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!

Stir Fried Udon

It's has been such a long time since I have updated my cooking blog I almost forgot how to go about with the recipe. ;p After a long break from the kitchen, I've started cooking dinner almost everyday for the past 2 months. Yeap, I still enjoy working in the kitchen and it's still a way for me to de-stress :)

Here is a simple one dish meal. Saw some udon noodles in the wet market and thought of a stir fried version. Yummy!

Ingredients:
Udon noodles
Garlic (chopped)
Carrot (sliced)
Cabbage (cut into bite size)
Dried Mushroom (soaked till soft and cut into pieces)
Chicken Meat (cut into bite size)
Black Pepper
Light Soy Sauce
Salt
Oil
Water -boiled (if needed)


Method:
1. Heat oil in wok and saute garlic till fragrant.
2. Add in carrot and mushroom. Stir fry for 1min.
3. Add in cabbage and chicken meat. Stir fry for another min.
4. Season with some salt and light soy sauce. Sprinkle some black pepper.
5. Stir fry for 1 min.
6. Add in the noodles. Mix well. Stir fry for another 1-2min.
7. If too dry, add some water, otherwise, dish up and serve.

Soy Noodles in Lotus Root Soup

This is another of those cook-the-soup-and-dump-in-the-noodles meal.

Ingredients:
Lotus Root
Pork Ribs
Honey Dates (you can use red dates, I ran out of these)
Salt
Soy Noodles (you can use mifen or other kinds of noodles as well)
Water
Salt


Method:
1. Cook a pot of boiling water.
2. When water boils, put in lotus root, honey dates and pork ribs.
3. Cook the soup for about 2hours (if you use a slow cooker, it’ll take probably 4 hours).
4. Season with salt.
5. Soak soy noodles in water until soft.
6. Then, add the noodles into the soup and boil it until noodles are cooked.

The meal is ready!

Noodles in Chicken Herbal Soup

Ingredients:
Chicken Meat
Wolfberries (gei ji)
Tong Sum
Pak Kei
Yoke Juk
Red Dates
Water
Salt
Soy Noodles (soaked till soft)
Tofu
Iceberg Lettuce


Method:
1. Place chicken, water and all the herbs into a slow cooker.
2. Use high heat and cook for at least 4-5 hours.
3. Season with salt when soup is done.
4. Scoop some soup into another pot, cook till it boils.
5. Add in tofu, noodles and lettuce.
6. Cook for 1min or so and it’s ready to be served.

Fried MiFen with Chicken Meat

Ingredients:
Chicken Meat
Light Soy Sauce
Pepper
Sesame Oil
MiFen (soaked in water till soft-drained)
Garlic
Carrot
Choy Sum
Sugar
Oyster Sauce
Dark Soy Sauce
Oil
Water (boiled)


Method:
1. Marinate chicken meat with light soy sauce, pepper and sesame oil for 30min or so.
2. Heat some oil and sauté garlic till fragrant.
3. Add in carrot and stir fry for 1 min.
4. Add in chicken meat and choy sum. Season with salt, sugar and a little oyster sauce.
5. Stir fry for a while. Add some water and cook till it simmer.
6. Add in mifen and season with dark soy sauce. Mix well.
7. Continue to stir fry until mifen is cooked (if too dry, add a little boiled water).

Soy Noodles in Fish Soup

This is what we had for lunch today. Another simple and easy to prepare one-dish meal.


Ingredients:
Soy Noodles (soaked in water till soft)
Carrot
Tomatoes
Tofu
Ginger (cut into slices)
Fish Fillet
Garlic
Sesame Oil
Salt
Black Pepper
Sugar
Salt
Cooking Wine
Oil


Method:
1. Marinate fish with salt, black pepper and sesame oil for 30min.
2. Boil water and add in carrot, tomatoes, tofu and ginger.
3. Season with salt, sugar and cooking wine. Simmer for 30-40min.
4. While the soup is cooking, heat some oil in a non stick pan.
5. Saute garlic and ginger. Add in fish and pan fry fish until both sides are cooked.
6. Add the fish into the soup and let it cook for 10min.
7. Add in the noodles and cook for 1-2min.
8. Drizzle in some sesame oil. Serve hot.

You could also add in some green vegetables such as ‘siew pak choy’ and cook it together with the noodles.

