Tomyum Fried Rice

Ingredients:
1 cup of cooked rice, 2 pieces of ginger (chopped)
100g of prawns (deveined and deshelled)
½ big onion (shredded), 10 pineapple cubes
2 tablespoon of mixed vegetables, 1 egg (beaten)

Seasoning:
1 tbsp of light soy sauce, ½ teaspoon of pepper
11/4 teaspoon of sugar, 1 tbsp of oil, 1 tbsp of tomyum paste

Garnishing:
1 green stalk of parsley, 2 tbsp chopped spring onion


Method:Season prawns with sugar in a medium-sized bowl.

Mix the cooked rice with seasonings (pepper, oil and light soya sauce and tomyum paste) together with the prawns in another medium-sized bowl.

Heat up the oil in a non-stick frying pan and fry the ginger with the shredded onion, do a small stir fry until fragrant.

Add in the mixed vegetables and prawns in the pan, and stir fry.

Pour in the all the seasoned rice into the pan and stir fry mixture with an egg.

Serve the fried rice in a square white plate garnished with a stalk of green parsley and sprinkled chopped spring onion for decoration.


(T & T for Food & Nutrition Project)

Salted fish Braised Chicken 咸鱼焖鸡

Ingredients
3 Chicken drumsticks (chopped into small pieces)
60g mooi heong salted fish (cut into small pieces, pan-fry)
3 slices of young ginger
1 fresh red chilli (sliced)
1 spring onion (white part, cut into section)
1 tbsp minced garlic
100g taufoo pok/beancurd puffs (halved)
400ml water

Seasoning:
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tbsp soya sauce
1 tsp chicken stock granules

Thickening: (mixed together)
1 tsp tapioca flour
1/2 tbsp water

Method:

1. Heat work with 2 tbsp oil and fry garlic & ginger.

2. Add in chicken pieces, and pre-fried salted fish pieces. Stir-fry till aromatic.

3. Add in taufoo pok, seasoning, spring onion and water. Braise till chicken meat is well cooked and very little gravy left.

4. Taste and adjust before add in red chillies and thickening. Dish up and serve hot with rice.

Potatoes with minced meat

Ingredients

2 potatoes (approx. 300g, peeled, sliced)
100g minced pork
300ml water
1 tbsp minced garlic

Marinade:
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp tapioca flour

Seasoning:
1/2 tsp dark soya sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar
1/8 tsp pepper

Garnishing:
1 sprig spring onion (diced)
1 red chilli (diced)

Method:

1. Season minced pork with marinade for 30 mins.

2. Heat the wok with 2 tbsp of oil. Fry garlic and seasoned minced meat. Add in potato slices and stir fry well. Add in seasoning and water, cook till potatoes softened. Turn off heat.

3. Dish up and garnish before serving with rice.


(ref: Y3K recipes - Issue 33)