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Pork, Uncategorized

Easy Version of Red Braised Pork Belly

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This is the recipe I have tried so many times and never failed.

1, Put pork belly (around 500g) in a pot, add in enough cold water covers pork.

2, Also add in 1 tbsp cooking wine, 3 or 4 ginger slices. Bring to boil with high heat. Then turn to low heat and boil for 15 mins.

3, Rinse pork belly in water and wipe it with kitchen towl.

4, Cut into small pieces, like thumb size or a little bit bigger.

5, Heat a pan, Spray oil.

6, Fry pork belly pieces with low or medium heat till golden brown.

7, Put pork belly into pressure cooker, along with ginger slices, 1 bay leaf, 2 star anise, 2 tbsp light soy sauce, 1 tbsp dark soy sauce, and 1/2 1 tbsp sugar. Add in hot water to cover all the ingredients. (Light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and sugar are essential. You can just leave the rest ingredients if you don’t have.)

8, Cook in pressure cooker for 20 mins.

9, Transfer everything into a pan. Reduce the sauce with high heat.

This red braised pork belly is literally rice killer, cos it’s a perfect match with rice.

Fish, Uncategorized

Simple Fried Fish Bone

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This is a super simple dish, and it’s one of my husband’s favourite side dishes.

1, Put fish bones in a plate. I always choose cod fish bone.

2, Season fish bones with salt and black pepper.

3, In another bowl, add in plain flour.

4, Dust fish bones with flour and shake off the excessive.

5, Deep fry fish bones till both sides turn golden brown.

Very crispy and taste good.

baking, banana, Cake, Uncategorized

Cocoa Banan Cupcakes

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2 large banans

2 eggs

50g butter

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp vanilla

1, Preheat oven to 175 degree C.

2,Mix all dry ingredients in a big bowl.

3, In another bowl, mash bananas and beat in eggs. Mix well. Then add in softened butter and vanilla. Blend well.

4, Add all dry ingredients into banana butter mixture. Stir well.

5, Drop batter into cupcake moulds.

6, Into the oven for 25-30 mins.

baking, chocolate, Cookie

Chocolate Chip Cookies

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1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup white sugar

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 cup flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1/2 cup chocolate chips

1, Preheat oven to 175 degree C.

2. Cream butter with sugar.

3, Beat in egg and vanilla. Mix well.

4, Add all dry ingredients into cream mixture and blend.

5, Fold in chocolate chips.

6, Make dough balls and put onto baking pan.

7, Into the oven for 8-10 mins.

Potato, Uncategorized, Vegetables

地三鲜 Di San Xian (Potato, eggplant & green chili Stir-fry)

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1, Chop eggplants into small chunks, potato and green chilli/bell pepper into slices.

2, Add oil in the pan. We need to deep fry the veggies so more oil will be needed than usual.

3, Fry potato with medium heat till brownish. And ladle them out.

4, Fry eggplant with medium heat till eggplant become softened and slightly golden brown. Take them out.

5, There will be a little oil left in the pan. Add in chopped garlic and green chilli/bell pepper. Stir fry till aromatic.

6, Add in fried potato and eggplant. Stir fry evenly.

7, Drizzle in 2 tsp light soy sauce, and 1 tbsp sugar. Toss a bit.

8, Season with salt.

Uncategorized, Vegetables

Bean Sprout Stir-fry

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Stir-fry is a very popular cooking method in Chinese cuisine. Meat, vegetables or mix of them can make very simple but tasty dishes.

1, Heat some oil in a pan.

2, Stir fry garlic slices and red chili till aromatic.

3, Add in bean sprout, stir fry quickly with high heat for 2 mins. Add in green chili slices and toss a bit.

4, Drizzle in light soy sauce around 1 tbsp and 2 tsp vinegar.

5, Stir fry evenly for another minute and season with salt.

Spicy and sour bean sprout stir-fry is done.

