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Winged Bean Stir-Fry with Chicken (Spicy)

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Winged Bean Stir-Fry with Chicken (Spicy)

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(YIELD: Makes 1-2 servings)

Ingredients:

• Winged bean (cut into 1/2 – diagonal) – 400 grams
• Ground chicken – 80 grams
• Chili (sambal) – 1 tablespoon
• Garlic (finely chopped) – 1 clove
• Chili padi (finely chopped) – 1 chili
• Oil – 1 tablespoon

Seasoning

• Chicken stock or water – 1/4 cup
• Soy sauce – 1 teaspoon
• Brown sugar – 1/2 teaspoon
• Sea salt – a pinch
• Fish sauce – 2 teaspoons

Marinade

• Sea salt – 1/2 teaspoon
• Oil – 1 teaspoon

 

Instructions:

1. In a bowl, combine marinade ingredients together and add in ground chicken. Mix everything together and marinade for 1 hour or overnight. Set aside.

2. Place the saucepan over medium-high heat and add oil, heat until hot. Add in garlic and chili padi, stir-fry for 1 minute until fragrant. Stir in chicken and fry for 1-2 minutes, then add in chili (sambal). Combined everything together for 1-2 minutes.

3. Then, add winged beans, stir for 1-2 minutes. Add the seasoning mixture and stir fry until well combined for another 1-2 minutes. Transfer to a serving plate.

4. Serve warm with steamed rice.

 

 

Fried Tempeh & Tofu

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Fried Tempeh & Tofu

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(YIELD: Makes 2 servings)

Ingredients:

• Tempeh (cut into cube size) – 1 block
• Firm tofu (cut into triangle) – 2 blocks *square size tofu
• Oil – 1/3 cup

Marinade

• Turmeric powder – 2 1/2 teaspoons
• Curry powder – 1 teaspoon
• Sea salt – 1 teaspoon

 

Instructions:

1. In a bowl, combine marinade ingredients together and add tempeh & tofu. Mix everything together and marinade for 1 hour or overnight. Set aside.

2. Place the saucepan over medium-high heat and add oil, heat until hot. Add in tempeh and tofu, fry for 1 minute then turn over and fry for another minute. Remove and transfer to a serving plate.

3. Serve with any sambal (chili sauce).

 

Chinese Steamed Eggs

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Chinese Steamed Eggs

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(YIELD: Makes 2 servings)

Ingredients:

• Medium eggs (size B) – 4 eggs
• Salted egg (cooked & diced) – 1 egg

Seasoning

• Water – 1 cup
• Soy sauce – 2 teaspoons
• White pepper – a dash
• Sea salt – a pinch

 

Instructions:

1. In a bowl, cracked 4 eggs and beat the egg with a fork.

2. Then, add the seasoning mixture slowly in the egg and beat the egg lightly.

3. Pour the egg through a fine mesh strainer and repeat for 2 times.

4. Set the steamer, bring the water to a boiling and then reduce the heat to low-heat. Pour the egg mixture into a steaming dish about 1 1/2 inch (height) and place it in the steamer.

5. Steam for 3 minutes, until the egg is just set. Remove the steaming dish from steamer.

6. Scatter diced century egg evenly on top of the egg layer. Pour the remaining egg mixture on top of the century egg.

7. Cover the steaming dish with aluminum foil and place it back to the steamer again. Steam on high-heat for about 10-12 minutes or until the egg just set.

8. Remove from the steamer and garnish with spring onion.

9. Serve warm with steamed rice.

 

Nyonya Turmeric Chicken

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Nyonya Turmeric Chicken

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(YIELD: Makes 1-2 servings)

Ingredients:

• Chicken thighs or drumsticks (cut into pieces) – 1-2 thigh / drumstick
• Shallot (thinly slice) – 5 shallots
• Garlic (mince) – 2 garlic
• Ginger (thinly slice) – 30 grams
• Lemongrass (bruise the lemongrass) – 2 stalks
• Brown sugar – 1 1/2 teaspoon
• Sea salt – 1 teaspoon
• Vegetable oil – 1 1/2 tablespoon
• Water – 1/2 cup

For pounding or blending (paste)

• Fresh turmeric – 50 grams
• Lemongrass (finely chop) – 2-3 stalks
• Ginger (chopped) – 30 grams
• Chili padi – 3 – 4 chilies *optional

Marinade

• Sea salt – 2 teaspoons

 

Instructions:

1. In a bowl, add marinade ingredients in the chicken, combined everything together and marinade for 1 hour or overnight. Set aside.

2. In a pestle and mortar or blender, blend all the ingredients for blending or pounding together until it forms a paste. Remove and set aside.

3. Place the saucepan over medium-high heat and add vegetable oil heat until hot. Add the shallot, stirring frequently with a wooden spatula for about a minute then add the ginger and garlic. Stir everything together until fragrant for another minute.

