Bah Chor Mee (Minced meat noodles)

Ingredients

recipe makes 2 bowls

2 bundles of fresh mee pok (flat noodles)

250g minced pork

2 strips of pork belly

6 fish balls

8 slices of teochew fish cake

2 dried shitake mushrooms - soaked, drained and sliced thinly

fresh lettuce (i do not have stock)

2 cloves garlic - chopped

2 shallots - sliced

1 tbsp dark soy sauce

salt and pepper to taste

1/3 to 1/2 cup water

cornstarch solution

vegetable oil

Sweet Potato Pancake

makes 6 to 7 small pancakes
Ingredients
1-1/2 cup milk 3/4 cup mashed potato
1 egg
1-1/2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 cup all purpose flour
3 tbsp brown sugar
1-1/4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon powder

Buddha's Yam Ring Delight (佛钵飘香)

The yam ring is one of my favourite dishes to order at zhi-char stalls or restaurants.  So far I have loved to eat any kind of food that has taro/yam in it.  I am pretty surprised that I would one day be able to cook this dish in my kitchen.  But here it is.....presenting my yummy ring! 

 

Ingredients
For Yam Ring
350g yam - steamed and mashed
7 tbsp wheat starch
3/4 to 1 cup boiling water
75g shortening
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp 5-spice powder

Braised Pork Rib with Pumpkin

Ingredients
1 lb pork ribs
400g pumpkin - peeled an cut into large cubes
3 cloves garlic - minced
1 tsp minced ginger
1 tsp sesame oil 
1 cup water.
vegetable oil

Sauce
1 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tsp sesame oil

Bak Kwa (BBQ Pork Jerky)

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Hubby's first attempt at making bak kwa.  A total success! Whoa....bak kwa during chinese new year in the states this time! So deliciously good that our friends swept every piece off the plate! And asking for more....where is my piece?
 
Ingredients
1 lb minced meat (with fat)
1 1/2 tbsp fish sauce
1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce
2 1/2 tbsp light soy sauce
1 1/2 tbsp rose wine (mei kuai lu)
1/2 cup sugar
8 pieces of ‘san zhar’ – ground up and add a tbsp of water to make into a paste
1/2  tsp of five-spice powder

Nappa Cabbage Mushroom Soup

Ingredients
small bunch nappa cabbage - cut into large pieces
10 white mushrooms - halved
6 prawns - peeled and deveined
2 slices of ginger
small piece of dried seaweed
1 pot vegetable stock or water

Fried Red Bean Pumpkin Pancake

Ingredients
200g pumpkin - peeled, sliced thinly, steamed and mashed
200 to 300g glutinous rice flour - estimated
sweetened red bean paste
sesame seeds
vegetable oil

Braised Pig's Trotters with Chestnuts

One of Hubby's fave dish.....
Ingredients
 8 pieces pig trotters
1 star anise
2 dried cloves

5 cloves garlic - light smashed
3 ginger slices
2 old ginger slices
2 dried shitake mushroom - soaked, drained and halved, reserve mushroom water
15 fresh chestnuts- blanched and peeled
6 dried chilli
1 tbsp rock sugar 
2 cups water estimated - inclusive of mushroom water
2 tbsp vegetable oil

Spicy Baked Breaded Chicken Drumsticks

Ingredients
6 chicken drumsticks - remove skin
1 tbsp soy sauce
3 cloves garlic - minced
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp paprika
pinch of sugar
1/2 tsp salt 
1 tsp lime/lemon juice
1/3 tsp freshly ground black pepper
2 tbsp mayonnaise
panko bread crumbs for coating

CNY Vegetarian Lunch

First day of Lunar New Year Lunch
Ingredients
1 small bunch nappa cabbage
2 fresh shitake mushrooms
some fresh black fungus
dried lily bulbs - soaked, drained & knotted
fried beancurd stick - parboiled  to soften
dried black moss - soaked & drained
dried vermicelli - soaked & drained
some finely shredded ginger
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp oyster sauce
salt to taste
1-2 cups water
1 tbsp vegetable oil