Showing posts with label Chicken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicken. Show all posts
Monday 29 October 2012
3 New Seah's Spices - Kung Pao Spices, Singapore Noodles Spices And Singapore Fried Rice Spices
Even though I love to use fresh ingredients and herbs in my daily cooking but sometime I do have packets of instant sauce, spices, food and etc in my kitchen pantry to stock up for days where I just wish to cook simple and yet decent dishes for the family.
In this post, I am trying out some pre-packed spices which were given by SEAH'S Spices to test out their new products. And as a fan's of SEAH'S Spices especially their Bak Kuet Teh (recipe) and Emperor Herbal Chicken Spices (recipe) which are our family favourite, I am more than willing to try out their new spices. Each of these spices above has it's own distinctive flavour which you could incorporate it into your daily cooking to impress your loved one with local delight at the ease of home dining. And also most importantly these spices are with "NO added preservatives and colourings" as well as "NO added MSG". SEAH'S KUNG PAO SPICES Ingredients: 2. Preheat Happy Call Pan (HCP) and lightly oil with 1/2 tablespoon of oil. Arrange chicken pieces in the pan, cover and cook for 4. Add in 1 Tablespoon of oil to the pan, stir-fry onion, chillies and spring onion till fragrant. 5. Stir in the meat and spices and continue to cook for another 6. Drizzle white vinegar and wine mixture together on the cooked chicken, give it a quick toss and serve hot with steamed rice. SEAH'S SINGAPORE NOODLES SPICES Ingredients: 2. Meanwhile preheat wok/frying pan with 1/2 tablespoon oil, pour in the beaten eggs to the centre of the pan, tilting the pan so that the eggs spread out evenly over the bottom. 3. Cook until the eggs have set on the bottom, using a spatula flip it over and cook on the other side for a minute or two till set. Remove and set aside till cool before slicing it into egg strips. 4. Stir in vegetables and continue to cook till vegetables is soften and prawns are cooked through. 5. Toss in cooked noodles and Seah's Noodles Spices evenly over the mixture and stir-fry for 6. Lastly turn off the heat, stir-in char siew and egg strips. Divide noodles on serving plates and serve hot. SEAH'S SINGAPORE FRIED RICE SPICES To my surprised, Seah's Singapore Fried Rice Spices does not taste any similar to those fried rice from the Cze Char stall but rather it taste quiet similar to Nasi Goreng. Ingredients: Method: 2. Add oil in preheat wok, saute garlic till fragrant before stirring in the mixed frozen vegetables and cook for 3. Add cooked rice and continue to stir-fry for 4. Gradually add in Seah's spices into the fried rice according to your taste (you might not need the whole packet), stir well, drizzle some cooking wine and continue to stir-fry for another 5. Remove, garnish with prepared sausages, egg and etc shown above. Serve hot. Lastly I would like to thank Seah's Spices for sending us these For more information and updates on SEAH'S Products, you could check out their facebook page HERE. Like their page to receive latest promotion and updates too.
As most of you would known, Seah's spices is 100% locally made in Singapore since 1991 and it is also a leading local brand which is available in all supermarkets and provision stores in Singapore. Recently Seah's Spices has launched 3 NEW spices packet which are Singapore Noodles Spices, Singapore Fried Rice Spices and Kung Pao Spices.
Out of the 3 given spices, I am more interested in their Kung Pao Spices which comes in "powder" form instead of the usual "pre-mixed sauce" that are available in the supermarket. According to the cooking instructions given, the chicken has to be deep-fried before mixing with the spices but for my case on a healthier version I just pan-fried the chicken using Happy Call Pan.
(Serves: 2 - 3 | Preparation: 10 minutes | Cooking: 20 minutes)
1/2 Portion of Chicken, chopped into pieces
1 Medium Brown Onion, cut into wages
6 Dried Chilli, pre-soak in hot water till soften
1 Stalk Spring Onion, cut into sections
Some Red and Green Chilli (optional), sliced
1 Tablespoon Cooking Oil
1/2 Tablespoon White Vinegar
1 Tablespoon Rice Wine
1 Packet of Seah's Kung Pao Spices
Method:-
1. Coat and marinate chicken pieces with Seah's spices from the "White Coloured Sachet" found in the packet for about 2 minutes.
