Pork ribs soup with sweet corn

Ingredient

250 grams - pork ribs
400 grams - 1 sweet corn
150 grams - 1 red carrot
200 grams - 2 medium size potatoes
water - 1.5 litres
salt

Method

Boil the water in a tall casserole.  When water is boiling, add pork ribs and sweet corn.  Cover with lid and bring it to boil for 20 minutes.  Add red carrot, potatoes and salt.  Boil for another 10 minutes.  Ready to serve with hot rice and dip in light soy sauce. 

Fry Choy Sum with pork

There are many benefits of eating leafy green vegetables.  Those leafy vegetables are  low fat and low calorie.  Choy Sum is high in vitamin A, C, beta-carotene, calcium, dietary fiber and also rich in folic acid.  

Farmers are using many chemicals when planting vegetables for better result.  Therefore, keep the vegetables in the water at least half hour and wash more than 3 times  is required to avoid poisoning.   If you do not have enough time to keep in the water, choose to wash many times. 

Ingredient

300 grams - Choy Sum (wash & cut)

50 grams - pork (slice)

2 cloves - garlic (crash or chop)

1 Tbs - light soy sauce

2 Tbs - cooking oil

Method

heat up the cooking oil in a frying pan, add garlic and fry till color changed.  Add pork and stir fry  for 2 minutes.  Add Choy Sum, light soy sauce and continuous stir fry for a minute.  Add 2 Tbs of water and continuous stir fry for another minutes.  Ready to serve.  

(Tip.  It is better taste and freshness when you serve right away after fried the vegetables.) 

Fried chicken wings in oyster sauce

Most of us like chicken wings, especially children.  Me too.  I love to eat but I don't eat too often.  Chicken wings are rich in protein, however eat too much cause Gout attack.  So adult, please be careful when you choose the food.  

Ingredient

10 pcs – chicken mid-joint (or) 5 pcs of chicken wings

½ tsp – salt

1 Tbs – light soy sauce

1 Tbs – onion juice

1 Tbs – corn flour

1 1/2 Tbs – oyster sauce

3 pcs – shallot (chop)

2 pcs – garlic (chop)

Method

1. Marinate the chicken with salt, light soy sauce, onion juice, corn flour and leave it for an hour.
2. When chicken is ready.  Heat ¾ rice bowl of oil in a frying pan and fry chicken till golden brown.
3. Leave 3-4 Tbs of oil in a pan and fry chopped shallot and garlic together till fragrant and change the color.  Reduce heat to low level.  Add oyster sauce and mix well.   Add fried chicken  and stir for a minute.  Add 8 Tbs of hot water and cover with a lid till water dry. (it takes 1 1/2 to 2 minutes). Stir a few times during cooking.  Ready to serve.

Fry shredded pork with wood ear fungus

Ingredient

150 grams – pork (shredded)

30 grams – black ear fungus

20 grams – shallot (finely chopped)

3 cloves – garlic (finely chopped)

2 cubes – soya bean curd with chili sauce

4 tsp – light soy sauce

1 tsp – dark soy sauce

½ tsp – salt

4 tbs - oil

1 tsp – corn flour

                                                                                      

Method

·         Marinate shredded pork with 1 tsp of light soy sauce, ½ tsp of salt and 1 tsp of corn flour.  Put aside first.

·         After soaked black ear fungus for 30 minutes in the water, wash 3-4 times.  Then cut the black ear fungus and leave it to dry in a basket.

·         Add 2 tsp of hot water into 2 cubes soya bean curd and mix well.

·         Heat the oil in a non-stick pan.  Add chopped garlic and shallot till fragrant.  Add the marinated shredded pork and stir fry for a minute.  Pour soya bean curd into pork and continuous stir fry for another minute.  Add black fungus, remaining light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and 5 tbs of hot water.  Stir fry for 2 – 3 minutes and cover the lid. 

Stir fry baby fine bean

It is the best if you eat vegetable immediately after stir fry.  If you spend less than half hour time for this dish, it could save money and travelling time to the food court. 

Try it.  It is easy and simple.

Ingredient

150g- baby fine bean

20g- dry prawn

2 clove – garlic

3tbsp – oil

½ tsp – salt

Method:

1) Wash baby fine bean a few times.  Cut away the head and tail potion and divided into two.  Put aside.

2) Wash dry prawn with hot water .  Finely chop dry prawn and garlic.

3) Heat up the oil in a wok and fry garlic till fragrant.  Add dry prawn and stir fry till the color change a bit.  Then add the baby fine bean, salt and fry for 30 seconds.  Then add 3 tbs of water and mix well and cover the work for 5-8 minutes.  It is ready to serve. 

Steam Prawn

Today's menu is for the busy people.  It is easy and fast.   Try to use the fresh prawn for sweet taste.

Ingredient

10 pcs medium size prawn

½ tsp – salt

2 tsp – Ginger wine (or) Chinese cooking wine

½ tsp – Black pepper powder

½ tsp – sesame oil

Method:

clean the prawns (cut away head, leg and hard part of the tail).  Marinate with remaining ingredients for 20-30 minutes.  Boil water in the saucepan.  When the water is boiling, steam the prawn for 8-10 minutes.  Try it! It is fresh and juicy.