Stewed Pork Belly With Eggs



Ingredients:
pork belly (cut into bite size)
5 boiled eggs
5 cloves garlic (skin peeled and crushed)

Marinate:
1 tbsp thick soya sauce
1 tbsp light soya sauce

Seasoning:
1 tbsp thick soya sauce
2 tbsp light soya sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
3 tbsp rice wine / Shao Xing wine
500ml water
dash of salt
1 tsp cornflour

Methods:
1. Marinate the pork belly pieces for 15 minutes.
2. Heat up 4-5 tbsp oil, then saute garlic until aromatic.
3. Put in marinated pork belly and stir fry until cooked.
4. Season with thick soya sauce, light soya sauce, and oyster sauce. Stir to mix well.
5. Pour in 500ml water.
6. Put in boiled eggs. Continue boiling for 20 minutes.
7. Add in rice wine. Season with dash of salt. Let it simmer for another 30-40 minutes over medium heat.
8. If you prefer thicker gravy then put in 1 tsp cornflour mixed with some water.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Fried Shark Fish Cutlet



Ingredients:
1 piece shark fish (cut into pieces)
1/4 tsp white pepper
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp sesame oil
cornflour

Methods:
1. Marinate the shark fish with white pepper, salt, sesame oil and 1 tsp cornflour for 15 minutes.
2. Coat well with cornflour before deep frying the shark fish.
3. Deep fry until golden brown then dish up.

Alfalfa Sprout Roll



Ingredients:
1/2 pack alfalfa sprout
1/2 carrot (shredded)
1 japanese cucumber (shredded)
popiah skin
dash of salt
black pepper

Methods:
1. Mix alfalfa sprout, shredded carrot and shredded cucumber in a bowl.
2. Sprinkle with dash of salt. Mix well.
3. Put the mix ingredients in the center of the popiah skin.
4. Sprinkle some black pepper.
5. Fold the sides, tuck in firmly and then roll up tightly.
6. Fry alfalfa sprout roll until golden brown.
7. Serve.

Stir-fried Bitter Gourd With Beancurd



Ingredients:
1/3 bitter gourd (cut into small cubes)
1 beancurd (cut into small cubes)
1/3 carrot (cut into small cubes)
4 dried mushroom (cut into small cubes)
glass noodle (tung fen)
3 cloves garlic (chopped)
red chilli (sliced)

Seasoning:
1 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp fish sauce
150ml water
cornflour
salt

Methods:
1. Fry the beancurd until golden brown then set aside.
2. Saute garlic until fragrant.
3. Put in mushroom, bitter gourd, carrot and red chilli. Stir fry until cooked.
4. Add in seasoning. Followed by glass noodle and fried beancurd. Let it simmer until the liquid almost dry out.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Stir-fried Potatoes With Minced Pork



Ingredients:
3 medium size potatoes (cut into slices)
3 cloves garlic (chopped)
3 tbsp minced pork

Marinate:
dash of white pepper
1/2 tsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp light soya sauce
1/2 tsp cornflour

Seasoning:
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp light soya sauce
1/2 tsp thick soya sauce
salt
sugar
cornflour
water

Methods:
1. Marinate the minced pork for 15 minutes.
2. Saute chopped garlic until aromatic.
3. Add in minced pork, continue stirring until almost cooked.
4. Add potatoes slices. Fry the potatoes for about 1-2 minutes.
5. Pour in seasoning. Let it simmer until potatoes turn soft and gravy thickens.

Stir-fried Chicken With Black Fungus (云耳鸡)



Ingredients:
1 chicken breast (cut into strips)
5 dried fungus (pre-softened in warm water for 30 minutes, then cut into bite-size pieces)
2 inches ginger (peeled and cut into thin strips)
2 cloved garlic (sliced thinly)
red chilli (sliced thinly)

Seasoning:
2 tbsp sesame oil
2 tbsp rice wine
1 tbsp light soya sauce
1/2 tsp dark soya sauce
salt
sugar
cornflour
1/2 cup water

Methods:
1. Heat up the sesame oil in a wok and stir fry the ginger and garlic until aromatic.
2. Add in black fungus and red chilli. Do a few quick stirs.
3. Put in chicken strips into the wok. Stir fry the chicken until almost cooked.
4. Pour in the seasoning. Let it simmer until the gravy becomes thicker.
5. Serve hot.

Petai Fried Rice



Ingredients:
4 bowls cooked rice (left overnight)
1/2 cup petai (skinned and split)
1 beancurd (cut into small cube size)
carrot (cut into small cube size)
prawns (cut into cube size)
1 1/2 tbsp dried shrimp (chopped)
chilli padi (chopped)
onion (sliced)
3 eggs (lightly beat together with salt and pepper)
salt
white pepper
black pepper
light soya sauce

Methods:
1. Fry the beancurd until golden brown then set aside.
2. Saute onion until fragrant.
3. Add chopped dried shrimp.
4. Add prawns.
5. Push them to one side, then add eggs and scramble until just cooked.
6. Put in carrot, chilli padi, petai to mix.
7. Add rice and fried beancurd.
8. Season with salt, pepper and light soya sauce.
9. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Sambal Petai With Prawns and Anchovies



Ingredients:
1/2 cup petai (skinned and split)
10 prawns (half shelled)
1/2 cup anchovies (rinse and dry)
10g dried shrimp (chopped)
2 onions (sliced finely)
5 shallots (sliced finely)
3 cloves garlic (sliced finely)
70g chilli paste (Puteri Cili Giling)
red chilli padi (if you like it hot and spicy)

Seasoning:
salt
sugar
1/2 tbsp tamarind paste (mix with 150ml warm water)

Methods:
1. Fry the anchovies until golden brown. Set aside.
2. Saute onion, shallots and garlic until fragrant.
3. Add in chopped dried shrimp. Continue stirring until aromatic.
4. Add in chilli paste. Keep stirring for 1 minutes.
5. Put in prawn. Cook until half-cooked.
6. Put in Petai. Stir to mix well with other ingredients.
7. Pour in tamarind juice and simmer until the gravy becomes thick.
8. Put in fried anchovies and stir-fry briskly.
9. Season with salt and sugar.
10. Serve hot with rice.