Stir Fried Sesame Oil Chicken (炒麻油鸡)

Ingredients

1 lb chicken meat - chopped into pieces

1 small pc ginger - julienned

1 tsp dark soy sauce

2 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp water

2 tbsp sesame oil

1 tbsp cooking oil

Fried Halibut Neck

Ingredients

1 lb halibut neck - chopped into pieces

toasted sesame seeds

cooking oil for frying

Salted Fish with Chicken & Tofu Claypot ( 咸鱼鸡粒豆腐煲)

Ingredients

1 packet soft tofu - drained and cut into 1 1/2cm cubes

3 pcs of boneless skinless chicken drumsticks - cut into 1 1/2cm cubes

3 dried shitake mushrooms - soaked, drained and cut into 1 cm size (reserve the water)

15 snap peas

1 piece 4 x 4 cm salted fish - cut into 1 cm size

3 stalks green onion (white part only) - cut into 3cm length

2 slices ginger

2 cloves garlic - minced

1 tbsp shaoxing wine - for drizzling

cooking oil

Stir Fried Squid with Sambal Belachan Chilli

Ingredients
300g squid tubes - sliced horizontally into rings about 1/2 inch wide
2 celery sticks - sliced
1/2 medium onion - sliced
1 tsp minced ginger
2 cloves garlic - chopped
2 tbsp sambal belachan chilli
salt to taste
4 tbsp water
cornstarch solution
1 tbsp cooking oil

Stir Fried Spaghetti with Portobella Mushroom

Ingredients

8 oz angel hair spaghetti

1 portobella mushroom - cleaned and sliced

1 carrot - cut into strips

2 cups shredded cabbage

8 prawns - deshelled and deveined

2 eggs - beaten

1/2 onion - chopped

3 cloves garlic - chopped

1 shallot - chopped

1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

1/2 cup chicken broth

1 tbsp fried shallot oil - for coating cooked spaghetti

3 tbsp cooking oil

Salmon Fish Head Curry

Ingredients
1 salmon fish head - washed and cleaned
1 tomato - quartered
3 pcs of tofu puff
1 eggplant/brinjal - sliced into 1 cm thick
1 tsp minced ginger
1 tsp minced garlic
2 tbsp chopped shallot
2 tbsp red curry paste
some curry leaves (i omitted this)
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup coconut milk
2 tbsp cooking oil

Potato with Chilli Bean Sauce

Ingredients
3 medium-sized potatoes - peeled and cut into small cubes
150g minced meat
5 tbsp green peas
2 cloves garlic - minced
1 shallot - sliced
1 1/2 tbsp fermented chili bean sauce
4 tbsp water
1 tbsp cooking oil

Stir Fried Frog's Legs

Ingredients
300g frozen frog's legs
3 slices ginger
1/4 onion - sliced
1 stalk green onion - cut into 2" length
2 tbsp cooking oil
4 tbsp water
cornstarch solution

My ABC Soup/Luo Song Tang (罗宋汤)

Soup that is packed with Vitamins A, B, C and more.  Comfort food for a chilly night.....

Ingredients

300g pork ribs - blanched

2 large potatoes - peeled and cut into large cubes

2 medium tomatoes - quartered

2 carrots - peeled and cut into 2" length

3 stalks celery - cut into 2" length

1 small white onion - sliced

2 slices ginger

3 cloves garlic - unpeeled and light pounded.

10 to 12 bowls water

salt to taste

Braised Chicken with Cremini Mushroom

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Ingredients

1 lb chicken pieces - chop into pieces

1 portobella mushroom - cut into big slices

10 fresh white mushrooms - cut into halves lengthwise

1/2 onion - sliced

1 shallot - sliced

2 slices ginger

2 cloves garlic - unpeeled and lightly pounded

1 tbsp cooking oil

Claypot Tofu with Mushroom and Roast Pork

Ingredients
6 pcs of fried tofu cubes
200g roast pork - cut into small chunks
2 shitake mushroom - soaked and drained
1 carrot - cut into flower shape
1 pkt enoki mushroom - ends trimmed and cleaned
2 dried chillies
2 stalk green onion - cut into 2" length
2 cloves garlic - chopped
2 tbsp cooking oil
salt and pepper to taste

Fettucine with Artichoke

Ingredients

8 oz fettucine

10 fresh white mushrooms - cleaned and halved lengthwise

artichoke hearts - quartered (leftover from a salad)

cherry tomatoes - halved lengthwise

some chickpeas and beans (leftover frpm a salad)

