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 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!

Fried Rice with Fresh Corn

Here's another simple meal I cooked recently. It taste really good all because of the fresh corn!!! I don't know what you call that corn with 2 colours; white and yellow kernels but it's the more expensive type. It's not because I wanted to buy this but the seller ran out of the normal type, so I had to take this one. Anyway, it's very juicy and sweet, so no regrets.


Ingredients:
Cooked Rice
Carrot (diced)
Broccoli (cut into small pieces)
Fresh Corn
Dried Shrimps (soaked and chopped)
Garlic (chopped)
Shallots (sliced)
Dark Soy Sauce
Light Soy Sauce
Oil
Water-boiled


Method:
1. Heat oil in wok and saute garlic and shallots till fragrant.
2. Add in dried shrimps and stir fry till fragrant.
3. Add in carrot, broccoli and corn.
4. Season with light soy sauce.
5. Pour in rice and mix well.
6. Add in dark soy sauce and mix well.
7. Stir fry for 3-4min, adding water when it gets too dry.
8. Cook until corn is cooked (try it!) and add more light soy sauce to taste.
9. Serve hot.

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.

Linguine in Mushroom Sauce

This is the first time I made pasta in this way and I think the result is satisfactory although hubby said it'll taste better with more black pepper or a bit of cheese. Anyway, we don't have cheese at home except sliced cheddar cheese, so maybe next time ;p The mushroom taste is not very strong and perhaps using button mushroom or some other type of mushroom would be better. Anyway, I like the thick sauce even though no cream is used (I prefer not to use any cream since it's very fattening ;p).

Ingredients:

Linguine (cooked per packet instruction)

Fresh shitake mushroom (sliced - can't remember how much I put in ;p)

Onion (sliced and cut into smaller pieces)

Salt

Black Pepper

Mixed Herbs (dried)

Milk (I used low fat milk - don't have cream at home ;p)

Chicken Meat (deboned and cubed)

Tomatoes (cubed)

Garlic

Oil

Water

Method:
1. Heat some oil and saute onion.
2. Put in about 1 cup of sliced mushroom and leave the rest aside.
3. Season with some salt, black pepper and mixed herbs. Dish up.
4. Pour milk into the blender. Add in the mushroom in 3. Blend well. Put aside.
5. Heat some oil and saute the garlic.
6. Add in chicken and stir fry with some salt and black pepper.
7. Pour in tomatoes and the remaining mushrom, stir fry for 1 min.
8. Pour in the blended mushroom sauce. Season with salt.
9. Cook till it simmers and sauce thickens.
10. Sauce is ready and you can just pour it on top of the cooked linguine.

Fried Rice with Broccoli and Chinese Sausage

I think I've not been cooking fried rice or noodles for some time and I usually do this when my laziness creeps in ;p Well, I think this one is a balanced meal by itself as I have vege, fish and pork (the sausage) and it's brown rice :)

Ingredients:
Cooked Brown Rice
Garlic
Onion
Fish (marinate with some salt and pepper)
Chinese Sausage
Button Mushroom (would taste better with Chinese Mushroom)
Carrot
Broccoli
Light Soy Sauce
Salt
Oil


Method:
1. Heat some oil and saute garlic and onion until fragrant.
2. Add in chinese sausage and stir fry for 1-2min.
3. Add in mushroom, carrot and broccoli. Stir fry for 1min. Season with a little salt.
4. Add in fish and stir fry for a while.
5. Add rice and mix well.
6. Season with light soy sauce.
7. Stir fry over high heat for about 1min and it's done.

Fishy Fried Rice

Nope...no fish in the fried rice ;p This is today's lunch; fried fish and simple fried rice. I've been eating out for almost the past 2 weeks and I miss simple home cooked food. Today's meal took minimal effort but we had a very satisfying lunch. Fried rice is not oily like those sold outside plus I put in lots of vegetables.


The fried fish is idiot-proof. Just clean the fish, rub a little salt on both sides and leave it for 10min or so. Then, fry it till golden brown on both sides. Use low heat especially if it's a big fish or the meat is thick to ensure it's fully cooked on the inside too.

Fried Fish

Simple Fried Rice

Ingredients:
Rice (cooked and cooled)
Oil
Garlic
Egg (beaten)
Carrot (cut into cubes)
Cabbage
Salt
Light Soy Sauce
Dark Soy Sauce




Method:
1. Heat a little oil in the wok and saute garlic.
2. Pour in the beaten egg and cook for it's set.
3. Use the spatula to break the egg into small pieces.
4. Add in carrot and cabbage. Stir fry for 1min.
5. Season with salt.
6. Add in rice and mix well.
7. Add in light and dark soy sauce. Mix well.
8. Cook for 1min over medium heat. Dish up and serve.