Before serving, I tore the fish meat into small pieces and sprinkle it on top of the noodles.

Whole Wheat Soba in Miso Soup

I usually cook in this way when I am feeling lazy to cook and yet don’t feel like eating out. Just dump everything into the pot and let it cook. Such is this recipe.

This packet of whole wheat soba is from Daiso and I have this phobia of cooking anything whole wheat be it soba or pasta. The texture of whole wheat noodles is tougher than the normal non whole wheat ones, so I wasn’t sure if this would turn out nice. To my surprise, this is delicious and best of all, it takes little effort in the preparation and cooking. Good for lazy people like me.

Ingredients:
Whole wheat soba (washed and soaked for 5min before cooking)
Carrot
Tomato
Onion
Chicken
Miso Bean Paste
Water
Sugar
Chinese Parsley


Method:
1. Bring water to boil in a pot.
2. Add in miso paste, chicken, carrot, tomato and onion.
3. Simmer for 20-30min. Season with a little sugar.
4. Add in soba and cook till noodles is soft/cooked.
5. Pour into a bowl and sprinkle some parsley before serving.

Fried Noodles

Dinner last week but I can’t remember which day ;p


Ingredients:
Noodles (soaked, and then cooked till soft)
Chinese Mushroom (soaked and sliced)
Carrot
Cabbage
Chicken Meat (cut into bite size)
Shallots
Garlic
Dark Soy Sauce
Light Soy Sauce
Pepper
Salt
Water
Oil


Method:
1. Heat oil and saute shallots and garlic.
2. Add in mushroom and stir fry for 1min.
3. Put in carrot and cabbage and stir fry for 1/2min.
4. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Add in noodles and mix well.
6. Season with dark and light soy sauce and mix well.
7. If it gets too dry, add a little water.
8. Stir fry over high heat for 1min and dish up.

Noodles Soup with Chicken Mushroom

I usually let VIP choose what he would like to have for dinner, if I cook ;p It looks like he prefers to have noodles most of the time! I love this soup with the tofu, chicken and mushroom and VIP finished the whole bowl. Mind you, this is a salad bowl!!! Hahaha…


Ingredients:
Noodles (soaked for a while till it’s a little soft)
Chicken Meat (cut into small pieces –marinate with light soy sauce and a little sesame oil)
Chinese Mushroom
Carrot
Cabbage
Tofu
Shallots
Light soy sauce
Salt
Cooking wine
Oil
Water


Method:
1. Heat a little oil and saute the shallots until you smell the aroma.
2. Add in mushroom and stir fry for about 1 min.
3. Add in carrot and cabbage and continue to stir fry for 1min.
4. Season with salt, light soy sauce and cooking wine.
5. Add in enough water for the soup and let it cook till it boils.
6. Add in tofu and chicken meat. Simmer with low heat for 1min or so.
7. Add in noodles and cook till soft. Serve hot.

Soybean Noodles (Version 3)

Didn’t I say I love this noodles?? I cooked this last week or the week before last week but was too excited about all the cakes that I baked, so almost forgot about this ;p

This is oil-free. I just put in some shallot, carrot, Szechuan vegetables, tomatoes and chicken meat for the soup and then season it with sugar, black pepper and a little cooking wine. Cook the noodles in the soup till it’s soft and dinner is ready!

Soybean Noodles (Version 2)

Noodles is one of my favourite dish especially this soybean noodles. The smooth texture of the noodles even cooked in the simplest way makes a satisfying dinner for me.
The funny thing is, when we were small, my mum only cooked this for us when we fall sick….hahaha.


Ingredients:
Soybean Noodles
Cabbage
Carrot
Shallot
Egg (1)
Chicken Sausage (cut into bite size)
Salt
Light Soy Sauce
Chinese cooking wine
Pepper
Oil
Water


Method:
1. Heat a little oil and sauté the shallots.
2. Add in carrot and cabbages. Stir fry for 1min.
3. Add in chicken sausages. Season with salt, light soy sauce, pepper and cooking wine.
4. Add in water and cook till it boils.
5. Add in the noodles and let it simmer for a while.
6. Stir in the beaten egg and cook for another 1min and it’s done!

