a healthy and hearty dish for a cold autumn night....delish!
recipe adapted from here and here
Ingredients
1 cup chicken broth or more
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 medium yellow onion - chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 small orange bell pepper - diced
10 baby carrots - diced
1 stalk celery - diced
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 tsp dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 bay leaf
sea salt to taste
sprinkle of black pepper
1 cup whole peeled tomatoes
3/4 cup cooked and diced or shredded chicken
2 tbsp frozen corn
2 tbsp canned black beans
handful of crispy tortilla strips
Optional toppings: finely chopped onions, shredded cheese, sour cream, avocado and corn chips
recipe adapted from here
Ingredients
1 cup granulated sugar
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 large eggs
3 ripe bananas
2 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup toasted walnuts
1 tsp sugar + 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon for sprinkling
Ingredients
For making the dough
1 packet active dry yeast
3/4 cup warm water(about 100 to 110 degrees F)
2 cups all purpose flour or bread flour
1 tsp salt
1-1/2 tsp olive oil
Ingredients
1 lb pork rib - blanched
1 pkt sea cucumber (frozen fresh) - cleaned and blanched
3 pcs dried fish maw - blanched
2 shitake mushrooms - soaked, drained and trimmed
1 carrot - cut into thick slices
2 slices ginger
2 cloves garlic - lightly smashed
1 shallot - peeled and sliced into halves
1 tbsp oil for frying
1 to 2 cups water
Sauce
1 tbsp shaoxing wine
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
Method
- Heat up oil in a pan. Saute ginger, garlic and shallot till lightly aromatic.
- Fry pork ribs and mushrooms for 1 to 2 minutes. Drizzle sauce and do a quick stir fry. Add water and bring to a boil. Simmer for another 30 minutes.
- Add carrot, sea cucumber and fish maw and simmer for another 30 minutes.
- Drizzle sesame oil and transfer to a serving plate. Serve warm with rice.
Ingredients
300g pork belly
3 clove garlic - chopped
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
pinch of five-spice powder
1 tsp vegetable oil
Ingredients (for 2 pax)
1 boneless chicken breast - shredded (leftover from cooking hainanese chicken rice)
2 dried mushrooms - soaked, drained and trimmed or sliced if preferred
2 bundles fresh ipoh noodles - i substituted with dried version
6 prawns - deshelled
2 stalks green vegetables - xiao bai cai, gai lan, chye sim etc
1 cup chicken stock
cornstarch solution
fried shallot
recipe adapted from here
Ingredients
1.5-2 foot section of Organic gobo (burdock root) or several pieces to match equivalent length, cut into matchsticks/julienned
1 medium carrot, cut into matchsticks/julienned
1 fresh red chili - sliced thinly
1/4 of one lotus root - peeled and sliced and soaked in water
1-2 tbsp toasted black sesame seeds
1.5 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp coconut syrup/sugar or equivalent sweetener
2 tbsp mirin
1-2 tbsp tamari or shoyu soy sauce
2 tbsp dashi
Ingredients
fettucinne pasta
smoked salmon
cherry tomatoes
dried basil leaves
toasted pine nuts
shredded cheese blend
extra virgin olive oil
Method
- Cook pasta according to package instructions.
- Drain and set aside on a serving plate.
- Drizzle olive oil and add shredded cheese. Toss to mix.
- Add cherry tomatoes, smoked salmon, pine nuts and sprinkle basil leaves. Toss to mix well and serve warm.
Ingredients
1 asian pear - cut into quarters and core and seeds
1 tsp sweet chinese almond
1 tsp bitter chinese almond
1 small piece snow fungus - soaked, drained and trimmed into small pieces
rock sugar to taste
recipe adapted from sunflower-recipes.blogspot
Ingredients
350g pork belly, cut into chunks
8 small organic yukon potato, peeled and cut into chunks
1 square cube red fermented beancurd (nam yee 南乳) - mashed
1 tbsp of the red pickling juice from the fermented beancurd
3 cloves garlic - chopped
3 slices ginger
2 dried chilies
1/4 tsp five spice powder
2 tbsp shaoxing wine
2 star anise
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tsp sugar
some ground pepper
vegetable oil