Easy Chicken Rice

This is another one-dish-meal which is really easy to do. There are many variations which we can create from this recipe by using different ingredients and spices. It's all up to your creativity!

Ingredients:

Chicken Meat (cut into medium size)
Ginger (a few slices)
Marinade: light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil and corn flour.
Oil
Carrot (cut into cubes)
Rice
Salt
Dark Soy Sauce
Light Soy Sauce
Water


Method:


1. Pour marinade over chicken and add in ginger. Marinate overnight. (I just put everything into a container and left it in the fridge overnight).
2. Heat some oil in a wok.
3. Pick out the ginger from the marinade and stir fry in the wok until fragrant.
4. Add in carrot and stir fry for 1min.
5. Pour in the chicken and stir fry over medium heat for 1min.
6. Add in rice and mix well.
7. Season with salt, light soy sauce and dark soy sauce.
8. Dish up and transfer into a rice cooker. Add enough water to cook rice as usual.
9. When the rice is cooked, the dish is ready to be served!

Linguine in Tomato Sauce

I love the fresh tomatoes taste in this pasta. :)

Ingredients:
Pasta (I used linguine- cooked per packet instruction)
Tomatoes (very ripe – cut into small pieces and blend using a blender)
Onion
Garlic
Button Mushroom
Chicken Meat (minced)
Salt
Black Pepper
Mixed Herbs
Olive Oil
Water


Method:
1. Heat olive oil and sauté garlic and onion until onions turn soft.
2. Add in chicken meat and button mushroom. Stir fry for a while.
3. Season with salt, mixed herbs and black pepper.
4. Pour in the tomato puree and cook till it simmers. You can add a little water if you want.
5. Pour in the pasta and mix well. Serve hot.

Fried Rice with Cabbage and Chicken

Ingredients:
Rice (cooked)
Cabbage
Onion
Chicken Meat
Light Soy Sauce
Sesame Oil
Pepper
Salt
Sugar
Dark Soy Sauce
Oil


Method:
1. Marinate chicken meat with light soy sauce, sesame oil and pepper for 30min.
2. Heat oil and saute onion.
3. Add in chicken meat and stir fry for 1 min.
4. Add in cabbage. Season with salt and sugar.
5. Pour in rice and mix well.
6. Add in dark soy sauce and mix to coat the rice.
7. Stir fry for 1min and dish up.

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!

TomYam Fried Rice

A variety of spicy fried rice…

Ingredients:
Rice (cooked)
Carrot
Onion
Garlic
Chicken Meat
Light Soy Sauce
Pepper
Salt
Sugar
Tomyam Paste
Water (boiled)
Oil


Method:
1. Marinate chicken with light soy sauce and pepper for ~30min. Set aside.
2. Heat some oil in a wok and sauté garlic and onion until fragrant.
3. Add in tomyam paste and stir fry for a while.
4. Add in carrot and stir fry for 1 min.
5. Add in chicken meat. Season with sugar, salt and a little water.
6. Pour in the rice and mix well.
7. Stir fry over medium-high heat for 1min and it’s done.

Fish Porridge

I love to eat porridge when it rains because nothing beats the warmth of a bowl of piping hot porridge. Fish porridge wasn’t in my plan but I still have a huge piece of fish filet in the freezer and I want to finish it before I forget about it ;p
I love this porridge although my mum would say porridge with potatoes and carrot is for babies only. Haha….don’t tell me you think the same. I like to have some vegetables in my meal, so I like to add it in the porridge as well.


Ingredients:
Fish Fillet
Dried Scallops
Potatoes
Carrot
Ginger (lightly bruised)
Rice
Water
Salt
Pepper
Sesame Oil
Light Soy Sauce


Method:
1. Marinate fish fillet with pepper, sesame oil and light soy sauce. Set aside.
2. Cook rice with water. Add in ginger, carrot, potatoes and dried scallop.
3. Let porridge cook until done. Add in fish fillet.
4. Season with salt.5. When fish is cooked, porridge is ready.

