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Friday, October 4, 2013

Stir-Fry Vegetables With Chicken

This colorful nutritious blend of crisp-tender vegetables requires a fair amount of chopping, but the cooking takes only minutes. It was simplest recipe to cook; all that is needed is to choose a lot of fresh vegetables, add some basic protein and it is great for healthy balanced meal.
Ingredients:
3 garlic cloves, chopped coarsely
1 medium size red onion, cut into cubes
half portion of skinless chicken breast, cut into cubes
80g red bell peppers, roughly chopped or cut into cubes
80g asparagus, cut into one-inch lengths
400g yellow cauliflower, separated into small florets
120g mokum carrot, sliced ¼  diagonally
100g white button mushrooms, halved
75ml chicken broth
1 tbsp plain flour mix in water
1-2 tbsp grapeseed oil
salt and black ground pepper to taste
fish sauce
Preparation:
1. Heat 1-2 tbsp of the oil in wok on medium-high heat. Saute garlic until just fragrant then add the chicken and stir fry until slightly cooked, add the onion and stir for a minutes. 
2. Add the chopped vegetables; stir fry for a minute.
3. Add the broth into the vegetables.
4. Season with salt and ground black pepper.
5. Add the fish sauce and stir again for a seconds.
6. Cover with lid and bring to boil on medium heat and simmer until vegetables are tender-crisp and not over cooked.
7. Pour the flour mixture to the vegetables.
8. Stirring constantly to avoid over-toasting. Taste and adjust salt or msg as needed. Transfer to a warmed serving dish and serve over rice, if desired. 

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Red Bean Paste

Red bean paste filling where the beans are mashed with the skins left on . For the leftover you can add fresh milk to your red bean as a soup and it tastes perfect for summer. For daifuku, mooncakes and bun filling adjust to your desired thickness.
Ingredients:
500g azuki or Taiwan red beans
1.5 litre water
1½ cups Taiwan black sugar, or any
100g block winter melon sugar
pinch of salt to brings out the flavor
Preparation:
1. Wash and soak beans 2-3 hours in a copper casserole pot or any deep pan. Bring to boil in medium heat to a simmer for 30 minutes.
2. After 30 minutes, add the block winter melon sugar, black sugar and salt. Continue to simmer until the beans are tender and soft.
3. Stir occasionally, you may need to add more water if needed to avoid them from drying out. Examine the bean, if the beans breaks easily when you pinch it gently, it is done cooking. Put beans in a bowl and allow to cool.
4. Mash the beans with your spoon or in food processor to pureed. Remember it will thicken as it cools there should be a little bit of the cooking liquid left still.