Prawn, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Prawn & Vermicelli Stir-fry

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This is one of my husband’s favourite dishes. It’s very easy to make.

1, Prepare prawns. Cut the sharp part and remove the intestines. Marinate with cooking wine for a little while.

2, Soak vermicelli in water till soft and transparent. Cut a bit with scissors.

3, Heat a pan. Add in oil.

4, Prawns in. Fry prawns on each side. And gently press the prawn’e head. Fry them till slightly brownish.

5, Add in vermicelli and 2 tbsp water.

6, Add in 1 tbsp light soy sauce, 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce and 1 tsp ground black pepper.

7, Stir a bit and lid on to simmer for 3 mins.

8, Add in chopped red chilli and chopped garlic.

9, Lid on and simmer for another 2 mins.

10, Garnish with green onion. Season with salt. And stir fry for the last 30 seconds.

Pork, Uncategorized

Braised Pork Totter

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I made the video about this dish, you may check the video here:

1, Heat a pan. Add in 1 tbsp oil.

2, Fry pork trotter till slightly brownish.

3, Add in enough hot water to cover all the pork trotters.

4, Add in ginger slices, garlic cloves, 2 tsp whiter pepper powder, 1/3 cup light soy sauce, 2 tbsp dark soy sauce, and rock sugar.

5, Bring to boil with high heat. And simmer with low heat for 20 mins.

6, Skim the broth and remove the scum.

7, Transfer everything to pressure cooker and cook under pressure cooking mode for 30 mins.

8, Heat a pan with some oil in. Stir fry chopped garlic till aromatic. Add in chopped pickled cabbage and stir fry till dry and fragrant.

9, Serve pork trotter with pickled cabbage.

Chicken, Uncategorized

Sizzling Claypot Chicken 嘟嘟鸡煲

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I made the video about this dish, you may check the video here:

1, Marinate chicken. Please cut chicken into similar size. So I chose chicken drumstick as they are pretty similar in size. Marinate chicken with 1 tbsp light soy sauce, 2 tsp oyster sauce, 2 tsp dark soy sauce, 1/2 1 tsp sugar and 1/2 1 tsp starch. Mix evenly and set aside for 30 mins.

2, Heat a claypot. Add in 1 tbsp oil.

3, Add in ginger slices/chunks, shallots and garlic. Stir fry till aromatic.

4, Put chicken in and on the top of ginger.

5, Add in 1 tbsp cooking wine.

6, Lid on and cook for 15mins with low heat.

7, Stir a bit and add in red chilli. Lid on and cook for another 15 mins.

8, Add in green onion. And cook for last 30 seconds.

You can hear the sizzling sound even when the heat is off.

Yum

Chicken, Uncategorized

Curry Chicken

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I call it easy version of curry chicken or lazy version of curry chicken, as I use curry paste bought from supermarket instead of homemade curry paste. I made curry paste at home before:

https://foodrecipe33.com/2018/04/18/curry-chicken-2/

but it’s very troublesome and a lot of work needs to be done and too many spices need to be bought. Packed Curry paste has made it a lot easier.

1, Heat a pan, add in a little oil. Sear the chicken fat first.

2, Fry the chicken pieces. I used a whole chicken around 900g.

3, Stir fry till slightly brownish.

4, Add in 1 pack curry paste. I prefer vegetable curry paste. There are too many kinds of curry paste to choose, meat curry, fish curry, chicken curry and so on. I like vegetable curry paste most, as it’s not too pungent nor too strong, but still giving the curry flavour.

5, Stir fry evenly. Add in 1 cup hot water, potato chunks and onion slices.

6, Simmer for 20 mins.

7, Add in 1 small pack of coconut cream. Stir evenly and simmer for another 15 mins.

8, Ready to serve. Nice choice to serve with rice.

I like to mix potato with rice. Smash potato with a fork or a spoon and drizzle some curry sauce. So yum!

My husband loves it.

baking, Cake, chocolate

Chocolate Muffin

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1, Heat unsalted butter 70g & chocolate 60g in microwave till melted.

