Thursday, April 2, 2020
Fried Seafood Bee Hoon
Ingredients:
1 pack Bee Hoon (soak till soft)
1 kg Sotong (clean & slice)
10 pcs Prawn (clean)
2 - 3 Eggs
Some veg
Some fish cake (slice)
250 to 500 ml chicken stock (depends u want it more dry or wet)
Some minced garlic
Oil
Method:
1. Heat up pan & add 1 tbsp oil.
2. Fry the egg & scoop aside.
3. Stirfry the garlic till fragrant. Add prawn & sotong. Cook till 70% cook & scoop aside.
4. Add 1 tbsp oil & fry the bee hoon for a min. Add chicken stock, & cover with lid for a min.
5. Add fish cake, eggs, prawns, sotong, & veg back to the pan.
6. Stirfry for a min & it's done!
Best with sambal chilli (store bought) & some calamansi!
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Creamy Potato Chowder
Ingredients:
2 cloves garlic (minced)
1 onion (chopped)
2 carrots (chopped)
2 celery (chopped)
4 potatoes (chopped)
1 L chicken stock
1 can Marigold King of Kings Evaporated Milk
Pinch of salt
2 tbsp oil
Parsley
Method:
1. Heat oil in pot.
2. Add garlic, onion, carrots, and celery and stirfry it.
3. Add potatoes and chicken stock, and mix them well.
4. Boil it for 10 to 15 mins.
5. Add Marigold King of Kings Evaporated Milk and simmer for 5 mins.
6. Scoop half the content and blend them well.
7. Pour the blended items back to the pot and mix well.
8. Add salt to taste.
9. Garnish with some parsley.
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Huiji Kidney Mee Sua Soup
Ingredients (for 1 pax):
1 fresh pig kidney (cleaned & sliced)
1 pc of mee sua (or 1 bundle of somen)
1 knob of ginger (peeled & thinly sliced)
1/2 cup rice wine
2 cups water (or stock)
2 tbsp sesame oil
1 tsp light soya sauce
Some veg
1 hardboiled egg
1/2 cup Huiji Waist Tonic (Huiji's own cup)
Method:
1. Heat the wok with sesame oil.
2. Fry the ginger till brown. Remove it, and leave the oil inside the wok.
3. Add the kidney & rice wine, and quickly stirfry. Remove the kidney.
4. Add 2 cups of water (or stock) in the same wok.
5. When the water is boiling, add the mee sua & light soya sauce. After a min or so, add the vegetables & kidney, and quickly off the fire.
6. Top it with the egg, and the fried ginger, and 1/2 cup of Huiji Waist Tonic.
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Mexican Rice
Ingredients:
1 cup uncooked long grain white rice (washed)
1 cup tomato sauce
1 cup water (or chicken stock)
2 cloves garlic (minced it)
1/2 tsp McCormick garlic powder
1 tsp chilli powder
2 tbsp cooking oil
Method:
1. Heat pan with cooking oil.
2. Stirfry the garlic and add the rice.
3. Add the tomato sauce, water, garlic powder, and chilli powder. Mix well.
4. Reduce to low fire when it starts to boil. Cover with a lid, and simmer for around 15 mins.
(Timing may varies because of different stove & pot used.)
5. Turn off the fire, fluff the rice, and let it sit (covered) for another 5 to 10 mins.
Mexican Corn Salsa
Ingredients:
1 can corn (drain it)
1 tomato (abt 120g - diced it)
1 lime (the zest & the juice)
3 stalks green onions (chopped finely)
1 small bunch coriander (chopped finely)
1 onion (diced it) - optional
1/2 tsp McCormick black peppercorn
A pinch of salt
Method:
1. Combine all the ingredients and keep in fridge for at least 30 mins before serving it.
Note:
It is quite sour because I squeezed the juice from the whole lime, but I like it. If you don't like it so sour, squeeze half first to taste. You may want to add 1/2 tsp sugar to mix with the lime juice if you wish to.