Green Tea Soba in Miso Soup

The soba noodles are from Daiso which I bought last month and I’ve been wanting to cook it for some time. You see, whenever I discovered something ‘new’, I have this urge to cook it the soonest I can. ;p

The packet says green tea soba and the noodles look slightly green in colour, but there is no green tea smell at all. Haha…but it still tastes good, so OK la.
The miso paste is good, and produces this lovely soup to go with the noodles :)

A cup of "kumquat" tea to go with the dinner.

Ingredients:
Green Tea Soba (cooked per packet instruction)
Miso Paste
Chinese Mushroom
Carrot
Shallots
Tofu (cut into small cubes)
Chicken meat (marinate with cooking wine and soy sauce)
Sugar
Water
Seaweed (cut into thin strips)
Lettuce


Method:
1. Boil water in a pot. Add in miso paste, shallots and mushrooms. Cook for ~15min.
2. Add carrot and tofu. Cook for 5min.
3. Season with sugar.
4. Add chicken meat. Cook with low heat for 2min or until chicken is cooked.
5. Put soba in a bowl and pour in the soup.
6. Garnish with seaweed and lettuce. Oishii!

Mifen Soup Version 3

Oh...you can't see the mifen right? Haha...ya lor...too much meat and vegetables already. This is really easy to cook and without any oil (if you omit the sesame oil), so kind of healthy.

Ingredients:
Fish meat
Black Pepper
Chicken meat
Ginger
Tofu
Carrots
Lettuce (clean and soak in water)
Mifen (soak in water)
Sugar
Salt
Cooking wine
Sesame Oil
Water


Method:
1. Marinate fish with salt and black pepper. Set aside.
2. In a pot, bring to boil chicken eat and ginger for ~30min.
3. Add in tofu and fish. Season with salt, sugar and cooking wine.
4. When fish meat is cooked, bring out the chicken meat, fish, carrot and tofu.
5. Put the mifen into the soup and cook till soft. Bring out the mifen and divide into serving bowls.
6. Cook lettuce in the soup for 1min with a few drops of sesame oil.
7. Shred the chicken meat and arrange it with tofu, fish, carrot and lettuce on top of the mifen.
8. Pour in the soup until it covers the mifen and serve.

Fried Mifen

Ingredients:
Mifen (soaked in water till soft)
Egg (beaten and add a little pepper and salt)
Carrot
Choy Sum

Red Bell Pepper
Salt
Light Soy Sauce
Dark Soy Sauce
Garlic
Oil
Water


Method:
1. Heat oil in a wok and fry egg. Set aside in the wok.
2. Saute garlic until light brown.
3. Add in carrot and red bell pepper and stir fry for 1-2min.
4. Add in choy sum and season with a little salt.
5. Add mifen and mix well.
6. Season with dark and light soy sauce. Continue to stir fry and add some water if it gets dry.
7. Stir fry for 2-3min and it’s done.

Fried Yee Mee with Minced Chicken Omelet

Ingredients:

Fried Yee Mee:
Yee Mee (soaked in water till partly soft)
Onion (cut into small pieces)
Carrot (cut into thin strips)
Black Wood Fungus (soaked till soft and cut into thin strips)
Green Leafy Vegetables (cut into small pieces)
Garlic (chopped)
Oyster Sauce
Light Soy Sauce
Dark Soy Sauce
Pepper
Salt
Oil
Water

Minced Chicken Omelet:
Chicken Meat (minced- marinate with light soy sauce and pepper)
Egg (beaten and add in a little pepper)
Garlic

Method:

Fried Yee Mee:
1. Heat oil and sauté garlic and onion for 1-2min.
2. Add in carrot and black fungus and season with salt and oyster sauce.
3. Stir fry for 1-2min.
4. Put in yee mee. Add light and dark soy sauce and pepper. Mix well.
5. Add in vegetables and stir fry for 1-2min.
6. Add a little water and continue to stir fry for 1-2min. Done!


Minced Chicken Omelet:
1. Heat a little oil and sauté garlic.
2. Add in chicken meat and stir fry for 2-3min.
3. Pour in egg mixture and fry till cooked.

Mifen Soup version 2

Ingredients:
Mifen (soaked till soft in water)
Tomato (2-3, cut into wedges)
Chicken meat (cut into small pieces)
Button Mushroom (sliced)
Carrot (sliced)
Chinese cabbage (cut into slices)
Chicken Frankfurters (sliced)
Egg Tofu (cut into thick slices)
Oyster sauce
Soy sauce
Pepper
Garlic (crushed lightly)
Salt
Water


Method:
1. Boil water in a pot.
2. Add in garlic, tomatoes, cabbage, carrot and mushroom. Simmer for 10min.
3. Add in chicken meat, frankfurters and tofu.
4. Season with salt, pepper, oyster sauce and soy sauce.
5. Add in mifen and cook for 3-4min.
6. Serve hot.

