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Baby Squid, Seaweed & Egg Soup

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One time my aunt in China asked me and my husband to have lunch at her home. My aunt used to own a small restaurant and she was the chef there. So she can cook really delicious food. She cooked baby’s squid egg soup that day. My husband tried it and loved it immediately. Even after 2 years, he’s still thinking about that soup. I remembered I was helping around when my aunt was cooking. It’s a very simple soup but I couldn’t get it right.

This time, I tried a different way.

1. Clean baby squid. Cut into halves.

2. In a pot, boil 2 cups water. Put the squid in and boil for 2 mins. Take the squid out and keep the stock.

3. In another pan or pot, heat 1 tsp oil. Sauté a bit chopped ginger.

4. Add in the stock. Bring to boil.

5. Pour in 2 beaten eggs. Stir a bit.

6. Add in baby squid and dried seaweed. Bring to boil.

7. Season with salt and sprinkle chopped spring onion.

My husband likes it, even though it’s different from the way my aunt cooked.

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Green Bean Wide Vermicelli, Spinach & Egg Stir-fry

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I found a pack of green bean wide Vermicelli in a corner at the small supermarket near my home. I was very curious about it, because it’s my first time to see Vermicelli made from green beans. And more surprisingly, it’s from Qufu city, Confucius’s hometown, and it’s also a city next to my hometown. But I have never heard about it before. I really couldn’t control my curiosity, so I bought one pack. 🙂 really want to figure out how this transparent Vermicelli tastes.

I boil 100g green bean wide vermicelli in boiling water for 8 mins according to the instruction on the package. Then take them out and soak in cold water. Drain them.

1. Heat a little oil in the pan. Pour in two beaten eggs. Make scrambled egg. And set egg aside.

2. Heat the pan again. Add in a little oil if needed. Sauté chopped garlic and dried red chili till aromatic.

3. Add in spinach. Quickly stir fry with medium-high heat.

4. Once spinach turns soft and greener, add in green bean vermicelli. Stir fry for 1-2 mins.

5. Add in scrambled egg. Mix evenly.

6. Season with salt and black pepper.

Serve hot.

It’s actually not bad. Green bean vermicelli tastes like very similar to regular vermicelli made from sweet potato. But more chewy.

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Easy Egg Sandwich

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Ingredients:

1 hard boiled egg

2 crispy butter rolls

Mayonnaise

Tomato slices cucumber slices

Butter 5 g

Salt

Black pepper

1. Mash boiled egg in a bowl. Season with salt, black pepper and 1 tablespoon mayonnaise. Mix well.

2. Mix butter with 2 tsp mayonnaise in another bowl.

3. Cut butter rolls with a knife.

4. Brush the cutting surface with Butter mayonnaise mixture.

5. Add in tomato and cucumber slices. And mashed egg at last.

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Homemade Onsen Tamago

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My husband loves onsen tamago. I tried many times before but failed. I used thermometer this time and finally I succeeded.

Take eggs out from refrigerator and let them to be room temperature.

In a deep pot, pour into enough water that should covers eggs.

When the water temperature reaches 60 degree C, put the eggs into water gently.

Make sure temperature between 60 – 70 degree C. And boil for 30-40 mins. I boiled 37 mins. If the temperature gets higher than 70 degree C, add in a little cold water. You can also put in ice cube. Turn to the low heat or lowest heat of stove, so the temperature can be easily controlled.


When the time is up, soak eggs into cold icing water for a while.


Beautiful homemade onsen tamago.

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Dark Braised Pork With Quail Eggs

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It contains both pork and quail eggs. It’s absolutely one of my husband’s favorite dishes.

1. Boil some water in a pot. Put a strip of pork belly in water. Turn off the stove till water boils again.

2. Take pork out. Rinse and drain. Then cut it into medium chunks.

3. Heat a little oil in the pan. Put pork in. Fry pork belly till both sides turn golden brown.

4. Add in 1 tsp light soy sauce, 1 tsp dark soy sauce, 2 tsp sugar. Stir fry evenly.

5. Pour in enough hot water covers pork. Also add in 1 or 2 star anise, and ginger slices. Cover the pan with lid.

6. In another pot, boil some water. Then put quail eggs in. Boil for 5 mins. Soak them in cold water and remove the shell.

7. When the sauce in pan reduces to 1/3. Put quail eggs into the pan. Stir with pork. Cover the lid and simmer till sauce becomes condensed.

8. Turn up the heat. Keep stirring to let pork and quail eggs be coated with dark sauce.

Serve hot.

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Stir Fry Tofu With Leek

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1. Cut Tofu into small chunks.

2. Heat some oil in the pan. Beat an egg in the bowl. Dip Tofu in egg and then fry in the pan till each side turns golden brown. Then take them out in a plate.

3.  Heat a little oil in the pan again. Put chopped leek in the pan. Sauce a bit till they turn softened.

4. Add Tofu back in the pan. Also with chopped chili. Stir fry evenly.

5. Season with salt.

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Buttermilk Pancakes

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I found this wonderful recipe: http://amyshealthybaking.com/blog/2015/01/18/the-ultimate-healthy-buttermilk-pancakes/

And I just followed it without doing any change.

Flour 135 g

Baking soda 1 tsp

Baking powder 1/2 tsp

Salt 1/4 tsp

Melted butter  7 g

Egg 1

Vanilla 1 1/2 tsp

Butter milk 1/2 cup

Maple syrup 1 tsp

Plain low-fat yogurt 60g

1. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl.

2. In a mother bowl mix butter, vanilla, egg, butter milk, syrup and yogurt.

3. Combine wet mixture with dry ingredients and stir till just combine.

4. Heat a non-stick pan on the stove with medium or low heat. Drop a spoonful of batter into pan.

5. After around 3 mins or till the bottom side turns golden brown, flip the pancake over and heat for another 2-3 mins.

Serve hot with maple syrup or butter or anything you like.



They taste very soft and fluffy. My husband loves them.

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Onion Potato Soup

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Serving: 2

Ingredients:

Half of a small onion

3 small potatoes

Salt 

Black pepper

2 Eggs

Grate Parmesan cheese

1. Use peeler to make onion and potatoes into mince.



In order to stop potatoes turning dark in color, you can pour in some water in the pot.

2. Add in enough water.

3. Turn on low heat. Keep stirring till soup becomes condensed.

4. Sprinkle salt and black pepper.

5. Separate soup into two bowls or cups. Crack an egg into each bowl.


6. Put bowl into microwave and heat for several mins.

7. Sprinkle a little grate Parmesan cheese.



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Easy & Yummy Quail Egg

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First, boil quail eggs in boiling water for 5 mins. 

Then take them out and soak in cold water.

After they are completely cool, Gently remove the shell. 

Put quail eggs in the plate. Next step is to prepare sauce.

Heat pan on stove. Add in a little tsp oyster sauce, light soy sauce, sugar and water. Keep stirring till sauce becomes very condensed. You can taste the sauce before serving. If it’s salty, add a little more sugar. 

Pour the sauce over quail eggs.


It just became one of my husband’s favorite dishes.