SMOKED CHICKEN

This smoked chicken is a combines chinese and western food cultures.Actual recipes the smoked chicken  is darkest yellowish but mine is dark brownish colour,I smoked  it longer. My family love the taste of it.Best to use kampong chicken. Pu er tea leaves come in a form or pressed into a round shapes.It a chinese tea leaves.

SMOKED CHICKEN

Ingredients;
1 chicken ( about 1.6)

Side ingredients
1 piece aluminum foil (cut into 12 x 12)
2 tbsp Pu - er tea leaves
2 tbsp rice (uncooked rice)
2 tbsp white sugar

Marinade
2 tbsp salt

method;
1.Apply 1 tbspoon of salt each on chicken stomach and chicken skin and marinate for 4 hour in the fridge.Steam over high heat for 35 minutes.Set aside the sauce from the steamed chicken.
2.Place aluminum foil on wak,add tea leaves,rice and sugar.Place the marinated chicken onto the foil and place the wok on the steamer,cover with lid and smoke with high heat for 3 minutes.Chop the chicken and place on a plate.pour sauce over chicken and serve.

GENERAL TSO'S CHICKEN

 

Chicken meat is the most common type of poultry eaten in the world. When a recipe require marinating,do so quickly and store the marinated meat in the fridge till ready to use.

GENERAL TSO'S CHICKEN

Ingredients;

2-3 boneless chicken leg meat (about 450g)

2 tbsp oil

5 cloves garlic

6 slice ginger

4 pcs dried chilli

1/2 tbsp coaresly black pepper powder

5 stalk spring onion

1 big onion

some potato/cornstarch (for dusting)

some oil (for deep frying)

Marinade

1 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tbsp light soy sauce

1 egg

1 tsp sesame oil

sauce

2 tbsp kumquat oil ( I ommited )

6 tbsp plum sauce

1 tbsp rice vinegar

4-5 tbsp water

Preparation

1.cut chicken meat into 3 cm cubes.beat egg.Peel and slice garlic.Cut dried chillies into halves.cut spring onion into 3 cm section.peel and slice onion.

2.Mix sauce ingredients together and set aside.

Method;

1.marinate chicken with marinade. Dust chicken with potato starch and allow them to rest for 5 minutes.

2.Heat oil for deep frying and deep fry chicken pieces till golden brown.remove from oil and drain well.

3.in a wok,heat oil and saute garlic and ginger till fragrant.Add in onion and stir fry till onion becomes slightly transparent.Add in dried chillies and coarse black pepper powder,and stir well.Add in sauce and bring to a boil.

4.return chicken pieces to the pan,add in spring oinin sections and toss evenly wtih the sauce.serve immediately.

RADISH SOUP WITH DRIED SHRIMP SKIN

I do not know that this dried shrimp skin can be used in cooking soup when I saw a blog taste hong kong was using it. I follow her recipes to make this soup, My family loves   it.

RADISH SOUP DRIED SHRIMP SKIN

Ingredients;
200g radish (peeled and shredded )
2 tbsp dried shrimp skin ( dried krills)
1/2 tbsp julieneed ginger
2 1/2 cup water or stock
1 tbsp coarsely chopped coriander leaves
1-2 tsp cooking oil (optional )
yield 2 bowl of soup

Seasoning;
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp fish sauce
1/4 tsp salt to taste
1/8 peper powder
sesame oil ( optional)

Method;
1.wash dried krills,drain put aside.
2.wash and peeled radishs and shredded.
3.In a pot,add ginger,dried krill to stock or water,bring to a boil and put in radish shred,stiring a while.bring to a boil again.
4.keep simmering the soup until the radish turn translucent and tender about 10 to 15 minutes
 add coriander and seasoning toward end of boiling.mix wel and serve hot.
Notes; Alternately ,if you like to give the soup a deeper flavour,saute the dried krill and julienned ginger until lightly brown,pour into the stock or water to boil.

STIR FRIED SOY SAUCE CHICKEN

Today I cook this simple and easy method for this dishes.All the ingrdients that I have in my kitchen.

