Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Garlic Chicken

Ingredients:

300g chicken drumstick(bone removed)
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
2 tbsp osyter sauce
1 tsp sugar
2 tsp dark vinegar
8 cloves garlic
1 tsp sesame oil
1 stalk coriander

Procedure:

1. Rinse chicken, pat dry and spread it out. Cut into 6 equal portions.

2. Mix well dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, suagr and vinegar. Peel garlic. Using the side of your
cleaver, pat garlic then mash them up before adding to the seasoning ingredients. Add
sesame oil and stir well.

3. Place chicken on plate. Pour garlic sauce over them and steamover high heat for about
20 minutes. Scatter chopped coriander on top.

Crispy Fried Oysters

Ingredients:

300g fresh oysters
1 small piece ginger
1/4 tsp salt
1/3cup cornstarch
1 egg white
1/2cup sweet potato starch

Procedure:

1. Rinse oysters and pat dry.
2. Rinse ginger and grind well. Put a tablespoon of it into the oysters then add
salt and mix well.
3. In respective order, dab each oyster with cornstarch, egg white and sweet
potato starch.
4. Heat up some oil for deep-frying to about 170C. Deep-fry oysters till crispy
then remove to drain oil. serve with pepper salt or tomato sauce.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Clay Pot Beef Brisket

Ingredients:

500g beef brisket or ribs strips
1/2 carrot, radish
3 stalks spring onion
1 small piece ginger
1 tbsp wine
1 tbsp rock sugar
3 tbsp dark soy sauce
1/4tsp salt
1 tsp cornstarch

Procedure:

1. Rinse beef and scald to remove blood water.

2. Peel ca and raddish, rinse then roll-cut into pieces. Slant-cut spring onion
into sections.Cut ginger into slices.

3. Put 1/2 stalk of spring onion. 5 slices of ginger and 8 cups of water into a pot.
Bring to a boil before adding beef. Cook over low heat for about an hour. Remove
and cut into small pieces when slightly cooled.

4. Heat up 3 tablespoons of oil and stir-fry the rest of spring onion and ginger till
fragrant. Add beef, wine, dark soy sauce and rock sugar. Stir evenly then add a
cup of water, carrot and radish. Cover and continue to cook for about 1o
minutes. Season with salt and thicken with the mixture of cornstarch and 1
tablespoon of water.

5. Heat up the clay pot, Pour cooked beef into it and cook for another 2 minutes.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Crispy Salty Prawns



Ingredients:

600g prawns
2 stalks spring onion
3 gloves garlic
1 red chilli


Seasoning A:

1 tsp salt
1 tbsp wine


Seasoning B:

1 tsp sugar


Procedure:

1. Rinse and drain prawns, marinate with seasoning A.

2. Heat half a pan of oil and deep-fry prawns over low heat first.When the color
turns red, switch to high heat and deep-fry until crispy. Remove.

3. Rinse spring onion, garlic, chilli and chop finely. Heat up another 3 tbsp oil
and stir-fry chopped spring onion, garlic and chilli until fragrant. Add prawns
and fry evenly. Add Seasoning B and serve.



Summer fan cups



Materials needed:

big mixing bowl
wire whisk
ladle
1 pack chocolate sandwich cookies
1 cup crushed grahams
2 cups Alpine full cream milk, cold and
divided into 2 separate cups
1 pack chocolate flavored instant pudding and pie filling
1 pack instant cream pudding(96 grams)
gummy candies( worm and shark or fish)
dessert glasses


Procedure:

1. Pour 1 cup cold milk into a mixing bowl.
2. Add chocolate flavored instant pudding.
3. Mix well with a wire whisk.

4. Remove cream filling from chocolate sandwich cookies, and crush cookies.
n Mix 1/4 cup crushed cookies into the mixture.
5. Scoop into dessert cups. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

6. Spoon remaining crushed chocolate cookies onto chilled pudding to resemble dirt.

7. Top with gummy worms.

8. Make a light version of the fun cups.
Pour remaining 1 cup cold milk into a clean mixing bowl.
9. Add instant cream pudding mix.

10. Mix with a wire whisk.

11. Add 1/4 cup crushed grahams. Mix well.

12. Scoop into dessert cups or glasses.
Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
13. Spoon remaining crushed grahams onto chilled pudding to resemble sand.

14. Top with gummy sharks

Friday, January 29, 2010

Banana Brown Barrels


Fun with Banana
Bold
Ingredients:
Italic
6 large meduim-ripe bananas(lakatan) 1 egg 1 cup fresh or evaporated milk 3/4 cup panko(japanese breadcrumbs) 3-4 cups cookikng oil 3/4 cup brown sugar

Procedure:
1. Peel bananas and slice off the pointed tips.Cut bananas into three equal parts.

2. Insert a cocktail toothpick or popsicle stick into the center of each sliced banana.

3. In a bowl, whisk together egg and milk. Spread the breadcrumbs on the waxed paper or
baking paper.Dip each banana into egg-milk mixture.

4. Roll bananas in breadcrumbs.

5. In a frying pan or wok, pour cooking oil and heat until oil begins to shimmer. Carefully
put bananas in the oil and fry until golden brown, or about 1 minute.

6. Use tongs or slotted spoon to remove bannas from the hot oil. Drain bananas on a plate
lined with paper towels.

7. Let bananas cool one to two minutes then roll them in brown sugar. Serve immediately
or chill inrefrigerator until serving time.
Bananas are good warm or cold.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Baked Oysters with cream-spinach sauce



2 tbsp butter
1 tbsp minced garlic

1 cup mince onion
1 cup Carnation Evap
1 250ml Nestle All Purpose Cream
2 eggyolks, tempered
1 tsp sugar
3 cups chopped spinach
2 Maggi Chicken broth cubes
2 kl fresh oysters with shell, cleaned,blanched and top shell discarded



Procedure:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350F. Heat butter, saute garlic and onion until limp.

2. Add the next six ingredients one by one while stirring mixture vigorously
with a wire whisk.

3. Seamer until heated through but not boiling. Set aside.

4. Arrange oysters on baking dish and top with the prepared cream and spinach.
Baked for 15 minutes or until topping turns light brown in color.