My version of KFC potato wedge and chicken popcorn

This is my version of KFC potato wedge and chicken popcorn. Very simple to do. Cut the potato into slices or wedges and deep fry till golden brown and drain and sprinkle with some salt.

For the chicken, cut into bite sizes and marinate with light soya sauce, sesame oil, egg, chicken flour and deep fried till golden brown. Dip in ketchup.

Recipe Source: alicecozycorner

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Fried Mackerel in Chilli Sauce

Even the smartest housewife would have run out of ideas of what to cook (lol). So here is one dumb housewife (that's me) who run out of ideas of what to cook. I bought a can of fried mackerel in chilli sauce. Cut some onions, fry them add the can fish, add some ketchup and water and cook it. It is not spicy at all, quite sweet in fact.

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Tiger Prawns in thick ketchup gravy with egg white streak

Tonight I cooked prawns with thick ketchup. It was so good that my family finished the ketchup gravy. Mixed the gravy with rice, it is shiok. Looked at the above photo and you can see the evidence of my family's love for the dish. (lol)

Ingredients

1/2 kg tiger prawns

3 cloves garlic(minced)

4 tbsp to 5 tbsp tomato ketchup

1 tbsp of sugar, or according to taste

pinch of Salt, according to taste

1 cup water

1 tbsp corn flour

1 tbsp white vinegar

1 egg white

Method

Remove head of prawns and cut off the legs with scissors.
Use scissors to cut open the top part of shell and remove intestines leaving the shell intact.

Scald prawns in hot boiling oil and drain. set aside.

Heat some oil in a wok, and fry the garlic till fragrant.

Mix the tomato ketchup, salt, sugar, white vinegar,water and corn flour to make the sauce.

Add the sauce mixture and prawns to the wok, and stir well for two minutes.

Break egg white and pour over with a fork into the wok, simmer till cooked.

Recipe Source: alicecozycorner

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Braised Spare-Ribs

Ingredients

500gm prime ribs, cut into 5cm lengths
Oil for deep-frying

(A) (mixed together)

2 pieces fermented red beancurd (nam yee), mashed with a spoon
1 tbsp Shao Hsing Hua Tiau wine

Gravy (B)

1 tsp light soya sauce
2 tbsp tomato sauce
1 tsp dark soya sauce
1½ tbsp sugar
1 tbsp oyster sauce
250ml water

1 tsp Shao Hsing Hua Tiau wine

Method

Wash and trim off excess fat from the pork ribs then marinate with ingredients (A) for at least 3–4 hours or preferably overnight in the refrigerator.

Heat oil in a wok for deep-frying and fry pork ribs for 3–4 minutes.

Remove and drain from oil.

Combine gravy ingredients (B) in a saucepan and bring to a gentle simmering boil.

Add in pre-fried pork ribs.

Reduce the heat and simmer for 45–60 minutes or until meat is just tender

Recipe Source: adapted from Amy Beh

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Tau Kwa with Chives

Ingredients :

tau kwa

Chinese chives

medium prawns

minced garlic

Seasonings :

1 tablespoon oyster sauce

200ml stock (est)

cornflour water

Method :

Cut tau kwa into cubes.

Trim away tough parts of the chives then cut into sections.

Shell prawns and remove the veins.

Deep-fry tau kwa till golden brown. Drain oil. Set aside
Add garlic to fry till fragrant.

Add chives to fry briefly. Stir in prawns and oyster sauce before adding stock and tau kwa. Cover and simmer for 3 minutes.
Thicken with a little cornflour water and turn off the heat.

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Note: Can add pork and carrot (optional)

Steam fish with fermented beans (taucu)

Tried this and it tasted very good. Loved the salty and sweet sauce and the crunchy feeling of the ginger. I liked this.

Ingredients
1 tsp chopped garlic
1 tsp chopped ginger
1 tbsp fermented beans (taucu), coarsely chopped
2 tbsp oil

Seasoning
1 tbsp light soya sauce
1/2 tsp sesame oil
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tbsp sugar
3–4 tbsp water

Garnishing
1 red chilli, seeded and chopped
1 tbsp chopped spring onion

Method

Heat oil in a wok, sauté ginger, garlic and fermented beans until fragrant. Add in seasoning and bring to a boil.

Remove and pour over fish.

Steam the fish for 10–15 minutes.

Remove and add garnishing.

Recipe Source: Amy Beh

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Tempura Prawns

Bought this flour from Phoon Huat. I did not follow the instructions of adding more water as I am afraid the batter would be too dilute but the finished product does not look like the picture on the front of the packet ...hahaha but it did tasted nice. Next time, I would add the amount of water as per the instruction on the packet behind and see if it turn out like the picture on the packet.Recipe: Can be found on the back of the packet of tempura flour.
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Deep Fried Pastry

This is a very easy snack. Roll wantan skin with a chopstick.

Do not wrap the skin too tight otherwise it would be difficult to remove the skin from the chopstick. Seal the corner of skin with egg white

Remove the skin from chopstick.

Make a few more.

Deep fried the wantan roll till golden brown and drain on kitchen paper to absorb all the oil.

You sprinkle some salt or sugar or just eat it plain.

Recipe source: alicecozycorner

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Braised Mushroom with lily buds, tim chok and wood ear fungus

Tonight I cooked briased mushroom with lily buds,tim chok and wood ear fungus. Hubby like it and said it tasted good...yipee.

Ingredients:
100 gm Dried Chinese mushrooms
Dried lily buds
Tim Chok

Dried wood ear fungus
Black Moss (Fa cai) (optional)-soaked in water

2 pcs dried oyster

garlic (minced)

1tbsp of cornflour

Seasoning
1 1/2 tbsp Oyster sauce or to taste

2 tbsp of chinese wine

salt to taste

For boiling
600 ml water (est)

Method:
1. Soaked all the dried ingredients (except fa cai) with boiling hot water until soften.
2. For the mushrooms, cut the stem off of each mushroom and if the mushroom is too big, cut into bite sizes. For the lily buds, cut the top harder part off (like a black tip) and tight it into a knot. For woodear fungus, just cut it into smaller pieces. Cut the tim chok into half pieces.

3. Marinate mushroom, dried oyster with garlic and 1 tbsp of cornflour.
4. Boil some water. When boiled, add the marinated mushrooms, woodear and seasoning. Let it simmer for about 1 1/2hour . Adjust taste of oyster sauce and salt.

5. Lastly add in the lily buds,tim chok during the last 15 mins and add fa cai (if used) lastly and let it simmer for 5-10 mins. Serve hot!

Recipe Source: alicecozycorner

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Potato with chicken

This is a very easy dish.

Ingredients

Potato (sliced thinly)

garlic (minced)

Chicken meat (cut into thin strips)

Oil

1 tbsp oyster sauce or to taste

few drops of seasame oil

Method

1. Sliced potato thinly and deep fried them till almost golden.

2. Drain potato and set aside.

3. In another wok, saute garlic in some oil and add chicken meat.

4. Fry till almost cook and add oyster sauce.

5. Fry again and when almost done, add potato and sesame oil.

Recipe Source: alicecozycorner

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