Salt Roasted Chicken

This salt roasted chicken recipe is from Ju, Little Teochew.

http://thelittleteochew.blogspot.com/2009/06/salt-roasted-chicken.html

The recipe turned out great ! This is so easy and the skin is crispy and meat is so moist ! Definitely a keeper

To summarize the recipe, clean the chicken, pat it dry, garlic in the chic cavity , then roast at 420-440F for ~ 1 hour until it is nicely browned.

Enjoy!

Fry Egg with Minced Pork and Beans

As a Teo Chew descent, nothing makes me happier than a bowl of just right temperature porridge , with fry fish , and eggs.For us , porridge is just our comfort food.

Ingredients
2 eggs
1/2 cup of chopped french beans
1 tb chopped garlic
1/4 cup minced pork
a dash of fish sauce
a dash of white pepper
2 ts salt

1 cup rice
10 cups of water

Instructions

1) Wash one cup of rice
2) Cook rice in rice cooker with 10 cup of water for about 10 minutes with lid closed
3) Then let the lid open halfway ( to prevent the porridge from overflow)
4) Cook about 45 minutes until preferred consistency
5) Heat pan and add 1 tb oil
6) Pan fry garlic until fragrant
7) Add minced pork , pepper, fish sauce and salt
8) Add chopped beans
9) Pan fry until the minced pork turned brown from pink
10) Beat 2 eggs in a bowl and pour it on the mixture of beans and pork
11) Cook about 3-5 minutes with medium heat then flip
12) Cook until set, then plate

Chicken Tikka Masala

The picture is not doing my chicken tikka masala justice. This chicken tikka masala has the combination of sweetness, sourish , spiciness that just awakened your taste buds! When i decided to blog what i had for dinner, it just show how excited i am with what i made today for dinner. Fun facts: the origin of chicken tikka masala is disputed. Some claim that it is from Glasgow, Scotland and some said it was created in a Bangladeshi Restaurant in England.Learn more about chicken tikka in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tikka_masala

Recipes
Chicken Marinate
A
1/2 cup of yogurt
1 lemon
3 ts ground cumin
3 ts ground pepper
4 ts cayenne pepper
2 ts salt or to taste

2 pieces of chicken breast , cubed
4 skewer

Sauce
1/2 cup sour cream ( low fat)
3 tb tomato sauce
1 ts vegetable oil
3 cloves of garlic
1/2 cup of cubed onion
1 tomato ( cubed)
1/2 cup of chopped cilantro
3 ts paprika
2 ts salt( or to taste)
3 ts ground cumin
2-3 red jalapeno pepper ( less if prefer less spicy)
1/2 cup of chopped cilantro

1) Marinate the chicken breast with A and keep in refrigerator for 1/2 hour to 1 hour
2) Preheat oven to grill mode
3) Soak the Skewer in water for 10-20 minutes ( to prevent the skwer from burning)
4) Thread chicken on skewer and cook each side for 5 minutes or until brown
5) Heat oil in the pan
6) Cook onion for 5 minutes until caramelized, then saute garlic , and jalapeno until fragrant
7) Stir in tomato, tomato sauce, sour cream , and cilantro
8) Cook the sauce until thickened, then season with salt
9) Add chicken and simmer for 5 minutes
10)Serve warm and top it with fresh cilantro

Tilapia with lettuce salad

I love to eat conch salad. I had that in Nassau, Bahamas and it was one of the best food that ever i had . This recipe is quite similar with conch salad except that it is not conch but is tilapia. It is a very healthy dinner for those who are looking for healthy recipes

Ingredients

1 onion cubed

1/2 cup chinese parsley chopped

1/2 cup of julienned bell pepper

2 lemons

1 carrot julienned

1 jalapeno chopped

2 tomatoes chopped

1/2 cucumber cubed

3 cups of chopped Romaine Lettuce

salt

1 lbs of tilapia

1/2 lemon

salt

pepper

1/4 cup chinese parsley

Instructions

1) preheat oven to 350F

2) Marinate fish with 1/2 lemon juice, salt and pepper and top it with chinese parsley

3) Bake in oven for about 10 minutes-15 minutes

4) To assemble, layer the chopped lettuce in a bowl

5) Then layer with tomatoes, bell pepper, onions and carrot

6) Squeeze one lemon into the layer

7) Top the layer with cucumber, then another 1/4 cup of the chinese parsley and jalapeno

8) Place the fish on top of the salad

9) Squeeze the remaining lemon on top of the fish and top the fish with 1/4 cup of parsley