3. Removed the chicken, coat it evenly with the spices from the "Red Coloured Sachet" and set side.
At first when I look at the Noodles Spices I thought it was Singapore Chao Mian Spices. Whenever I order noodles from the Cze Char stall, I would always go for either fried noodles or fried bee hoon if I am not having my usual Fried Hor Fun (fried rice noodles). But now with Seah's new Singapore Noodles Spices I could use it on different types of noodles or even pasta to create new dishes with distinctive Singapore flavour.
(Serves: 4 | Preparation: 10 minutes | Cooking: 15 minutes)
500g Fresh Noodles or 3 Pieces Instant Noodles
200g Chinese Cabbage, sliced
100g Char Siew (BBQ pork), diced
8 - 10 Prawns, shelled and devein
2 Eggs, lightly beaten
1 Medium Brown Onion, sliced
1 Stalk Spring Onion, cut into section
1 Red Chilli, sliced
Method:-
1. Bring a pot of water to boil, blanched or cook noodles according, rinse, drain well and set aside.
3. Next add in another 1/2 Tablespoon of oil, saute onion, spring onion, chilli and prawns together till it is slightly pink in colour.
Since I am not a fan of "fried rice" I don't really get any fried rice spices for my pantry. Even if I would to cook fried rice, it would be just using simple seasoning such as light/dark soy sauce with some frozen mixed vegetables or egg.
(Serves: 4 | Preparation: 10 minutes | Cooking: 5 minutes)
1 Packet of Seah's Singapore Fried Rice Spices
800g Cooked Rice, around 2.5 rice cooker cup uncooked rice
1/2 Cup Frozen Mixed Vegetables
2 Garlic Cloves, crashed
2 Tablespoons Cooking Oil
Some Cooking Wine
Some chopped Spring Onion
12 Japanese Chicken Sausages
4 Eggs
1. Boiled or Grilled the sausages, set aside. Fry sunny side-up eggs individually and set aside too.
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Labels:Asian Noodle Dish,Asian Poultry Dish,Asian Rice Dish,Chicken,Fried Rice,Happy Call Pan,Happy Call Pan Dishes,Kung Pao Chicken,Noodles,Product Reviews,Seah's Spices
Wednesday 10 October 2012
Huiji Double-boiled Chicken Essence
Year end school exam is around the corner and I believe most of the parents as just as stress as their kids who are going to take the exam. And often during this period, bottled chicken essence is always something mum would give to the kids to keep them alert as well as nourishing their fatigue body. Although bottled chicken essence might be convenience, but as a mum we always wanted something better for our kid(s) so I am sure we won't mind taking the time to prepare our own
Chicken Essence which is full of goodness. HUIJI DOUBLE-BOILED CHICKEN ESSENCE Ingredients: 2. If you don't have a stewing pot for double-boiled, you could use a small porcelain rice bowl, over turn it and place in a double-boiler pot (shown above). 3. Scatter the wolfberries around the bowl, if using. Place the prepared chicken meat on and around the bowl (refer to the photo above). 4. Cover the double-boiler. Place it into the slow-cooker. Add water to almost 3/4 full in the slow-cooker and cook on AUTO mode for about 5. When done, pour soup on serving bowl. Stir in If you like to try other recipe using Huiji Waist tonic you could check out my Steamed Drunken Prawn recipe HERE.
If Chinese herbs is not accessible in your areas or you don't really know the quantity to add, perhaps you could add a cup (20ml, huiji measuring cup) of Huiji Waist Tonic like what I did. Huiji Waist Tonic is good in a way because it is alcohol free plus it consists of a few types of marvelous Chinese Herbs such as Cordyceps (冬蟲草) which helps to tonify the lungs and kidneys, arrest bleeding and dissolve phlegm. Du Zhong (杜仲) helps to tonify the liver and kidney that suits everyone in the family.
