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Potato, salmon, Uncategorized

Pan-fried Salmon with Mashed Potato

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1. Peel 2 small potatoes and cut into small chunks. Boil them or steam them to get them cooked.

2. Cut salmon on the skin side with several openings. Sprinkle salt and black pepper over both sides of salmon.

3. Heat a little oil in the pan. When the oil is hot. Place the salmon fillet inside with skin side down. Gentle lay press salmon with fingers or spatula to make skin crispy. Fry for around 3 mins or till the skin is brown.

4. Flip over and fry for another 3-4 mins. If you want the skin to be crispier, you can flip again to fry the skin side for another 1-2 mins. Set fried salmon fillet aside.

5. Heat a little olive oil in the pan. Add in half chopped onion. Sauté till brown.

6. Add in cooked potato chunks. Press with a fork or spatula. No need to mash them very smooth. It doesn’t matter if there are still lumps. Stir fry to get potato brownish. Add in a little dried thyme. And season with salt and black pepper.

7. Mashed potato in the plate with salmon fillet over it.

Noodles, Pork

Lor Mee

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1. In a deep pot, add in 1/2 2 cups water, 1/2 cup dark soy sauce, ginger slices, garlic slices, 1 tablespoon five spice powder and 20g sugar. Bring to boil.

2. Add in 1 strip of pork belly. Turn to low heat and simmer for 30 mins.

3. Add in 2 hard boiled eggs and simmer for another 15-20 mins.

4. Blanch yellow noodles in boiling water. Rinse under cold water and drain. Set in the plate.

5. Take the pork belly and eggs out to cool down. Leave 1 cup braised soy in the pot. Add in a 1/2 tablespoon light soy sauce and salt to season.

6. Add in 1 beaten egg. Stir while pouring. At last, add in starch water to thicken the sauce.

7. Serve noodles with braised pork belly slices, braised egg, fish cake, and thick sauce over it.

Pasta, shrimp, Uncategorized

Shrimp Pasta

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1. Heat a pan on stove. Add in 2 tsp olive oil.

2. Sauté 2 chopped cloves of garlic till aromatic.

3. Add in peeled shrimps. Fry till red. Then dish out and set aside.

4. Add in 1 small can of tomato purée. If it’s too sticky, you can add in some pasta stock. Simmer to boil.

5. Add shrimps and pasta back to tomato sauce. Also with some chopped parsley. Season with salt and black pepper.

6. Blend well.

Serve with grated cheese.

Chicken, Uncategorized

Coconut Butter Chicken

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1. Cut 1 chicken breast into small chunks.

2. Put chicken pieces in a bowl. Add in 1 tablespoon chopped garlic, 1 tablespoon chopped ginger and 1 tablespoon chili powder. Mix well. Then marinate them for 20 mins.

3. Heat a pan on stove. Add in 1 tablespoon oil.

4. Fry chicken breast till golden brown. Set them a side.

5. In the same pan, fry 1 chopped onion till dark brown.

6. Cut in 1 chunk of butter. When butter melts, add in 1 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp clove powder, 1 tablespoon minced garlic and 1 tablespoon minced ginger. Sauté a bit.

7. Add in 1 small can of tomato purée ( 6 oz), also drizzle in salt and 1 tablespoon chili powder. Stir fry till tomato sauce becomes very condensed.

8. Add 100 ml coconut cream into sauce. Turn to low heat and keep stirring.

9. Put in fried chicken. Simmer for 5 mins.

https://flic.kr/p/FP4Wnz

I have to say it’s perfect to go with rice.

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baking, Pork, Ribs, Uncategorized

Oven Roasted Pork Ribs

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This is a slow cook recipe.

1. In a small bowl, add in 2 tsp salt, 2 tsp black pepper, 2 tsp paprika powder, 1 tsp dried thyme, 2 tsp sugar, 1 tsp ground ginger, 1 tsp ground garlic. Mix them well.

2. Sprinkle seasoning over ribs and rub ribs by hands.

3. Wrap ribs with plastic and into the refrigerator for over night.

4. Preheat oven to 150 degree C.

5. Put ribs on aluminum foil. Seal them. On the tray and into the oven. Bake for 2 hrs.

6. While ribs are baking, you can prepare for the brushing sauce. Here is the sauce I used: 1 tablespoon sweet cooking wine, 2 tablespoon tomato sauce, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 tsp black pepper and 1 tablespoon honey. Mix them well.

7. Open the foil. Take the ribs out. Save the meat juice for topping sauce.

8. Brush ribs with brushing sauce. Into the oven for 15 mins. Then brush again and bake for another 15 mins.

9. Pour the meat juice in sauce pan. Turn to low heat. Add in 2 tsp tomato sauce and 1 tsp sugar. Slow simmer till condensed.

