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Braised Fish in Brown Sauce

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Fish is a must-have dish during Chinese New Year. In Chinese fish is 鱼 （yú）, which sounds like another character 余. 余 means extra or surplus. So we always say 年年有余 （nián nián yǒu yú），that means May you always get more than you wish.

Braised fish in brown sauce is a regularly-seen dish on Chinese dining table. And it’s kind of my husband’s favorite way of cooked fish.

This cooking method is ideal for those fish from lake or river, not very very skinny type. And if the fish is from deep sea, this method is not recommended. Braised with sauce is a good way to add more flavor to plain fish and it will also reduce fish’s original freshness at the same time.

Ingredients:

2 rabbit fish

Oil 2 tsp

Dark soy sauce 1 tablespoon

Light soy sauce 1 tablespoon

Cooking wine 1 tablespoon

Sugar 1 1/2 tbsp

Ginger 3 slices

Garlic slices of 2 cloves

Bay leaves

Star anise

Hot water 1 cup

Shredded spring onion

1. Wipe the fish with kitchen towel to make them dry.

2. Heat 2 tsp oil in the pan. Put fish inside. Fry each side for 2-3 mins or till a bit brown.

3. Add in ginger, garlic, bay leaves, star anise. Stir till aromatic.

4. Add in dark & light soy sauce, cooking wine, sugar and water.

5. Cover pan with lid. Braise with medium heat for 10 mins. Then flip fish over and braise for another 8 mins.

6. Take the fish out into the plate. Keep heating the pan to reduce sauce to the consistency you want.

7. Pour sauce over fish and garnish with shredded spring onion.

You can also heat another 2 tablespoon oil and pour over spring onion and enjoy the sizzling.

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Chinese, Pork

Sweet & Sour Pineapple Pork

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Ingredients:

Pork ( cut into small cubes or slices)

Corn starch

Egg 1

Pineapple cubes 1/2 cup drained

Onion 1

Spring onion

Tomato sauce 3 tablespoon

Sugar 1 tablespoon

Water

Salt

1. Put pork slices in a bowl. Add in a little salt and 1 tablespoon corn starch. Mix with hand. Let them rest for 10-15 mins.

2. Beat one egg into the bowl. Mix well. Then add in 3-4 tablespoon corn starch. Mix well with hand again.

3. Deep fry pork slices in oil. Take them out when turns a golden brown.

4. Heat the oil and fry the pork for the second time to make the Shell hard and crispy.

5. Heat a little oil in the pan. Add in chopped onion. Sauté till aromatic.

6. Add in pineapple cubes, 3 tablespoon tomato sauce, 1 tablespoon sugar ( if you don’t want it to be very sweet, you can reduce sugar). Dissolve 1 tsp corn starch in 2 tsp water. Also pour starch water into pan.

7. Keep stirring the sauce. When the sauce reduces to condensed. Put the fried pork back into the pan. Stir to let each pork be coated with sweet & Sour Sauce.

8. Garnish with chopped spring onion. And serve hot.

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baking, pizza, Quick recipe, tomato, Uncategorized

Thin Tomato Pizza

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For the pizza dough, please refer to:

https://chewbaccascook.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/simple-pizza/

Press dough into baking pan. Poke with fork several times.

Brush pizza dough with pizza paste and any paste you like. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese slices over it with cherry tomato slices.

It’s really easy and quick.

Preheat oven to 220 degree C.

Put pizza into oven and bake for 15-18 mins till cheese melts.

Beef, Potato

Potato Wedges & Steak

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This is the first time for me to try potato wedges at home.

The recipe I referred to :

http://natashaskitchen.com/2013/01/18/oven-baked-potato-wedges/

1. Rinse 3 potatoes under water. Cut into halves. Then cut the half into 3 or 4 pieces.

2. Soak potato wedges into icing water for half an hour.

3. Preheat oven to 220 degree C.

4. Wipe potato wedges with kitchen towel and make them dry.

5. Put all the wedges into big bowl or a zip bag. Add in 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper and 1/2 tsp paprika powder. Mix them evenly. Add in 1 tsp oil. Mix again to let each one be coated with seasoning and oil evenly.

6. Line wedges on baking pan.

7. Bake for around 30 mins or till potato gets burnt on edges.

For the steak.

1. Wipe steak with kitchen towel to make sure steak is very dry on surface.

2. Season with salt and black pepper.

3. Heat a little oil in a pan. When it’s smoky hot. Put the steak in. Fry for 5 mins.

4. Flip the steak. Cut in 2 tablespoon butter, add in 2 or 3 cloves garlic and thyme. Fry for another 4 mins. If you want steak to be a bit more rare, you can shorten the frying time.

Let the fried steak rest in the plate for several mins before serving.

Sprinkle chopped parsley over potato wedges and serve with steak.

Quick recipe

Seared Scallops

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1. Thaw scallops. Wipe them with kitchen towel to absorb all the water.

2. Season them with a little salt and black pepper.

3. Heat a pan on stove. Add in a little oil. When the pan is smoked hot, place scallops in it one by one.

4. Fry for 2 mins. Then flip them in order too. The downside will be brightly brown in color. Cut in 2 Tablespoon butter.

5. Use a small spoon to scoop hot melted butter onto scallops. Fry for another 2 mins.

6. Sprinkle a little dried thyme and serve hot.

baking, pizza

Pineapple Dice & Bacon Pizza

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For the pizza dough:

Simple Pizza

When the pizza dough is ready, press it into pizza pan or a skillet like I did.

Preheat oven to 200 degree C.

1. Poke pizza dough with a fork .

2. Brush it with tomato sauce.

3. Spread mozzarella cheese over it.

4. Sprinkle pineapple and bacon over the cheese. Then sprinkle another layer of mozzarella cheese.

5. Top with Italian mixed herbs.

Into the oven and bake for 20 mins.

Very cheesy and soft pizza is done.

Breakfast, Cake, Pancake, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Quick Breakfast – Pancake

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In a bowl, mix 90g flour, 1 tsp baking powder and 1 pinch salt.

Melt 15g butter in another bowl. Add in 20g sugar, 1 egg, 100 ml milk and 1/4 tsp vanilla in order. Add in new ingredient after previous ones mixed well.

Then add dry ingredients into butter bowl 1/3 at a time. Mix till just combine.

Heat a pan. Brush with oil. Scoop one spoonful batter into the pan. When many small bubbles show on the surface, flip it over. Fry till the other side turns golden brown.

Serve with maple syrup.

Chinese, Pork, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Fried Pork Slices in Sweet & Sour Sauce (Guo Bao Rou)

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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.