Sunday, August 22, 2010

Taiwan Style Soy Chicken with Basil

This is my family favorite recipes for Chicken- Taiwanese Style (simplified version)Ingredients:Chopped Chicken in pcsThai sweet basilChinese dark vinegarGinger & shallotsMarinates Chicken:White pepper2 tsp five spices2 tbsp of soy sauces1 tbsp of dark soy saucea little sugar1 tsp sesame oil2 tsp Chinese wineMethod:1) Marinate the chicken for at least half an hour to 2 hours in the refregirator.2) Heat oil in the wok & fried ginger/shallots.3)...

Spicy Sambal Prawn & Sambal Petai

Sambal is a very versatile sauces, you can cook seafood & vegetable with it. When you prepare the sambal sauces, you can double or triple the recipes. It keeps well in the fridge for at least 2 weeks. It is very handy when you need it. Please refer to the previous blog "Rice cook in coconut milk (Nasi Lemak) with Sambal" for the sambal recipes.Spicy Sambal Prawn Recipies3 tbsp of sambal sauces2 tbsp some oil for fryinggarlic & gingerhandful...

Rice cooked in coconut milk (Nasi Lemak) with Sambal

In this country, everyone love nasi lemak. You will love the aroma of the nasi lemak & it goes really well with sambal. Nasi Lemak in Malay language means the rice cooked in coconut milk. Sambal is a typical chili based sauces that use as a condiment, it could be very spicy. Both are very popular in Malaysia, Indonesia & Singapore.A typical Nasi Lemak consists of:Rice cooked in coconut milkSambalFried anchovies & peanutsCucumberHard boil...

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Stir-Fried KimChi & Rice

Stir Fried Kimchi & rice is probably the easiest Korean dishes. It is really comforting to have a bowl of Kimchi fried rice when you do not know what to eat. I love cooking & it is fun. But sometimes, I do reach the bottleneck on "Hey,...what am I going to cook today....?". Then, my hubby will give me a standard reply; " I will eat whatever you cook.". I don't kinda like this reply though because he is not helping me to make decision.Simple...