Steamed pork belly with yam

Ingredients

300g pork belly

200g yam ( cut into big slices of 1/4" thickness)

Some oil

Sauce

3 star anise

2 stalk spring onion ( cut into long pieces )

6 cloves garlic ( flattened with knife )

1" old ginger ( flattened with knife )

2 tsp 5 spices powder

1 tbsp rock sugar

1 tbsp oyster sauce

2 tbsp dark soya sauce

1 tbsp light soya sauce

1/4 tsp salt

500ml water

Preparation

1. Boil some water in a pot. Put in the pork belly to boil for 10 minutes.

2. Dish up the pork belly and drain dry.

3. Heat enough oil in saucepan to deep fry the sliced yam.

4. Deep fry the yam for 3 minutes and dish out.

5. Cut the pork belly into long (about 2") and very thin(1/4") pieces.

6. Arrange the pork and yam slices alternately in a bowl with the skin of pork belly facing downwards.

7. Prepare the sauce by putting all the ingredients into a pot and boil for 15 minutes.

8. Pour the sauce into the bowl of belly and yam.

9. Steam over low fire for 1 hour until the pork belly is soft.

10. Take out the bowl of pork belly and yam from steamer.

11. Cover the bowl of pork belly with a plate. Hold the bowl and plate together tightly and overturn quickly so that the pork belly is transfered to the plate with skin facing upwards.

12. Garnish with some spring onion and serve hot.

Spicy barbeque-like pork slices

Ingredients

200g shoulder meat

1  fresh red chilli

1 fresh green chilli

6 cloves of garlic

1 tsbp white vinegar

2 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp  dark soya sauce

1 tbsp  light soya sauce

some salt

some oil

Preparation

1. Rub the pork with salt and leave aside to marinate for 20 minutes.

2. Boil some water (enough to boil the pork ) in a pot.

3. Boil the pork for about 10 minutes.

4. Dish out the pork and leave it aside to cool.

5. When the pork is cooled, cut it into very thin slices.

6. Chop the chilli and garlic into fine pieces.

7. Heat 3 tbsp oil in saucepan and stir-fry the garlic for a while, add in the pork slices, red and green chilli, vinegar, sugar, oyster sauce, light soya sauce and salt. Stir to mix evenly.

8. Dish out to serve.

Easy spicy diced chicken

Ingredients

200g chicken breast ( cut into about 1/2" cubes )

15 dried chilli ( soaked and cut into 1" length )

2 shallots ( cut into thin slices )

1 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tbsp dark soya sauce

2 tbsp light soya sauce

1 tbsp corn flour

2 tsp sugar

1/4 tsp salt

some oil

Preparation

1. Cut the chicken into small cubes.

2. Add 1 tbsp corn flour and 1 tbsp light soya sauce to the chicken to marinate.

3. Heat 3 tbsp oil in saucepan and stir-fry the shallots until fragrant.

4. Put in the chicken to fry until half - cooked.

5. Add in the dried chilli, oyster sauce, sugar, 1 tbsp light soya sauce, dark soya sauce and salt. Stir-fry till the chicken is cooked.

6. Dish out to serve.