2, Add in canola oil 120 ml, milk 120ml, vanilla oil 1/2 tsp and white sugar 130g. Mix well.

3, Dry ingredients: plain flour 280g, cocoa powder 20g, baking powder 1 1/2 tsp, baking soda 1/2 tsp and salt 1/2 tsp.

4, Sift dry ingredients into butter & choco paste. Mix well.

5, Add in chocolate chips 100g.

6, Drop paste into baking pan, sprinkle some extra chocolate chips on top.

7, Preheat oven 180 Degree C. Bake for 25 mins.

Beef, Uncategorized

Easy Beef Stew

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1, Heat a pan with a little oil.

2, Fry beef chunks till each side turns slightly golden brown. Add in chopped garlic and onion to stir fry till aromatic.

3, Pour in 1 1/2 cup red wine, bring to boil for around 2 mins.

4, Transfer everything into pressure cooker.

5, Add in potato and carrot chunks together with 2 tbsp tomato sauce, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp salt, star anise, cinnamon, and black pepper.

6, Cook for 30 mins under pressure cooking mode.

7, Transfer everything back to pot. Simmer with low heat.

8, Starch solution will help to reduce and thicken sauce.

Good choice to serve with rice or pasta.

Uncategorized, Vegetables

Lettuce with Oyster Sauce

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1, Boil a big pot of water.

2, Remove the root of the lettuce and wash them clean.

3, Scald lettuce in boiling water for about 15 seconds. Once the colour gets greener, bring them out.

4, Drain the lettuce and put them in a plate.

5, Heat a pan with 2 tsp oil.

6, Drop in 2 tsp chopped garlic and stir fry till aromatic.

7, Add in 1 tbsp light soy sauce, 2 tsp oyster sauce, 1 tsp dark soy sauce and 1/2 1 tsp sugar. Mix well.

8, Thicken the sauce with starch solution.

9, Glaze the lettuce with sauce.

Uncategorized

TTEOKBOKKI- Spicy Rice Cake

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1, Heat a pan with 2 tsp oil. Stir fry chopped garlic (3 or 4 cloves), onion slices (1/2 onion) and green onion slices till aromatic.

2, Add in 1 cup water or stock, 1/3 cup Korean chilli paste, 2 tbsp sugar and 1 tbsp light soy sauce. Mix well. If you want the taste to be really spicy, you can also add in chilli flakes.

3, Put in rice cake (around 500 g) and luncheon meat slices. You can also put in fish cake or fish balls if you like.

4, Bring to boil with high heat and then turn to low heat and simmer for about 6 mins. Keep stirring gently to prevent rice cake sticking together.

5, Garnish with green onion and ready to serve.

Pasta, shrimp

Shrimp & Asparagus Linguine

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1，Cook linguine according to the instruction on the pack. Set aside for later use.

2, Add asparagus in boiling water and cook for 2 mins. Rinse in cold water and drain.

3, Heat a pan, add in a little oil. Fry chopped garlic till aromatic.

4, Add in shrimp and stir fry with garlic till pink on both side.

5, Add in asparagus pieces to stir fry evenly with shrimp. Season with salt and black pepper.

6, Drop in 1 tbsp butter and cook for another minute.

7, Switch the stove off. Put in linguine. Mix well and ready to serve.

Pork, Soup, Uncategorized

Pork Ribs & Lotus Root Soup

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Ever since we moved to our new house, I have started cooking with gas stove instead of induction, which means I can finally use clay pot.

I really like to make soup with clay pot. I was not a soup person as in my hometown, soup is not included in our food culture. But my husband really likes soup, all kinds of soup. I guess I got influenced by him gradually.

Lotus root is a good choice to make soup and it’s very easy.

1, Soak pork ribs in water for 20-30 mins.

2, Put ribs into clay pot, Add in enough water. Bring to boil and skim the broth.

3, Add in lotus root pieces, black beans (soaked before cooking), red dates, and some peanuts (half crushed).

4, Put the lid on and simmer with low heat for 40 mins.

5, Add in wolf berries and salt and simmer for another 3 mins.

Red dates make the soup taste sweet.

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