Stir Fried Tomyam Spaghetti

Ingredients:
Spaghetti (cooked per packet instruction)
Big Onion
Tuna
Carrot
Green Bell Pepper
Button Mushroom
Tomyam Paste
Salt
Sugar
Water (boiled)
Oil


Method:
1. Heat some oil and stir fry onion till fragrant.
2. Add in tomyam paste and stir fry for 1 while.
3. Add in green bell pepper, carrot and button mushroom. Stir fry for 1 min.
4. Add in tuna and season with salt and sugar.
5. Add a little bit of water if it gets too dry.6. Put in spaghetti and mix well. Stir fry for 1min and it’s done.

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).

Pumpkin Rice

If you’ve never had pumpkin before, you should really give it a chance. I don’t recall my mum cooking any pumpkin dish until I was almost 12 or older. In the beginning, I hated it because I thought it’s like eating savoury sweet potato. I don’t really remember how I grew to love it but it was probably the time when I tasted pumpkin rice which my colleague brought into the office for her breakfast. Since then, I’ve decided I should give this squash a second chance and knowing how much nutrient you get from it makes it easier. It’s full of anti-oxidants, beta carotene (which converts to Vitamin A), niacin, vitamin E, calcium and iron!

Well, the next time you’re feeling tired to prepare a 3-4 dishes meal, try this one pot meal. The pumpkin brings subtle sweetness to the rice and blends in really well with dried shrimps and mushrooms (just like yam). In a way, this is like an adaptation from yam rice but I added some carrot as I love to have more vegetables in my meal.


Ingredients:
Rice (I used brown rice)
Pumpkin (cut into cubes)
Carrot
Dried Shrimps (soaked and chopped)
Shallots
Dried Mushroom (soaked and cut into small pieces)
Bean Paste (~1 tbsp)
Dark Soy Sauce
Oyster Sauce
Salt
Sugar
Pepper
Oil
Water


Method:
1. Heat some oil and saute shallots.
2. Add in dried shrimps and stir fry till fragrant.
3. Add in mushroom and carrot. Stir fry for 1 min.
4. Add in pumpkin.
5. Season with bean paste, oyster sauce, sugar, dark soy sauce and pepper.
6. Pour in the rice and mix well. Add in enough water (this really requires some agak-agak skill because you’ll need to add a little extra water than you usually need to cook the rice).
7. Season with a little salt.
8. Transfer everything to the rice cooker and cook rice as usual.

Stir Fried Spiral Pasta with Teriyaki Chicken

It’s been pouring here for the past few days and rainy days somehow often make me feel lazy. I, originally wanted to cook teriyaki chicken and a vege for dinner but changed my mind to cook just a one-dish meal for dinner. Hubby, who is forever very supportive of my cooking said “ok”. Hehe…so, I chose the easy way yesterday with this pasta. These spiral pasta (am sure they have an Italian name, but you don’t expect me to remember, do you??) are so colourful and it seemed to have this “cheer-you-up” effect as you cook them.

No, I’ve not gone crazy. I just love food :)


Ingredients:
Chicken Meat (de-boned)
Teriyaki Sauce
Pasta (cooked per packet instruction)
Carrot
Broccoli
Onion
Dark Soy Sauce
Salt
Black Pepper
Oil (I used olive oil)
Water


Method:
1. Marinate chicken meat with teriyaki sauce for a few hours or overnight.
2. Heat some oil and stir fry onion till fragrant.
3. Add in carrot and broccoli. Stir fry for 1 min.
4. Add in chicken and stir fry for a while.
5. Season with dark soy sauce, black pepper and salt.
6. Add a little bit of water if it’s too dry and cook till it simmers.
7. Add in the pasta and stir fry for 1-2min.

Dig in!

Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Chicken and Basil

I cooked this sometime back for dinner and enjoyed it very much. I think it was the first time I cooked with basil although I’ve always wanted to experiment with fresh basil. Simply love the taste and aroma and it’s become one of my favourite herbs.


Ingredients:
Whole Wheat Spaghetti (cooked per packet instruction)
Carrot
Chicken
Basil
Black Pepper
Light Soy Sauce
Cooking Wine
Salt
Sugar
Garlic
Onion
Olive Oil


Method:
1. Heat some oil and saute garlic and onion till it starts to brown.
2. Add in the carrot and stir fry for 1min.
3. Put in the chicken and stir fry for 1 min.
4. Season with salt, sugar and cooking wine.
5. Add in the pasta and mix well.
6. Season with light soy sauce and black pepper to taste.
7. Add in the basil and stir fry for 1/2min and it’s done!