Chinese Style Fried Mifen

I missed my mum's fried mifen, so tried to replicate her cooking....;p Not exactly the same (of course not same la since we're not the same ma ;p), but taste great too :)

Ingredients:
Mifen (soaked in water until soft)
Carrot (cut into thin strips)
Cabbage (shredded)
Chicken meat (minced/cut into small pieces)
Onion (cut into thin strips)
Garlic (chopped)
Dark Soy Sauce
Light Soy Sauce
Salt
Pepper
Oil
Water


Method:
1. Marinate chicken meat with light soy sauce and pepper. Leave aside for 30min.
2. Heat a little oil in a wok or non-stick pan. Saute garlic and onion till fragrant.
3. Add chicken meat and stir fry for 1-2min.
4. Add in carrot and cabbage. Stir fry for 1-2min. Season with salt.
5. Add in mifen.
6. Add dark soy sauce and mix evenly.
7. Continue to stir fry for 2-3min and add in water if it gets dry….and it’s done!
* Add light soy sauce and mix well if you find it not salty enough (optional).

Curry Soybean Noodles

I felt like something hot and spicy but don’t want to cook something too complicated. Here’s what I came up with. As usual, you can add your fav vege and meat.




Ingredients:
Soybean Noodles (soaked in water for a few min)
Garlic (chopped)
Button Mushroom (sliced)
Cabbage (cut into medium size pieces)
Chicken Frankfurters (cut in any size you like ;p)
Curry Powder (mix with a little water to form paste)
Salt
Soy Sauce
Sugar
Water
Oil


Method:
1. Heat oil in a wok and brown the garlic.
2. Add cabbage, frankfurters and button mushroom. Stir fry for ~2min.
3. Add in curry paste and mix well. Continue to stir fry for 2-3min.
4. Season with salt, sugar and soy sauce. Add in water and cook till it simmers.
5. Put in soybean noodles and cook till soft. Serve hot.

Vegetarian Mee Sua

By the time I reach home from work, I was already starving so I thought I’d better cook something that does not require much preparation and cooking time.
VIP said he wanted to have noodles but already sick of chicken, so here comes this vegetarian mee sua :)




Ingredients:
Mee Sua (soak in water for few min)
Broccoli
Carrot (sliced)
Oyster Mushroom
Tofu
Onion (cut into small pieces)
Black Pepper
Oyster Sauce
Salt
Soy sauce
Oil
Water


Method:
1. Heat a little oil in a wok and stir fry onions for 2-3min.
2. Add in carrot and broccoli. Stir fry for 3-4min.
3. Add in oyster mushroom. Season with black pepper and oyster sauce. Continue to stir fry for 1-2min.
4. Add in tofu and mix well.
5. Add water and cook till boiling.
6. Put in the mee sua (stir so it won’t stick together) and add salt and soy sauce to taste.
7. Cook for 1-2min and it’s ready!

Vegetarian Fried Noodles

I couldn’t remember when was the last time I cooked fried noodles because anything fried seems to be associated with lots of oil. Anyway, I used very little oil here and it turned out well.

No sticking on the wok too much. I’d reckon if you use a non stick pan, it’ll be even easier!

Ingredients:
Instant noodles (cooked for a few minutes until it’s semi-soft)
Carrot (cut into thin strips)
Oyster mushroom (sliced)
Cabbage (cut into thin strips)
Garlic (chopped)
Oyster sauce
Salt
Light Soya sauce
Dark soya sauce
Pepper
Oil


Method:
1. Heat a little oil in the wok and saute garlic for 1-2min.
2. Add in carrot and cabbage. Stir fry for 2-3min.
3. Put in oyster mushroom and season with oyster sauce, salt and pepper.
4. Add in noodles and mix well.
5. Put in some dark soya sauce and mix to coat noodles with an even color.
6. If you need to make it more salty, add a little light soya sauce. Otherwise, just stir fry for 1-2min and it’s ready to be served.

Note: If the noodles get too dry, add a little water.