1/2 medium onion - chopped

2 garlic cloves - chopped

1/2 cup dry white wine

1/2 cup fresh basil leaves - chopped

1 tbsp butter

2 tbsp olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

Sweet and Sour Chicken

Ingredients

1 lb boneless skinless chicken drumsticks or thigh (cut into 1" cubes)

1 cup of pineapple chunks (juice reserved)

1 tomato - cut into 1" cubes

1 green bell pepper - cut into 1" size

1 tsp minced ginger

cornstarch solution

3 tbsp cooking oil

Braised Pork Belly & Sea Cucumber with Pumpkin

Ingredients

1lb pork belly - cut into bite-sized pieces

2 medium-sized sea cucumbers - pre-conditioned and cut into halves

1 small pumpkin - peeled and cut into bite-sized cubes

1 dried squid

3 slices of ginger

3 cloves garlic - unpeeled and lightly pounded

2 stalks green onion - cut into 1 inch length

2 tbsp chopped onion

1 tsp white peppercorn - pounded

3 star anise

1 inch cinnamon stick

1 tbsp rock sugar

dash of pepper

dash of sesame oil

cornstarch solution

2 tbsp cooking oil

Grilled Blue Marlin Fillet

Ingredients

4 pcs of blue marlin fillet

1 red bell pepper - sliced

1/2 white onion - sliced

sprinkle of garlic salt

pepper to taste

3 tbsp oyster sauce

2 tbsp cooking oil

Eight Treasures Tonic Soup (Ba Zhen Tang 八珍汤)

Ingredients
300 g pork ribs - blanched
1500 ml water
40 g  Fructus Jujubae (大棗 Da Zao)
19g  Cooked Rehmannia Root (熟地黄 Shou Di Huang)
12g  Radix Codonopsis (党參 Dang Shen)
12g  Praeparata cum Melle (甘草 Gan Cao)
12g  Radix Paconiae Alba (白芍 Bai Shao)
10g  Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (白朮 Bai Shu)
8g  Poria (茯苓 Fu Lin)
8g  Rhizoma Chuanxiong (川芎 Chuan Xiong)
8g  Radix Angelicae Sinensis  (当归 Dang Gui)

Sauteed Asparagus with Shitake Mushroom

Ingredients

1 bunch asparagus - ends trimmed, stems slightly peeled and cut into halves

1 shitake mushroom

2 shallot - sliced

2 cloves garlic - chopped

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp sesame oil

dash of pepper

2 tbsp olive oil

Easy Beer Bread

Homemade bread in under an hour

recipe adapted fm USA Weekend Mar 4-6, 2011 issue

Ingredients

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (i use unbleached flour)

3 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

12 ounces beer

1 egg - beaten

Halibut with Spicy Bean Paste

Ingredients
1 lb halibut neck - cut into bite-sized pcs
4 tbsp frozen green peas
2 tbsp spicy bean paste(辣豆瓣酱)
2 shallots - sliced
2 cloves garlic - chopped
1 small pc ginger - minced
1 small red chilli - cut into small pcs
1/2 tsp sugar
salt to taste
1 cup water
1 tbsp cooking oil

Pan Fried Thai Spiced Fish Fillet

recipe adapted from 'what's cooking Thai' by Christine France

Ingredients

1 lb firm fish fillet (i use basa fish) - cut into bite-sized pcs

2 small red chilli - seeds removed

2 shallots - chopped

2 garlic cloves - chopped

2 fresh cilantro sprigs - chopped

1 tsp coriander seeds - grounded

1 tsp ground turmeric

1/2 tsp pepper

1 tbsp thai fish sauce

2 tbsp coconut milk

1 small egg - beaten

all purpose flour (for coating)

oil for pan frying

Pan Fried Cod Fillet with Mushroom Sauce

Ingredients
1 lb cod fish fillet
fresh shitake mushrooms - sliced
cabbage - shredded
carrot - shredded
1 tsp minced ginger
1 stalk green onion - cut into small pcs
salt and pepper to taste
cornstarch solution
1/2 cup water
2 tbsp cooking oil

