1. Wipe salmon with kitchen towel and make them dry.
2. Sprinkle some salt.
3. Heat some oil in a skillet on stove till smoke hot.
4. Put salmon fillet in skillet. 3 mins for each side.
5. Add in chopped garlic. Sauté a bit.
6. Pour in lemon sauce ( fresh lemon juice: sugar = 1:7, and 1 tsp black pepper powder).
7. Heat till sauce becomes a bit condensed. Sprinkle chopped spring onion.
Serve hot.
Perfect match for rice.
Sometimes, I’m feeling like very lazy. Then I will try some easy dishes or simplify some complicated dishes.
1. Clean shrimps (actually I used small prawns) and remove the shell and head.
2. Marinate shrimps with a little salt and black pepper.
3. In a bowl, mix 1/2 cup flour and 1/8 cup starch. In another small bowl, beat in one egg.
4. Heat skillet on stove, pour in enough oil to fry shrimps.
5. First, put shrimps in egg, then dip in flour mixture and let them be coated with thick flour.
6. Fry them till golden brown.
7. In a big bowl, add in 1/4 cup mayonnaise ( I used salad cream) and 3-5 tsp hot & sweet chili sauce. If you want it to be more spicy, then you can add more. Because my husband can’t accept spicy food, so I just added 3 tsp. Also add in some chopped spring onion or parsley. Mix them well.
8. Put fried shrimps into sauce. Stir well to let shrimps be coated with sauce.
Ready to serve.
Easy but delicious. My husband loves it.
My husband always keeps talking about soft shell crab. So we bought two packs the other day. And I planned to cook them today. Yet, when they were thawed, I found they were not whole crabs as we expected. Shell was removed and crab meat was tore apart. So I decided to change my recipe and cook fried breaded crab cake instead.
1. Sprinkle some salt and black pepper over crab meat. Mix them evenly.
2. In a bowl, pour in 1/4 cup water, 1/2 cup milk and beat in one egg. Mix them well.
3. In another bowl, add in 1 cup bread crumbs and 1 1/2 tsp thyme. Mix them well too.
4. Heat skillet on stove. Pour in enough oil.
5. Make crab meat into small or medium balls. Dust them with flour. Then dip in milk egg mixture. Dust with flour again. Dip in milk egg mixture again. Roll in bread crumbs at last.
6. Fry in oil till golden brown.
Serve hot with mayonnaise or salad cream.
Crispy outside, and very tender inside. Yummy!
I love dumplings, whether they are boiled or fried.
This pan fried dumplings have very crunchy bottom with beautiful golden looks.
1. Brush oil in the pan.
2. Place dumplings ( I used frozen dumplings given by my mother in-law) in the pan.
3. Turn to medium heat. When the bottom turns lightly golden. Turn to low heat.
4. In a small bowl, mix starch and water, ratio should be 1:10.
5. Pour starch water slowly into pan. Stop when the water reaches about 1/3 height of dumpling.
6. Cover pan with lid.
7. When the water almost dry after several mins, remove lid. Turn to medium heat. Let the water dry completely. The turn off stove.
8. Take a big plate that can cover pan. Put the plate on the pan like a lid. Then switch them upside down to let dumplings drop into plate.
Delicious!
Guo Bao Rou is a classic dish in Notheastern Chinese cuisine. I still remember when going out with my friends to have northeastern cuisine, we would definitely order this Guo Bao Rou.
1. Cut pork into medium slices.
2. Sprinkle salt and a little black pepper. Mix them well.
3. In a small bowl, add in 100g starch (better be potato starch). Then add in water higher than starch. Stir well. Then let it rest for 10-20 mins. Starch will stay in the bottom layer and water in the upper.
Pour the water out.
4. Prepare carrot shreds, scallion shreds, ginger, and minced garlic.
5. Heat some oil in a skillet. Dip pork slices in wet starch and then dry starch. Gently put them in the oil. Deep fry till the shell becomes hard and lightly golden brown.
6. Leave a little oil in the skillet. Heat again. Put all the ginger, garlic, carrot and scallion into skillet. Sauté a bit.
7. Add in 50 g white vinegar and 50 g sugar. Stir gently to let sugar dissolve.
8. When the sauce starts to condense, add fried pork slices into skillet. Keep stirring to let each slice be coated with sweet and sour sauce.
When sauce almost dry, turn off the stove.
Serve hot.
I tried this dish in a fun way.
1. Chop sausage into medium pieces.
2. Let spaghetti poke through sausage. 6-8 spaghetti in each sausage piece.
3. Boil spaghetti & sausage in water for 10 mins or refer to the instructions. Also add in a little salt and oil in the water.
4. Take spaghetti out and drain.
5. Heat a pan on stove. Add in pasta sauce. Keep stirring till sauce becomes very condensed.
6. Put spaghetti in sauce and mix well.
Serve with parsley and grate cheese.
1. Clean spinach and cut into halves.
2. Boil enough water in a pot. Also add in 1/2 tsp salt.
3. Boil spinach for 1 min. Then take them out. Rinse in the cold water and drain.
4. Squeeze spinach by hand to squeeze the water out.
5. Place spinach in the big bowl. Add in 1/2 salt, 1/2 tsp light soy sauce, 1/2 vinegar. Mix well with spinach.
6. Put a little minced garlic, minced ginger and white sesame over the top. If you want it to be spicy, you can also add a little dried chili on it.
7. Heat a pan on stove. Add in 2 tsp oil. Heat it till very hot.
8. Pour hot oil over garlic, ginger & sesame mixture. Then mix them with spinach by chopsticks.
Very simple & yummy Chinese style salad.
I love pumpkins. They are sweet, soft and healthy. This way of cooking them just keep their original flavor.
1. Preheat oven to 200 degree C.
2. Clean pumpkin and remove the seeds. Cut them into smaller pieces.
3. Place them in baking pan. Roast for 30 mins.
4. Sprinkle a little cinnamon powder if you like. And roast for another 5-10 mins.
5. Place them in plate. Spread a little salt to strengthen their sweetness.
My husband has been asking me to make mango sago for him. Today, we just bought some fresh and sweet mangoes. So I decided to make it today.
1. Boil some water in a deep pot. Then put sago in water. Heat with high heat for around 6-7 mins till sago becomes completely transparent.
2. Soak sago in cold water, which will make them more elastic and taste better. Then drain them.
3. Cut mango into small chunks. Place them in a bowl.
4. Place sago over mango.
5. Add in 2 tsp honey. And pour in enough milk or coconut milk.
Ready to serve.
My husband loves it.
Original recipe:
http://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2016/05/09/quick-healthy-dinner-20-minute-honey-garlic-shrimp/
1. In a bowl, mix 1/4 cup honey, 1/4 cup light soy sauce, 1 tsp dark soy sauce, chopped garlic (3 cloves) and a little chopped ginger.
2. Clean prawns. Remove head and shell. Marinate then in sauce for at least 30 mins.
3. Heat a skillet. Add in a little olive oil.
4. Fry prawns till each side turns red. Then pour in marinating sauce. And cook for another one min or two.
5. Sprinkle chopped spring onion.
6. Take the prawn out. Keep heating the sauce till it gets a bit condensed. Then turn off the stove.
7. Put cooked rice in the skillet. Mix well with sauce. Then sprinkle prawns over it.
My husband loves it very much. He said it’s amazing!
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