Chilli

Chilli , yum yum . I guess this is the first time i enjoy eating chilli. Is not because i am so narcissistic into thinking that other chilli is not great and my chilli recipe is the best. Well, of course i hope so , but the truth is usually in a restaurant the chilli is cooked with minced beef and i dont really fancy beef. I guess that is kind of obvious that i don't have any beef dishes in my blog. Anyway, this is chilli that is cooked with minced pork .. YUMS ! love it .. is a comfort and hearty meal. :)

Recipe
1 can of kidney beans
3 roma tomatoes blended
1/2 yellow bell pepper
2 red jalapenos ( we love it spicy)
2 big onions
1 lbs of minced pork
1/4 cup of red chilli pepper flakes
2 tb of hot sauce
1 tb cumin
1 tb dried oregano
1 ts coriander
2 ts paprika
1 tb cornmeal
1 tb cornflour
1/2 can of beer
1/2 cup of water
2 cloves garlics
1 tb olive oil
salt to taste
sugar to taste

1) Chopped onion , yellow bell pepper , garlic, jalapeno
2) Saute onion , bell pepper, garlic and jalapeno until fragrant, then add minced pork
3) Saute until brown, then add blended tomato, beer, and 1/2 cup of water
4) Add cumin , paprika, red chilli flakes, coriander, hot sauce, oregono and drained kidney beans
5) Bring to boil , then simmer for about 2 hours
6) Thickened with corn flour, and cornmeal ( add more cornflour of you like thicker consistency)
7) Add sugar and salt to taste
8) Serve it warm

Chicken BBQ Pizza

Ingredients

One 9 inch Pizza Dough ( recipe in this blog)

1/2Chicken breast
BBQ sauce
1 clove garlic
1 tb minced onion
2 tb corn
2 tb pizza sauce
1 tb Extra virgin olive oil
1 tb cornmeal
2 tb chopped red pepper
1/2 cup shredded mozarella cheese

Directions
1) Cut chicken breast into half
2) Marinate chicken with BBQ sauce , then grill /broil for about 8 minutes each side in the oven
3) Cut chicken breast into cube
4) Preheat oven to 550F
5)Sprinkle cornmeal on a pizza pan and place the pizza crust on top of the cornmeal
6)Brush a layer of olive oil on the pizza crust
7) Arrange the garlic, onion, pepper, chicken, corn and mozarella cheese on the pizza
8) Bake on lower rack oven for 6 minutes, and bake on upper rack oven for another 6 minutes or until brown

Ginger black bean sauce steam tilapia

Recipe
2 tilapia fillets
1 tomato sliced
2 stalks scallions sliced
2 inch ginger ( minced)
1 tb black bean
1 tb fish sauce
2 tb sambal paste * left over from kangkung belacan, recipe in this blog*

1) Marinate tilapia with all the ingredients except tomato and scallions
2) Top tilapia with tomato and steam it for about 10 minutes-15 minutes
3) Garnish with scallions

Grill Salmon

Ingredients

1 tb soy sauce

1 tb worcestershire sauce

pepper

salt

1/2 salmon fillet

1) Preheat oven to 350F

2) Bake for 5-7 minutes

3) Then, broil the fish in oven until brown

4) Serve it hot with mango tomato salad

Balsamic Vinegar Chicken

This is the recipe that i have been looking for since i was 2. Well , i know , i am exaggerating ! Well, this is one of the dishes that i love so much that i have been looking for the recipe for a long long time. Thanks to JustjanS, this recipe was posted in recipezaar ! http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Japanese-Mums-Chicken-68955

Recipe

2 chicken breast

1 cup of water

1/2 cup balsamic vinegar

1/3 cup of soy sauce

2 garlic cloves

1 jalapeno

1 tb oil

2 tb sugar

1) heat oil in pan , then brown the chicken

2) add water, vinegar,sugar, bruised and peeled garlic, jalapenos

3) bring to boil , then reduce to simmer for 15-20 minutes

4) turn heat to high to thicken the sauce until it covered the chicken like a glaze

Wanton Mee

I love wanton mee. This would be one of our top 10 " must have" when we were back in Malaysia. The simplicity of the dish makes it great ! There is 2 ways you can have wanton mee, dry and wet.

Recipes adapted from http://www.malaysianfood.net/recipes/recipewontonmee.htm

Wanton Mee ( Soup version) - serve 2

2 cup egg noodle

1 cup of chopped choy sum

3 slices of ginger

6 cups of water

10 cups of water ( to cook the noodle and wantons)

2 stalks of scallions

6 wantons ( wantons recipe below)

1/2 chicken breast

1 tb soy sauce

1 tb shaoxing wine

1 tb fish sauce

1 tb of sugar

sesame oil

pickled green chillis

salt

pepper

1) In a stock pot , bring 6 cups of water to boil.

