Quick Chicken and Mushroom Rice (One Pot)

I usually do this whenever I feel lazy to cook a full meal which consists of rice, vege, meat and soup. This is fast, easy and tasty. :)

Ingredients:

Chicken

Ginger

Black Fungus (soaked and cut into pieces)

Mushroom (soaked till soft and cut into pieces)

Dark Soy Sauce

Light Soy Sauce

Pepper

Salt

Chinese Cooking Wine

Water

Rice

Oil

Method:

1. Wash rice and set aside.

2. Heat oil in wok and saute ginger till fragrant.

3. Add in mushroom and stir fry till it dries up a little.

4. Add in chicken and stir fry till it looks cooked on the surface.

5. Add salt, pepper, cooking wine, dark and light soy sauce. Mix well.

6. Pour in black fungus and stir fry for another min.

7. Add in rice and mix well. Add more seasoning to taste.

8. Dish up and pour into the rice cooker.

9. Add water and cook rice as usual.

Fried Chicken (Mum's Recipe)

This is how my mum used to cook her fried chicken for us when we were kids. Nowadays, no more fried chicken since she is on a healthier diet and we also don't go back often, so she doesn't cook this anymore. It's a very simple recipe but make sure you marinate it at least 2 hours and it's best if you can marinate it overnight.

Ingredients:

Chicken (medium-size pieces)

Salt

Pepper

Five Spice Powder

Flour

Egg White (beaten - 1 or 2 is sufficient)

Oil

Method:

1. Marinate chicken with salt, pepper and five spice powder for at least 2 hours.

2. Heat wok and pour in enough oil for deep frying.

3. When the oil is hot, dip the chicken into egg white and then cover with flour and fry it till golden brown. Use medium heat to ensure chicken is fully cooked.

Fried Rice with Chinese Sausages

If you realise, I have been dishing out mostly one dish meal these days. Yeah, time is a constraint since I have a small kitchen and apartment and even the slightest noise will wake the baby, which means I can only start cooking after the little empress wakes up from her nap. The problem is, once she wakes up, she expects some entertainment and I can't leave her alone in her playpen for long. So, that's why we have all these quick to cook one dish meal :)

In case you wonder why the colour of the rice looks a but reddish, that's because I've always use brown + red rice :) If I cook white rice, I think it would be considered an exception ;p


Ingredients:
Rice (cooked and let cool at room temp)
Garlic
Carrot
Broccoli
Chinese Sausage
Egg
Oil
Salt
Light Soy Sauce
Dark Soy Sauce
Pepper
Water (boiled)


Method:
1. Heat some oil and saute garlic.
2. Add in chinese sausages and stir fry till the edges of the sausages start to brown a little.
3. Pour in carrot and broccoli and do a quick stir fry.
4. Add in beaten egg and let it cook before you continue to stir fry.
5. Add a little salt and pepper to taste.
6. Pour in the rice and add some light and dark soy sauce. Mix well.
7. Add a little water if it's too dry.
8. Stir fry for 1/2min and dish up.

MeeSua Soup

I love meesua for its simplicity and versatility. You can add in anything you like be it vege or meat and it will always turn out well. I cooked this for dinner some time back and absolutely love this especially on a rainy day. It's very comforting.


Ingredients:
MeeSua (soaked in water for a few minutes)
Meat (sliced pork/chicken)
Light Soy sauce
Dark Soy Sauce
Chinese Cooking Wine
Pepper
Sesame Oil
Vegetables (your choice)
Carrot
Tofu
Garlic
Onion
Oil
Water
Salt


Method:
1. Marinate the meat with the ingredients highlighted in yellow for at least 30min.
2. Heat some oil and saute garlic and onion till fragrant.
3. Pour in the meat and its sauce. Stir fry for 1min.
4. Add in carrot and stir fry for another min.
5. Pour in enough water to make the soup and cook till it boils.
6. Add in the meesua, tofu and vegetables. Cook for another min or till it boils.
7. Season with salt and it's ready to serve!

Porks Ribs

Wow....I can't believe it that the last time I blogged about food was almost 3 months ago??? Aiks, how can this be ;p OK, anyway I will always love cooking and here's something really yummy! I cooked this some time ago so just agak-agak la here ;p

It would look better with some garnishing of parsley or something but hey, this is home cooked food and nobody eats the garnishing, so save it la hor. Dont waste the things we dont eat ma. :)

Ingredients:
Pork Ribs
Light Soy Sauce
Dark Soy Sauce
Chinese Cooking Wine
Sugar
Sesame Oil
White Pepper Powder
Tomato Sauce
Onion
Oil
Salt
Water
Corn Flour


Method:
1. Marinate pork ribs with those ingredients highlighted in yellow for at least 1 hour.
2. Heat some oil and stir fry onion till fragrant.
3. Pour in the marinated pork ribs and its sauce. Stir fry till ribs look 1/2 cooked.
4. Add in tomato sauce and season with some salt to your preference. You can add more sugar or pepper....it's all up to your tastebud.
5. Add enough water to cover the meat and let it simmer until soft, adding water whenever needed.
6. Mix corn flour with a little water and pour in the mixture to thicken the sauce.
7. Serve hot with rice. Delicious!

Dutch Apple Cake (Rachel Allen's recipe)

I first saw this in one of the food blogs and then head over to Rachel Allen's web to check out the recipe. It's a simple and nice cake. I love to arrange the apple slices on top of the cake. Only one thing, if you are baking on the lower rack of the oven you might need to bake ~5min using top heat in the last part of the baking to get the nice brown top :)

Packed these for hubby to share with his colleagues.



Old Cucumber Soup

Nice one, my mum said it has cooling properties. Not sure about that but a bowl of hot soup never fails to complete my meal.

Ingredients:
Old Cucumber (cut into chunks)
Dried Oyster (5-6pieces)
Red Dates (7-8 pieces)
Meat (chicken/pork bones is fine)
Salt
Water


Method:
1. Bring water to boil.
2. Add in all the ingrdients except salt. Simmer for at least 2 hours (use high heat for the first 30min, then turn to low heat). I used a slow cooker (used the "high" setting all the time). If using slow cooker, cook for at least 3 hours.
3. Season with salt.