Sunday, February 22, 2009

TEA SMOKE CHICKEN WING


Ingredients:

1 kg chicken wing
3 stalk of spring onion (sectioned)


Marinade:

2 tablespoon Chinese cooking wine
1-1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon black soya sauce (Optional - for color only)


For smoking chicken wing:

2 cups of jasmin rice (uncook)
8 cloves of garlic (unpeel)
5 tablespoon of brown sugar
5 tablespoon of tea leaf


Method:

1) Wash chicken wing and drained dry

2) Mixed marinade and marinate chicken wing for at least
2 hours or overnight, covering with cling wrap and leaving
in the fridge

3) Line a wok with aluminium foil, mixed ingredient for
smoking chicken wing together and pour into aluminium
lined wok

4) Place a rack on top of smoking ingredient

5) Arrange marinated chicken wing onto the rack, top with
spring onion

6) Cover wok and smoke chicken wing over medium flame
for 40 mins till cooked and brown

Sunday, December 28, 2008

BRAISED CHINESE MUSHROOM





Ingredients

2 cups Chinese Mushroom (wash, soaked, discard stem)
1 whole bulb of garlic (Skin on, smashed)
5 cloved of garlic (remove skin, minced)
1 cinnamon stick
3 star anise
2 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon dark soya sauce
1 tablespoon light soya sauce
1 teaspoon five spice powder
500 ml water
Seasoning:
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon pepper
For thickening: (mixed)

1 tablespoon corn flour
50 ml water



Method:

1) Heat up a little oil in a wok, fry minced garlic,
star anice, and cinnamon stick till fragrant

2) Drop in whole bulb of unskin garlic and
mushroom, fry for 3 mins

3) Add oyster sauce, dark soya sauce, light soya
sauce and five spice powder, stir fry till well
combined

4) Add 500 ml of water, cover, lower flame and
simmer for 20 mins till mushroom soften

5) Add seasonings, pour in thickening mixture,
fry till thicken, switch off flame, serve

Saturday, December 27, 2008

RAISINS SCONES




Raisins Scones

Ingredients

2 cups self raising flour
Pinch of salt
30gm butter
½ cup fresh milk
1 egg
1 cup raisins
½ tsp mixed spices
Milk for glazing

Method:

1) Sieve flour, salt and mixed spices together

2) Cut butter into small pieces and rub into
flour till it resembles bread crumbs

3) Add raisins

4) Combined fresh milk and egg.

5) Make a well in flour crumbs, pour all
liquid in and quick mix to form a soft dough

6) Knead dough lightly on a floured board,
roll to 2 cm thick

7) Using a 6 cm round cutter, cut into rounds

8) Place on a tray pre-lined with non-stick
baking paper, brush top with milk

9) Bake in a 180 degrees Celsius pre-heated
oven for 15 to 18 mins

10) Serve warm with butter/jam or honey

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

OATMEAL RAISINS COOKIES


Ingredients:

100gm butter
150gm castor sugar
2 eggs (about 100gm)
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

200gm oatmeal
120gm self raising flour
120gm raisins

Method:

1) Cream butter with castor sugar till creamy

2) Add egg 1 at a time and continue to cream,
follow with vanilla essence, cream till well combined

3) Fold in oatmeal, self raising flour and raisins
till well mixed

4) Drop teaspoons of mixture on baking tray pre-
lined with baking paper leaving space in between
for expansion

5) Bake at 180 degree celsius pre-heated oven for 15
mins or till golden

Note: Cookies is chewy and munchy

Sunday, August 3, 2008

POTATO CHIPS SKEWER CHICKEN


Ingredients:


250 gm chicken fillet

85 gm Lightly salted Potato Chips

1 egg (lightly beaten)


Skewer (soak in water for 10 mins before use)


Seasoning:


1 tablespoon sesame oil

1 tablespoon hua tiao wine

1 teaspoon pepper

1 tablespoon oyster sauce

1 teaspoon light soya sauce


Method:

1) Wash chicken fillet and cut into long strip


2) Marinate chicken fillet with seasonings for

at least 4 hours or over night


3) Use pre-prepared skewer to skewer chicken

fillet


4) Crush/pound potato chips till small pieces


5) Dip skewered chicken fillet in beaten egg and

coat evenly with crushed potato chips


6) Bake in pre-heated 180 degree celsius oven on

1 side for 15 mins, turn oven and bake the other

side for another 15 mins


7) Poke end of skewer with cherry tomato and serve

Saturday, June 14, 2008

CHOCOLATE CHEDDAR CHEESE LOAF


Ingredient:

125 gm butter
100 brown sugar
2 eggs (about 100gm)

100gm plain flour )
10gm cocoa powder ) Sieved
1/2 teaspoon baking powder ) Together
1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate soda )

2 slices of cheddar cheese (diced)
2 slices of cheddar cheese (shred)

Method:

1) Cream sugar and butter till light and
fluffy


2) Add egg 1 at a time and continue beating
till well combined after each addition

3) Mixed sieved flour mixtured till well combined


4) Mixed diced cheddar cheese


5) Pour mixtured into loaf pan, topped with
shredded cheddar cheese as decoration


6) Bake at 180 degree celsius for 50 mins till done

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

CASHEW NUT SLICES





Ingredients:
3 egg white (about 110gm)
100gm castor sugar
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
130gm plain flour
200 gm cashew nuts


Method:

1) Lightly toast cashew nuts for about 10 mins,
leave to cool

2) Beat egg white till bubbly, add vanilla essence,
salt and sugar gradually, continue beating till stiff

3) Fold in flour and cooled cashew nuts

4) Put batter into a 18cm square tin with bottom
pre-lined with baking paper and sides lightly greased.

5) Bake at 160 degree celsius pre-heated oven for
30 mins till light brown

6) Remove, over turn to cool

7) When cooled, cut into 2 even pieces, wrap with
aluminium foil and leave to chill overnight in the
fridge

8) Next day, slice thinly (about 0.5 cm thick) into
pieces

9) Place on tray with grease proof paper, bake at
150 degree celsius for 35 mins till golden brown

10) Leave to cool before storing in air-tight container