For the marinade:
2 tbsp miso paste,
2 tbsp mirin (Japanese sweet cooking wine)
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp water
Mix well in a bowl.
Place salmon steak into marinade and rest for 2 hrs.
Preheat oven to 180 degree C.
Bake for 20 mins.
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Seared Seer Fish
This is a very simple dish.
Prepare marinade:
In a small bowl, mix 2 tsp chili powder, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp ground ginger, 2 tsp minced garlic, 1 tsp paprika powder, and a little water. To make it into paste.
Brush marinade onto two sides of seer fish steak. Let the fish be marinated for 1 hour.
Heat oil in the pan. A little more than usual. Fry the fish till both sides turn golden brown.
Soy Sauce Chicken
Normally, a whole chicken is used in this dish. But I only cooked a half one.
1. Put chicken in a big bowl. Add in 1 tablespoon minced ginger, 1 tablespoon minced garlic, 1 tsp salt, 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce. Rub chicken a bit. And let it rest for a little while.
2. Heat a pan, add in 1 tablespoon oil. Sauté ginger slices. When aromatic, put the chicken in. Fry each side till golden brown.
3. Add in 2 tablespoon light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce, 2 cups water, 2 tablespoon sugar. Turn to high heat and bring to boil.
4. Turn to low-medium heat. Cover the lid, simmer for 5 mins. Flip over, and simmer for another 5 mins. Repeat for 5-6 times.
5. Dish the chicken out. Cool down and cut into smaller pieces. Garnish with chopped spring onion.
Pork Chop with Boiled Pumpkin
1. Place pork chop in a big bowl. Add in 1 tsp chili powder (if you want it to be more spicy, you can add more), 2 tsp paprika powder, 1 tsp chopped garlic, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp black pepper, and 2 tsp olive oil. Mix well. And let it rest for a little while.
2. Preheat oven to 200 degree C.
3. Heat a pan on stove, add in a little olive oil.
4. Fry pork chop till golden brown.
5. Into the oven and bake for 10 mins.
Serve with boiled pumpkin. For pumpkins recipe, please refer to:
Omelette Fried Rice
I wanted to try this dish for a long time.
To make fried rice:
1. Cut 1 chicken breast, 1 small carrot and 1/2 onion into small dice.
2. Heat a little oil in the pan. Add in chicken breast. Stir fry till white.
3. Add in onion and carrot. Sauté till onion turns brown.
4. Push all the ingredients to one end of the pan. At the other end, add in 2 tablespoon tomato sauce, 1 tsp sugar and 1 tsp soy sauce. Mix well.
5. Mix sauce with chicken, carrot and onion. Stir fry evenly.
6. Put in cooked rice or leftover rice. Stir fry to let rice be evenly coated with sauce. Season with salt and black pepper.
7. Use a spoon to make fried rice into oval shape in the middle of one plate.
To make omelette:
1. Beat 3 eggs in a bowl.
2. Add in 2 tablespoon milk and 1 tsp light soy sauce. Mix them well.
3. Brush pan with oil and pour out the excess. Test the pan with chopsticks. Chopstick dip in beaten egg, and slightly draw a line in the pan. If the egg line immediately solidify then the pan is ready.
4. Pour egg into pan. Stir with chopsticks. When the egg turns to be half cooked, slightly push egg to the end of the pan.
5. Use the chopsticks and spatula to gently turn the oval omelette over. Heat the edge a bit to make omelette sealed.
6. Gently place omelette over fried rice.
And the last is also the best part of this dish: use a knife to cut the omelette open.
Mushroom Pasta with Seared Scallop
For the seared scallops, please refer to:
1. When the scallops are done, take them out. There will be some butter left, use the same pan to fry mushroom.
2. Also add in some chopped garlic, sauté with mushroom till brownish.
3. Add in 3 tablespoon pasta stock. Simmer for 2-3 mins.
4. Pour in 1/2 cup milk. Sprinkle shredded cheese. Stir a bit to let cheese melt.
5. Season with salt and black pepper.
6. Add in cooked pasta. Give it a good mix.
In the plate and top with seared scallops.
Chocolate Banana Cupcake
I got this recipe from
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup cocoa powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 small mashed bananas
1 egg
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup milk
3/4 tsp vanilla
1. Preheat oven to 180 degree C.
2. Mix all the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt) in a big bowl.
3. In another bowl, mash 2 small bananas with a fork. It’s ok if there’s still lumps. Beat in 1 egg. Stir well.
4. Pour in water, canola oil, milk and vanilla. Mix well.
5. Pour wet ingredients mixture into dry ingredients. Mix well.
6. Pour batter into muffin pan. Bake for 20 mins. Test with a toothpick. If toothpick comes out clean, then they are done.
Super moist and soft. Banana lumps turn to be creamy in the middle.
Guo Ta Tofu
This dish belongs to Shandong cuisine.
1. Cut tofu into slices. Tofu should be firm one so it won’t fall apart during cooking. Silk tofu or egg tofu are too fragile.
2. Dust tofu with flour. Then dip tofu in beaten egg.
3. Heat oil in the pan. Fry tofu till golden color.
4. Add in 1 tsp sweet cooking wine, 1 tsp light soy sauce and 1/4 cup warm water or stock. Simmer for a while or till the water reduces.
5. Season with salt and drizzle a little sesame oil.
6. Garnish with chopped spring onion and serve hot.
Pan-fried Salmon with Mashed Potato
1. Peel 2 small potatoes and cut into small chunks. Boil them or steam them to get them cooked.
2. Cut salmon on the skin side with several openings. Sprinkle salt and black pepper over both sides of salmon.
3. Heat a little oil in the pan. When the oil is hot. Place the salmon fillet inside with skin side down. Gentle lay press salmon with fingers or spatula to make skin crispy. Fry for around 3 mins or till the skin is brown.
4. Flip over and fry for another 3-4 mins. If you want the skin to be crispier, you can flip again to fry the skin side for another 1-2 mins. Set fried salmon fillet aside.
5. Heat a little olive oil in the pan. Add in half chopped onion. Sauté till brown.
6. Add in cooked potato chunks. Press with a fork or spatula. No need to mash them very smooth. It doesn’t matter if there are still lumps. Stir fry to get potato brownish. Add in a little dried thyme. And season with salt and black pepper.
7. Mashed potato in the plate with salmon fillet over it.
Shrimp Pasta
1. Heat a pan on stove. Add in 2 tsp olive oil.
2. Sauté 2 chopped cloves of garlic till aromatic.
3. Add in peeled shrimps. Fry till red. Then dish out and set aside.
4. Add in 1 small can of tomato purée. If it’s too sticky, you can add in some pasta stock. Simmer to boil.
5. Add shrimps and pasta back to tomato sauce. Also with some chopped parsley. Season with salt and black pepper.
6. Blend well.
Serve with grated cheese.
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