10. I served the ribs with boiled corns, creamy linguine and potato wedges. Pour topping sauce over ribs and corn.

For potato wedges:

Potato Wedges & Steak

The ribs are really juicy and tender. Very easily fall off from the bones. My husband loves them very very much.

Chicken

Salty Fried Chicken

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Salty Fried Chicken ( Chinese name is 盐酥鸡) is a famous dish from Taiwan, I think.

1. Cut 1 piece of chicken breast into one-bite size. Put them in a bowl. Add in 1 tsp salt, 2 minced garlic, 2 tsp soy sauce and 1/2 tsp white pepper. Mix well and marinate for 20 mins.

2. Prepare flour paste:

1/2 cup flour, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp white pepper and water.

Make them into paste.

3. Put marinated chicken into flour paste.

4. In another bowl, mix corn starch and flour. Ratio should be 2:1.

5. Heat oil in deep pot. Dip chicken in flour starch mixture.

6. Deep fry till golden brown.

If you want chicken to be more crispier, you can fry one more time.

7. Drain the fried chicken. Add a handful basil in oil. Fry for around 30 seconds.

8. Mix 1/4 tsp salt with 1 tsp white pepper. Sprinkle seasoning over fried chicken.

Taste really crispy.

mushroom, Pasta

Mushroom Pasta with Bacon

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1. Fry bacon. When the bacon is done, take them out. There will be some oil left, use the same pan to fry mushroom.

2. Also add in some chopped garlic, sauté with mushroom till brownish.

3. Add in 3 tablespoon pasta stock. Simmer for 2-3 mins.

4. Pour in 1/2 cup milk. Sprinkle shredded cheese. Stir a bit to let cheese melt.

5. Season with salt and black pepper.

6. Add in cooked pasta. Give it a good mix.

7. Top with fried bacon.

Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Bacon Scallop Rolls

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1. Thaw scallops and wipe with kitchen towel till very dry.

2. Cut bacon into halves. Wrap the scallops with bacon and fix them with toothpick.

3. Heat a little oil in the pan. Fry scallops. Around 2 mins for each side.

4. Also fry the bacon at the edges.

5. Cut in 1 tablespoon butter. When butter melts, use a spoon to scoop butter over the scallops for about 2 mins.

Serve with fried asparagus.

duck, Uncategorized

Braised Duck

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My father-in-law gave us this half duck and spice pack for braised duck. I tried this dish today. It’s a bit time consuming but Duck turns out great.

1. Clean Duck. Prepare boiling water. Scald Duck with boiling water till the duck skin becomes very tight.

2. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a deep put. Add in 3 tablespoon brown sugar and 2 tablespoon sugar. Stir till caramelized. Sauté ginger slices and garlic cloves till aromatic.

3. Add in duck, pour in enough hot water covers duck. Add in spice pack, 1/2 cup dark soy sauce and 1/2 cup light soy sauce. Bring to boil.

4. Have a taste of soup, add in sugar and salt to season.

5. Turn to medium low heat. Cover with lid and braise for 1.5 hrs.

6. Take the duck out. Cool down.

7. Put hard boiled egg and hard tofu into braising pot. Simmer for 30 mins.

8. Cut duck into slices or chunks like I did. Place them in a plate, sided with egg and tofu.

9. Pour 1 cup braising stock into sauce pan. Add in 1 tablespoon oyster sauce and Corn starch water. Reduce to condensed sauce. Pour over duck slices.

Beef, Uncategorized

Beef Stir-fry with Kailan

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1. Trim the end of kailan.

2. Boil one pot of water, add in 1 tsp salt. Blanch kailan for 2-3 mins. I used baby kailan, so I just boil them for 2 mins.

3. Put beef slices in a bowl. Add in 1 1/2 tsp light soy sauce and 1 tablespoon corn starch. Mix them well.

4. Prepare other vegetables. 3 shiitake mushrooms, 1 small carrot, 2 green or red chili, 1 stalk leek. Chop them into small size.

5. Heat oil in the pan. Put marinated beef slices in. Quickly stir to separate slices apart. When the beef turns no more pinkish, take them out and set aside.

6. Add in 1 tablespoon oil if needed. Sauté a little chopped ginger. When aromatic, add in carrot and Shiitake mushroom. Stir fry for 2-3 mins.

7. Add beef back in the pan. Stir fry for 1 min.

8. Add in 1 tsp sweet cooking wine, 1/2 tsp light soy sauce, 1 1/2 tsp oyster sauce. Stir fry evenly.

9. Put in chili and leek. Stir fry for another minute.

Spread kailan in the plate. Put beef over kailan.