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bread, Breakfast, Chicken, egg

Roti John

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It’s like a egg meat sandwich.

Ingredients:

Minced chicken 100g (season with salt and pepper)

Bun (I chose hotdog buns, you can choose baguette or any other bread you like)

Eggs 2

Chili sauce 1/2 tablespoon

Butter

Salt

Black pepper

Slices of 1/2 onion

1. Cut 2 hotdog buns into halves, don’t cut through.

2. Heat a pan. Add in a little butter. When melted, place buns in with cut side down to fry a bit.

3. Heat pan again. Add in a little extra butter. When melted, sauté onion till transparent. Add in minced chicken. Stir fry till chicken gets white.

4. Beat 2 eggs in a bowl, add in 1/2 tablespoon chili sauce and a little salt to taste.

5. Pour egg into the pan to mix with chicken and onion.

6. Place 1 bun with cut side down onto the egg. Turn to low heat. Tuck the egg under the bread. When egg is cooked, take the bun out with the help of spatula.

7. Put 2 slices of cheese onto the egg & meat filling. Then place the other bread on the top also with the cut side down.

8. Heat the pan. Melt a little better. Put the bread sandwich in. Fry each side till crispy or golden brown.

Cut into small pieces and serve hot.

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Yummy!

Cake, chocolate

Recipe: Chocolate Pound Cake

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I always ask my husband about which pic to choose as featured image of blog. He gives me his opinion usually from a very different perspective.

He chose this picture for this blog. And his reason is that this picture look like it’s snowing.

I was like: WHAT???

Anyway, I still followed his advice.

If you always do baking at home and search baking recipes on YouTube. I bet you know Stephanie Jaworski from Joy Of Baking. She gives so many great recipes and demonstrations, which are very easy and hardly to fail. I really like her videos. And I tried some of her recipes, they turned out really great.

I followed her instructions about this Chocolate pound cake, except I reduced sugar and I didn’t do the glaze at the end.

Her video demonstration is here:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gI8ShUTkJf8

If you don’t have time for video, I can show you the steps:

Preheat oven to 180 degree C.

1. Dissolve 25g cocoa powder in 60 ml very hot boiling water. Set aside to cool down.

2. Prepare dry ingredients: 180g flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt. Mix them well.

3. Cream 225g butter with 200g white sugar (in video, she says 250g. I reduced sugar to keep it less sweet) till light. Add in 1 tsp vanilla extract. And 4 eggs one by one.

4. Add in cocoa water mixture. Stir well.

5. Add in 1/2 dry ingredients and 2 tablespoon milk. Mix well. Then add the rest dry ingredients.

6. Patter in baking pan. Bake for about 60 mins.

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When it’s 50mins, I checked with toothpick, it didn’t come out very clean, so I baked for another 10 mins. I didn’t make the glaze and just dust icing sugar instead. Yeah, that’s why my husband related it to snowing.

See? Stephanie’s instruction is always simple and clear to catch up with.

My husband loves the cake.

Potato

Lamb Chop With Mashed Potato Pancakes

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We don’t eat mutton that often. This is a very simple dish.

1. Sprinkle salt and pepper over lamb chop on both side. Rub it with finger to let flavor come in.

2. Peel 2 medium potatoes. Cut into cubes. Steam or boil them till cooked. Mash them in a bowl. Season with a little salt and pepper.

3. Heat a pan. Add in oil. When pan is hot, put lamb chop in. Don’t move it. Sear it for 4-5 mins.

4. Flip the chop over. Also add in 2 cloves of garlic, rosemary and cumin seed. Use a spoon to scoop oil and pour over the chop. Fry for another 4-5 mins. Put chop in a plate and rest for a while.

5. Add 3 tablespoon flour into mashed potato. Mix well and scoop a spoonful mashed potato and form it into a ball shape. Flatten a bit. Fry in the same pan till both sides turn golden brown.

https://flic.kr/p/2bQKpQw

Very simple and quick and yum dish.

egg

Spinach Omelette

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I wanted to try something beside scrambled egg. It’s a really easy dish. All you need are spinach, eggs, cheese, salt, black pepper and oil.