4. Add lemongrass and turmeric paste, stir fry until smell aromatic for about 1-2 minutes.

5. Then, add in the marinated chicken, stir everything together until evenly coated for about a minute. Add sugar, sea salt & water, cover with a lid and allow it to simmer on low-heat until the chicken is cooked for about 6-8 minutes. You can add more water if prefer to have more gravy. Dish up in a serving plate.

6. Serve warm with steamed rice & fried egg.

Miso Soup with Somen Noodles

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Miso Soup with Somen Noodles

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(YIELD: Makes 1 serving)

Ingredients:

• Somen noodles – 1 bundle
• Instant miso (store bought) – 1 packet
• Dried wakame seaweed – 1 1/2 tablespoons
• Dried shiitake mushrooms (soaked & slice thinly) – 3 mushrooms
• Chicken breast (cut into slice) – 30 grams
• Prawn (peeled & deveined) – 30 grams
• Spring onion (snip into 1 cm) – 1 stalk
• Toasted sesame seeds – 1/4 teaspoon
• Light soy sauce – 1 teaspoon
• Water – 2 1/2 cups
• Egg – 1 egg

Marinade

• Sesame oil – 1/2 teaspoon
• Soy sauce – 1/2 teaspoon

 

Instructions:

1. In a bowl, combine marinade ingredients together and add in chicken slice. Mix everything together and set aside.

2. In a separate bowl, soak dried shiitake mushrooms in hot water for about 10 minutes or until softened. Squeeze out excess water and using a scissor or knife, cut the stems from the softened mushrooms. Then cut a thin slice of the mushrooms.

3. In another separate bowl, soak dried wakame seaweed with 1/2 cup hot water for a minute or until soften. Remove and set aside.

4. Bring a pot of water to boil over medium heat, cook somen noodles according to package directions. Drain somen with a sieve and place the cooked somen in a serving bowl.

5. In a pan, heat pan over low-heat. Add shiitake mushrooms and saute for about 5-6 minutes until the mushrooms appear dry. Add soy sauce and stir-fry for about a minute. Dish up and set aside.

6. Pour water in the same pan, place over medium heat and bring to a gentle boil. Add marinated chicken slice and prawn in the water and allow it to cook for 2-3 minutes.

7. Add in instant miso, give a stir for about 20 seconds. Then, add in soaked wakame seaweed and boil for 1-2 minutes.

8. Ladle the soup over the somen noodles. Garnish with hard-boiled egg, spring onion & toasted sesame seeds.

 

Stir-Fry Spinach with Chicken & Egg

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Stir-Fry Spinach with Chicken & Egg

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(YIELD: Makes 1-2 servings)

Ingredients:

• Chicken breast (cut into thin cutlets) – 60 grams
• Spinach (cut into 2-inch) – 1 bunch
• Egg (lightly beaten) – 1 egg
• Garlic (finely chopped) – 1 clove
• Bird’s eye chili (finely chopped) – 1 chili
• Oil – 1 1/2 tablespoon

Seasoning

• Oyster sauce – 2 teaspoons
• Fish sauce – 2 teaspoons

Marinade

• Sea salt – 1/2 teaspoon
• Oil – 1/2 teaspoon

 

Instructions:

1. In a bowl, combine marinade ingredients together and add in chicken cutlet. Mix everything together and marinade for 1 hour or overnight. Set aside.

2. Place the saucepan over medium-high heat and add 1 tablespoon of oil heat until hot. Pour in the egg, wait for the egg to set about 1 minute. Then break it into pieces with a spatula, stir fry for another 20 seconds until fragrant. Set aside.

3. Add 1/2 teaspoon oil into the pan, stir in the garlic and chili, stir-fry for 1 minute over medium-high heat.

4. Add the marinated chicken in the pan and stir fry for 2-3 minutes. Then, add the spinach, stir for 1 minute until the leaves are almost wilted.

5. Stir in the seasoning (oyster and fish sauces), stir fry everything together until evenly coated for about a minute. Add in fried egg and stir for another 20 seconds. Dish up in a serving plate.

6. Serve warm with steamed rice.

Thai-Style Steamed Salmon Fish

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Thai-Style Steamed Salmon Fish

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(YIELD: Makes 2 servings)

Ingredients:

• Salmon fish – 2 fillets
• Lemongrass (remove & discard the first few outer layers, and then cut into 2 pieces) – 4-5 stalks

Seasoning sauce

• Chicken stock – 1/2 cup
• Palm sugar (finely chopped) or brown sugar – 1 1/2 tablespoons
• Lime juice – 2 tablespoons (about 4 limes)
• Fish sauce – 2 tablespoons
• Garlic (finely chopped) – 4 cloves
• Bird’s eye chili (finely chopped) – 6-7 chilies
• Cilantro (chopped) – 1/3 cup

 

Instructions:

1. Pour water in a pot and bring to boil over high heat. Add a stainless steel steam ring in the center of the pot and allow it to boil for about 1-2 minutes.

