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Prawn

Cereal Prawns (麦片虾)

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Both my husband and I love this dish very much.

Ingredients:

large prawns 8

1/2 beaten egg

1 tbsp flour

1 tbsp corn starch

1/2 tsp salt

curry leaves 20-30

red chili 3 (cut into rings)

cereal 1 cup

milk powder 1 tbsp

sugar 1 tbsp

salt 1 tsp

butter 1 tbsp

oil 1 tbsp

1, Clean prawns. Put them in a big bowl. Add in half beaten egg, flour, 1/2 tsp salt, corn starch. Mix well.

2, Deep fry prawns till golden color and crispy.

3, In a small bowl, mix cereal, milk powder, sugar and salt.

4, Heat a pan. Add in butter and oil. When butter melts, add in curry leaves and red chili. Stir fry till sromatic.

5, Add in cereal mixture. Stir fry till slightly golden color.

6, Add in fried prawn. Stir fry evenly.

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Crab

Chili Crab

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Actually this dish is much simpler than it looks.

Ingredients:

mud crab 1 (mine is very small, about 300g)

garlic 5 cloves

red chili 6

dried red chili 3

shallot 4

ginger 3 slices

sugar 1 tbsp

salt 1/2 tsp

tomato sauce 2 tbsp

egg 1

water 1/2 cup hot

1, Make paste: put garlic, shallot, ginger, chili into blender. Blend till very fine paste.

2. Clean crab and cut into quarters. Dust crab with corn starch.

3, Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan. Add in crab to fry a bit till red. Then set crab aside for later use.

4, Same pan, add in a little more oil. Fry the paste till aromatic.

5, Add in sugar, salt, and tomato sauce. Mix well.

6, Add in crab, give it a good stir.

7, Pour in hot water. Turn to low heat and simmer for 10 mins.

8, Beat 1 egg into a bowl. Add egg in while stirring.

9, Fry manto (steamed buns) till golden brown.

10, Garnish chili crab with cilantro and serve with fried manto.

Potato

Di San Xian (地三鲜)

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Here comes one of my favorite dishes again. I found a type of Chinese green chili in the supermarket the other day. The specialty of this green chili is the skin is thinner than green pepper. It taste crispier, spicier and also a bit sweet. Good choice to make this dish.

1, Cut eggplant, potato and green chilies into small chunks.

2, Heat oil in the pan. More oil will be used in this dish cos potato and eggplant need to be deep fried.

3, Fry potato first, when they turn a bit golden on the edge, add in eggplant. Fry till eggplant turns brownish color.

4, Pour the extra oil out. Add in green chili and onion (optional).

5, Stir fry till aromatic. 

6, Add in 1 tsp light soy sauce, 1/2 tsp sugar. Stir fry evenly.

7, Sprinkle in chopped garlic and stir fry a bit.

8, Season with salt. If you want to color to be brighter, you can also use starch solution.

Pork

Pork Intestine Stir-fry (溜肥肠 Liu Fei Chang)

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I know many people don’t eat pork intestines. But I like them.

Cleaning pork intestines may be a bit time consuming. Yet when you taste the dish after cooking, all the work is totally worth it.

  1. Remove the fat inside pork intestines. Just to make this dish a bit healthier.
  2. Put intestines in a big bowl, wash several times in water.
  3. Sprinkle salt and add in 2 tbsp vinegar. Wash and rub it for about 10 mins to remove all the dirt and the not-so-good smell.
  4. Wash clean in water again.
  5. Cut into rings.
  6. Add in light soy sauce to marinate them.
  7. Dust with starch.
  8. Deep fry till golden brown color with low-medium heat.
  9. Heat some oil, Add in chopped onion, garlic, and green chili. Stir fry till aromatic.
  10. Add in fried intestines and stir fry evenly.
  11. Add in 2 tsp light soy sauce, 1 tsp oyster sauce, 1/2 tsp dark soy sauce, and 1/2 tsp sugar. Mix well.
  12. Reduce sauce with medium heat.

Chicken

Lime Chicken Salad

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Ingredients:

chicken leg 3 about 700g

Small lime 10

chopped green chili 4 (you can use red chili too)

chopped garlic 4 cloves

light soy sauce 1/2 1 tbsp

sugar 1 tsp

salt 1/2 tsp

ice cold water

1, Put chicken into a pot, add in enough water. Bring to boil with high heat. Skim the soup and remove all the dirt. Turn to low heat and simmer for 40 mins.

2, Soak cooked chicken leg into ice cold water to let them cool down.

3, Squeeze 5 limes to get the juice and cut the rest 5 into slices.

4, Tear chicken leg with hand, remove the bone and tear chicken meat into small chunks.

5, heat a pan, add in 2 tsp oil. Saute chopped garlic and chili till aromatic.

