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.
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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.
For pizza sauce:
1. Wash 1 cup cherry tomatoes in water. Cut a cross at the bottom of each tomato.
2. Soak tomatoes in boiling water for a little while to make it easy to peel them.
3. Heat a sauce pan. Add in 2 tsp olive oil. When the oil heated, add in 2 cloves chopped garlic. Sauté till aromatic.
4. Add in all the peeled cherry tomatoes. Stir fry and press with spatula or a spoon. It’s fine to have some tomato lumps. That actually makes pizza taste better.
5. Add in 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp dried herbs, 1 tsp sugar and 1 tablespoon tomato sauce. Mix all the ingredients well and set aside to cool down.
I found a very inspiring video on YouTube. And this enthusiastic Italian cook showed everybody how he made a perfect pizza. I just followed his guide.
For the pizza dough:
1 1/2 cup bread flour
1/2 cup warm water (more or less due to different flour)
3 g instant yeast
1 tsp salt.
Mix flour and salt in a bowl. Dissolve yeast in warm water. Pour yeast water into flour. Knead into a dough. If the flour is too sticky, then add more flour. Fold the dough several times. Then place it in a bowl, cover with plastic and let it rise till 2 times big.
Preheat oven to 220 degree C.
Press the dough into a big thin pizza dough. Brush pizza sauce. Sprinkle a little salt. Drizzle olive oil. Grate Parmesan cheese. Then sprinkle mozzarella cheese (I’m always very generous with mozzarella cheese, that’s why my pizza always looks white on the surface. 🙂 ), and basil leaves. Drizzle a little olive oil again.
Into the oven and bake for 7 mins.
The whole kitchen is full of sweet fragrance . It smells so so good.
So far, this is the best pizza I’ve ever cooked. It tastes so so good.
Very soft, and cheesy. Tomato sauce I made has a special texture and adds more flavor to the pizza. Every ingredient works so well.
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.
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.
1. In a deep pot, add in 1/2 2 cups water, 1/2 cup dark soy sauce, ginger slices, garlic slices, 1 tablespoon five spice powder and 20g sugar. Bring to boil.
2. Add in 1 strip of pork belly. Turn to low heat and simmer for 30 mins.
3. Add in 2 hard boiled eggs and simmer for another 15-20 mins.
4. Blanch yellow noodles in boiling water. Rinse under cold water and drain. Set in the plate.
5. Take the pork belly and eggs out to cool down. Leave 1 cup braised soy in the pot. Add in a 1/2 tablespoon light soy sauce and salt to season.
6. Add in 1 beaten egg. Stir while pouring. At last, add in starch water to thicken the sauce.
7. Serve noodles with braised pork belly slices, braised egg, fish cake, and thick sauce over it.
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.
1. Cut 1 chicken breast into small chunks.
2. Put chicken pieces in a bowl. Add in 1 tablespoon chopped garlic, 1 tablespoon chopped ginger and 1 tablespoon chili powder. Mix well. Then marinate them for 20 mins.
3. Heat a pan on stove. Add in 1 tablespoon oil.
4. Fry chicken breast till golden brown. Set them a side.
5. In the same pan, fry 1 chopped onion till dark brown.
6. Cut in 1 chunk of butter. When butter melts, add in 1 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp clove powder, 1 tablespoon minced garlic and 1 tablespoon minced ginger. Sauté a bit.
7. Add in 1 small can of tomato purée ( 6 oz), also drizzle in salt and 1 tablespoon chili powder. Stir fry till tomato sauce becomes very condensed.
8. Add 100 ml coconut cream into sauce. Turn to low heat and keep stirring.
9. Put in fried chicken. Simmer for 5 mins.
I have to say it’s perfect to go with rice.
This is a slow cook recipe.
1. In a small bowl, add in 2 tsp salt, 2 tsp black pepper, 2 tsp paprika powder, 1 tsp dried thyme, 2 tsp sugar, 1 tsp ground ginger, 1 tsp ground garlic. Mix them well.
2. Sprinkle seasoning over ribs and rub ribs by hands.
3. Wrap ribs with plastic and into the refrigerator for over night.
4. Preheat oven to 150 degree C.
5. Put ribs on aluminum foil. Seal them. On the tray and into the oven. Bake for 2 hrs.
6. While ribs are baking, you can prepare for the brushing sauce. Here is the sauce I used: 1 tablespoon sweet cooking wine, 2 tablespoon tomato sauce, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 tsp black pepper and 1 tablespoon honey. Mix them well.
7. Open the foil. Take the ribs out. Save the meat juice for topping sauce.
8. Brush ribs with brushing sauce. Into the oven for 15 mins. Then brush again and bake for another 15 mins.
9. Pour the meat juice in sauce pan. Turn to low heat. Add in 2 tsp tomato sauce and 1 tsp sugar. Slow simmer till condensed.
10. I served the ribs with boiled corns, creamy linguine and potato wedges. Pour topping sauce over ribs and corn.
For potato wedges:
The ribs are really juicy and tender. Very easily fall off from the bones. My husband loves them very very much.
Salty Fried Chicken ( Chinese name is 盐酥鸡) is a famous dish from Taiwan, I think.
1. Cut 1 piece of chicken breast into one-bite size. Put them in a bowl. Add in 1 tsp salt, 2 minced garlic, 2 tsp soy sauce and 1/2 tsp white pepper. Mix well and marinate for 20 mins.
2. Prepare flour paste:
1/2 cup flour, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp white pepper and water.
Make them into paste.
3. Put marinated chicken into flour paste.
4. In another bowl, mix corn starch and flour. Ratio should be 2:1.
5. Heat oil in deep pot. Dip chicken in flour starch mixture.
6. Deep fry till golden brown.
If you want chicken to be more crispier, you can fry one more time.
7. Drain the fried chicken. Add a handful basil in oil. Fry for around 30 seconds.
8. Mix 1/4 tsp salt with 1 tsp white pepper. Sprinkle seasoning over fried chicken.
Taste really crispy.
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