2. Then place lemongrass under the salmon fish on a heatproof plate that is both large enough to accommodate it and will also fit inside the pot.

3. Place the plate holding the fish in the steamer, cover and steam for about 8 – 10 minutes, depending on the size of your fish.

4. While the fish is steaming, in a saucepan, heat the chicken stock until comes to a boil about a minute. Reduce heat to low and put in the palm sugar, stir in the sugar until completely dissolved.

5. Pour the mixture in a bowl, add in lime juice, fish sauce, garlic, bird’s eye chili and cilantro. Give it a stir until everything combine together. Set aside.

6. When the fish is ready, carefully remove the plate from the steamer and pour off any accumulate liquid. Drizzle the seasoning sauce mixture over the fish and serve immediately.

 

Egg Tofu with Tempeh

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Egg Tofu with Tempeh

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(YIELD: Makes 1 serving)

Ingredients:

• Egg tofu (cut into 1-inch thickness) – 1 tube
• Pork (thinly sliced) – 1/4 cup
• Tempeh block (cut into stripe) – 1 cup
• Green Chili paste (store bought) – 3 tablespoons
• Shallot (thinly sliced) – 2 shallots
• Brown sugar – 1 1/2 teaspoons
• Water – 1/4 cup
• Vegetable oil – 1/3 cup

Marinade for pork slice

• Vegetable oil – 1 teaspoon
• Sea salt – 1/4 teaspoon

Marinade for tempeh

• Turmeric powder – 1 tablespoons
• Sea salt – 1/2 teaspoon

 

Instructions:

1. In a bowl, combine marinade ingredients together and add in pork sliced. Mix everything together and set aside.

2. Pat each piece of the egg tofu dry with a paper towel and coat with corn starch. Set aside.

3. Place the saucepan over medium-high heat and add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil heat until hot.

4. Pan-fry the egg tofu on both sides until golden brown, transfer to a serving plate.

5. In the same pan, heat pan over medium-high heat, add the remaining vegetable oil. Fry tempeh for about 1-2 minutes or until crispy. Dish up to a plate.

6. Leaving about 1/2 teaspoons of oil over medium-heat, add shallots and stir-fry for a minute. Then, add in green chili paste and brown sugar and stir for 1-2 minutes.

7. Next, add in pork sliced into the chili paste, stir-fry everything together and slowly add in water. Allow it to cook for about 4-5 minutes or until cook through. Stir in the fried tempeh, give it a quick stir to evenly coat for 20 seconds.

8. Ladle the chili mixture over the egg tofu.

9. Serve warm with steamed rice.

 

Tofu Stir-Fry with Minced Pork

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Tofu Stir-Fry with Minced Pork

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(YIELD: Makes 1-2 servings)

Ingredients:

• Firm tofu (cut into cube, 1-inch thickness) – 1 block
• Ground pork – 80 grams
• Spring onion (the green part – cut into 2-inch) – 1 stalk
• Spring onion (the white part – thinly slice) – 5 slices
• Garlic (mince) – 1 clove
• Vegetable oil – 2 tablespoons

Seasoning

• Chicken broth or water – 3 tablespoons
• Abalone sauce – 1 tablespoon
• Soy sauce – 1 1/2 teaspoon
• Dark soy sauce – 1/2 teaspoon

Marinade

• Shaoxing wine (cooking wine) – 2 teaspoons
• Sea salt – 1/2 teaspoon
• Black pepper (grind) – a pinch
• Cornstarch – 1 teaspoon

 

Instructions:

1. In a bowl, combine marinade ingredients together and add in ground chicken. Mix everything together and set aside.

2. Cut the firm tofu into cubes and soak in salt (1/2 teaspoon) water for about 10 minutes. Drain the water and pat each piece of the tofu dry with a paper towel. Set aside.

3. Place the saucepan over medium-high heat and add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, heat until hot.

4. Pan-fry the tofu on both sides until golden brown, it may take about 5-8 minutes. Transfer to a serving plate.

5. In the same pan, heat pan over medium-high heat, leaving about 1 teaspoon oil. Add in garlic and spring onion white part, sauté for about a minute. Then add in marinated ground pork, stir fry for 2-3 minutes.

6. Next, add in the fried tofu and all the seasoning sauce, then add in chicken broth or water. Cover with a lid and allow it to simmer on low-heat for about 4-5 minutes.

7. Add spring onion green part and give it a quick stir until everything combine for about 20 seconds. Transfer to a serving plate.

8. Serve warm with steamed rice.