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Egg Tofu with minced meat
Ingredients:
1 Fortune Egg Tofu (slice it into 8 to 10 pieces)
250 g minced meat (can be pork or chicken)
A clove of garlic (minced)
2 tsp black bean sauce
2 tsp light soya sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1 cup chicken stock (can be homemade or store bought)
Mix 1/2 tbsp cornstarch with 1 tbsp water
Method:
1. Heat up the pan with 1 tbsp cooking oil.
2. Pan fry the egg tofu until both sides are brown. Set aside.
3. Add 1 tbsp cooking oil and fry the garlic.
4. Push the garlic aside and add the minced meat.
5. Fry them to about 80% cooked and add the black bean sauce, light soya sauce & sesame oil. Mix them well.
6. Add the chicken stock and the egg tofu. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer for 1-2 mins.
7. Add the cornstarch mixture, stir well and garnish with green onions.
8. Ready to be served.
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Red Curry Popcorn
Ingredients:
20g to 30g raw popcorn
1 tbsp Dancing Chef Red Curry paste
1 tsp oil
1/4 tsp fine salt
Method:
1. Wash the raw popcorn.
2. Heat up the airfryer at 200 degree.
3. Spray some oil on the popcorn & place them in the airfryer basket. Please cover it or else your popcorn will be flying in the airfryer.
4. Airfry them at 200degree for 6mins.
5. Mix the curry paste with oil, and use a brush to brush it over the popcorn. Sprinkle the salt over the popcorn. Airfry them for another 2 mins and it will be done.
They will be crunchy after cooling down (about 2 mins later), but turn soft pretty soon. So don't airfry a lot of it if you do not intend to eat them all up.
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Huiji Ginseng & Osmanthus Konnyaku Jelly
Ingredients:
5 sachets Huiji Canadian Ginseng Revitalising Tea
1 tsp Osmanthus flower
250g Konnyaku jelly powder premix
1250ml of water
Method:
1) Boil water in a large pot over high heat. When boiled, off the fire and add the tea bags into the hot water. Then cover the pot and let it stand for 10 to 15 minutes to release the ginseng flavour.
2) Heat up the pot on low fire and add Konnyaku jelly powder gradually. Keep stirring the mixture while simmering for about 5 minutes.
3) Lastly, add the osmanthus flower and pour the mixture into moulds and leave them at room temperature for a while before you chill them in the fridge.
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Yuzu Daikon Pickles
Ingredients:
1 800g to 1kg daikon (I used Japanese daikon, can be bought from Finest, Donki, Isetan, etc)
Finely julienned peel from 1 yuzu (I bought from Japan)
160g sugar
40g salt
60 to 100cc Japanese rice vinegar (I bought from Donki)
Method:
1. Peel & cut the daikon.
2. Mix the sugar, salt & vinegar well until the sugar & salt are dissolved.
3. Taste the mixture & add more sugar/salt/vinegar if need to.
4. Add the yuzu peel & daikon into the mixture.
5. Store them in a glass container & keep in the fridge. They will taste good after 1 day in the fridge.
Note:
1. You may want to use lemon if you cannot find yuzu.
2. Japanese daikon are not bitter. If you use other daikon, I am not sure if they would taste the same.
3. I also squeezed the yuzu juice into the rice vinegar.
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Seafood Paella
Ingredients:
2.5 cups Chicken stock
A few Saffron threads
1 onion - diced
A few cloves garlic - minced
50 to 80 g bacon - sliced
1 tomato - diced
2.5 cups rice
10 prawns - devein
250 grams clams - cleaned
1 to 2 squid - sliced
1/2 cup Peas
Some parsley
Method:
1. Boil chicken stock with saffron & set aside.
2. Heat up pan with 2 tbsp oil (medium heat). Fry the onion, garlic, and bacon. Push them aside, and fry the prawns on both sides (half cooked), remove the prawns, and set aside.
3. Continue frying and add tomato. Fry the tomato until soft then add the rice. Add a dash of salt & pepper and mix well.