Chicken Essence is the Chicken Juice gathered from double-boiled the prepared chicken after 3 - 4 hours of cooking time. It has a lot of nutritional values which helps to restore physical strength, replenish body fluid lost through childbirth, illness or stress. On top of it by adding extra Huiji Waist Tonic to the chicken essence it also helps to benefit those individual which has fatigue body, lack of sleep or weakness caused by illnesses.
(Serves: 1 | Preparation: 10 minutes | Cooking: 3 - 4 hours)
3 Chicken Breast / 1 Kampong Chicken
1 Cup (20ml, using huiji measuring cup) Huiji Waist Tonic
8 Pieces Wolfberries, optional
Method:-
1. Trim and remove the skin and fats on the chicken parts used. Next pound the chicken meat using a mallet (shown above) or back of a chopper till soft and tender.
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Labels:Chicken,Chicken Essence,Huiji,Huiji Waist Tonic,Soup ~ Double-boiled (炖汤),Wellness,汇集补腰精
Thursday 4 October 2012
Cactus Chicken Soup
Recently I spotted some beautiful Fresh Cactus at a supermarket near my area. At first I have mistaken it as "aloe vera" due to it colour but upon closer look and some detail explanations from one of their promoter me and friends begin to show interests in it.
We both tried the "cactus soup" which was prepared by the promoter and it indeed taste great with just 3 simple ingredients such as "cactus, chicken and honey dates". To our surprise the soup taste
80 - 85% close to the normal Black Chicken Herbal Soup which has a after taste that is similar to "ginseng". So without hesitate we each bought a pieces of the fresh cactus to make our Cactus Chicken Soup. CACTUS CHICKEN SOUP Ingredients: 2. Trim, clean and blanched chicken in boiling water, rinse and set aside. 3. Bring 4. Season with salt and simmer for another 5. ALTERNATIVELY you could transfer all the ingredients to a slow cooker and cook on AUTO heat for about
From a given leaflet and website of Kin Yan Aagrotech where these local fresh cactus is grown, it shows that eating Cactus helps to promote good digestive system, improve immunity, strengthen bones and joints, detoxification of the body system and etc.
(Serves: 4 | Preparation: 10 minutes | Cooking: 1.5 - 2 hours)
400g - 500g of Organic Fresh Cactus
1 Kampong Chicken
2 Pieces Honey Dates
1.5 Litres of Water
1. Scrubbed, washed and cut the cactus into rectangle shown above with half portion skin remained unpeeled.
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Labels:Cactus,Chicken,Soup ~ Long Stewed (老火汤),仙人掌
Friday 28 September 2012
4 Quick Recipes On Soup And Dishes
Weekend is approaching and I am sure most full-time working mothers are looking forward to prepare some quick and easy nutritious dishes for the family during weekend lunch or dinner. In this post, I would be sharing
4 quick recipes(2 soup, 2 main dish) to inspire your weekend cooking for the family.
Since working mum has a lot of household chores to take care during weekend, I specially pick up dishes that required minimum preparation time and use "steaming" instead of "stir-fry" to avoid oily kitchen stove. So I am sure these 4 simple soup and steamed dishes would come in handy for your weekend meal ideas.
