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Pig Tripe Soup

1. Cut clean pig tripe into short slices.

2. Put pig tripe in a pot. Add in enough water. Heat on the stove. When the water is almost boiled. Take the tripe out. Rinse and drain. Pour the rest water out.

3. Put tripe back in the pot again. Also pour in enough water.

4. Add in several red dates, barley, ginger slices. Cover the pot with lid. Turn to high heat. When it boils, turn to low heat.

5. Keep heating for 1 hour. Sprinkle salt and white pepper powder.

Serve hot.


It tastes really good!

Beetroot Soup

Ingredients:

1 onion chopped

1 potato peeled and chopped

1 small beetroot chopped

1 medium carrot chopped

3 clove garlic minced

2 tsp butter

A little chopped cabbage

Black pepper

Salt

4 tsp tomato sauce

1 box broth

200 ml water
1. Melt butter in the pot. Add in chopped onion and sauté a bit.

2. Add in carrot and beetroot. Stir fry for about 3 mins.

3. Pour in tomato sauce, broth and water. Cover the pot with lid. Boil for 10 mins.

4. Add in potato, garlic, cabbage and a little bay leaf. Put on the lid and boil for another 30 mins.

5. Sprinkle salt and black pepper to season.



Serve with baguette.

Easy Boiled Pumpkin

I love sweet pumpkin.

I found an easy way to cook pumpkin and fried it the other day.

1. Remove the seed and peel of pumpkin. And chop into medium chunks.

2. In a pan, pour in 200 ml water. Add in 2 tsp sugar, 2 tsp light soy sauce, 2 tsp mirin. And bring to boil.

3. Put pumpkin chunks into water. Cover the pan with lid. Turn to medium heat.

4. Keep heating till pumpkin is done or water is dry.

Baked Cheesy Chicken Potato

Preheat oven to 200 degree C.

Ingredients

1 boneless chicken leg ( cut into small pieces)

3 medium potatoes ( cut into small dices)

1 tsp salt

1 tsp black pepper

1 tsp garlic powder

1/4 cup mayonnaise

2 tsp HP sauce

1 tsp sweet & hot chili sauce

2 slice Bacon ( cut into small pieces)

Cheese

Green onion

1. In a bowl, mix chicken, potato, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, mayonnaise, chili sauce, and HP sauce. Mix them well.

2. Put them into baking pan or skillet evenly.

3. Bake for 40 mins. Stir a bit halfway.

4. Sprinkle bacon pieces over chicken and potato. Bake for another 10 mins.

5. Sprinkle cheese. Bake for 5-8 mins or till cheese melts.

6. Garnish with green onion.

Crispy Fried Soft Shell Crabs


My husband has been asking me to cook fried soft shell crab for him for a long time. We finally bought some frozen soft shell crabs from a fish market.

I cleaned crab according to this YouTube vedio:

1. Wipe the crabs with kitchen towel.

2. In a bowl add in 1/4 cup milk and half of a small beaten egg. Mix them well.

3. In a platter, add in 1/2 cup flour, 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp black pepper. Mix them well too.

4. Dip crab in flour mixture first, then milk mixture and last flour mixture again. Shake off the excess.

5. Heat some oil in the pan. I shallow fried them instead of deep frying. When the oil becomes very hot, put flour-coated crabs in. Fry each side till golden brown. Actually, I fried them till dark golden brown so that they can be very crispy.


Serve with lemon wedges.

My husband loves it. He said it’s almost same as he had in restaurant.

Butter Lemon Cod Fillet

1. Preheat oven to 180 degree C.

2. Melt 20g butter, then mix in fresh juice of half small lemon. Also add in 1/2 tsp garlic powder.

3. In a bowl, add in 1/4 cup flour, some salt, black pepper and a little mixed herbs.

4. Dip cod fillet in butter mixture first then in flour mixture.

5. Place cod fillet in a baking pan. Bake for 25-30 mins.

I also put several baby carrots and French beans in the baking pan and let them be baked with cod.

Tuna Zucchini Spaghetti 

It’s a healthy and quick dish to make.

1. Prepare a canned tuna. Take the fish meat out and Drain it.

2. Use a cutter to make half Zucchini into strips.

3. Heat a skillet. Add in a little olive oil.

4. Add in chopped onion and garlic. Sauté a bit.

5. Add in tuna. Stir fry for 2-3 mins.

6. Add in Zucchini strips. Stir fry for another 3 mins.

7. Put in cooked spaghetti. Stir fry evenly. Sprinkle salt and black pepper. Then ready to serve.

Lemon Sauced Salmon

1. Wipe salmon with kitchen towel and make them dry.

2. Sprinkle some salt.

3. Heat some oil in a skillet on stove till smoke hot.

4. Put salmon fillet in skillet. 3 mins for each side.

5. Add in chopped garlic. Sauté a bit.

6. Pour in lemon sauce ( fresh lemon juice: sugar = 1:7, and 1 tsp black pepper powder).

7. Heat till sauce becomes a bit condensed. Sprinkle chopped spring onion.

Serve hot.


Perfect match for rice.

Baked Sauce Chicken Wings

1. Preheat oven to 220 degree C.

2. In a bowl, mix 1/4 cup flour, 1/4 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp black pepper.

3. Put chicken wings in mix flour. Shake off the excess.

4. Put chicken wings in the oven. And bake for 40 mins. Flip over halfway.

5. In another bowl, add in 1/4 cup HP sauce and 1/8 cup honey. Mix well.

6. Dip chicken wings in sauce and let them be coated evenly.

7. Bake for another 10 mins.

Very delicious!

Fried Breaded Crab Cake


My husband always keeps talking about soft shell crab. So we bought two packs the other day. And I planned to cook them today. Yet, when they were thawed, I found they were not whole crabs as we expected. Shell was removed and crab meat was tore apart. So I decided to change my recipe and cook fried breaded crab cake instead.

1. Sprinkle some salt and black pepper over crab meat. Mix them evenly.

2. In a bowl, pour in 1/4 cup water, 1/2 cup milk and beat in one egg. Mix them well.

3. In another bowl, add in 1 cup bread crumbs and 1 1/2 tsp thyme. Mix them well too.

4. Heat skillet on stove. Pour in enough oil.

5. Make crab meat into small or medium balls. Dust them with flour. Then dip in milk egg mixture. Dust with flour again. Dip in milk egg mixture again. Roll in bread crumbs at last.

6. Fry in oil till golden brown.



Serve hot with mayonnaise or salad cream.




Crispy outside, and very tender inside. Yummy!