4. Add the chicken stock and cover the whole pot with a lid for 12 minutes. (low fire)
5. Add the prawns, clams, squid, and cover for another 5 minutes.
6. Add the peas and parsley and off the fire.
Inspired by Colleen Teo's recipe: https://youtu.be/6rYEV7DH1ZI
Note: I have used Jasmine rice and Basmati rice before.
2.5 cups Chicken stock
A few Saffron threads
1 onion - diced
A few cloves garlic - minced
50 to 80 g bacon - sliced
1 tomato - diced
2.5 cups rice
10 prawns - devein
250 grams clams - cleaned
1 to 2 squid - sliced
1/2 cup Peas
Some parsley
Method:
1. Boil chicken stock with saffron & set aside.
2. Heat up pan with 2 tbsp oil (medium heat). Fry the onion, garlic, and bacon. Push them aside, and fry the prawns on both sides (half cooked), remove the prawns, and set aside.
3. Continue frying and add tomato. Fry the tomato until soft then add the rice. Add a dash of salt & pepper and mix well.
4. Add the chicken stock and cover the whole pot with a lid for 12 minutes. (low fire)
5. Add the prawns, clams, squid, and cover for another 5 minutes.
6. Add the peas and parsley and off the fire.
Inspired by Colleen Teo's recipe: https://youtu.be/6rYEV7DH1ZI
Note: I have used Jasmine rice and Basmati rice before.
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Aburi Salmon Don
Ingredients:
Salmon from redmart
2 tbsp Japanese Mayonnaise
1 tsp Ponzu sauce
(Mix the mayo & ponzu)
Method:
1. Slice the salmon thinly.
2. Brush it with the mayo sauce mix.
3. Use a blow torch to flame the salmon for about 6 to 8 seconds on each slice.
Avocado Prawn Toast
Avocado:
1. 2 ripe avocado - mash it
2. Add 1 tsp lemon juice, and a pinch of salt & pepper.
3. Mix well.
Prawn:
1. A dozen of prawns - remove shell & devein.
2. Marinate with 1/2 tsp mixed herbs, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, a pinch of salt & pepper.
3. Heat pan, and add 1 tbsp oil.
4. Pan sear the prawn till cooked (abt 1 min each side).
5. Drizzle with 1/2 tsp lemon juice when done.
Spray some olive oil on baguette, and toast it. Top it with Avocado & prawn.
Monday, February 11, 2019
Seafood Bee Hoon
Ingredients:
3 eggs
Few slices of cabbage (sliced)
1 squid (clean & sliced it)
8 prawns
3 cups of chicken stock (can be more if you like more soup)
1 handful of green vegetable
200g bee hoon (soak till soft)
Few cloves of garlic (minced)
Few slices of ginger
1 tbsp light soya sauce
1 tbsp hua diao
1/2 tbsp sesame oil
Dash of pepper & salt
Method:
1. Heat up pan with 2 tbsp oil.
2. Fry the egg. Push them aside when they are 80% cooked.
3. Add 1 tbsp oil and stirfry garlic & ginger in the same pan.
4. Add the cabbage & stirfry them for a while.
5. Add the chicken stock. When the stock is boiling, add the bee hoon & cover with a lid for 2 mins.
6. Add the squid and prawns, then cover with lid for 2 more mins.
7. Mix all the above well. Add the vegetables, and cover with lid for 1 min.
8. Add the light soya sauce, hua diao, sesame oil, pepper & salt.
9. Mix well & they are ready to be served.
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Xndo Pineapple Fried Rice
Ingredients:
1 slice of pineapple (cube it)
100g chicken meat (diced)
4 prawns (cleaned)
1 egg
A handful of bean sprouts
50g roasted cashews
A handful of chicken meat floss
A handful of raisins
1 pack Xndo Zero Rice
2 cloves garlic (minced it)
2 tbsp oil
Sauce:
2 tbsp pineapple juice (from pineapple can)
1/2 tbsp light soya sauce
1 tsp turmeric powder
Pinch of salt & pepper
Method:
1. Mix the sauce with 1 pack of Xndo Zero Rice.
2. Heat up pan with oil.
3. Fry the egg and push it aside on pan.
4. Add 1 tsp oil to fry the garlic.
5. Add the chicken meat and stir fry. When they are 80% cooked, add the prawns. When the prawns are half cooked, add the Xndo Zero Rice (from Step 1).