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Labels:#CookForFamily,Asian Pork Dish,Asian Poultry Dish,Asian Steamed Dish,Chicken,Cordyceps Militaris,Ginseng (人参),Herbal Soup,Mui Choy (梅菜),Soup ~ Double-boiled (炖汤),Weekday Meal Planner
Monday 10 September 2012
{6 New Recipes} Lunch Gathering At My Place
Recently I have invited a few foodie friends over for a lunch gathering and I was quiet nervous about what to include on that day's menu. To be frankly this is my very first time cooking so many dishes within 2.5 hours to serve
10 person. And the stress level is pretty "high" on my end as most of invited are "food bloggers" who tried many delicious food from all over the restaurants and cafes. BAKED ROSEMARY HONEY CHICKEN MID-JOINTS BAKED SALMON WITH SWEETCORN, TOMATO AND CHEESE Ingredients: 2. Evenly scatter sweetcorn kernel and tomato on the salmon cubes and top with shredded mozzarella cheese. 3. Bake prepared salmon in an oven toaster or preheat FRIED CP GYOZA AND FISHBALLS OKARA OMELETTE RED WINE LEES CHICKEN Ingredients: 2. Add marinated chicken pieces (lightly season it with 1 teaspoon each of cornflour, sesame oil and light soya for 3 - 5 minutes) and stir-fry until the chicken is cooked on the surface. 3. Add in red wine less, dark soy sauce and fry for a few seconds before pouring in the glutinous rice wine. Stir well. Cover with lid and let it simmer on low heat for about 8 minutes. 4. Next add rock sugar for sweetness as well as enhance a beautiful glazed finish. Simmer with lid closed for another 8 - 10 minutes or until the chicken is cooked. 5. Turn off heat, drizzle one tablespoons of Hua Diao Jiu (紹興花雕酒) and splash of sesame oil for extra fragrance and taste. 6. Garnish coriander and serve with steamed white rice. STEAMED CHICKEN WITH RICE WINE Ingredients: Method:- 2. Place marinated chicken together with the rest of the ingredient in a steaming bowl or wrapped it up in aluminum foil with baking paper that resemble a parcel. 3. Steamed over medium heat using either stove or electrical steamer for about 30 - 45 minutes till meat is tender. ~ You can use either fresh or dried shiitake mushroom according to your preference. STEAMED DRUNKEN PRAWNS Ingredients: 2.Top the balance shredded ginger, spring onion, wolfberries and rice wine over prawns and let it soaked for about 3. Steam over medium high heat using either stove or electrical steamer for about 4. When done, remove and drizzle Huiji Waist Tonic (汇集补腰精) over it and serve immediately. STEAMED EGG WITH SALTED FISH MEATBALLS Ingredients: Seasoning: Method:- 2. Divide the marinated minced meat into small portions to form meatballs. 3. Arrange them on steaming plate and set aside while preparing the egg mixture. 4. Whisk eggs for a few seconds, add in water and mix till well combined. 5. Strained egg mixture into the prepared meatballs plate, cover with aluminum foil and steam over medium low heat for about 6. Garnish with some fried shallot and spring onion before serving. STEAMED FISH FILLET WITH KIWIFRUITS Surprisingly the kiwifruits taste slightly sweet and sour and it indeed flavour the fish and sauce of this dish. Very appetizing dish that worth trying. Ingredients: 2. Steam it over medium using stove or electrical steamer for about STEAMED TOFU WITH MINCED MEAT Ingredients A: 2. Cut tofu into circles and arrange on steaming plate, top each slices of tofu evenly with the marinaded meat mixture. 3. Place some wolfberry and coriander leave on the prepared tofu, drizzle 1 teaspoon of light soy sauce around the tofu. 4. Steamed for 5. Garnish with some chopped spring onion, coriander leave or fried shallot and serve immediately.
And although this is a casual lunch gathering, I still hope to receive honest feedback on my cooking in order to fine tune my skills not only to cook for my family but for friends who loves food as well. So during the lunch, everyone exchanged views and comments on the food and I am glad everyone enjoys the dishes. Below are a few new recipes of the dishes we had on that day which you might be interested to try at home. Menu For The Lunch Gathering!
This is one of my favourite potluck dish which is very easy to prepare. What you need to do is to marinate it with rosemary, honey and etc before leaving it in the fridge overnight or at least an hour or two. Instead of baking it in the oven, you could also use it as one of the BBQ items too. Recipe can be found HERE.Photo Credit: Celes from Celestial Delish
In our household, our favourite way to prepare salmon is to bake it together with lots of shredded cheese, sweetcorn and Japanese Mayonnaise. We love the creamy taste of the mayonnaise and cheese covering the crunchy sweetcorn kernels and juicy salmon cubes. Occasionally I would also throw in some cherry tomato to enhance the flavour.
