Monday, September 16, 2013

Rice vermicelli stir-fry with steam pork, bell peppers, onion & enoki mushroom with satay sauce

I love anything that is stir-fry with satay sauce.  Since I don’t have any beef on hand, I used steam pork instead to make this dish.  Suppose this dish is to make with beef but I think it still taste good with steam pork because I love to eat steam pork.  Anyway here’s what you need to make this dish…..


Ingredient:

Rice Vermicelli
Steam Pork
Bell Peppers
Onion
Enoki Mushroom
2 Clove Minced Garlic

Seasoning

Satay Sauce
Soy Sauce
Fish Sauce
Chicken Powder

Method:

1.      Soak the rice vermicelli with room temperature water.
2.      Slice up steam pork, onion and bell peppers.
3.      In a non-stick wok over medium low heat, heat up one tablespoon oil, add in the onion cook it for 1-2mins then add in the garlic cook it for another 1min.
4.      Then add in the steam pork, cook it for 1-2mins then add in two tablespoon of satay sauce. Cook for another 1-2mins, and then dish everything up.
5.      In the same non-stick wok, add in 1/2 of tablespoon of oil, and then add in the soak rice vermicelli and 1/4 cup of water.  Let it cook for 1-2mins.
6.      Add in soy sauce, satay sauce, chicken powder and fish sauce to taste.
7.      Add in bells peppers and enoki mushroom cook it for 2-3mins.
8.      Put the steam pork and onion back, combine it well and serve.

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Korean Style Army Pot

Actually this is not the correct name for this dish.  I actually just made it up.  The reason why I call it army pot is because during the war, this is what Korean troops will make to eat.  This is a very simple and easy dish to make and my hubby loves it.  Here’ what you need….


Ingredient:

Kim Chee
Spam
Sausage
Squash
Enoki Mushroom
Can Ketchup Beans
Korean Instant Noodle
Cheese
Beef Broth

Method:

1.      In a high side sauce pan over medium heat, cook the spam first.  Make sure both side of the spam is a little brown (no need add any oil, because spam have lots of fat release when you cook it).
2.      When the spam is cook, put the spam in the middle of the pan, and then put the Kim Chee, enoki mushroom, squash and sausage around the sauce pan.  In the middle of the pan, add in the instant noodle.  Then add in the beef stock.
3.      When everything comes to a boil, add in the ketchup beans, let it cook for 2 mins than add in the cheese and served.  

Breakfast 13-09-2013

Sept 13 2013 Breakfast is….


Squash, diced ham & spam with macaroni in fish broth…..

Breakfast 12 Sept 2013

Sept 12 2013 Breakfast is…..


Enoki mushroom, squid ball with rice vermicelli….

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Chinese Style Lettuce Wrap

During the week, I usually make very simple dinner for the two of us.  Usually one dish wills veggie and meat all in one plate.  This is what I made for dinner last night……


Ingredient:

Ground Pork
Canned Corn
Onion
String Beans
Chinese Lettuce
Garlic
Shallot
Green Onion
Chinese parsley

Marinated:

Soy Sauce
Sugar
Chinese Cooking Wine
White Pepper
Magie Sauce
Sesame Oil

Method:

1.      Marinated the ground pork for 30mins.
2.      Diced up the onion, string beans, green onion and parsley.
3.      Minced up garlic and shallot.
4.      In a non-stick wok over medium high heat, heat out 1/2 a tablespoon of peanut oil.
5.      Add in the onion, cook it until it turn translucent, then add in the minced garlic and shallot, cook for 1-2mins
6.      Add in the ground pork and cook for another 2-3mins, add in a splash of Chinese cooking wine.
7.      Let the wine evaporate for 1-2mins, then add in the string beans, let it cook for 2 mins then add in the corn.
8.      Cook the corn for another 1-2mins, and then add in fish sauce, XO sauce, chicken powder and a little oyster sauce, combine everything well.
9.      Top is off with green onion and parsley, dish up and served it with Chinese lettuce.

Breakfast 11 Sept 2013/9/11

Sept 11 2013 Breakfast is…..


Steam pork, Chinese lettuce with rice vermicelli

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Bake Mini Sausage, Shrimp & Bell Peppers Penne Rigate

This is another easy one dish kind of meal.  In this dish there’s veggie and meat all in one.  Is a very easy weekday meal to make after a busy day at work.  Here’s what you need to make this dish….



Ingredient:

Penne Rigate (1/2 Bag)
Mini Cheese Sausage
Shrimp
Bell Peppers (Yellow, Green & Red)
Onion
Canned Tomato Sauce
Chopped Garlic
Dried Crush Basil
Red Wine
Salt & Pepper
Parmesan Cheese

Method:

1.      Boil the Penne Rigate, cook it 1min less than the instruction written on the package, drain well and set aside (Oh!! make sure you add generous amount of salt into the boiling water).
2.      While the pasta is cooking, in a medium sauce pan over medium high heat, add in one tablespoon olive oil. 
3.      Add in the diced onion, add salt and pepper, and cook it until the onion is translucent.
4.      Add in the sausage and garlic, cook the sausage until it turn a little brown.
5.      Add red wine around 1/2 cup, cook it until it reduce by half.
6.      Add in the tomato sauce, crush dried basil and cook it under medium low heat for 15mins.
7.      When the sauce is ready, add in the bell pepper and shrimp, and cook it for 2-3mins.
8.      Add in the pasta; season it with salt and pepper.  Also at this add in 1/4cup of freshly grated parmesan cheese.  Combine everything well and put it in an oven proof dish.
9.      On top add more parmesan cheese, put it in a pre-heat oven at 200degree and bake it for 15-20min or until the top is golden brown.  Let it rest for 5mins before serving