Potato Chicken (Upgraded Version)

Remember my Potato Chicken recipe in my earlier posts? Today I am going to share with you another version of the Potato Chicken. This time, tthere are more ingredients and the sauce is less thick and more watery.

You will need:
(4 servings)

1 big potato or 2 small sized 
3 Chicken thighs (use boneless thighs to make life easier)

A handful of Chinese vermicelli 

2-3 carrots

Soya Sauce
Pinch of sugar
Pinch of corn starch
pinch of salt
Oyster sauce

soy sauce

Cooking oil
water

Steps:

1. Soak in the Chinese vermicelli with water to allow it to soften.

2. Dice up the chicken into bite-sized pieces.
3. To marinate the chicken, add in about 1.5 tsp of soya sauce, a pinch of sugar and some corn starch. 
4. "Massage" and mix it. Leave it for at least 20 mins.
5. Dice up the potatoes and carrots into bite-sized cubes. 
6. Add some oil to a heated pan.
7. Fry the potatoes until the sides turns slightly brown.
8. Add in about 3/4 cup of water and put the lid on to let it cook.
9. When all the water is gone, try and see if it is cooked on the inside, if not, add more water.
10. Boil the carrots till it turns soft.
11. Fry the chicken at medium heat in a cooking pan. 
12. When it is 90% done, add in the potatoes and carrots.
13. Add in water till it covers up the ingredients, then add in 3 spoons of oyster sauce, 2 spoon of soy sauce, a pinch of sugar.  Add in the Chinese vermicelli. Taste it along the way and adjust flavour to your reference.

Again, this dish is perfect with rice.

Breakfast Time! Ham and Cheese Muffin~

Today's post is not about snacks nor main meal dishes, but a breakfast recipe:) I got bored of having the normal breakfast I have every day. I used to have cereal and now I just grab a fruit and eat it on the go since I'm always in a hurry in the morning. Since it's Easter holiday, I have a bit more time to spend, so I decided to make this Ham and Cheese Muffin! 

 You will need:

2-3 slice of cooked ham
1 muffin
1 slice of processed cheese

Steps: 
(using an oven toaster)

1. Cut the muffin in half and place it in the toaster and toast it until golden brown.
2. Take it out and place the ham and cheese on top of one of the muffins, then place it back in the oven toaster to allow the cheese to melt.
3. Then add the other muffin on top and keep it in the oven toaster for another 1-2 mins.

If you use a pop toaster, follow the steps below:

1. Cut the muffin in half and place it in the toaster and toast it until golden brown.
2. Take it out and place the ham and cheese on top of one of the muffins, then place it in the microwave for 15 seconds to allow the cheese to melt.
3. Then place the other muffin on top and there you go:)

See the melting cheese and the golden brown muffin?

Took this picture when it is hot and just out of my oven toaster! 

Makes me salivate just by looking at the picture. ><

Congee Upgraded Version!

Remember I posted a recipe on making congee? This time, I've come back with an upgraded version haha. I've tossed in a few more ingredients, making this a more colourful and filling congee.

You will need:
(2 servings)

1 cup of rice
6 cups of water
1 carrot
mince meat (size of your fist)
2 slices of ginger
one strip of spring onion
6 dried shrimps
iceberg lettuce
soya sauce
sugar
corn starch.

Steps:
1. Wash the dried shrimps and soak it in water for 15 mins. Then drain off the water.
2. Wash the rice twice, then add in the water. Let it cook in the rice cooker. Add in the dried shrimps as well.
3. Marinate the mince meat with some soya sauce, sugar and corn starch. 

4. Cut the ginger into thin strips,. Peel and dice up the carrots and add it to the congee. Add in the ginger as well.

5. Keep stirring at times and be careful when it starts boiling up.
6. Add in the marinated mince meat. Add a pinch of salt to give more the congee some flavour. 
7. Wash some lettuce and cut them up. Add it into the rice cooker.
8. Some rice cookers tell you when the porridge is done, but if it doesn't, when it thickens, taste it and adjust it to your preference by leaving it to cook longer or add more salt if you prefer a stronger taste.
9. When it is done, plate it in a bowl, and add some cut-up spring onion for decoration, it also enhance the taste to the congee.

First time making Kimbap!

Hi! Today I am going to start this post with a little guessing game:) Can you guess what I am going to make with these colourful ingredients?

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Ta-da! It's another Korean dish called Kimbap! I really like this dish/snack because of how colourful it is. For those who does not know what kim-bap (김밥) is, it literally translate to "dried seaweed- rice". It is actually Korean Style Sushi, a very popular and affordable dish/snack in South Korea. For those who is not a big fan of sashimi, you can try this as an alternative to Japanese sushi.