(Serves: 2-3 | Preparation: 10 minutes | Cooking: 20 minutes)
Method:-
1. Arrange salmon cubes on a baking plate, top with generous amount of Japanese mayonnaise and sprinkler some freshly ground black pepper on it. Tip:
~ If cherry tomato is not available, you can replace it with a tomato and cut it into wedges.
CP Chicken Gyoza with Lime and Chilli Mayonnaise Sauce is one of my "new" recipes which I have collaborated with CP Frozen Food for their new Chicken Gyoza. Recipe will be available on their website or recipe cards soon.Photo Credit: Celes from Celestial Delish
Using the left over Okara (soybean residues) filtered from my Homemade Organic Soybean Milk to prepare this simple and yet delicious "Okara Omelette" for the guest. Recipe can be found HERE.
Red Wine Lee Chicken is one of the popular dishes taken during confinement. It is prepared using glutinous rice wine, red wine lee and Ginger. Ginger is use to enhance the fragrance of this dish as well it posses warm and healthy properties which can “expel winds” in the body. Whereas wine is helpful in warming and nourishing the body, which promotes blood circulation. (Serves: 2 | Preparation: 10 minutes | Cooking: 20 minutes)
Method:-
1. Heat up a wok or claypot with 2 tablespoons of sesame oil. Add ginger and fry them till fragrant and slightly brown.
Steamed Chicken With Rice Wine is one of quick and easy dishes that I learnt from my friend, Tracy during one of my visit to her place. You could prepared everything ahead and put it in the fridge a few hours before steaming to let the rice wine and ginger taste infused into the chicken. We simply love this dish and especially the "wine" taste gravy which is the a "nutritious" chicken broth. (Serves: 2 | Preparation: 10 minutes | Cooking: 30 - 45 minutes)
Marinade:
1/2 Tablespoon of Fresh Ginger Juice
1/4 Teaspoon of Salt
1. Trim, clean and pat dry chicken pieces, marinate it with ginger juice and salt for 5 minutes.Tip:
~ If glutinous rice wine is not available, you can replace it 100ml of Cooking Wine - Hua Diao Jiu (紹興花雕酒).
There are a few methods to prepare "Drunken Prawns" where you could soaked the prawns in either cooking wine, rice wine or drinking liquor like XO to draw the flavour of the prawns. Here as I wanted to retain the sweetness and flavour of the prawns, I soaked it with glutinous rice wine and steamed till cooked before I drizzle some "Huiji Waist Tonic (汇集补腰精)" to further enhance the taste.(Serves: 2-3 | Preparation: 15 minutes | Cooking: 7 - 10 minutes)
Method:-
1.Trim the feelers of prawns, rise and arrange on a deep steaming plate with some shredded ginger and spring onion below.Tip:
~ If glutinous rice wine is not available, you can replace it 50ml of Cooking Wine - Hua Diao Jiu (紹興花雕酒).
It has being long since I last made this dish because I can't really make good steamed egg custard which look "smooth" without big pocket holes (like those shown above). But this is indeed one of my favourite childhood dish that my dad used to cook for us. I love the salted fish fragrant and taste from the meatballs which contrast well with the egg custard.
(Serves: 2-3 | Preparation: 15 minutes | Cooking: 10 - 12 minutes)
100g Minced Pork/Chicken Meat
20g (1/4 portion) Mackerel Salted Fish
2 Eggs (55g)
160ml Drinking Water
1/4 Teaspoon Cornflour1/2 Teaspoon Sesame Oil
1/2 Teaspoon Light Soy Sauce / Fish Sauce
1/4 Teaspoon Ground Pepper
1/4 Teaspoon Sugar
1. Marinate minced meat with chopped salted fish and seasoning together for about 10 minutes or an hour more in the fridge for better flavour.
You might be wondering how is the taste of this dish and is it worth "experimenting" this recipe on your fish. To be more simplify, this "Steamed Fish Fillet With Kiwifruits" taste just like "Teochew" style steamed fish with either salted vegetables or preserved plum.
