Sweet & Sour Prawns with wonton skin

This is easy, just deep fried some wonton skin and set aside.

Cook some prawns with sweet and sour sauce and top with the wonton skin. Wonton skin can serve separately and dip in the sauce.

Claypot Tofu with chicken

Claypot Tofu with chicken with oyster sauce and chinese wine

Baked Fish with sweet and sour sauce

This is easy, just baked the fish with sweet and sour sauce for about 30 minutes at 200 degrees celsius. For crispy onion, you can fry them first, if not just baked them together with the fish.

Roast Chicken

Ok I have upgraded from roasting drumstick to half chicken...lol. As there are only three of us, so I decided to roast only half the chicken. Next time, I will try roasting the whole chicken when there are more people.

It is so simple, just wash and dry the chicken and rub some salt all over the chicken. Before roasting, coat it with butter. After baking for 30 minutes at 180 degrees celcius, use a fork to poke some holes, turn the chicken over and roast for another 15 to 20 minutes and then turn over the chicken and roast for another 30 minutes or till it is crispy. During the last 15 minutes or so, turn the temperature to 200 degrees celcius and coat with butter again.

Instead of adding keropok to the roast chicken, I added some fried wantan skin.

Roasted Drumstick/vegetables with butter

This is so simple, I just coat the drumstick with butter and added some salt and pepper.

When almost roasted, I coat some butter again.

I placed the drumstick on top of the vegetables so that the vegetables will not be too dry from the direct heat of the oven.

I will try roast this way with the whole chicken.

This recipe taught by my American friend.

Minced pork/prawn/chestnut wrapped in bean curd skin

Minced pork/prawns/chestnuts wrapped in beancurd skin then dipped in egg and coated with cornflour. Look like "nian gao" hahahaha

Chendol Agar Agar

Hahaha because I used a different mould (moon cake mould), the chendol agar agar looked like jade...hehehe.

Playing around with colours.

Fried Rice with yam/taro

A simple fried rice but instead of the usual ingredients, I added some crunchy deep fried yam/taro....yummy but hubby dont like it.

Simple Fried Maggie Mee with oyster sauce

This is so simple, just blanched the maggie mee in hot water almost cooked but not soggy, set aside.

Fried some garlic and ingredients (for the above photo - I did not add any ingredients), then throw the maggie mee in and oyster sauce and mix well and add a beaten egg in the centre of the well of the maggie mee and mix well.

Deep Fried Kai Lan

Hahaha I learned how to deepfried the kai lan leaves but seriously, the normal stir fry kai lan with oyster sauce tasted better.

Dishes that I want to learn to cook

Deep Fried Kailan

Shred leaves and deep fried them

Blanch kai lan stem and stir fry with garlic

Top the kai lan stem with the fried leaves and topped with pork floss and cut red chillies

Pork Chop coated with oatmeal

Marinate pork chop with light soya sauce, chinese wine, sesame oil for 2 hours

Then coat them with oatmeal and deepfried them

Prawns with breaded crumbs

This is so easy.

Just marianted the prawns with light soya sauce and sesame oil.

Dust them with some corn flour and dip into beaten egg and coat with breaded crumbs.

Deep fry till golden brown.

Serve the chilli sace or ketchup.

Fried Chicken Wings with XO flour

Bought this XO Flour from demostration stall at CK Tang. XO sounds so impressive.

But the chicken wings fried with the flour dont tasted so good. The chicken flour that I bought from the wet market, tasted so much better.

Baked prime ribs

Yummy ...Baked Prime Ribs

Potato with hot dog

Something that kids like.

Potato and hot dogs.

Peel and sliced potato wedge shaped.

Deep fried the potato till almost golden brown, set aside.

Next fry the hot dog (sliced), add about 3 to 4 tbsp of ketchup, 1 tbsp of vinegar, sugar to taste and some water. Mixed till boiled and throw in potato and mix well. Serve.

Steam Fish

Now I am so mad...hahaha. I got a bigger plate for my fish but I forgot to buy spring onion to garnish my fish...grrrrr. My family like the gravy. It is done so easily, just some light soya sauce, water, wine and the secret is rock sugar.

Steam Fish

I got the fishmonger to cut the fish "butterfly style" but after steaming, I found the plate is too small...hahahaha. Next time, I will use a bigger plate so you can see the sauce.

Ketchup Prawns

Wash Prawns and use a scissor to cut the top shell to remove veins but keeping the whole shell intact.

Pan Fried Prawns with little oil till almost cooked.

Add some ketchup and sugar(to taste) and mixed them all till fragrant and cooked. This method does not give any ketchup gravy, they are fried till the prawns absored all the ketchup and sugar.