6, add in light soy sauce, sugar and salt. When sugar is fully dissolved, off the heat and cool down.

7, Add lime juice into the sauce, mix well.

8, In a big bowl, add in chicken meat, sauce mixture and lime slices. Mix well.

Very refreshing for hot weather. My husband loves it.

Vegetables

Homemade Kimchi

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I used 1 big Chinese cabbage, about 300g.

  1. Cut it into halves, then quarters. Remove the root. And chop it into smaller pieces.
  2. Put them all in a big basin. Add in 1 cup water and 6 tbsp salt.
  3. Let them marinate in salty water for 2 hours. Remember to flip and toss them a bit every 30 mins. After 2 hours, rinse them under water and drain.
  4. For the base: Prepare a sauce pan, add in 2 tbsp flour and 1 cup water. Warm it yo with low heat and keep stirring till it becomes very condensed.
  5. Pour the flour paste into the blender, together with 1 chopped onion, 1 tbsp ginger, 8 garlic cloves and 2 tbsp fish sauce. Mix them well and smooth.
  6. Pour the base into a big basin. Add in 1/2 cup chili powder. If you like it to be very spicy, you can add more. Mix well.
  7. Cut 1 medium carrot into shreds. 5 or 6 stalks spring onion into smaller pieces.
  8. Put all the vegetables into the basin and mix with base.

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Store them in air tight container.

Pork

Pig’s Ear & Bittergourd Stir-fry

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  1. Boil pig’s ear in hot water for several mins. Then rinse it under water and drain.
  2. Cut pig ear and bitter gourd into slices.
  3. Heat a pan. Add in some oil. Chopped garlic in first. Stir fry till aromatic.
  4. Pig’s ear is next. Stir fry for 2 mins.
  5. Add in bitter gourd slices. Stir fry evenly for 3 mins.
  6. Drizzle in a little light soy sauce. Put in chopped red chili, which will makes it more colorful and tasty.
  7. Season with salt at last.

 

I don’t know whether you like pig’s ear or not. It tastes crunchy due to the soft bone part.

Chicken

Lemon Chili Sauce Chicken

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1. Wash chicken clean. You can use chicken legs or chicken wings. I used chicken wings.

2. Enough water in a pot. Add in ginger slices, garlic cloves, bay leaf, lemon grass and a pinch of salt.

3. Put chicken into the pot. Bring to boil with high heat. Then turn to low heat and simmer for 15-20 mins or till chicken is fully cooked.

4. Soak chicken into cold water. Dry them and cut into smaller pieces.

5. In a small bowl, mix 1 tablespoon Thai chili sauce, 1 tsp lemon juice, 1 tsp honey and 1 tsp sugar.

Spread sauce over chicken.

Chicken

Chicken Leg Rice

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1. Prepare chicken legs. Wash them clean. I used 3.

2. Place them in a deep pot. Add in enough water. Bring to boil. Skim the soup, remove all the floating dirt.

3. Add in 2-3 ginger slices, 3 cloves of garlic, salt to season. Cover the lid. Turn to low heat and simmer for 20-30 mins.

4. Turn off the heat. Take the chicken out.

5. Prepare 1 cup rice. Wash and drain. Turn on the rice cooker. Cut in 1 small cube of butter. When butter melts, add in 1 tsp chopped garlic and 1 tsp chopped ginger. Stir fry till aromatic. Add rice in. Stir fry a bit. Pour in 2 cups of chicken soup from the pot. Add in a pandan leaf knot. Cover the lid and cook the rice.

6. Place chicken legs in a bowl. Add in 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, 1/2 tablespoon dark soy sauce, 1/2 tablespoon oyster sauce and 1 tablespoon honey. Mix chicken with sauce well.

7. Into the oven 200 degree C for 20 mins. Flip over in the middle.

Serve the chicken leg with rice and chili sauce.

My husband loves it, especially chicken leg.

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Long Bean Stir-fry

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I love green and crunchy long beans. And it’s a very simple dish to cook.

  1. Wash long beans clean. Cut into medium strips.
  2. Boil a pot of hot water. Add in 1 pinch salt and several drops of oil. Add long beans in and boil for 4 mins to make sure they are completely cooked. Then soak them in cold water and drain them.
  3. Heat a pan. Add in 1 tsp oil. When oil is hot, saute chopped 2 or 3 cloves of garlic and 1 red chili till aromatic.
  4. Add long beans in. Stir fry for 1 min.
  5. Add in 1/2 tsp light soy sauce and 1/2 tsp oyster sauce. Quickly stir fry evenly.
  6. Season with salt.

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You can choose not to add chili if you don’t want it to be spicy at all.

This cooking method can also be used to stir fry lady fingers.