You will need:
(2-3 servings)

3-4 strips of yellow radish
1 carrot
3-4 strips of cucumbers
3 eggs
mince pork (size of your fist)
4 bowls of rice
3-4 sheets of dried seaweed
sesame oil
salt
soy sauce
sugar
corn starch

Steps: 

1. Wash the rice twice and cook it in the rice cooker. 
2. Prepare the ingredients. First, marinate the mince meat with sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil and corn starch. 
3. Then beat up the three eggs, and pour it into frying pan, let it fill the bottom of your prying pan, and then fold it into half when the eggs are half cooked. 
4. Peel the carrots. Cut the carrots, cucumbers, yellow radish, and egg omelette into strips.
5. Fry the meat with a little oil.
6. Now that you have all the ingredients ready and when the rice is done. Here comes the fun part:P
7. Just before we start, mix the rice with 3 teaspoons of sesame oil and sprinkle some salt. Let the rice cool down a little bit till it's warm.
8. Lay on a flat surface a sheet of dried seaweed, then add a thin layer of rice that covers the entire surface of the seaweed. then put one strip of all the ingredients and line the mince meat there as well. (The picture below shows the layout, but I suggest to have the pork close to the other ingredients, so the top part of the picture will have just the rice and will stick better)
9. Slowly roll it from the side with all the ingredients (ie start from bottom of picture) while squeezing it gently, with some pressure, but not too much that you break the seaweed.

10. Apply minimal sesame oil onto the surface of your sushi roll. Not only does it look better, giving a shinny effect, but also makes it easier when cut the roll into bite size pieces. And of course, sesame oil just makes the kim-bap taste even better!

You may have your kim-bap with soya sauce, or with yellow radish or kimchi.

This is my second attempt making kimbap, I used ham instead of minced pork.

First Attempt making Kimchi Fried Rice!

Hi everyone! Today's recipe is going to be a little spicy, it's Korean Kimchi Fried Rice (김치볶음밥). Without further introduction, let's get into it straight away!

You will need:

(2-4 servings)

3-4 bowls of rice

3/4 bowl of kimchi

1/2 bowl of kimchi juice

2-3 tablespoon of korean red pepper paste

1-2 carrots

cooking oil

mince pork (size of your fist)

soy sauce

sugar 

corn starch

sesame oil

dried seaweed (optional)

eggs (one egg per serving)

Steps:

1. Marinate the mince pork using soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil and corn starch. Fry the pork.

2. Dice up the carrots and boil it.

3. Fry the kimchi with some cooking oil in a frying pan. This helps to store the juice within the kimchi, so when you bite into it, it's more juicy.

4. Add in the rice, and kimchi juice, carrots and the mince pork and keep frying.

5. Add in a bit of sesame oil for more fragrance.

6. On a separate frying pan, fry a sunshine egg as a decoration. You may add in some dried seaweed and spring onion as well for decoration.

Tip: if you want to create nice and round shaped egg without the use of a shaping mould, you can cut out a piece of onion and place it in the frying pan and the have your egg inside it. See picture below:

Ice Cream Dessert

Hi! Today is a little different, rather than showing you a main meal dish recipe, this is going to be a quick dessert that even kids can make! I bought some vanilla ice cream the other day and just thought.. having just ice cream is a bit boring, so I just kind of spice it up with what ever I found in my kitchen:) Just like when you have frozen yoghurt in dessert shops where you mix and match toppings, I just did the same but with ice-cream! Taste just as good. Should give this combination a try:)

You will need: 
(1 serving)

Vanilla ice cream
Honey
Bananas

I just add the ingredients randomly, so did not really keep track on the actual amount used. so the measurings mentioned below just the estimated numbers. But really, you can just add whatever you want and adjust the quantity to your preference.


Steps:

1. Cut up some bananas, I used about half a banana for my bowl of ice cream above.
2. Add in about 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream and add in the bananas.
3. Drizzle some honey on top. 

Highly recommend adding in some biscuit crumbs/chunks, it really goes with the dessert, and adds more texture to it. Digestives, oreo and rich tea biscuits are my personal favourite choices of biscuits to add.

Spring Onion and Cheese Bread

It's been exactly a month since I last posted. This recipe I am going to share is something I found online and wanted to try it since it is so easy and simple to make, also, the pictures I saw online looked really attractive and delicious that I can't resist but to try it out myself. This is the outcome:)

Oops, the middle part the bread is gone:P My sister and I were too tempted to try it before we remember to capture some food shots.

You will need:
(2 servings)

A big loaf of hard crust bread
3 strips of spring onions
200g grated mozzarella
3 slices of bacon (I forgot to get bacon this time, but it is definitely more flavoured when there is bacon)

The amount of ingredients are really up to you to adjust, if you want a more meaty bread, add more bacon, and more cheesy if you are a cheese maniac!

Steps:
1. Preheat the open at 250C while you prepare the ingredients.
2. Cut the bread diagonally in both ways to create a grid pattern. Make sure the cuts are deep enough to fit the ingredients in, but do not cut it all the way through that breaks the bread up.
3. Wash the spring onions and cut away the ends of it.
4. Cut up the bacon and spring onions into tiny bits.
5. Add in the ingredients into each gap and add the mozzarella cheese in the end.
6. Place it in the oven at 250C for 20 mins, then take it out and sprinkle more mozzarella cheese on top and then place it in the oven for another 10mins.

Simple eh? These are all super affordable ingredients and this quick recipe is just perfect for lazy days.

You can have it with soup to compensate the slight dryness of the bread.

Excuse the slightly pixelated pictures,
I forgot to charge my camera batteries, so had to use my phone instead.