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Baby Squid, Seaweed & Egg Soup

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One time my aunt in China asked me and my husband to have lunch at her home. My aunt used to own a small restaurant and she was the chef there. So she can cook really delicious food. She cooked baby’s squid egg soup that day. My husband tried it and loved it immediately. Even after 2 years, he’s still thinking about that soup. I remembered I was helping around when my aunt was cooking. It’s a very simple soup but I couldn’t get it right.

This time, I tried a different way.

1. Clean baby squid. Cut into halves.

2. In a pot, boil 2 cups water. Put the squid in and boil for 2 mins. Take the squid out and keep the stock.

3. In another pan or pot, heat 1 tsp oil. Sauté a bit chopped ginger.

4. Add in the stock. Bring to boil.

5. Pour in 2 beaten eggs. Stir a bit.

6. Add in baby squid and dried seaweed. Bring to boil.

7. Season with salt and sprinkle chopped spring onion.

My husband likes it, even though it’s different from the way my aunt cooked.

Pasta, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Pesto Pasta with Escargots

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1. Put escargots into preheated oven (180 degree C) for 12 mins. I bought frozen escargots from Cold Storage (supermarket in Singapore). Please cook them according to the instruction.

2. Cook pasta. After cooked, reserve a little stock and drain pasta.

3. Put drained pasta in a big bowl. Add in pesto sauce (bought from supermarket). Toss pasta evenly with pesto sauce. If pasta is too dry, add in a little pasta stock.

4. Top pasta with grated cheese.

Serve with escargots.

Fish, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Steamed Pomfret Fish

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1. Prepare a pomfret fish. 2 shiitake mushrooms slices, 4 cherry tomatoes, 4 plums, ginger slices and chopped spring onion.

2. Put 3-4 ginger slices into the fish belly.

3. In a plate, spread some shiitake slices and ginger slices. Place fish over them.

4. Put tomatoes and plums beside the fish.

5. Sprinkle a little salt over fish, also add 1 tablespoon light soy sauce and 1 tablespoon rice wine.

6. Top with rest Shiitake mushroom slices and ginger.

7. Steam for 10 mins.

Last, garnish with spring onion.

Super easy and quick.

Noodles, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Noodles with Peanut Butter

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Noodles with peanut butter is a typical dish of Sha Xian Delicacy(沙县小吃). Sha Xian delicacy is really popular in China. And the restaurants are all over China. The food is famous for good taste and low price.

Key part for this dish is sauce.

1. Chop 1 stalk spring onion.

2. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in the pan. Sauté chopped spring onion till aromatic.

3. Pour spring onion with oil in a small bowl.

4. Add in 1 tablespoon peanut butter, 1 tsp light soy sauce, 1 tsp dark soy sauce, 1/2 tsp white sesame and 1 tsp vinegar. Mix well with spring onion oil.

5. Pour sauce over cooked noodles.

Mix well and ready to serve.

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Honey Roasted Chicken Leg

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蜜汁烤鸡腿

1. Put chicken leg or chicken drumsticks in a big bowl. Add in 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp black pepper, 1 tsp minced garlic, 1 tsp minced ginger and 1 tablespoon sweet cooking wine. Give Chicken a good massage. Let them be marinated for about 1 hour.

2. Preheat oven to 200 degree C.

3. Chicken in the oven for 20-25 mins till golden brown.

4. Prepare brushing sauce:

1 tablespoon tomato sauce, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tablespoon sweet cooking wine, and 1 tsp minced garlic. Mix them well.

5. Brush sauce on and under chicken. Into the oven for 5 mins. Then brush again and roast again.

And the chicken is done. Very delicious. My husband loves it very very much.

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Shrimp Spinach Pasta

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1. Add 20g butter in the pan. When butter melts, add in fresh shrimps. Fry till pink.

