Sunday, October 12, 2008

Ribs fried with black pepper sauce



Ingredients
300g ribs
50g carrot ( cut into slices)
50g green capsicum ( cut into small pieces )
50g button mushroom ( sliced into thin pieces )
2 shallots ( sliced into thin pieces)
2 tbsp black pepper sauce
2 tbsp light soya sauce
1/2 tbsp dark soya sauce
some oil
dash of salt

Preparation
1. Marinate the ribs with 2 tbsp light soya sauce and dash of salt for 30 minutes.
2. Heat enough oil to shallow fry the ribs for about 5 minutes.
3. Dish up the ribs and leave about 2 tbsp oil in the saucepan.
4. Stir-fry the shallots until fragrant. Put in the ribs, carrot and capsicum to stir-fry.


5. Put in the button mushroom, black pepper sauce, dark soya sauce, salt and 20ml water.
6. Stir fry to mix-well.
7. Cover to simmer for 7 minutes over medium flame.
8. Dish up to serve.








Saturday, October 11, 2008

Home-style bitter gourd fried with eggs



Ingredients
250g bitter gourd
3 eggs
2 shallots ( sliced into thin pieces)
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp light soya sauce
some salt
some oil

Preparation
1. Slice the bitter gourd lengthwise into 4 pieces and remove seeds and inner white pulp.
2. Cut the bitter gourd into thin slices. Rub the bitter gourd with salt (to remove bitterness). Leave for about 5 minutes and rinse with water to remove the salt.
3. Heat 3 tbsp oil in saucepan and stir-fry the shallots until fragrant.
4. Put in the bitter gourd. Add in 1 tbsp oyster sauce and stir-fry for a while. Cover to simmer over low heat for 7 minutes.

5. Beat the eggs lightly in a bowl. Add in 1 tbsp light soya sauce and mix well.
6. Pour the eggs over the bitter gourd.







7. Leave for a while without stirring for the eggs to cook slightly.








8. Stir fry the whole thing until the "egg portion" turns slightly golden brown.
9. Dish out to serve.

(You are surprised that the bitter gourd doesn't taste bitter at all.)






Thursday, October 9, 2008

Green apple chicken



Ingredients
300g chicken breast ( boneless )
2 green apple ( shredded)
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp light soya sauce
Thai sweet chilli sauce
some flour to coat the chicken
some oil for deep frying


Preparation
1. Marinate the chicken with salt and light soya sauce for 30 minutes.
2. Heat oil in saucepan to deep fry the chicken.
3. Dust the chicken with flour and deep fry the chicken until both sides are golden brown.





4. Dish out the chicken to cool.
5. Cut the chicken into slices and put on a serving plate.
6. Pour some Thai sweet chilli sauce over the chicken.







7. Put the shredded green apple over the chicken.
8. Pour a little Thai sweet chilli over the green apple and serve.