Category Archives: Quick recipe

Cake, Potato, Quick recipe, Uncategorized, Vegetables

Japanese Potato Cake

August 28, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

When my husband and I were in Hokkaido, we went to Hokkaido Historical Village. We had a great time exploring that place and we had a taste of potato cake in the canteen there.

Both of us loved it. Soft, seeet and smells so so good.

After we came back, I searched recipe online. And found this:

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/11907/japanese-potato-cake

1. I chose 4 medium potatoes. Clean and peel them. Then cut into medium chunks. Boil to soft. Mash them.

2. Add 10 tablespoons corn starch into mashed potato. Mix very well without any lumps.

3. Heat 20 g butter in the pan. When melted, put potato cake into it and fry till both side golden brown. ( I rinse my hand first, and put one spoonful potato dough in my palm. It won’t be sticky since my hands are wet. Make the dough into round and flatter one, then put into pan.)

4. Make the sauce: heat a saucepan. Add in 60 ml water, 2 tbsp brown sugar and 2 tbsp light soy sauce. Turn to high heat and reduce to thick and condensed sauce. Pour over potato cakes.

Taste really like the ones we had in Hokkaido. My husband loves them very much.

Prawn, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Cereal Prawns

August 21, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

I tried this dish with cereal prawn mix bought from supermarket.

1. Clean Prawns.

2. Melt some margarine in the pan. Fry Prawns till both sides turn golden brown. Then set aside.

3. Put some more margarine in the pan. When melted, add in chopped garlic, green chili and curry leaves. Stir fry a bit.

4. Add in cereal mix. Stir fry till aromatic.

5. Put Prawns back in the pan. Stir fry evenly. Ready to serve.

Chicken, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Simply-cooked Chicken Breast

August 3, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

1. Cut one whole chicken breast into two halves.

2. Use knife’s blunt edge to beat each side of chicken breast. Sprinkle salt and black pepper powder.

3. Pat chicken breast with corn starch. Shake off the extra.

4. Heat a little butter in a pan.

5. Put chicken breast in and fry each side till slightly golden brown. Then put them in a plate.

6. For the sauce, you can use the one you like. I put 2 tsp HP sauce, 1 tsp light soy sauce, 1 tsp sugar, 2 tsp water and 1/2 black pepper granule. Mix them in saucepan on the stove till condensed. Pour over chicken breast.

Fish, Quick recipe, Soup, tofu, Uncategorized

Salmon Miso Soup

July 23, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

1. Cut a small salmon fillet into small chunks. Coat them with a little corn starch.
2. Heat a little oil in the pan. Add in a little chopped garlic and ginger, sauté till aromatic.
3. Put in salmon chunks. Fry each side till a little light brown. Pour in enough hot water covers salmon.
4. When water boils, add in Tofu chunks, and a little kelp. Cover the pan with lid. Boil for 5 mins.
5. Add in 1 tsp miso. Stir to dissolve. When soup boils again, sprinkle chopped spring onion and a little salt.

pumpkin, Quick recipe, Uncategorized, Vegetables

Easy Boiled Pumpkin

May 26, 2017 chinesetuition88 1 Comment

I love sweet pumpkin.

I found an easy way to cook pumpkin and fried it the other day.

1. Remove the seed and peel of pumpkin. And chop into medium chunks.

2. In a pan, pour in 200 ml water. Add in 2 tsp sugar, 2 tsp light soy sauce, 2 tsp mirin. And bring to boil.

3. Put pumpkin chunks into water. Cover the pan with lid. Turn to medium heat.

4. Keep heating till pumpkin is done or water is dry.

Quick recipe, Uncategorized, Vegetables, zucchini

Zucchini & Bacon Stir-fry

May 11, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

1. Heat skillet on stove.

2. Add in a little oil. Turn to medium heat.

3. Put in chopped garlic. Sauté a bit.

4. Add in chopped bacon slices. Stir fry for 2 or 3 mins.

5. Add in Zucchini slices. Stir fry Till Zucchini turn soft.

6. Sprinkle salt and black pepper. Stir fry evenly for another 2-3 mins.

Quick recipe, Soup, tomato, Uncategorized, Vegetables

Vegetable Soup

May 3, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

Ingredients:

1 small onion ( chopped into flakes)

2 clove garlic ( minced)

Baby carrots several

1 chopped small tomato

1 box of chicken broth

2 stalks chopped celery

Cabbage

French beans

2 tsp tomato sauce

Salt

Black pepper

A little fried mixed herbs
1. Heat a little oil in the pan. Add in onion and garlic. Sauté a bit.

2. Add in baby carrots. Stir fry for 1 min or 2. Put in chopped tomato.

3. Pour in chicken broth and tomato sauce. Turn to high heat. When soup boils, turn to low heat. Cover the pan and simmer for around 15 mins or till ingredients turn to soft.

4. Add in the rest Vegetables: French beans, celery and cabbage. Simmer for another 5-10 mins till everything is cooked.

5. Sprinkle a little salt, black pepper and mixed herbs.

Serve hot.

Crab, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Crispy Fried Soft Shell Crabs

May 3, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

My husband has been asking me to cook fried soft shell crab for him for a long time. We finally bought some frozen soft shell crabs from a fish market.

I cleaned crab according to this YouTube vedio:

1. Wipe the crabs with kitchen towel.

2. In a bowl add in 1/4 cup milk and half of a small beaten egg. Mix them well.

3. In a platter, add in 1/2 cup flour, 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp black pepper. Mix them well too.

4. Dip crab in flour mixture first, then milk mixture and last flour mixture again. Shake off the excess.

5. Heat some oil in the pan. I shallow fried them instead of deep frying. When the oil becomes very hot, put flour-coated crabs in. Fry each side till golden brown. Actually, I fried them till dark golden brown so that they can be very crispy.

Serve with lemon wedges.