2) In a large pot, bring 10 cups of water to a rapid boil

2) Add in scallions, chicken breast and ginger into the stockpot

3) simmer about 25-30 minutes, remove chicken , set aside

4) blanch choy sum until al dante in the same boiling water, then remove the choy sum and set aside ( Now you have a chicken and vegetable broth! ) . Add sugar. salt , pepper, fish sauce, shaoxing wine to taste ( slightly saltier then u want it because when you add the noodle, it will balance it up nicely)

5) Cook wantons for about 3-5 minutes in the large pot and set aside

6) Cook the egg noodle in the large pot until al dante for about 1-2 minutes

7) Shred the chicken breast

8) To assemble, put the egg noodle in a bowl, then add wantons, choy sum , shreded chicken, and laddle in the broth

9) add a dash of pepper , and 1 ts of sesame oil

10) serve it hot with condiment ; pickled green chillis (recipe below)

Wanton Mee ( Dry Version)

2 cup egg noodle

1 knob ginger

1/2 cup chopped scallions

2 ts salt

3 tb oyster sauce

2 ts dark soy sauce

1 tb of soy sauce ( adjust to taste)

1 tb sesame oil

1/2 tb white pepper

1/2 cup chopped choy sum

1) In a large pot , bring 1 litre water to boil

2) Add salt, 1/4 cup scallions, and ginger

3) Cook egg noodle in the pot until al dante, drained

4) Blanch Choy sum in pot for 1-2 minutes

5) Mix oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil and pepper with noodle, mix well

6) To assemble, place 1/2 the noodle on one plate, with choy sum and chicken.

7) Garnish with 1/2 of the remaining scallions, and top it up with some pepper

Wanton recipe

10 of wanton wrappers

1/2 cup of ground pork

1/2 tb corn starch

1/2 tb sesame oil

1 tb soy sauce

1/2 tb fish sauce

1 tb shaoxing wine

1) Mix ground pork with corn starch , sesame oil , soy sauce and shaoxing wine

2) wrap with wanton wrappers to form 10 wantons

Pickled green chillis

2 green chillis

1 cup of water

1 cup of vinegar

1) chop the chillis

2) boil water, remove water from heat

3) soak chillis in boiled water for 10 minutes

4) drain the chillis and soak chillis in vinegar overnight

Char Kueh Teow

Fried Kueh Teow is one of the food that is commonly seen in the Malaysian restaurant menu and hawker stalls. I don't think i have achieved the ultimate way to fry this noodle , without the "wok hei" , which means the pan fragrant created by high heat, but i think this recipe can cure the craving for char kueh teow for those who are living far from home. As the saying goes, "bo hu , hei pun hor", no fish , prawn is acceptable too .

Recipe

1 bowl of kueh teow

1/4 cup of chives

1/4 cup of bean sprout

1-2 cloves of garlic

1 egg

1/2 tb siracha

1 tb oil

1 ts chicken stock

1 ts of fish sauce

1 ts dark soy sauce

1 tb light soy sauce

1 ts sugar

salt and pepper to taste

1) heat 1 ts oil in the pan

2) break the egg and roughly scramble it

3) dish out and set aside

4) heat the remianing oil , add chopped garlic , and fry till fragrant

5) add the kueh teow, fry fro 1 -2 minutes, add soy sauce, dark soy sauce, siracha , chicken stock , fish sauce , and sugar

6) Add salk and pepper to taste

7) stir fry on high heat and then add bean spout and chives

8)stir fry until the vegetable mix well with the noodle

9) Dish out and serve

Kangkung Belacan

While doing my weekly grocery shopping yesterday, i found kangkung!! I was so excited because i was told once that kangkung was banned in MN? I don't know how true that is, but that was what i was told by one of the Malaysian restaurant owner here. While the stock last, i just grabbed one big bunch of the kangkong and started dreaming about my kangkung and how to make my belacan all day !! yumsss.All i cared and all i talked about whole day was ... kangkung .. Kangkung .. and Kangkung ;)

Recipes adapted from

http://www.malaysianfood.net/recipes/recipekangkungbelacan.htm

1 red chili ( chopped)
1 lb kangkung
2 tb oil
1 tsp sugar
salt

A
1/2 cup dried shrimp
3 tablespoon of siracha
6 shallots
4 cloves of garlic
2 tsp belachan
3 red chili

1) soak dried shrimp in water for 10-20 minutes
2) Ground A in food processor until chunky
3)Heat wok on high , heat the oil
4) stir fry paste until aromatic 2-3 minutes
5) Add kangkung , sugar and salt to taste
6) Serve immediately

Turmeric Chicken Wings

I made chicken wings in two-ways today. The chicken wings on the left are the turmeric chicken wings and the one on the right are Malaysian Style Chicken Wings. Turmeric chicken wings are basically marinate with whatever i have in pantry and it turned out to be one of the yummy chicken wings that i will definitely make again.