1. Remove root of spinach. Wash them clean and drain.

2. Cut spinach into small pieces. Better be small, cos mine was too long, not very easy to cut.

3. Beat eggs in a bowl. Season with salt and black pepper. Also sprinkle in some cheese.

4. Heat a pan. A small Non sticky pan is better. Add in some oil. Stir fry spinach first. Spinach juice will come out, pour it out. Separate spinach a bit.

5. Pour egg & cheese mixture in. Cover the pan with lid. When the eggs get solidified. Turn off the heat.

6. Place a big plate over the pan. Make the pan upside down to let the omelette out.

You can cut it into smaller pieces before serving .

pizza, Uncategorized

Bismarck Pizza

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Last time, when my sister and her boyfriend came to visit us, we went an Italian restaurant for dinner. The restaurant name is Saizeriya. The restaurant claims to serve fusion food of Japanese and Italian. Its rating is 4.7, which is very high on Google and many comments are positive. And the price is very reasonable and affordable. The most important thing is food there is very nice. We tried its pizza, spaghetti, soup, escargot, and ravioli. All are very nice.

There is one special pizza, Bismarck pizza. We tried it for the first time. Pizza looks not very hard to make, since I can tell the main ingredients are pizza dough, cheese, bacon, spinach and egg. Yes! An egg in the middle, that’s why it’s special and also why my husband loves it. Egg is the key part. Although I don’t know exactly how to cook it, I tried to copy the one we had in the restaurant today.

For the pizza dough:

https://foodrecipe33.com/2018/04/10/double-cheese-pizza-with-homemade-pizza-sauce/

Preheat oven to 200 degree.

I made it in a very simple way. Brush pizza dough with a little tomato sauce. Then sprinkle mozzarella cheese. ( I just tore the mozzarella ball with my hand.)

Cut 2 strips streaky bacon and spread them over pizza dough and make a circle in the middle. That’s the spot where I crack an egg. Sprinkle a little black pepper on the top.

Into the oven for 13-15 mins.

While pizza was baking. I bleach several stalks of spinach in water for 30 seconds. Then soaked them in cold water. Squeeze them very hard to let the water out.

In the last 3 mins, spread cooked spinach over the pizza.

And the Bismarck pizza is done with a beautiful egg in the middle.

My husband loves it.

Chicken

Tomato Sauced Chicken Chop

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When I am in a rush or just feel lazy, I always make chicken chop or pork chop for lunch. They are very easy and not time-consuming and perfect to go with rice or pasta. Simple and quick! My husband is not picky about food. As long as there is meat or egg, he will be very happy. 🙂

1. Cut one whole chicken breast into halves. Use a knife to cut several times horizontally and then vertically. Don’t cut them through. Just make several light cuts, so chicken won’t shrink during frying.

2. Sprinkle salt and black pepper over both sides.

3. Prepare 1/2 cup flour, mix with one pinch salt and one dash black pepper. And one beaten egg in another bowl.

4. Roll chicken in flour then dip in egg then flour again. Deep fry till golden brown.

5. Heat a pan, cut in 1 tablespoon butter. When butter melts, add in 1 tablespoon flour. Stir them well and add in 1 tablespoon tomato sauce. Mix them well. Pour in 1/4 cup water or stock. Also add in 2 tsp sugar to balance the sour taste of tomato sauce. Reduce sauce to condensed. Pour over chicken chop.

Actually, sauce also makes pasta tasty and yummy.

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Chicken, Uncategorized

Honey Garlic Chicken

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My husband calls all meat with dark sauce “Teriyaki”. I found it because 2/3 of times when I asked him what he wanted for lunch, his answer would be ” teriyaki chicken or teriyaki pork”. He doesn’t pay much attention to how I cook the meal or sometimes I doubt he even doesn’t know what I feed him. :p

This dish is not difficult to cook.

