Braised pork and potatoes

Its been a while. Its interesting to see that my vistors found this recipe blog through searching for me, rather than searching for recipes. None the less.

Here's a really yummy and simple recipe taken off Hochiak!

Marinate 250g cubed Pork cutlet with:
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
pepper
1 tsp cornstarch
2 tbsp dark soy sauce

for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, thinly slice 3 medium potatoes and fry them - set aside.

Fry: 2 cloves chopped garlic for 2 minutes,
Toss pork in - 5 minutes
Add 1/4 c hot water after sugar caramalizes. Stir in potatoes.
Cover, simmer for 5 minutes and serve.

Hainanese Chicken Rice

How can I forget? and I am hainanese. For it to be truly enjoyable, you must make the sauces as well. It may look daunting but really, its a repetition of the ingredients and steps.

1.
Being to boil enough water in to cover 1 chicken. Rub salt onto the chicken, stuff it with 1 inch piece of ginger, 5 garlic cloves slightly smashed and 1/4 tsp salt.

Put chicken breast down in, lower heat and cook for about 25 minutes uncovered. and then turn off the flame and cover the pot. Let it steep for another 25 minutes.

2.
Meanwhile, wash 2 cups of long grain rice and leave to dry on a towel.
Prepare the ingredients needed for the rice: 3cm ginger grated, 3 garlic cloves grated.

Spoon a little water into the wok and add chicken fat in. Let the fat boil out then discard the chicken skin. Add the garlic and ginger without burning. Add the dried rice in and coat with the oil. Salt it. Place into a rice cooker pot.

3. The chicken should be done. take it out and dunk into a bucket of ice water.
Transfer the required amount of the chicken stock made into the rice cooker pot. Cook rice.

4. Make Chilli sauce: Blend/pound
5 chillies
1 cm giner
2 garlic cloves
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 tsp lime juice
1 tbsp chicken stock

5. Make Ginger sauce: Blend
2 inch ginger
3 garlic cloves
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp lime juice
1 tbsp chicken stock.

6. Make sauce of chicken:
1 tbsp garlic oil
1 tsp sesame oil
5 tbsp soy suace
1.5 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp chicken stock

7.
Chop up the chicken, lay it on chopped cucumbers and pour chicken sauce over.
Garnish with coriander. Serve with chilli sauce, ginger sauce and chicken flavoured rice.


Suggestion: Serve with Beansprouts with salted fish

Bean (Mung) sprouts with salted fish

The simple things..Yum
I went by feel, so bear with me.

Heat up some oil in a wok, add 1 clove of garlic, chopped up.

Add in 4 x 6 cm piece of salted fish, cut up. Fry until fragrant.

Add in 2.5 handful of Beansprouts, 1 tbsp of oyster sauce and a dash of soy sauce. (Its probably safe to say 1 tsp)

Stir fry - but not for too long, you want it crunchy. Serve!

Ayam Bakar (Barbequed Chicken)

This serves 4 hungry male students as part of a meal. Junyi told me I outdid myself with this dish today. Actually, this recipe has been taken off the Chinese Woman Association Cookbook sold in Singapore for Charity Purposes. Good stuff.

You need 1kg worth of Chicken Thighs, bone in. Marinate this for 30 minutes in:
2 tbsp Kecap Manis (Sweet Soya Sauce)
2 tbsp palm sugar, chopped
4 Kaffir Lime Leaves, shredded.

Make this Rempah with Motar and Pestle (the old fashioned way :) )
8 shallots
5 candle nuts (or Buah Keras as you might know it)
6 dried little red chillis, softend by soaking in hot water for 10 minutes.
2 garlic cloves.

Now to make the Sambal:
Saute 1 sliced onion until soft, add Rempah and stir fry for a short while.
Add 2 stalks of lemon grass, bruised. finally, 200ml of water.
Cook until it has reduced. Set aside.

Grill the chicken. Add 1 tbsp oil to the remaining marinade and use it to baste the chicken every now and then.

When the chicken is cooked, top with sambal and serve with rice.



For dessert, consider stewed bananas in coconut milk. Yum.

Wasabi Mayonnaise

2 tbsp Wasabi
8 tbsp Mayonnaise
0.5 tbsp lemon juice
2 tsp sugar

Heat the lemon juice slightly and dilute sugar in it.

Then blend them all away, Serve with fried wantons, buttermilk calamari or anything you fancy.

The best steamed egg

Serves 3 people as a complement to other dishes.

Marinate 250g minced pork with
1 tsp soy sauce
0.5 tsp sesame oil
0.5 tsp white pepper
1 tsp fresh coriander
1 tbsp minced ginger
1.5 tsp cornstarch
1 tbsp spring onions, chopped fine

In a seperate bowl, whip:

2 large eggs
0.5 cup stock
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp oil
1 tbsp spring onions, chopped

Pour egg mix over meat and skim bubbles.

Place in steamer on med high heat for 10 minutes. Turn heat off and let settle in there for 5 min.

Honey Ricotta Cheesecake

I have to share this. I had no camera to take a picture, but this recipe is really good. Its taken off Giada De Laurentiis.

Preheat oven to 350 deg F.

Grind 8 oz biscotti, add 8 tbsp melted butter, mix it up well. Press onto the bottom of a springform pan and bake for 15 minutes or golden. Cool it completely.

Meanwhile, Blend 12 oz ricotta cheese (drained) until smooth, add 2 8-oz packages of cream cheese and 3/4 cup sugar. Blend.
Add 1/4 cup orange blossom honey and 1 tbsp of orange zest. Blend.
Add 4 large eggs and pulse until blended.

Pour the cheese mixture over the crust. Put springform pan into a large roasting pan filled with hot water. Make sure water comes up to half the springform pan.

Bake for 1hr 5mins.

Cool for 1 hour outside then refridgerate for 8 hours or up to 2 days.