Oyster Sauce Chicken

Hubby just came back from biz trip yesterday, so I wanted to cook dinner for him today :) I really didn't know what to do with the chicken. Somehow suddenly osyter sauce came to my mind. So, oyster chicken it would be :) I am glad he loves it and this is definitely an easy one to do.

Ingredients:

Chicken

Button Mushroom (optional)

Ginger (a few slices)

Onion

Spring Onion

Light Soy Sauce

Oyster Sauce

Sesame Oil

Salt

Oil

Water

Method:

1. Marinate chicken with light soy sauce, sesame oil and oyster sauce for at least 30min.

2. Heat some oil and saute ginger and onion until fragrant.

3. Add in some of the spring onion (the thicker white parts). Stir fry for 1min.

4. Add in button mushroom and chicken.

5. Stir fry until chicken looks cooked from the ouside.

6. Season with a little salt and oyster sauce.

7. Add water and cook till it simmers. Continue cooking until chicken is cooked.

8. Add the remaining spring onion 1min before you dish up.

Lotus Root Chicken Soup with Dried Oysters

This is one of my favourite soups! Each time my mum cooks this, I can finish the whole pot, no joke. I've been craving for this and when I saw some nice lotus root in Jusco, I just had to cook this.

Ingredients:

Lotus Root

Chicken or Pork Ribs (blanch for a while using boiling water)

Dried Oysters (you can substitute it with dried sotong too)

Red Dates (I omitted this cos don't have this in stock)

Salt

Water

Method:

1. Boil a pot of water and put everything in. Cook till lotus root is soft.

2. Add salt to taste.

Enjoy a bowl of piping hot tasty soup!

Dinner_14Jan10

I'm trying to finish up the remaining dory fish in the freezer, so I cooked a slight variation today for dinner. Instead of using bean paste, I used some light soy sauce. The rest of the ingredients are the usual garlic and ginger. Not bad too, but it tastes milder compared to the bean paste version.

As for vege, it's broccoli with chicken in oyster sauce. Nothing fancy but since we both love broccoli, even a simple stir fry with garlic is good enough.

The 3rd dish is sardines with onion (my favourite canned food ;p). So, we have a double dose of fish today!

Dory Fish in Bean Paste

Our dinner 2 days ago:

As I was thinking how should I cook the dory fish, I thought maybe I'd ask my hubby how he likes the fish to be done. Guess what? "Cook with bean paste lo." Hahaha....very predictable. Well, I wasn't sure if dory fish would smell terrible if I steam it, so I thought I'd just stir fry it with some ginger and bean paste. Same ingredients, but instead of steaming, we do it the stir fry way. Works well and yummy!

Ingredients:

Dory Fish

Ginger

Garlic

Bean Paste

Oil

Water

Method:

1. Heat a little oil and saute the garlic and ginger till fragrant.

2. Add in bean paste and fish. Stir fry for 1 min.

3. Add some water and cook till it simmers.

4. When fish is cooked, dish up.

Arrowhead with Pork in Bean Paste

For those of you who are familiar with this dish, you would think I should use the reddish preserved beancurd called "nam yu" but well, I realised the bottle that I have had expired ;p Oops...so, what to do? Use la whatever is available :) So, now I can tell you that it's taste pretty good too with bean paste.

Ingredients:
Arrowhead (sliced)
Pork (sliced)
Garlic
Bean Paste
Water
Oil


Method:
1. Heat oil and saute garlic.
2. Add in arrowhead and stir fry for 1-2min.
3. Add in pork and bean paste. Stir fry for 1min.
4. Add some water and let it simmer then turn to medium-low heat.
5. Once pork is cooked, dish up.

New Year Lunch @ Home

Another year, and another holiday :) Since today is an off day for us, I thought it'd be nice to have some home cooked food. There's nothing special with this meal and it's what we usually eat at home; steamed fish and vegetables. It's just nice to lazy around the house and have a simple meal.

Happy New Year everyone!

Stir Fried Vegetables with Oyster Sauce

 Hubby's favourite steamed fish with bean paste

Black Bean Soup

This soup is very easy to prepare but full of nutritions. Black beans is a good source of protein and fibre and it may help to lower blood cholesterol and control blood sugar too!  I love this soup because the black beans make the soup smells really fragrant. I used chicken to make this soup but I think pork will be fine too.

Ingredients:
Chicken (cut into medium-sized pieces)
Black beans
Salt
Water


Method:
1. Boil a pot of water.
2. Put in chicken and black beans. Cook for at least 2 hours or until the beans turn soft.
3. Season with salt. Done!