Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Pandan chicken



Ingredients
300g chicken thigh flesh ( without bone)
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp light soya sauce
1 tbsp dark soya sauce
1 tbsp tomato sauce
12 pcs pandan leaves
some oil


Preparation
1. Cut the chicken into 1.5" length.
2. Marinate the chicken with oyster sauce, light soya sauce, dark soya sauce and tomato sauce for 1 hour.
3. Divide the chicken into 12 portions.
4. Wrap each portion of chicken with pandan leaf into shape of a triangle.
5. Sealed the triangle with a tooth-pick.



5. Heat enough oil in a saucepan to deep fry the pandan chicken.
6. Deep fry over medium flame for 20 minutes.
7. Dish out on a plate lined with kitchen tissue to remove excess oil.
8. Serve with Thai sweet chilli.







Sunday, September 28, 2008

Braised tau fu with mushroom and broccoli




Ingredients
100g chicken fillet ( cut into slices )
100g dried mushroom (soaked, cut into small pieces)
150g carrot ( cut into pieces )
150g broccoli ( cut into pieces )
2 pcs fried bean curd( cut into rectangular pieces )
2 shallots ( cut into slices )
1 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp corn flour
2 tbsp light soya sauce
1/2 tsp salt
some oil

Preparation
1. Put 1 tbsp soya sauce and 1 tbsp corn flour to chicken and marinate.
2. Heat 2 tbsp oil in saucepan and stir-fry shallots until fragrant.
3. Put in the chicken to stir-fry until it is cooked. Add in the carrot, mushroom and tau fu.
4. Add in 100 ml water, oyster sauce, salt and 1 tbsp soya sauce and stir to mix well.


5. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes over slow fire.
6. Add in the broccoli and stir-fry. Cover to simmer for 5 minutes.








7. Thicken the gravy with 1 tbsp corn flour dissolved in 2 tbsp water.
8. Stir to mix well.
9. Dish out to serve.








Sambal belacan squid




Ingredients
250g squids ( cut into rings)
1 big onions ( cut into thin slices )
2 cloves garlic ( chopped finely )
1 green chilli ( cut into thin slices )
3 tbsp sambal belacan chilli
1 tbsp soya sauce
1/2 tbsp oyster sauce
1/2 tsp sugar
some oil

Preparations
1. Heat 3 tbsp oil in saucepan. Stir-fry garlic until fragrant.
2. Put in the big onion and stir-fry for a while.
3. Add in the squid rings and stir-fry for 3 minutes.
4. Put in oyster sauce, soya sauce, sambal belacan chilli sauce and sugar to stir-fry until the squid is cooked.
5. Put in the green chilli and stir-fry to mix well.
6. Dish out to serve.