6. Add the bean sprouts, pineapple cubes, cashew nuts, and raisins.
7. Stir fry all the above evenly, top it with meat floss and it is ready to be served.
Saturday, November 10, 2018
Xndo Salted Fish Fried Rice 咸鱼炒饭
Ingredients:
10g - 20g salted fish (diced)
100g chicken meat (diced)
A handful of bean sprouts
2 cloves garlic (minced)
2 eggs
1 tbsp light soya sauce
2 tbsp oil
1 pack Xndo Zero Rice
Method:
1. Heat oil and fry salted fish until crispy. Remove the salted fish from pan and set aside.
2. Using the oil from the same pan, fry 2 eggs and push it aside.
3. Add 1 tsp oil in the pan, and fry the garlic.
4. Add the chicken meat and stir fry until cooked.
5. Add 1 pack of Xndo Zero Rice.
6. Add the light soya sauce and a pinch of pepper.
7. Add the bean sprouts, and the salted fish. Fry for another minute.
8. Ready to be served.
10g - 20g salted fish (diced)
100g chicken meat (diced)
A handful of bean sprouts
2 cloves garlic (minced)
2 eggs
1 tbsp light soya sauce
2 tbsp oil
1 pack Xndo Zero Rice
Method:
1. Heat oil and fry salted fish until crispy. Remove the salted fish from pan and set aside.
2. Using the oil from the same pan, fry 2 eggs and push it aside.
3. Add 1 tsp oil in the pan, and fry the garlic.
4. Add the chicken meat and stir fry until cooked.
5. Add 1 pack of Xndo Zero Rice.
6. Add the light soya sauce and a pinch of pepper.
7. Add the bean sprouts, and the salted fish. Fry for another minute.
8. Ready to be served.
Friday, September 21, 2018
Crab Bee Hoon Soup
Ingredients:
1 crab (this one in picture weight abt 900grams) or more if you wish
Some vegetables
Thick bee hoon (u decide how much you want to eat)
2 - 3 tbsp butter
A few cloves garlic (minced)
A few ginger slices
3 - 4 cups homemade chicken stock
5 tbsp evaporated milk
2 tbsp light soya sauce
1 tbsp Hua Diao
1 tsp sesame oil
Pinch of salt & pepper
Method:
1. Wash & scrub the crab clean. (Bought it from Sheng Siong & I get them to kill the crab for me.)
2. Heat up your pot, and add butter to it. Fry the garlic & the ginger till fragrant.
3. Add the chicken stock to the pot. When it is boiling, add the crab and cover the pot for a few mins until the crab turns red.
4. Add the milk, soya sauce, hua diao, sesame oil, and salt & pepper. Stir well.
5. Add the bee hoon, and cover with lid for 3 mins.
6. Add the vegetable, and off the fire when it's cooked. (like a minute)
And it's all ready!
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Thai Style Chicken Wings
Ingredients:
1/2 kg chicken wings (cut them into halves)
5 garlic cloves (minced it)
1 tbsp ginger juice (pound the ginger & squeeze the juice from it)
2 coriander roots (minced it)
2 tbsp light soya sauce
1 tbsp fish sauce
Pinch of sugar, salt & pepper
Method:
1. Marinade the chicken with the above mixture for at least 2 hours or more. (Or even overnight.)
2. Preheat airfryer to 180 degree. Airfry the wings for 5 to 6 mins, turn & continue for 4 to 5 mins.
(My airfryer is Philips, and I used a grill pan.)
Note:
2. Preheat airfryer to 180 degree. Airfry the wings for 5 to 6 mins, turn & continue for 4 to 5 mins.
(My airfryer is Philips, and I used a grill pan.)
