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Braise Meatball in Brown Sauce

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This dish is famous in Huaiyang Cuisine. It has two Chinese names – 红烧狮子头Hong Shao Shi Zi Tou ( “Hong Shao” means braised in brown sauce, “Shi Zi Tou” means “lion head”. 🙂 of course, it doesn’t mean the real lion head.) and 四喜丸子Si Xi Wan Zi.

Si Xi Wan Zi actually belongs to Shandong cuisine. But it’s cooking method is same with braised meatball ( Hong Shao Shi Zi Tou). The difference is that there are four meatballs in Si Xi Wan Zi.

“Si Xi” means lucky, fortune, longevity, and joy. So this dish represents good wishes for life.

For meatball:

Minced pork 250g

Water chestnuts 50g

1/2 beaten egg

Bread crumbs 1 tablespoon

Minced ginger 1 tsp

White pepper 1/2 tsp

Light soy sauce 1 1/2 tsp

Dark soy sauce 1 tsp

Oyster sauce 1 tsp

Chop minced pork with ginger and water chestnuts till mixed together.

Add the rest ingredients into pork. Stir well till fully and evenly mixed.

Use hand to throw mixed pork into bowl several times to press the air out to make sure the meatballs won’t fall apart during cooking.

Divide minced pork into 4 parts and make them into meatballs.

1. Deep fry meatballs in oil. At first turn to high heat to let the meatballs shell becomes hard immediately. Then turn to low heat. Fry till golden brown. Take them out. Set aside to drain.

2. Add 1 tsp light soy sauce, 1/2 tsp dark soy sauce, 1 tsp oyster sauce in a pot. Pour in 1 cup water. Bring to boil.

3. Put meatballs in. Simmer for 15-20 mins with low heat.

4. Take the meatballs into plate. Add corn starch water into the pot. Turn to high heat to reduce the sauce.

5. Pour the sticky sauce over the meatballs.

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Sweet & Spicy Pork

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1. Cut pork into one-bite size. Put pork cubes in a bowl. Add in 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon sweet cooking wine, 2 tsp sugar, 2 tsp oyster sauce. Mix them well and let them marinate for 30 mins.

2. Coat marinated pork with corn starch. Don’t discard the marinade.

3. Fry pork cubes till golden brown and the shell becomes very hard.

4. Heat a little oil in the pan. Sauté chopped garlic and ginger till aromatic.

5. Add in 2 tablespoon sweet chili sauce, 1 tablespoon marinade and 1/4 cup water.

6. Bring to boil. Then add in the fried pork and simmer for a while till sauce reduces.

7. Add in onion, red pepper and asparagus. Stir fry for 3 mins and let the sauce becomes very condensed.

Serve hot.

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Homemade Milo Dinosaur

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Milo is a very popular drink in Singapore. My husband also likes it very much.

My version is super easy and less sweet.

1. Add 35g Milo powder in glass.

2. Pour in 200ml hot water. Stir with a spoon to dissolve Milo powder.

3. Prepare ice cubes. I crush them a bit so that they won’t be too big. Drop ice cubes in the glass.

4. Top with another tablespoon of milo powder.

My husband loves it.

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Green Bean Wide Vermicelli, Spinach & Egg Stir-fry

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I found a pack of green bean wide Vermicelli in a corner at the small supermarket near my home. I was very curious about it, because it’s my first time to see Vermicelli made from green beans. And more surprisingly, it’s from Qufu city, Confucius’s hometown, and it’s also a city next to my hometown. But I have never heard about it before. I really couldn’t control my curiosity, so I bought one pack. 🙂 really want to figure out how this transparent Vermicelli tastes.

I boil 100g green bean wide vermicelli in boiling water for 8 mins according to the instruction on the package. Then take them out and soak in cold water. Drain them.

1. Heat a little oil in the pan. Pour in two beaten eggs. Make scrambled egg. And set egg aside.

2. Heat the pan again. Add in a little oil if needed. Sauté chopped garlic and dried red chili till aromatic.

3. Add in spinach. Quickly stir fry with medium-high heat.

4. Once spinach turns soft and greener, add in green bean vermicelli. Stir fry for 1-2 mins.

5. Add in scrambled egg. Mix evenly.

6. Season with salt and black pepper.

Serve hot.

It’s actually not bad. Green bean vermicelli tastes like very similar to regular vermicelli made from sweet potato. But more chewy.

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Crispy Herbs Chicken Thigh

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1. Prepare two chicken thighs. Discard the fat.

2. In a big bowl, add in 1/2 cup flour, 2 tbs bread crumbs, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp black pepper and 1 tsp mixed herbs. Mix them well.

