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Fish

Steamed Cownose Ray

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My husband has great interest in fish. Every time when we go shopping for groceries, he is the one who’s in charge of choosing fish for me to cook. We found this cownose ray in the supermarket. Neither I or he tried this fish before. So we bought one pack with 3 pieces of cownose ray fish fillet.

  1. Sprinkle salt, pepper and cooking wine over the fish. Let them be marinated for a little while.
  2. Coat fish with a thin layer of starch.
  3. Put several ginger slices in the plate and fish over ginger. Steam for about 12 mins.
  4. Prepare sauce: Heat a pan, add in 1 tbsp oil. Add in chopped green onion and fry with low heat. When the green onion’s flavor starts to come out, add in 1/2 tsp light soy sauce, 1/4 tsp dark soy sauce, 1/2 tsp oyster sauce. Bring the sauce to boil. And turn off the heat.
  5. Pour the sauce over fish. And done.

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Fish

Crispy Fried Fish

  1. Prepare fish fillet. Cut into slices. Season with salt and pepper.
  2. Coat fish with a thin layer of flour.
  3. Prepare batter: 1/2 cup flour, 1/4 cup starch, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp baking soda. Add in water (about 150 ml) while stirring it. Add in 1/2 tsp vinegar at last.
  4. Dip fish in batter first, then flour again.
  5. Deep fry till golden brown color.

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If you want it to be crispier, you can fry it twice.

Pork, tofu

Minced Pork Tofu

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Tofu about 100g

minced pork around 80g

  1. Cut tofu into slices. Firm tofu is a good choice, it will keep its shape during cooking.
  2. Fry tofu with some oil till both sides turn golden brown. Sprinkle a little salt while frying them. Set aside for later use.
  3. Heat the pan again. Add in 1 tsp oil. Saute chopped garlic, green onion and dried chili till aromatic.
  4. Add in minced pork, stir fry till pork turns white.
  5. Add in 1 tsp light soy sauce, 1/2 tsp oyster sauce, 1/4 tsp dark soy sauce and 1/2 tsp sugar. Quick toss to mix well.
  6. Pour in 1/3 cup water. Bring to boil.
  7. Add the fried tofu back, simmer for 2-3 mins.
  8. Pour in a little starch water. stir well.
  9. Add in chopped red chilli and spring onion. Stir fry for another minute.

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baking, banana, Cake, Uncategorized

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients:

3 bananas

butter 130g melted

2 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla

flour 1 3/4 cup

sugar 1 cup

baking powder 1 tsp

baking soda 1/4 tsp

cinnamon powder 1 tsp

chopped walnut 1 cup

chocolate chips 1 cup

 

Preheat oven to 180 Degree C.

  1. Mash bananas in a bowl. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
  2. Add melted butter into banana and mix well.
  3. Add in sugar and blend well.
  4. Sieve in dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon powder and salt). Mix till just combined.
  5. Add chopped walnut and chocolate chips into the batter.
  6. Use a spoon or ice cream scoop to drop batter into muffin pan with 3/4 full.

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Into the oven and bake for 20-25 mins.

Yum!

Uncategorized, Vegetables

Eggplant Noodles

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Prepare the ingredients:

1 medium eggplant chop into long slices.

fresh noodles 80g

pork belly 80g cut into small chunks

light soy sauce 2 tsp

dark soy sauce 1 tsp

oyster sauce 1 tsp

sugar 1 tsp

water 1/2 cup

salt

1 stalk chopped spring onion

3 cloves of chopped garlic

1, Heat a pan, add in a little oil. Sear the pork belly first till slightly brownish.

2. Add in eggplant slices. Stir fry till they are soft.

3. All the sauce in. Stir fry evenly.

4. Add in water or stock. Bring to boil .

5. Turn to low heat. cover the lid and simmer for 3 mins.

6. Spread the noodles over eggplant. Cover the lid again and simmer for 3 mins.

7. Lid off. Add in chopped garlic. Toss the noodles to combine with sauce. Turn up the heat. Reduce the sauce and let noodles absorb the sauce. Season with salt if needed.

8. Garnish with spring onion.

baking, pizza, Prawn

Prawn Pizza

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For the pizza dough, please check:

Double Cheese Pizza With Homemade Pizza Sauce

The prawns I used are very big, so I remove the head and shell, then cut prawn into halves.

  1. Heat a pan, add in 1 tbsp oil. Fry prawn head and shell. Gently squeeze prawn head with spatula. Then take all the shell and head out.
  2. Fry prawns with the same pan. Just fry each side for 1 minute or 2. Set aside for later use.
  3. Still the same pan, saute 3 chopped cloves of garlic. Then add in pizza sauce. Stir fry till prawn oil and sauce are completely combined.
  4. Brush fried sauce onto pizza dough. Sprinkle cheese. Spread prawns over it. And top with cheese again.
  5. Into 200 degree oven and bake for 10 mins.

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Very nice pizza.

Prawn

Butter Prawn

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1. Prepare Prawns first. Remove the intestines and wash clean.

2. Put all Prawns in a big bowl. Add in 1 egg white, a little salt and pepper and 2 tablespoon corn starch. Mix well.

3. Deep fry Prawns in oil till golden brown. Drain them.

4. Heat 1 tsp oil in a sauce pan. Add in 20g butter. When butter melts, pour in 2 egg yolks. Stir while pouring. Egg yolk will become shredded.

5. Add in red chili rings and chopped garlic. Stir fry a bit.

6. Add all the fried prawns back to sauce pan. Mix well.

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egg

Carrot Egg Omelette

  1. Prepare 1 small carrot. Peel it and grate it into thin shreds.
  2. In a bowl, beat in 3 large eggs. Also season with salt, black pepper and 2 tsp water. Add in chopped spring onion. Stir well.
  3. Heat a pan, add in 1 tsp oil. Fry the carrot for 2-3 mins till carrots turn softened. season with a little salt.
  4. Spread carrot evenly in pan. Gently pour the egg in.
  5. Turn to low heat and shake the pan to let the egg spread evenly. When the bottom turns golden. Flip it over. I have to say I’m terrible at this. I broke it. It was supposed to be a perfect round shape. Well, life can be hard sometimes. Deal with it.
  6. Fry the other side for about 2 mins. Ready to serve.

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Carrot adds sweetness to the egg. Very nice.

Pork

Pig’s Ear & Bittergourd Stir-fry

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  1. Boil pig’s ear in hot water for several mins. Then rinse it under water and drain.
  2. Cut pig ear and bitter gourd into slices.
  3. Heat a pan. Add in some oil. Chopped garlic in first. Stir fry till aromatic.
  4. Pig’s ear is next. Stir fry for 2 mins.
  5. Add in bitter gourd slices. Stir fry evenly for 3 mins.
  6. Drizzle in a little light soy sauce. Put in chopped red chili, which will makes it more colorful and tasty.
  7. Season with salt at last.

 

I don’t know whether you like pig’s ear or not. It tastes crunchy due to the soft bone part.

Chicken

Spicy Chicken Wings

This is a very simple dish to make.

  1. Prepare a bowl, add in 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper, 1/2 tsp paprika powder, 1/2 tsp garlic powder. mix well.
  2. Preheat oven to 170 degree C.
  3. Dip chicken wings in the flour mixture and shake off the excessive. In to the oven for 20-25 mins. Remember to flip over halfway.
  4. Prepare sauce: 1/4 cup Korean spicy bulgogi sauce, and 1/4 cup honey. Mix well.
  5. Brush sauce onto the chicken wings. Turn up the heat to 200 Degree C. And roast for another 10 mins.
  6. Sprinkle white sesame before serving.

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