Original recipe:
Preheat oven to 230 degree C.
In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup sugar, 1 1/2 tsp salt, 2 tsp black pepper granulate.
Heat some olive oil in skillet. Dip salmon in sugar mixture. Fry in the skillet. Around 3-4 mins for each side till golden brown.
Sprinkle some sugar mixture on salmon fillet.
Put skillet into oven and bake for around 5-7 mins.
It tastes very good. My husband loves it very much.
Meatballs I used are made by myself. Here is the link:
https://chewbaccascook.wordpress.com/2017/02/19/homemade-meatball-meatball-spaghetti/
Preheat oven to 200 degree C.
Heat skillet on the stove. Add in some oil. Fry meatballs till they turn golden brown.
Pour in half bottler of pasta sauce ( around 170g) with 2 tsp water. Heat for a little while to let each meatball coated with condensed sauce.
Put skillet into oven. Bake for 15 mins.
Then sprinkle cheese shreds over it. And heat for another 5 mins or till all cheese melts.
Take skillet out. Sprinkle grate Parmesan and parsley.
It tastes really grate.
Also the cheesy tomato sauce is a terrific match for bread.
Ingredients:
Zucchini shreds (a small one)
Chopped onion ( a small one)
Bread crumbs 1/2 cup
Flour 1/2 cup
Parmesan grate 1/2 cup
Cheddar shred 1/2 cup
Salt
Black pepper
2 beaten eggs
Mix all the ingredients above in a big bowl.
Heat some oil in the pan. Scoop a spoonful batter and drop into the pan.
Fry both side till golden brown.
I used chicken breast.
1. Cut chicken breast into one-bite pieces.
2. Marinate chicken with 3 tsp soy sauce, 2 tsp cooking wine, chopped garli (2 cloves), a little chopped ginger, 4 tsp sugar and 1 tsp cornstarch for 10-15 mins.
3. Cut green onion into small pieces similar to the size of chicken pieces.
4. I used toothpick to make two pieces of chicken with green onion in between them.
5. Brush a little oil in the pan. Turn to medium high heat. When the pan is very hot. Put chicken & green onion stewers in.
6. Pan fry each side till golden brown.
1. Clean crabs and tear them into smaller pieces. I used two medium mud crabs. I also crack the claws.
2. Dust crab pieces with salt and cornstarch.
3. Heat some oil in the pan. Shallow fry the crab till about half-cooked.
4. Dish crab out. Leave a little oil in the pan. Heat again. Sauce chopped garlic, chili and curry leaves ( I didn’t have curry leaves, so I just added some chopped spring onion).
5. Put in a piece of butter into pan. After melted, put crabs back in. Stir fry for a minute or two.
6. Pour in 1/2 cup milk. Turn to high heat. When it boils, turn to medium heat.
7. Cover the pan with lid. And simmer for 5 mins.
8. Remove lid. Stir fry for another 2 or 3 mins. Milk will reduce again.
9. Pour in one beaten egg. Quickly stir it. And milk will be dry. Stir fry a bit to let egg sauce sticky to crab.
Ready to serve.
First, boil quail eggs in boiling water for 5 mins.
Then take them out and soak in cold water.
After they are completely cool, Gently remove the shell.
Put quail eggs in the plate. Next step is to prepare sauce.
Heat pan on stove. Add in a little tsp oyster sauce, light soy sauce, sugar and water. Keep stirring till sauce becomes very condensed. You can taste the sauce before serving. If it’s salty, add a little more sugar.
Pour the sauce over quail eggs.
It just became one of my husband’s favorite dishes.
For meatball:
Minced pork 300g
Egg 1
Salt 1 tsp
Black pepper powder 1/2 tsp
Small onion 1 ( chopped and pan-fried first)
Bread crumbs 40g
Garlic powder 1/2 tsp
Mix all the ingredients in a big bowl by hand.
Then make small meatballs.
Heat a little olive oil in the pan. Fry meatballs till golden brown. Then take them out.
Heat the oil left in the pan. Add in chopped garlic ( 2 cloves) and sauté.
Pour in pasta sauce ( I used around 170 g). And I also added 2 tsp water. Stir well.
Add meatballs in pasta sauce. Turn to low heat and keep stirring till sauce becomes very condensed.
Put cooked spaghetti into sauce. Sprinkle some black pepper granulate and mix well.
Serve with parsley and grate cheese.
My husband loves it very much.
I found this recipe on Weibo.
1. Prepare a pices of boneless chicken leg. And a larger piece of aluminum foil.
2. Brush foil with olive oil. Then spread chicken on it with skin side down.
3. Sprinkle some salt on chicken.
4. Put one piece of cheese at one end of the chicken.
5. Put vegetable shreds on it. I chose cucumber, carrot and celery. Spread some corn starch at the rest part of chicken.
6. Roll the chicken from one side to another. Tie it with kitchen twine tightly. And sprinkle some salt and black pepper on the roll.
7. Put chicken roll at one end of foil. Roll the foil up. And tigh two ends.
8. Preheat oven to 200 degree C. Around 30 mins.
9. Heat a little oil in the pan. Put chicken roll in the pan. Fry till skin becomes golden brown.
10. Take off the kitchen twine and cut into small pieces.
One of my husband’s favorite dishes.
1. Cut Tofu into evenly small pieces. Silk Tofu would be the best choice. You can also use egg Tofu.
2. In a bowl mix a lot corn starch with a little salt.
3. Dip Tofu in the corn starch.
4. Then deep fry them till corn starch shell becomes hard and a bit golden brown.
5. Serve with mayonnaise or salad cream.
Dumplings are essential to most Chinese during Chinese New Year. I was born and grew up in northern part of China. And dumplings are always one of my favorite food.
Making dumplings is not very easy but home made dumplings taste much better than the frozen ones bought from supermarket. When I was at home, my family made every part of dumplings, from dumpling skin to dumpling filling. My dad or my mom or sometimes my sister could chop a big pieces of meat into minced one which is ideal for fillings. And my mom would chop vegetables to match with meat:
Pork with Chinese cabbage.
Pork with celery.
Pork with leek.
Pork with lotus root.
Beef with carrot.
Beef with radish.
Mutton with carrot.
Mutton with radish.
Vegetarian:
Leek with Tofu.
Leek with egg and Tofu.
Leek with vermicelli and Tofu.
Chinese cabbage with Tofu.
Chinese cabbage with vermicelli.
Actually, I don’t know how to make minced meat. So I just bought minced pork from supermarket. Then add in a little chopped spring onion, ginger, soy sauce, salt, black pepper, oyster sauce, seasame oil, and oil. Let the filling rest for a while before using.
Divide the dough into many small pieces.
Use rolling pin to make them into thin dumpling skins. I don’t like dumpling skins sold in market. Cos when you boil the dumplings, it’s easy for them to get broken.
Scoop filling onto the center of dumpling skin.
Then press the two ends together tightly.
Dip the bottom of dumplings into flour before place them aside.
Dumplings stuffed with meat needs longer time to be cooked. So have a taste to see if they are cooked before serving.
For the dip, you can try mixed garlic with soy sauce, vinegar, and sesame oil. If you don’t like garlic, you can just mix a little soy sauce, vinegar and sesame oil in a small bowl. Of course, if you want it to be spicy, you can try Chinese famous chili sauce Lao Gan Ma.
Seriously, I can have dumplings everyday without getting tired of them.
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