Sunday, April 5, 2009

Roast Duck Congee in Teochew Style


Ingredients:

1 portion of duck/meat bones
150g Cooked rice
1000ml of water
50g of Shredded Roast Duck (separate into 2 portions)
5g of Chopped Spring Onion
15g of Grated Pickled Green Mustard
10g of Cooked Salted Duck Egg (cute into cubes)
Soy Sauce, Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions:

1) Boil water in a pot, then add in cooked rice and bones. Simmer with high heat for about 15 minutes till it turns into congee.

2) Removes bones (if added previously) and add the left over portion of shredded duck we prepared before with some salted duck egg. Cook for another 1 minutes, then add some soy sauce, salt & pepper to taste.

3) Serve when its hot and garnish with some pickled green mustard and chopped spring onion.

Recommendations:

1) Congee is an easy dish to prepare.
2) To avoid wastage, leftover roast duck can be used as ingredients.
3) The way of cooking salted duck egg is the same as hard boiled egg. Boil egg in the hot water until it cooked.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Steam Prawn with Chinese Style


Ingredients:

600g of Prawn (Marinate with a pinch sugar after wash)

2-4 cloves of Chopped Garlic

30g of Grated Ginger

5g of Spring Onion

Sauces: 1 tbsp of Sesame Oil, 1 tbsp of Soy sauce, 1 dash of Pepper, 1 tbsp of Shao Shing Wine, 2 Preserved Plum in Brine (Optional)


Instructions:

1) Layer the prawn on a large dish in order. Sprinkle chopped garlic, grated ginger and the prepared sauce on the surface of the prawn.

2) Steam the prawn for 8-10 minutes in a steamer with hot boiled water.

3) Garnish some spring onion onto the prawn and serve.


Recommendation:

* This dish must be served hot and prawn can also be replaced by fish.

* To save time, use ginger paste and garlic paste instead of chopped or grated one.




Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Pork Belly with Soy Sauce




Ingredients:

600g of pork belly cut into 2 cm thick pieces

200g of beancurd/ tofu

5-10 cloves of garlic

2-5 star anises

1 ½ tbsp of dark soy sauce

1 tbsp of sesame oil

2 tbsp of light soy sauce

1000 ltr of water


Instructions:

1) Boil pork belly with hot water till the outer layer is cook. Then, rinse the pork belly with cold water.

2) Put all ingredients into the pot and cook till the meat is tender (About 15 minutes).

3) Add some salt for flavoring and ready to serve with plain rice.


Recommendations:

Hard boil egg can be added but it is recommend to leave overnight in the pot to taste more delicious.