Note:
1. You may use an oven, but it probably requires more time and a higher temperature.
2. You may also deepfry it.
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Huiji Herbal Chicken Soup 汇集药材鸡汤
Ingredients:
Half a kampung chicken
1 pack Herbal mix
2 cups Huiji Waist Tonic (using the cup provided by Huiji)
1.5l water
Method:
1. Boil the water.
2. When water is boiling, add the herbal mix (except the wolfberries), huiji waist tonic, and the chicken. Cover with lid, and simmer for 2 hours.
3. After 2 hours, add the wolfberries, and a pinch of salt. Stir well, and off the fire. Ready to be served.
Note: The herbal mix is bought from Sheng Siong. Alternatively, you can get any herbal mix from elsewhere.
Saturday, July 28, 2018
Soya Bean Drink
Ingredients:
Soya Beans
Water
Sugar
A knob of Pandan Leaves
(1 part Soya Bean to 2 parts Water)
Example: 1 cup Soya Bean to 2 cups water
I used 2 cups Soya Bean to 4 cups water. 4.5 cups water also ok, dun need to be so accurate. It depends on how thick you like it to be.
Method:
1. Soak Soya Beans for minimum 4 hours (or overnight).
2. I used a Hurom slow juicer to press the beans plus water.
3. Filter the liquid and boil it (with pandan leaves) over low fire for 30mins.
4. Stir the liquid occasionally (while it is boiling).
5. Add sugar. I added one piece of Honey Rock sugar.
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
ABC Soup
Ingredients:
Pork Ribs (五花骨) - $5
1 tomato (slice into smaller pieces)
1 corn (chop into smaller pieces)
1 - 2 carrots (cut into smaller pieces)
1 - 2 potato (peel & cut into smaller pieces)
1 onion (remove skin & cut it half)
2 - 3 cloves of garlic
2 dried scallops
5 red dates
A few bay leaves (optional)
Method:
1. Blanch the pork ribs and wash away the impurities.
2. Boil a big pot of water (more than enough to cover the ingredients)
3. Add the dried scallops, garlic, bay leaves, pork ribs, onions, and tomatoes. Boil with big fire for 30 mins, then add the carrots, and simmer with small fire for 90 mins.
4. You can add the corn later or together with other ingredients in step 3. (Depending whether you want to eat a sweet corn or tasteless corn.) I buy those bi coloured corn from wet market.
5. I added the potato 15-20 mins before I off the fire. (Don't like them too soft.)
6. I will also add Huai San 5 mins before I off the fire. (My family like it crunchy.)
7. Add a pinch of salt before you off the fire. Add more if you like.
8. You can also add a handful of wolfberries after you off the fire.
Note: You may need to add more water in the midst of boiling. Don't add too much at one go, like half a cup, half a cup... and see how it goes.
Pork Ribs (五花骨) - $5
1 tomato (slice into smaller pieces)
1 corn (chop into smaller pieces)
1 - 2 carrots (cut into smaller pieces)
1 - 2 potato (peel & cut into smaller pieces)
1 onion (remove skin & cut it half)
2 - 3 cloves of garlic
2 dried scallops
5 red dates
A few bay leaves (optional)
Method:
1. Blanch the pork ribs and wash away the impurities.
2. Boil a big pot of water (more than enough to cover the ingredients)
3. Add the dried scallops, garlic, bay leaves, pork ribs, onions, and tomatoes. Boil with big fire for 30 mins, then add the carrots, and simmer with small fire for 90 mins.
4. You can add the corn later or together with other ingredients in step 3. (Depending whether you want to eat a sweet corn or tasteless corn.) I buy those bi coloured corn from wet market.
5. I added the potato 15-20 mins before I off the fire. (Don't like them too soft.)
6. I will also add Huai San 5 mins before I off the fire. (My family like it crunchy.)
7. Add a pinch of salt before you off the fire. Add more if you like.
8. You can also add a handful of wolfberries after you off the fire.
Note: You may need to add more water in the midst of boiling. Don't add too much at one go, like half a cup, half a cup... and see how it goes.
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