Friday, August 28, 2009

Recipe 21

Cauliflower
Serves 4 people

Ingredients:
1 head cauliflower
6 shrimps
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 1/2 teaspoon corn starch
2 1/2 teaspoon Canola oil
1 tablespoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon white wine
1 teaspoon chicken powder
7 tablespoons water (or about 1/3 cup)
pepper
1 garlic clove

Directions:
1. Cut the cauliflower into bite-size pieces and then wash them well.
2. Wash and clean six shrimps.
3. Peel and chop one garlic clove.
4. Add 1/2 teaspoon of corn starch and 1/2 teaspoon of Canola oil into a small plate. Then, chop 1 tablespoon of ginger and place it in another plate with white wine. Allow the flavors of the ginger to absorb into the white wine and then throw away the ginger pieces. Then, put the mixture in with the oil and corn starch.
5. Add 1 teaspoon of corn starch, 1 teaspoon of chicken powder, and 1/3 cup of water into a seperate bowl.
6. Next, add 2 teaspoons of oil into a wok (high heat) with the cailiflower, and two teaspoons of water. Cook it for 2 minutes with the lid on.
7. Pour the cailiflower onto a plate and then add all the other ingredients into the wok. Mix them together and then add the cailiflower into the wok again with the mixture.
8. Mix it together until the cailiflower is coated with the sauce.
9. Finally, pour it onto a plate and top with pepper.

I have not been posting much since a lot of the same recipes are made multiple times during the week. I hope there is going to be something new or I have to learn some lunch recipes.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Recipes 19-20

Chinese Brocolli Soup
Serves 4 people

Ingredients:
Chinese Broccoli
3 cups water
½ cup chicken broth
1 teaspoon fish sauce
Monosodium Glutamate

Directions:
1. First, add 3 cups of water and ½ cup chicken broth into a pot. (Low heat)
2. Then, wash the broccoli and cut each leaf into bite size pieces.
3. Add 1 teaspoon of fish sauce ,a pinch of Monosodium Glutamate, and the broccoli into the soup and mix together. Let it simmer on low heat for about 5 minutes.
4. Pour the soup into a bowl and top with a pinch of pepper.

Soy Sauce Chicken

Serves 4 people

Ingredients:
1 chicken drumstick
1 chicken theigh
¼ teaspoon chicken powder
6 pieces rock sugar
½ cup water
Monosodium Glutamate
1½ tablespoon superior soy sauce (Pearl River Bridge brand)
¼ teaspoon soy sauce (Xuan Thu brand)
2 teaspoons Canola oil

Directions:
1. Wash the chicken in salt water.
2. Add 2 teaspoons of Canola oil and chicken into a wok. (medium heat)
3. Then, add the superior soy sauce, 6 pieces of rock sugar, ½ cup of water, ¼ teaspoon of chicken powder, a pinch of Monosodium Glutamate, and the soy sauce.
4. Leave it to cook on low heat with the lid on top for about 25 minutes or until done.
5. Leave it to cool for 10 minutes and then cut the chicken into strips.