Recipes
3 chicken wings
olive oil
A
1 tb turmeric powder
1 ts fennel seed
1 tb cayenne pepper
1 tb paprika
salt and pepper


1) Marinate chicken wings with A overnight / 6 hours prior
2) preheat broiler
3) brush the pan with olive oil
4) arrange the chicken wings on the pan and broil the chicken at high
5) Broil each side about 5 minutes or until slightly charred
6) serve immediately with potatoes wedges or salad as sides

Malaysian Style Chicken Wings

Siu kai yik aka chicken wing is one of the famous street food in Malaysia. This is the easiest and fuss free dish that i loved to make for a lazy dinner at home.

Recipes
3 chicken wings
2 tb olive oil
A
2 tb honey/maltose
1 tb dark soy sauce
1 tb soy sauce
5 tb of oyster sauce
2 tb hoisin sauce



1) Marinate the chicken wings with A , cover and refrigerate for 6 to 24 hours
2) preheat broiler
3) Layer the pan with olive oil
4) Arrange the chicken on the pan and broil in oven until dark brown ( about 5 minutes each side) or until dark brown and slightly charred
5)Serve with some coleslaw/ potatoes wedges at the side

Pizza Dough

This is the third time i am making pizza at home. This is the pizza dough recipe that i like best. With try and error, i came up with the ratio below. The pizza dough is crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside! The rule of thumb for pizza making is when you think the dough is sticky when u are kneading them , add some flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, and if you think the dough is dry/crumble, add 1 table spoon of water until you have a shiny and lively dough :)

To serve 4

Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour + 1/2 cup ground semolina flour
1 level tablespoon salt
1 packet active dried yeast
1 tsp sugar
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 cup lukewarm

- in a bowl , mix all purpose flour, salt and semolina flour
- in a cup, add the yeast into the warm water, oil and sugar. Leave it for about 5 minutes.
- Then pour the yeast mix into the flour. By using a fork , mixing it until it all come together. Then , knead with hand until it becomes springy and smooth. To make sure it is well kneaded, poke on the dough , if it spring back , then it is well kneaded.
- place a very hot water in the oven on the lowest rack
- Place the dough in a large dusted bowl and dust the top. Cover with damp cloth and place it on the upper rack in the oven for 1 hour .
- When the dough double in size, punch it down and roll it out with rolling pin about 1/4 inch thick
- preheat the oven to 450F
- Put on the topping and bake in oven ( lower rack for 5 minutes, then middle rack for 4-5 minutes until it is browned)
- Then ITADAKIMAS


* tips on making pizza - Make sure the dough is well kneaded
* roll it out thin, really thin if you want to have a thin crust pizza !

Pho "fuh"

It smells so good already after 2 hours of simmering ! I am making Pho tonight. Usually i will post up the recipe only after i had it just to make sure every recipe that i post up is a keeper. However, this recipe is for sureeee a keeper. I adapted this recipe from steamy kitchen. Using pork instead of beef, cause i prefer pork over beef. I got to tell you , this is a GREAT recipe from steamy kitchen !

The original recipe from steamy kitchen
http://steamykitchen.com/271-vietnamese-beef-noodle-soup-pho.html



Ingredients
To serve 4

THE BROTH
1 onions, halved
ginger powder - 2 tsp ( i run out of ginger in my pantry , but is better to use whole ginger if available)
3 lbs of pork bones
3 quarts of water
1 cinnamon stick, 1/2 tbl coriander powder 1/2 tbl fennel seeds, 3 star anise, 1 cardamom pod, 3 whole cloves - in mesh bag]
3/4 tbl salt
1/8 cup fish sauce
1 inch chunk of yellow rock sugar (about 1 oz) – or 1oz of regular sugar



1 lbs rice noodles (dried or fresh)
Garnish
mint, cilantro, basil
2-3 chili peppers, sliced
1 big handfuls of bean sprouts
Hoisin sauce
siracha

Char onions on baking sheet. Broil on high . It takes about 5 minutes to get it charred on the outside. Turn over. Continue broil for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and peel off the charred section.