Baby Bak Choy

This is easy.

Just blanch the bak choy in boiling water and a few drops of oil till the leaves withered or to the texture of your choice.

Arrange the bak choy on dish.

Next deep fried some white baits till golden brown and set aside.

For sauce, boiled 1 tbsp of oyster sauce and 1 tbsp of water (more if like more gravy) and pour over vegetables and topped with the fried white baits.

Steam Fish

Ok I did not decorate it nicely, next time I will add parsley and spring onion and tofu...hehehe

It tasted like restaurant style but of course restaurant is better.

My version (adapted from a recipe from Rasa Malaysia)
4 tablespoon light soya sauce
1 tablespoon chinese wine
sugar to taste (best to use rock sugar grind to powder form)
few drops of sesame oil
Ginger (sliced)

Steam fish with ginger (Dont steam too long)
For sauce, add light soya sauce, wine, sugar and sesame oil.
When fish steamed already, throw away water contained during steaming
Heat some hot oil (about 1 or 2 tblsp) and drizzle on fish
Heat up sauce and pour over fish and decorate it whichever way you like. My sons like the fish.

Note: Must buy very fresh fish.

Agar Agar Art?

My husband say I can be bothered to make all these funny shapes for agar agar. He said you just pop the whole thing in your stomach,why waste time.........lol. My eldest son told me that "Mom that is very nice". (Geez, at least I have a supporter...lol.) My youngest son ask me: "So when can I eat them?" Finished Product

Just pour the different coloured agar agar into the desired moulds.

For the leaves and stem part, cut out from a plate of agar agar to the required shape.

All these need patience and inspiration. But I think I should be able to do better but I am too tired and lazy today (lol).

These were done very long time ago.

Minced pork with quail egg in Spaghetti Sauce

I marinated minced pork with light soya sauce and sesame oil and rolled into pork and coated with bread crumbs and deep fried them till almost golden brown. Boiled quail eggs and remove shells and set aside.

Heat up some prego sauce from bottle and throw in minced pork and quail egg and mixed well till sauce boiled.

Roast Drumstick and Potatoes

I roasted some drumsticks and throw in some slices of potato. Mix the gravy with potato too, it would be very tasty. The photo above is half done in the oven.

I forgot to take photo of the finished roasted drumstick...lol

Fried Rice with Silver Fish

Frozen silver fish in the freezer.

Give them a quick rinse of water and deep fried in hot oil till crispy golden brown.

Top them on fried rice.....yummy. Silver fish can be eated with porridge too.

Note: Putting them in freezer will make them crispier.

Prawns with curry powder wrapped in wonton skin

Pat dry the prawns and mixed with curry powder ( dont make it wet). Then wrapped with wonton skin and deep fried till golden brown.

For fun snack.

Fried Prawns

I did this before. Make a batter with plain flour (1 bowl) and corn flour (1/2 bowl or lesser). Deep fried them till golden brown.

Baked Chicken Wing

Ah! Now I perfect my baked chicken wings.

I marinated them half a day earlier with same amount of honey, oyster sauce and dark soya sauce.

Then before baking, I heat the oven 180 degree celsius for 10 minutes and then I put the chicken wings in and baked for 1 hour. Every 20 minutes, I turned them over for even baking and use the remaining gravy in the tray ti blast them.

Chilli Crabs

I cooked chilli crabs for my sons but arggg the gravy is too little but sons love crabs lor. Dare give hubby eat.

Fried chicken with fine shrimp paste

This is so good when served hot. I did this before. You can see the recipe in here.

Braised Chicken Wing, tau kwa and egg

Braised Chicken Wing, tofu and egg...yummy

Spinach with white baits

Too bad the guys hate vegetables, this whole portion is mine for lunch. :)

Japanese Tofu with Leek

This is easy.

Just pan fried the japanese tofu (cut into slices) till golden brown and set aside.

Stir fry some leeks (cut slices) and minced pork, add water, dark soya sauce, sesame oil and cornflour solution. When boiled add the tofu and serve hot.

Sweet and Sour Fish

Would look better if onions are added but you know my hubby and sons hated onions...lol

Sardine

Sardine with onions and cut chillies

Bak Kuet Teh

Just follow the instructions behind the packet but you need to add your own garlic and pepper if you like spicy.

It smells very nice with those herbs. Very good.

Deep fried Bread with luncheon meat and cheese

Hahaha try something funny last week.

Put luncheon meat between two slices of bread and with a slice of cheese. Dip in beaten egg and deep fried them. Some of the bread I added some spices.