2. Add in 2 gloves chopped garlic, sauté till aromatic.

3. Pour in 2 tablespoon white wine. Season with salt and black pepper. Simmer for 1 min.

4. Take the shrimps out and set aside. Pour 1 cup milk into pan. Bring to boil, add in 1/2 cup shredded cheese.

5. Stir to let cheese melt. Add in spinach, boil for 1 min.

6. Add all the shrimps and cooked pasta in the sauce. Mix well.

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Coconut Curry Crab

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1. Chop 4 cloves of garlic, 2 red chili, a small chunk of ginger. Put them in a small bowl, add in 1 tsp oil, mix well.

2. Heat a pan on stove. Add in garlic, ginger and chili mixture. Also add in 1-2 tablespoon curry powder. Sauté till aromatic.

3. Put crab in the pan. Sauté for 1 min.

4. Pour in 400ml coconut milk and 1 cup water. Stir to mix.

5. Add in 1 tablespoon salt, 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 stalk lemon grass. Turn to low heat. Simmer for 10-15 mins.

6. Pour in 100 ml coconut cream. Bring to boil. And ready to serve.

Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Ginger Milk Curd

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Ginger milk curd （姜撞奶 jiang zhuang nai)is a popular dessert in Guangdong area.

Ingredients:

Milk 120g

Fresh ginger juice 20g (if you don’t want it to be very strong, you can cut down a bit.)

Sugar 15g

1. Pour milk into a pot. Turn to low heat.

2. When small bubbles show up around the pot, add in sugar. Slowly stir to let sugar dissolve.

3. Turn off the heat. Set aside to cool down a bit till around 70 degree C.

4. Put ginger juice in a bowl. Quickly pour milk into ginger juice. Cover the bowl with a lid for 2 mins.

The milk ginger curd is done. The surface is already solidifried, and looks like bean curd. Very soft.

If you are a girl and you are suffering painful menstruation, you can try this dish. It will make you feel warm, especially your tummy. 🙂

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Cheesy Meatball Pasta

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For the meatball recipe, please refer to:

Homemade Beef Burger 

I used the recipe of beef patty for beef burgers.

Sometimes, I like to make some extra meatballs and freeze for later use. It’s very convenient.

1. Heat some oil in the pan. Add in meatballs and bring to brown.

2. Add in 1 cup of chopped tomato. Stir fry a bit.

3. Pour in 250 ml stock and 1/2 cup milk. Sprinkle 1 tsp mixed herbs. Bring to boil. Then simmer for 15-20 mins.

4. Add in 1/2 cup shredded cheese.

5. Stir to melt cheese and add in cooked pasta. Blend well.

6. Season with salt and black pepper.

Pork, Uncategorized

Meigan Cai Pork Pancake

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The other day when I was shopping for cooking ingredients in the supermarket, I found Meigan cai at the dry goods shelf. It is quite new to me, since I only know one dish about it is Pork with Meigan Cai (Meicai Kou Rou). I’m very willing to try new ingredients when cooking. That’s also why I spend a lot of time in supermarket and I love to go to supermarket to hunt for different kinds of ingredients.

I bought one pack of Meigan Cai. And the second day I decided to make Meigan Cai Pork Pancake.

Prepare dough with flour, water and yeast. Cover the dough ball with plastic wrap and let it rise for 2 hrs.

Meigan Cai is cover with salt. So I rinsed it under water till no salt left on surface. Then soak them in water for 30 mins. Change water once or twice.

Minced pork was also bought from supermarket. 🙂

Chop minced pork with a little ginger, 1 stalk of spring onion and Meigan Cai till fully mixed. I tried only chop ginger and spring onion then stir with pork before. But it didn’t turn out good. Cause the filling won’t cling together and taste not good.

Add in 1 1/2 tsp light soy sauce, 1 tsp oyster sauce, 1 1/2 tsp sugar, 1 tsp oil, 1 tsp sesame oil and 1/2 tsp white pepper powder. Stir with chopsticks evenly.

Divide dough ball into several small ones. Use rolling pin to make it thinner. Place pork filling in the middle. Pinch the edges. Let them rest for 10 mins before frying.

Brush oil in the pan. Place pancakes in. Fry two sides till golden brown. Pour in water reaches half height of the pancakes. Cover the lid and turn to medium heat. Fry for 3-5 mins for each side. Then remove the lid and wait till the water dries up.

Serve hot.