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Crispy Pork Belly

November 16, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

1. Put pork belly in a deep pot. Add in enough water. Heat on the stove. Bring to boil for 5 mins.

2. Take the pork out and drain.

3. Use a toothpick to poke the pork skin several times.

4. Preheat oven to 200 degree C.

5. In a bowl, mix 1 tsp Chinese cooking wine, 1 tsp light soy sauce, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp five spice powder. Brush marinade on the meat.

6. Use foil to make a square box and put pour the marinade into it. Place the pork belly in it with the skin side on the top.

7. In another bowl mix 1 tsp white vinegar, 1 tsp salt and a little baking powder. Brush it on the skin.

Leave it for 30 mins.

8. Sprinkle coarse salt on the surface with a thick layer.

9. Put into oven and bake for 40 mins.

10. Remove the salt layer. Turn to the highest heat. Poke the skin again. Bake for another 20-30 mins. Till the skin turns golden and hard.

Cut with a sharp knife. Since I don’t have one. It’s really hard to get it nicely cut.

It tastes great. Skin is really crispy and meat is tasty.

baking, chocolate, Uncategorized

Cocoa Brownie

November 13, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

One day, my husband chose a pack of Starbucks cocoa when we bought groceries in a supermarket. He was super excited because he kept thinking about a warm and yummy cup of cocoa. He immediately made himself a cup of hot cocoa when we reached home. Yet….he found it’s not as yummy as he thought. He always does things like that. At first he’s very excited and can’t wait to buy something but finds it’s not as good as he thought. =_=||

My principle is no wasting food in my kitchen. So I decided to make cocoa into brownies. And my husband is happy because he will feel less guilty in buying something he doesn’t like.

Oh. I found the recipe here:

best cocoa brownies

Ingredients:

Butter 140g

Sugar 250g ( if you want it to be less sweet, you can reduce the sugar)

Cocoa powder 65g

Salt 1/4 tsp

Vanilla extract 1/2 tsp

Eggs 2

Flour 65g
Preheat oven to 160 degree C.

1. Combine butter, sugar, cocoa powder & salt in a bowl. Place the bowl in simmering water. Stir till smooth.

2. Set aside to cool down.

3. Add in vanilla and beat in eggs. Mix them well.

4. Add in flour and mix till just combined.

5. Pour batter into baking pan.

6. Bake for 20-25 mins. ( because I used my round shaped baking pan and it’s smaller than the size in original recipe. So it took me longer to get done, about 30-35 mins.)

Very moist and yummy. I love it.

Potato, Quick recipe, Uncategorized, Vegetables

Pan-fried Cumin Baby Potatoes

November 11, 2017 chinesetuition88 2 Comments

1. Wash baby potatoes and peel them. You can also leave the skin on.

2. Put potatoes in a deep pot. Pour in enough water covers all potatoes. Heat on the stove and boil for 15 mins. If your potatoes are much smaller, then you can just boil for 10 mins.

3. Drain the potatoes. Heat a little olive oil in the pan.

4. Put potatoes in the pan. Fry till golden brown on the surface.

5. Sprinkle salt, cumin and pepper. Stir fry evenly.

baking, Uncategorized

Pineapple Tart

November 8, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

My husband wanted to eat pineapple tart. So I bought pineapple paste from the supermarket. 1 kg a pack.

1. Divide pineapple paste into small balls. Around 6 g each.

2. In a bowl cream 325g butter ( softened) with 25g icing sugar.

3. Then add in 2 egg yolks, 2 tablespoon milk and 1/4 tsp vanilla. Mix well.

4. Add in 450g flour. Mix with hand till just combined.

5. Divide the dough into small balls. Around 10 g each.

6. Flaten the dough ball in hand. Put pineapple paste ball in the middle. Then wrap it up and roll between palms to make it into ball shape. ( for me, there were still some pineapple paste left).

7. Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Egg wash them and bake for 15-20 mins.

8. Egg wash them again and bake fore another 5 mins to get darker color.

So soft and melt immediately in your mouth.

My husband suggests me to open a shop and sell them. 🙂

baking, banana, Uncategorized

Banana Brownie

November 4, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

Original recipe:

Banana Brownies

I followed the recipe. But there was no unsalted butter in my fridge, so I used salted butter and deleted the salt from ingredients.

1/4 cup salted butter

4 oz white chocolate

2 medium banana ( mashed)

1/2 cup white sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup flour

Preheat oven to 180 degree C.

1. Put butter and white chocolate in a bowl. Then set the bowl in hot water. Melt them and mix them.

2. Add in sugar, banana, egg, egg, vanilla in order. Mix well before adding new ingredient.

3. At last add in flour. Mix till just combined.

Pour into baking pan. Bake for 15-20 mins. Check with toothpick before taking it out. Let it cool down completely and cut into squares.

My husband loved it very very much.

Chicken, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Chicken Asparagus Roll

November 2, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

1. Trim asparagus. Heat a pan. Add in a little oil. Fry asparagus for 2-3 mins.

2. Put a boneless chicken leg on cutting board. Flaten it a little with the back of knife. Season with salt and pepper.

3. Put the asparagus on it. Roll it and tie it up.

4. Fry the chicken roll in pan till a little brown.

5. Preheat oven to 200 degree C. Bake for 20 mins. Flip it once or twice while baking.

Cut into slices before serving.

Chinese, Noodles, Prawn, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Stir-fry Prawn Hokkien Noodles

October 30, 2017 chinesetuition88 1 Comment

The real stir-fry hokkien noodles need squid and pork. But here I didn’t use them. And this recipe is different from the real one.

1. Beat two eggs in a bowl. Heat oil in the pan and make scrambled egg.

2. Take the egg out. Fry the Prawns till pink and set them aside too.

3. Heat the pan again. Add in chopped garlic and onion. Sauté a bit.

4. Add the Hokkien noodles in. Stir fry a bit. Add in 2 tsp dark soy sauce, 1 tsp light soy sauce and 1/2 pepper powder. Stir evenly.

5. Put the Prawns back in the pan, also add chopped cabbage and chye sim stem. Stir fry a bit. Pour in 1 cup broth. ( I used the Prawn ribs broth which I made before)

6. Simmer for 5 mins. Add in bean sprouts, chye sim leaves.

7. Add in scrambled egg. Stir fry evenly.

Serve hot.

My husband loves this dish.

Noodles, Pork, Prawn, Ribs, Soup, Uncategorized

Homemade Prawn Ribs Noodle Soup

October 25, 2017 chinesetuition88 2 Comments

Prawn ribs noodle soup is a Singapore local dish. It’s also one of my husband’s favourite ones. The key of this dish is broth.

Main ingredients are ribs, Prawns, and noodles.

1. Remove the shell and heads of Prawns. Don’t thrown them away.

2. Heat a little oil in the pan. Sauté chopped garlic till aromatic.

3. Add in prawn heads and shell. Stir fry till red.

4. Pour in hot water around 1 liter. Add in ribs, star anise, 1 tsp ground clove, 1 tsp white pepper powder, around 10g rock sugar, 1 tsp dark soy sauce and 1 tsp light soy sauce. Stir a bit. Bring to boil. Then turn to low heat and simmer for 2-3 hours. Season with salt.