Prawn, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Prawn & Vermicelli Stir-fry

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This is one of my husband’s favourite dishes. It’s very easy to make.

1, Prepare prawns. Cut the sharp part and remove the intestines. Marinate with cooking wine for a little while.

2, Soak vermicelli in water till soft and transparent. Cut a bit with scissors.

3, Heat a pan. Add in oil.

4, Prawns in. Fry prawns on each side. And gently press the prawn’e head. Fry them till slightly brownish.

5, Add in vermicelli and 2 tbsp water.

6, Add in 1 tbsp light soy sauce, 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce and 1 tsp ground black pepper.

7, Stir a bit and lid on to simmer for 3 mins.

8, Add in chopped red chilli and chopped garlic.

9, Lid on and simmer for another 2 mins.

10, Garnish with green onion. Season with salt. And stir fry for the last 30 seconds.

Pork, Uncategorized

Braised Pork Totter

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I made the video about this dish, you may check the video here:

1, Heat a pan. Add in 1 tbsp oil.

2, Fry pork trotter till slightly brownish.

3, Add in enough hot water to cover all the pork trotters.

4, Add in ginger slices, garlic cloves, 2 tsp whiter pepper powder, 1/3 cup light soy sauce, 2 tbsp dark soy sauce, and rock sugar.

5, Bring to boil with high heat. And simmer with low heat for 20 mins.

6, Skim the broth and remove the scum.

7, Transfer everything to pressure cooker and cook under pressure cooking mode for 30 mins.

8, Heat a pan with some oil in. Stir fry chopped garlic till aromatic. Add in chopped pickled cabbage and stir fry till dry and fragrant.

9, Serve pork trotter with pickled cabbage.

Chicken, Uncategorized

Sizzling Claypot Chicken 嘟嘟鸡煲

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I made the video about this dish, you may check the video here:

1, Marinate chicken. Please cut chicken into similar size. So I chose chicken drumstick as they are pretty similar in size. Marinate chicken with 1 tbsp light soy sauce, 2 tsp oyster sauce, 2 tsp dark soy sauce, 1/2 1 tsp sugar and 1/2 1 tsp starch. Mix evenly and set aside for 30 mins.

2, Heat a claypot. Add in 1 tbsp oil.

3, Add in ginger slices/chunks, shallots and garlic. Stir fry till aromatic.

4, Put chicken in and on the top of ginger.

5, Add in 1 tbsp cooking wine.

6, Lid on and cook for 15mins with low heat.

7, Stir a bit and add in red chilli. Lid on and cook for another 15 mins.

8, Add in green onion. And cook for last 30 seconds.

You can hear the sizzling sound even when the heat is off.

Yum

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Curry Chicken

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I call it easy version of curry chicken or lazy version of curry chicken, as I use curry paste bought from supermarket instead of homemade curry paste. I made curry paste at home before:

https://foodrecipe33.com/2018/04/18/curry-chicken-2/

but it’s very troublesome and a lot of work needs to be done and too many spices need to be bought. Packed Curry paste has made it a lot easier.

1, Heat a pan, add in a little oil. Sear the chicken fat first.

2, Fry the chicken pieces. I used a whole chicken around 900g.

3, Stir fry till slightly brownish.

4, Add in 1 pack curry paste. I prefer vegetable curry paste. There are too many kinds of curry paste to choose, meat curry, fish curry, chicken curry and so on. I like vegetable curry paste most, as it’s not too pungent nor too strong, but still giving the curry flavour.

5, Stir fry evenly. Add in 1 cup hot water, potato chunks and onion slices.

6, Simmer for 20 mins.

7, Add in 1 small pack of coconut cream. Stir evenly and simmer for another 15 mins.

8, Ready to serve. Nice choice to serve with rice.

I like to mix potato with rice. Smash potato with a fork or a spoon and drizzle some curry sauce. So yum!

My husband loves it.