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Chicken, Uncategorized

Roasted Half Chicken

February 16, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

I found this recipe on Weibo.

Sauce:

Soy sauce 30g

Oyster sauce 20g

Tomato sauce 18g

Sugar 18g

Cooking wine 18g

Minced garlic 10g

1. Mix all the ingredients above in a bowl.

2. Put half chicken in a plastic bag. Then pour the sauce into the bag.

3. Gently massage the chicken to let it be coated with sauce. ( I poked the chicken several times with a toothpick before this step.)

4. Let the chicken stay in sauce bag for hours. Or you can put it in the fridge for overnight.

5. Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Wipe the chicken with kitchen towel. Original recipe said to brush butter onto chicken, but I used olive oil instead. And also sprinkle some black pepper.

6. Put chicken on grilled and roast for 40 mins. If you want the color to be darker. You can turn to 220 degree at the last 5-10 mins.

Chinese, Pork, Uncategorized

Dark Braised Trotters

February 14, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

1. Cut trotters into small pieces.

2. Place trotter pieces in a pot. Pour in enough water covers trotter.

3. Turn on stove and heat till water boils. Take trotter pieces out. Rinse and drain.

4. Heat a little oil in the pan. Put trotter pieces in. Stir fry a bit.

5. Add in a little cooking wine, soy sauce, ginger slices, star anise and several sugar cubes. Then pour in hot water covers all ingredients.

6. Turn to low heat. Cover the pan with lid. Slow cook till water reduces to 1/3.

7. Turn to high heat. Keep stir frying until sauce becomes very condensed.

Noodles, Pasta, Prawn, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Seafood Spaghetti

February 13, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

It’s my husband’s birthday today. I cooked him seafood spaghetti and he loved it.

I couldn’t find fresh mussel in the supermarket nearby, so I bought a pack of frozen mixed seafood, which contains octopus and clam. I also used fresh prawns.

1. Heat a little olive oil in the pan. Saute a little chopped garlic.

2. Add in octopus and clam. Stir fry for 2-3 mins.

3. Add in peeled prawn. Another 2-3 mins.

4. Pour in pasta paste. I poured in half bottle, which is around 150 g. Simmer for several mins till it boils.

5. Put cooked spaghetti in the sauce and mix well.

6. Sprinkle some fresh parsley and lemon.

Prawn, Quick recipe, Uncategorized

Cereal Prawns

February 8, 2017 chinesetuition88 2 Comments

One of my husband favorite dishes.

1. Clean prawns and marinate with some salt and cooking wine for around 10 mins.

2. Heat some oil in the pan. I didn’t deep fry those prawns I just pan fried them. Dish them out till the shell turns red. I pan fried them with high heat so that the shell would be crunchy.

3. Melt a small piece of butter in the pan. Add in chopped red chili, spring onion and curry leaves if you have.

4. Put in cereal. Stir fry for a min or two. Then add prawns back in the pan.

5. Keep stir frying evenly for a little while. And ready to serve.

Beef, Potato, Uncategorized, Vegetables

Beef Potato Stew

February 7, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

Ingredients:

Beef (cut into slices)

Onion (chopped into shreds)

Potato & carrot ( cut into medium chunk)

Sauce:

Light soy sauce: cooking wine: sugar =3:2:1
1. Heat a little oil in the pan. Put in beef slices and stir fry a bit.

2. Take the beef out in the plate.

3. Add a little more oil in the pan. Put in onion, potato and carrot. Stir fry for 2-3 mins.

4. Add in sauce. Stir fry evenly.

5. Pour in enough hot water covers all ingredients. Also add beef back in the pan.

6. Cover the pan with lid and braise for 20-30 mins till potato and carrot turns softened. Then ready to serve.

Quick recipe, tofu, Uncategorized

Easy Cheese Tofu

February 5, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

It’s a super easy way to cook Tofu. I found this recipe on Weibo.

First, prepare a piece of silk Tofu. Sprinkle some sesame oil over it.

Place cheese slice on it. I placed two slices.

Put the plate in the microwave. And heat for several mins till cheese melt.

Pour some light soy sauce before serving.

baking, blueberry, Breakfast, Quick recipe

Super Easy Basic Waffles

January 23, 2017 chinesetuition88 Leave a comment

We bought a waffle maker yesterday. I couldn’t wait to cook some delicious waffles with it. My husband wanted Belgian waffles. So I found some recipes online and tried them. Yet, it was a big failure. Waffles I made tasted like strong baking soda flavor stuff. It’s not easy for me to quit, especially on cooking. I thought I should start with basic ones. And I found a wonder recipe online. Lucky me!

https://www.google.com.sg/amp/www.food.com/amp/recipe/basic-batter-waffles-110683

It’s super easy. No need to beat the egg white with electric mixer.

I just halved the batch.

Ingredients:

Egg 1

Milk 200g

Olive oil 1/6 cup

Flour 1 cup

Baking powder 1/2 tsp

Salt 1/4 tsp

Sugar 1 tsp

Vanilla 1/2 tsp
Preheat waffle maker first. And then prepare the batter.
1. Mix flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a big bowl.

2. Mix egg with milk, oil and vanilla in another bowl.

3. Combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients. Don’t overmix. Stop when they just combine. It’s ok if there’s still flour bumps.

4. Pour batter over preheated waffle maker.

5. Serve with syrup and fruits you like. You can also add nuts or butter.

baking, bread, Uncategorized

Chestnut Bread

January 22, 2017 chinesetuition88 4 Comments

Last time when my husband and I went back to my hometown in Shandong, China. I mentioned that I needed some chestnuts to bring back to Singapore for cooking. My auntie kept that in mind and bought me a big box of organic chestnut. I was really surprised. So I brought many packs back to Singapore.

Recently, this chestnut bread just came to my mind. So I tried with those chestnuts full of my family’s love.

Ingredients:

Bread flour 150g

Whole grain flour 100g ( I used rough whole grain flour)

Yeast 6g

Sugar 12 g

Warm water 170ml

Salt 3g

Chestnut ( cooked already. I used many around 200g. They were chopped in blender, not very finely, but roughly)

1. Dissolve yeast in warm water.

2. Mix bread flour, whole grain flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl.

3. Add yeast water in dry ingredients.

4. Knead all ingredients into dough. Keep kneading for 20 mins. That takes a lot energy.

5. Fold in chestnut.

6. Place dough in a big bowl. Cover with plastic wrap. Let it rise till 2 times as big as before.

7. Knead the dough and press air out. Let it rest for 5 mins.

8. Make the dough into shape you like. I divided it into two smaller ones. Sprinkle some flour. Cover them with plastic wrap and let it rise again till 1.5 times as big as before.

9. Preheat oven to 190 degree C. Bake for 20 mins.

They smell so good. And my husband loves them.