3. In another bowl, beat in 1 small egg and pour in 50 ml milk. Stir well.

4. Coat chicken thigh with flour first, then dip in egg and coat with flour again.

5. Heat a pan. Add in 2 tbs butter. When butter melts, put chicken thighs in. Fry each side till golden brown.

6. Preheat oven to 210 degree C. Bake chicken thighs for 15 mins. Flip over and bake for another 10 mins.

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Bittergourd, Luncheon Meat & Tofu Stir-fry

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It’s a famous dish from Okinawa. I learnt it from a TV show. It is said this dish has various ways of cooking. I guess I just created my own way. 🙂

Ingredients:

Bittergourd (cut into slices)

Luncheon meat ( cut into slices)

Tofu ( cut into slices)

2 beaten eggs

Salt

Black pepper

Sweet cooking wine

Light soy sauce

1. Heat a little oil in the pan.

2. Put the luncheon meat & Tofu slices in. Fry till each side turns golden brown. Put luncheon meat & Tofu aside.

3. Add bittergourd slices in. Fry till turns a bit transparent.

4. Push luncheon meat and tofu back. Mix with bittergourd. Stir fry for around 2 mins.

5. Add in 1 1/2 tsp sweet cooking wine and 1 1/2 tsp light soy sauce. Stir fry evenly for another 1-2 mins.

6. Pour beaten egg over all ingredients. Wait till egg becomes a bit solidified. Stir slightly with ladle. Let all ingredients have a good mix.

7. Season with salt and black pepper.

Serve hot.

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Chili Pork

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Stir fried chili pork is a very common dish in China. It’s a good choice to improve appetite. I personally like spicy dishes, yet my husband doesn’t. So I changed this dish to a not-so-spicy one.

Ingredients:

Pork cut into slices. (Better choose pork with a bit fat on it, it won’t taste very dry).

Green chili and red chili

Onion

Light soy sauce 1 1/2 tsp

Oyster sauce 1 tsp

Sugar 2 tsp

Water 2 tsp

Salt

Oil

1. Heat a little oil in the pan. Turn to medium high heat.

2. When the pan is very hot, put all the pork slices in. Quickly separate them and sear them into curly and a bit brown.

3. Move pork to the side of the pan. Add in chopped onion and chili. Sauté till aromatic.

4. Mix pork with chili & onion together. Stir fry for 1-2 mins.

5. Add in light soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar and 2 tsp water. Stir fry evenly for another 2-3 mins or till water dries up.

6. Sprinkle salt to season.

Serve hot.

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Beef & Asparagus Pasta

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The pasta I used was pasta with eggs. Wider than linguine.

1. Prepare beef slices and chopped asparagus.

2. Cook pasta according to the instruction. Soak in cold water and drain.

3. Heat a little oil in the pan. Add in beef slices. Quick stir fry with medium-high heat. Bring to brown.

4. Add in 2 cloves of minced garlic, 1 tsp dried thyme. Mix well.

5. Cut in 20g butter. When butter melts, add in asparagus and stir fry for 2 mins.

6. Pour in 2 tablespoon white wine. Turn to high heat. Simmer for 1-2 mins.

7. Season with salt and black pepper.

Add in drained pasta and give them a good mix.

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Water Chestnuts Dessert

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Water chestnut is not usually seen in my hometown, but very common in Singapore. And it’s widely used in cooking savory food, dessert and making drinks.

Ingredients:

Peeled Water chestnuts (around 8)

Water 500g

Red dates (4-5 cut into halves and remove the seed)

Wolf berries several

Sugar 1 tablespoon (you can cut or add more according to your reference)

Corn starch 1 tablespoon (dissolve in 2 tablespoon water)

Black sesame ( optional)

1. Use a grater to grind water chestnuts into paste.

2. Put water chestnuts paste, red dates, wolf berries, and water into a pot.

3. Turn to high heat and bring water to boil.

4. Add in sugar. Turn to medium heat. Keep stirring to let sugar dissolve. Simmer for another 5 mins.

5. Pour in starch water. Keep stirring for 2 mins.

6. Serve hot and sprinkle sesame.

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Stuffed Bittergourd

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It’s a simple dish to cook. Just stuff bittergourd with minced pork and steam.

For the minced pork, pls refer to:

Fried Stuffed Lotus Root

Cut bittergourd into thick rings, around 3 cm. Remove the seeds and white part with a spoon. Stuff bittergourd rings with seasoned minced pork.

Heat a little oil in the pan.

Fry stuffed bittergourd to let the minced pork gets firm. Just fry each side till a bit golden brown.

Steam them for 15-20 mins. Meat juice will come out after steaming. Don’t discard it.

Sauté minced garlic in a sauce pan. Pour the meat juice from steaming into the sauce pan. Turn to medium heat. Add in severely wolf-berries, 1 tbs sugar. Dissolve 1/2 tsp corn starch in 1 tablespoon water. And also add starch water in. Keep stirring till it gets a bit condensed.

Pour the sauce over bittergourd.