STIR FRIED SOY SAUCE CHICKEN

Ingrdients;
1 chicken (1.5 kg)
200g garlic Whole pieces ( I add more)
Side ingredients;
3 star anise
30g cinnamon
5 cloves
5 pieces dried bay leaves ( i don't have,omitted)
Seasoning;
250g soy sauce
250g water
1/2 tsp chicken sock granules
1 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
Preparation;
wash and clean the chicken.blanch chicken in boiling water,drain and set aside.
Method;
1.heat up clay pot,or wok with some oil.Stir fry garlic and all side ingredients,add seasonings and bring to boil.
2.add chicken into the pot.place chicken chest at the bottom of the pot and cook for 20 minutes.turn over the chicken and cook for another 15 minutes.use a chop stick to poke through the chicken,if the chopstick can through the chicken meat,it mean it cook..dish out and chop into pieces.
3.pour well cooked soy sauce from method 0ne over chicken.serve.

STEAMED CHOCOLATE CAKE

I made this cake quite often , the recipe I got from sri rasa a malay monthly cook book.i don't buy it anymore Cos,most of the recipes is similarly to the previous book that I have.Its a moist and soft cake.

STEAMED CHOCOLATE CAKE

Ingredients;
1 cup cocoa powder
1 cup castor sugar
1 cup majerin
1 cup evoporated milk
1/2 cup condensed milk
1 1/4 cup plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp soda bicarbonate
3 egg ( beat)

Method;
1. In a pot,add in cocoa powder,castor sugar,evaporated milk and majerin.
2. Heat the pot on a gas stove,using low heat to cook till the sugar and majerin dissolve,kept stirring,don't get burnt.put aside to cool completely.
 3.sift flour,baking powder and soda bicarbonate together.
4.Beat egg in another bowl and pour into the cool batter mix well and add in the condensed milk
5.finally fold in flour,blend the batter with a mixer at low speed for a while until even.
6.line a cake pan with parchment paper.pour the batter into it.and steam for 1 hour or until a skewer inseted come or clean.
Note; I use aluminue fold instead of parchement paper..  Bring the water to boil first before steaming.

BAK KUT TEH (PORK SPARE RIB SOUP)

I have bought a packet of  A1 brand bak kut teh to cook before,the taste was nice,but my children they don't like it. They prefer I cook with simple ingredients.

BAK KUT TEH

Ingredients;
500g pork spare rib (wash and cut into pieces)
5 shallots slices thinly
3tbsp oil
1/2 tsp white pepper powder
1 tsp white peppercorns
1 pcs cinnamon
3 star anise
2 tbsp dark aoya sauce
1 tbsp sugar or msg
1 whole garlic,peel the skin,and crushed
1 1/2 liter water
salt to taste

Method;
1.marinate sparerib with pepper powder and salt for 25 minutes
2.Heat pot with oil,fry the shallots till brown,put in marinate pork spare rib,fry for 5 min,add in water,garlic,dark soya sauce,star anise,peppercorn,cinnamon,sugar.
3.Bring to a boil,reduce the heat and simmer for an hour or more till the meat is tender,add salt to taste.Top with some corriander leaves.serve.

PLAIN WHITE BREAD

Making this plain white bread was a success for me. when i saw lot of blog doing this plain white bread inspire me to make my own bread. it was not diffcult to make.I followed the blog recipe to make.

PLAIN WHITE BREAD
source;kitchen corner

Ingredients;A
220g bread flour
3g yeast
130 ml water
Ingredients B
60g bread flour
15g sugar
1/2 tsp salt
10g milk powder
40g water
Ingredients;C
unsalted butter 15 g

method;
1.Knead ingredients A together until is well combined and because  dough ball.let it sit in a clean bowl cover with cling wrap proof for 90 minutes at room temperature.
2.Mix in the ingredients;B to A and knead until smooth dough then add butter.
3.Continue to knead the dough until it is smooth and elastic.Proof for 60 minutes.
4.divide the dough in to 3 portion and rest for 10 min.
5.roll out each dough into a longish shape and roll up like swiss roll.place the dough in a grease bread tin cover with lid and proof for 50 to 60 minutes until the dough fill up 90% of the bread tin.
6.Bake at 200 c for 30 minutes.Remove the bread from the bread tin and cool on a wire rack.