1. Prepare chicken. I used cutter half chicken. You can use chicken drumstick, wings or thighs. Sprinkle salt and pepper over both sides.

2. Heat a pan. Add in 1 tablespoon oil. Fry chicken till golden brown skin.

3. Add in 3 tablespoon chopped garlic. Stir fry till aroma. Then add 1/4 cup honey. Stir well.

4. Add 1/4 cup chicken stock, 2 tablespoon vinegar, 1 tablespoon light soy sauce and 1/2 tablespoon dark soy sauce. Mix well. Cove the lid and simmer for 15-20 mins.

5. Turn up the heat and reduce the sauce. Sprinkle a little white sesame.

Garnish with chopped spring onion before serving. Perfect to go with rice.

Fish, Uncategorized

Xun Yu 熏鱼 Recipe

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It’s a classic Shanghai dish.

1. Prepare a fish or fish fillet. Cut into slices about 1.5-2 cm thick.

2. Place fish slices in a bowl. Marinate with cooking wine, ginger slices and chopped spring onion.

3. Drain the fish. Pat them with kitchen towel. Cos next step is to deep fry them. If fish has water on it, the kitchen will become a dangerous war zone.

4. Deep fry the fish with medium low heat. This step needs a bit patience. Fish after frying should be crispy.

5. Prepare the sauce. Authentic Xun Yu needs a big pot of sauce. But I really don’t know how to deal with so much sauce. So I decided to make only a little sauce. Heat a sauce pan. Add in 1 tablespoon cooking wine, 2 tablespoon light soy sauce, 2 tablespoon sugar, several ginger slices. Heat to reduce the sauce a bit.

6. Put the fried fish in. Roll it in the sauce and quickly take it out. If it stays long in sauce, it won’t be crispy.

Pasta, pumpkin

Pumpkin & Sausage Linguine

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Yes, I know! The color of this dish looks so weird. :p

1. Cook linguine. Drain and cool down. Set aside for later use.

2. Boil pumpkin in water till cooked.

3. Mash pumpkin in a bowl. If you want it to be very smooth, you can use a blender.

4. Heat a little oil in the pan. Fry sausage slices till a little brownish.

5. Add in chopped garlic. Stir fry till aromatic.

6. Add in mashed pumpkin and 1/4 cup water or stock. Simmer for a little while. If you want it to taste more creamy, you can also add 1-2 tablespoon cream or cheese.

7. When soup reduces, add in cooked linguine.

8. Sprinkle mixed herbs. Mix well.

9. Season with salt and black pepper.

Fish, Uncategorized

Sweet & Sour Cuttlefish Recipe

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Every time when my husband and I went to shopping for grocery, we would stay at the seafood are for a little while discussing what kind of fish we need to buy. Most time, we bought salmon, which is easy to cook and hard to get it done in a terrible way. We seldom bought shell or cuttlefish. Only when I have a new recipe to try that will I buy those I rarely choose.

I think cuttlefish can be fried with crispy shell. If they got coated with sauce, it will be nice. That’s how I got the idea of making this dish.

1. Cut cuttlefish into medium pieces. I was planning to have cuttlefish rings, but the one I bought already got cut open. So I just cut it into strips.

2. Place cuttlefish into a bowl. Sprinkle a little salt and black pepper.

3. In another bowl, combine 50g flour, 50g corn flour, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp black pepper. If you want it to be spicy, you can also add in chili powder. Mix them well.

4. Dip cuttlefish into the flour and shake off the excessive.

5. Deep fry them till the shell becomes hard and golden. Cuttlefish tastes really good after frying. I can’t help having some of them and also feed my husband a little. He likes it. Really crispy and tasty.

6. Heat a pan. A little oil in. Sauté chopped ginger and garlic till aromatic.

7. Add in 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 tablespoon vinegar. Stir to dissolve the sugar. When the sauce condensed, add in fried cuttlefish, green chili & spring onion shreds.

8. Quickly stir fry to let cuttlefish be coated with sauce. And ready to serve.

Crispy cuttlefish is coated with sweet and sour sauce. Very yummy.

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