Stir Fried Tofu with Pork Belly

Ingredients

200g pork belly - scalded and cut into small pcs

1 block of fresh tofu - cut into small rectangular pcs

4 dried red chillies

1 tbsp minced garlic

2 tbsp sliced shallot

1 tbsp cooking oil

Braised Pork with Mao Gua

Ingredients

300g pork ribs - blanched

1 mao gua - peeled and cut into cubes

1 pkt brown beech mushroom - washed and ends trimmed

2 slices ginger

2 cloves garlic - unpeeled

cornstarch solution

1 1/2 cup water

2 tbsp cooking oil

Marinade

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp huatiao wine

1 tsp sesame oil

1 tsp cornstarch

salt and pepper to taste

Sauce

1 tsp dark soy sauce

1 tbsp oyster sauce

Method

1. Marinate meat for one hour or more.  Set aside.
2. Heat up a large pan and saute the mushrooms until fragrant.  Add oil and stir fry pork ribs for one minute.  Add ginger and garlic and continue to stir fry for another minute.
3. Add sauce and quickly stir fry for a while.  Add water to the pan, cover and let it simmer for 30 minutes.  
4. Add melon to the pot and continue to simmer for 10 to 15 mins or until melon is cooked to desired softness.  Stir in cornstarch solution.  
5. Ladle into serving plate and serve warm with rice.

Stir Fried Mixed Vegetables with Gingko Nuts

Ingredients
1 small bunch broccoli - cut into florets
2 long fried beancurd stick (tau kee)
1 carrot - peeled and sliced into 1 inch size
12 gingko nuts - cooked and boiled
3 pcs fresh shitake mushrooms - cleaned and sliced
1 tsp minced ginger
1 tsp minced garlic
1 tbsp cooking oil

Sweet potato with red bean dessert

Ingredients

1 sweet potato - peeled and cut into cubes

4 tbsp red beans - washed and soaked for 2 hours or more.

1 1/2 tbsp tapioca pearls

2 pandan leaves - knotted

1 tbsp rock sugar

5 cups water

Sauteed Portobello Mushroom

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Ingredients
1 portobello mushroom - cleaned and sliced
1 tsp minced garlic
1 1/2  tsp sliced shallot
2 tsp chopped parsley stems
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp butter
salt and pepper to taste

Stir Fried Fish Fillet with Fermented Black Bean

Ingredients

1 lb swai fillet - cut into bite-sized pcs

8 pcs baby corn - sliced into halves

2 stalk celery - sliced

1 small tomato - cut into bite-sized pcs

1 small onion - sliced

1 tsp fermented black bean - chopped coarsely

1 tsp minced ginger

1 tsp minced garlic

salt and pepper to taste

1 tbsp cooking oil

Stir Fried Chicken with Broccoli

Ingredients

1 small bunch broccoli - cut into florets

200 g chicken meat - sliced thinly

1 red bell pepper - cut into strips

1 tsp minced ginger

1 tsp minced garlic

cooking oil

Kung Pao Chicken (宫保鸡丁)

first kung pao attempt by hubby...very tasty!

Ingredients

I lb chicken drumstick or thigh (deboned, pounded and cut into bite-sized cubes)

8 dried chillies

2 stalk green onions

2 tbsp szechuan peppercorn

3 tbsp roasted peanuts

Mung Bean Dessert (Tau Suan)

Ingredients

180g split green mung bean

2 pandan leaves - washed and knotted

80 g rock sugar

4 cups water

2 fried dough fritters (you tiao) - cut into pcs

Fried Rice with Prawn and Italian Sausage

Ingredients

2 bowls cooked rice (left overnight)

4 italian sausages - cut into small pcs

10  prawns - peeled and deveined

3/4 bowl mixed peas

1 tsp minced garlic

2 tsp sliced shallot

1 tbsp minced red onion

2 tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp dark soy sauce

salt and pepper to taste

cooking oil

Braised Meat with Squash & Basil

Ingredients
3/4  to 1 lb lean pork - cut into bite-sized cubes
1 acorn squash - cut into bite-sized cubes
3 dried shitake mushrooms - soaked in water and drained
1 stalk green onion - cut into 1 inch length
1/2 white onion - cut into small pcs
2 shallot - sliced
2 cloves garlic - sliced
2 star anise
1 inch cinnamon stick
3 dried red chilli
handful of basil leaves
2 tbsp sweet soy sauce paste
2 tbsp ketchup
1 tbsp rice wine
salt to taste
1 cup water
cooking oil

Steamed Tofu with Enoki Mushroom

Ingredients

1 pkt soft tofu - cut into 8 pcs

200 g minced meat

1 pkt enoki mushroom - washed and ends trimmed

1 small carrot - peeled and cut into thin strips

4 tbsp frozen corn

Minced Meat Porridge

serves 2 pax

Ingredients

1 cup rice

200 g minced pork meat

1 egg

2 pcs dried scallops

2 slices ginger

2 clove garlic - unpeeled