Par boiled the bones by boiling vigorously for 10 minutes. Drain and rinse the bones. Refill pot with bones and 3 qts of cool water. Bring to boil over high heat and lower to simmer.

Add ginger, onion, spice packet, beef, sugar, fish sauce, salt and simmer uncovered for 3 hours . Taste and seasoned if needed

Then prepare the noodle by following the instructions on the packet.
Fill each bowl with rice noodles. Serve immediately. Garnish with bean sprouts , chili pepper, basil, mint and cilantro

* The noodle is just too hard to resist. As soon as it on the table , we gobbled up everything and forgot to take a picture. Will definitely cook again and next time, with a picture of the noodle !

Dry curry noodle with left over curry chicken

I love mee hoon ! The nice thing about meehoon is you can basically fry it with anything you like and it turned out to be a good dish ! This dry curry mee hoon is made with left over curry chicken from the nasi lemak the other day .

Ingredients

4 cups of left over curry chicken with chicken

cilantro

rice noodle 1/3 packet

Salt

1/2 cup water

Bean sprout

Choy sum

Soak the noodle in cold water for about 5 minutes
Reheat curry chicken in the pan for about 5 minutes.

Add the noodle into the curry chicken and stir fry. Add water if needed

Mix well the noodle and the curry, then add cilantro , choy sum and bean sprout

Continue to stir fry about 10 minutes. Add salt to taste.

Black Pepper Chicken Chop with Potato Wedges

Chicken Chop ! We can find this commonly in Malaysia's western restaurant but strangely enough i dont see it in any of the menus in US. This is one of the food that i miss terribly and i always make sure i had it before i return to US. However, to cure my chicken-chop-craving, i do mak it frequently at home here. It is quite easy and yield a pretty good result !

Ingredients: Main
• 2 chicken thighs
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• salt
• 1 tsp brown sugar

Ingredients: Sauce
1. 2 tb butter
2. 2 cloves garlic
3. 1 large onion, cut into strips, mushrooms (if desired)
4. 1 teaspoon sugar
5. ground black pepper, and salt to taste
6. 2 tb light soy sauce sauce
7. 2 tb worcestershire sauce
8. 1/2 cup flour , 1-2 cup water ( to your preference thickness)

Preparation:
1.Skin and de-bone chicken thighs, tenderise the meat using the tenderising hammer or the back of a chopping knife.

2. Mix all the main ingredients together, cover the meat with the marinade and leave it in a closed plastic container for about 1 hour.

3.Preheat the oven t 350F. Oil the grill pan and place it on 350F about 3 minutes. Place the chicken on the grill and return it back to the oven. Grill the chicken each side for 5 minutes- 8 minutes or till it is golden brown (depending on how thick the piece of chicken is).

4. To make the sauce, melt 2 tb butter in pan. add flour and stir until it become creamy brown. Whisk in 1-2 cup of water and chicken dripping. Add in onion , and mushrooms.

5. Add in the black pepper, light soya sauce, and Worcestershire sauce ; stir-fry for 1-2 minutes.

6. . Add on more of the ingredients to suit your taste if necessary.

7. Pour the sauce over the chicken chop and serve with your favourite steamed vegetable.

Enjoy !

Kimchi Fried Rice

I made some kimchi 2 weeks ago and have some leftover rice in the fridge. The easy way out , is of course to make Kim Chi fried rice. This kim chi fried rice is surprisingly good ! Here is some copy and paste recipe with some changes tht i made.

Adapted from trifood.com

Recipe Ingredients (Yield: 2 servings) 2 cups cooked rice ½ cup kimchi with liquid (pickled fermented vegetables) ½ cup minced pork or ground beef 2 roots green onion 1 tbsp soy sauce ¼ onion 1 clove garlic 1 egg Vegetable or olive oil 1/2 cup of red pepper and mushroom Salt & pepper Cooking Directions Cook rice as directed in a rice cooker or in a pot. Chop kimchi into small pieces. Save kimchi liquid to add to rice, if desired. Dice and mince green onions, onions, and garlic. Season the minced pork or beef with soy sauce, minced garlic and powdered pepper. Sauté the pork (or other substitutes) with vegetable or olive oil in frying pan. When the pork is cooked, add chopped onions, kimchi and cook for 5 minutes. Add minced garlic and green onion. Add in red pepper and mushroom. Add cooked rice and mix all ingredients well. Add 1-2 tbsp of sesame oil and re-heat again. Add salt and pepper to meet taste. Cook egg sunny side up (or scrambled). Put rice on a dish and place a fried egg sunny side up on top.

Enjoy !