Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Fried Noodle

Ingredients:
300g dried noodle (1 big package)
5 black mushrooms
150g prawn meat (buy 300g, remove shell & veins)
150g chicken meat
200g mustard leaf (choy sam)
½ tbsp chopped garlic


Serving sauce:
2 rice bowls chicken stock (1 bowl = 300ml water)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp oyster sauce
some pepper powder
some sesame oil


Method:
1. Soak mushroom until soft, add little bit of conflour and little bit of salt, wash with water, squeeze out water, and then cut shreds.

2. Marinade prawn with some pepper, ¼ tsp salt & 1 tsp corn flour for 15 minutes.

3. Cut chicken meat into shreds, marinade with some pepper, 2 tsp light soya sauce & 1 tsp cornflour for 15 minutes.

4. Boil noodle in hot water till soft and rinse in tap water and drain well.

5. Parboil chicken shreds & prawn meat in hot oil & add in sesame oil when is about to cook, remove and drain well.

6. Heat wok with 1 tbsp oil, fry garlic till fragrant, add in:
- mushroom
- vegetable stem
- chicken shreds
- wine
- serving sauce
- prawn
- 2 tbsp water + 1 tbsp cornflour

7. Lastly add in noodle stir evenly.

Saturday, January 28, 2006

My reunion dishes (no recipe)

What i had for this year reunion dinner.

1. steamboat - base using 1 dried octopus, 200g pork rib, 1 preserved szechuan vegetable and 10 pieces dried mushroom, 5 litres of water then cook it for 3 hours. Then next day reboil it again at least cook 2 days before the actual day. The base was so tasty, no need to add soya sauce, or pepper to taste.

2. Prawn paste middle wing

3. fried leeks with clams & tau kwa

4. nepali curry chicken

5. steamed crab

6. deep fried tay's seaweed chicken & crispy chicken

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Beancurd In Hot Plate (Tie Pan Doufu)

Ingredients:

3 egg beancurd
100g prawn meat (buys 200g, remove shells and veins, drain well)
100g mince pork
1 egg
1 stalk spring onion (cut into small pieces)
1 tbsp hot bean paste
2 tsp chopped garlic

Serving sauce:
1 rice bowl water or chicken stock
2 tsp light soya sauce
1 tsp sugar
some pepper powder
some sesame oil

To marinade prawn meat:
¼ tsp sugar }
¼ tsp salt } for 15 min
pepper powder }
1 tsp cornflour }

To marinade mince pork:

1 tsp ginger juice }
1 tsp wine } for 15 min
2 tsp light soy sauce }
pepper powder }

After 15 min, add in:
1 tsp corn flour
some sesame oil

Beaten egg for hot plate:
2 eggs }
1 tsp water } mix well
1 tsp cornflour }
some pepper powder }

Method:
1. Cut each egg beancurd into 6 pieces and drain well.

2. Deep fry egg beancurd few at a time till golden brown, drain well for later use.

3. Heat wok with 1 tbsp oil, fry the garlic and hot bean paste till fragrant, add in mince pork stir evenly, on high heat and sprinkle some wine, follow up the serving sauce, add 2 tsp cornflour + 2 tsp water to thicken the mixture, add in prawn & well fried beancurd till cook.

4. Heat hot plate with 1 tsp oil, pour in beaten egg (covers the whole hot plate & do not stir). Pour the above item on the hot plate, sprinkle some spring onion and serve it hot.