(Serves: 2 | Preparation: 5 minutes | Cooking: 12 minutes)
Method:-
1. Clean and pat dry fish fillet, arrange it on steaming plate together with the rest of the ingredients.Tip:
~ You can use any type of fish fillet such as Threadfin, White Snapper, Grouper or even salmon to your preference.
Tofu is an excellent ingredients to cook in term of it's cost and health benefits. It is economic and yet contains good source of high protein and calcium which is good for the family. Here I am using both minced pork and shrimp for this recipe but you could always replaced minced pork with minced chicken or omit shrimp depending on your preference. For a better texture and crunch, I added some chopped water chestnut and carrot to enhance it's flavour too.
(Serves: 2-3 | Preparation: 15 minutes | Cooking: 6 - 8 minutes)
Ingredient B:
Method:-
1. Mix minced meat and prawn together with "ingredient B" till well combined and set aside for at least 5 minutes. Tip:
~ Egg tofu can always be replaced with square silken tofu that is suitable for steaming.
Lastly, hope these quick and easy recipes above are useful to help you in your daily or weekend cooking ideas.Photo Credit: Celes from Celestial Delish
Other than the above homecook dishes, Celes also bake a Chocolate Mocha Mousse Cake (recipe HERE) to celebrate Hazel's birthday.Photo Credit: Celes from Celestial Delish
Whereas Hazel from 爱makan baked us some Pandan Cupcakes with yummy cream cheese spread.Photo Credit: Celes from Celestial Delish
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Labels:Asian Dialect Dish,Asian Seafood Dish,Asian Steamed Dish,Asian Tofu Dish,Chicken,CP Frozen Food,Egg Dish,Fish,Huiji,Kiwifruit,Lunch,Okara,Prawns,Rice Wine,Rosemary,Salmon,Salted Fish
Friday 7 September 2012
Steamed Chicken With Mui Choy - 梅菜鸡
Steamed Mui Choy with Pork Belly (梅菜扣肉) is one of the traditional Hakka dishes but here instead of using Pork Belly I have replaced pork with Chicken for a healthier version. Basically there are two types of Mui Choy (mustard green) which is either sweet or salty and you can easily get them from groceries stall selling salted fish and dry products in wet market or dried goods section in supermarket. STEAMED CHICKEN WITH MUI CHOY Ingredients: Seasoning: 2. Next cut mui choy into about 2" sections and set aside. 3. Marinate chicken with seasoning for about 4. Add in marinated chicken pieces, and fry together with some sliced chilli till the surface of the chicken pieces are slight brown in colour. 5. Transfer the chicken mixture to a deep steaming plate and steam it over medium heat for about 30 - 40 minutes till chicken is tender. ~ For savoury flavour, use half each of
梅菜鸡
(Serves: 4 | Preparation: 10 minutes | Cooking: 30 - 40 minutes)
1/2 Portion Chicken (600g), cut into pieces
2 Stalks (150g - 200g) Sweet Mui Choy (甜梅菜)
3 Garlic Cloves, finely minced
2 Small Chilli, sliced
1 - 1.5 Tablespoons Dark Soy Sauce
1 Tablespoon Cooking Wine
1 Teaspoon Sugar
1 Teaspoon Cornflour
Method:-
1. Rinse and wash mui choy (mustard green) for 2 - 3 rounds to get ride of the sand and dirt. Soak it in water for about 10 minutes, remove and squeeze it dry using kitchen paper towel. Tip:
~ For easy cooking, you can SKIPsteps 3 and 4. Just mix mui choy with marinated chicken and steamed it over medium heat till chicken is tender.
For a quick and easy recipe to kick off your weekend cooking, perhaps you can start looking for mui choy (mustard green) to go with either pork or chicken to try out this dish.
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Labels:Asian Dialect Dish,Asian Poultry Dish,Asian Steamed Dish,Chicken,Mui Choy (梅菜)
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