My Instant Noodles
Tired of eating magi mee but don't have the time to prepare food at home? Fret no more here is a simple dish that can be prepared in advance and takes only 10mins to cook.
Pan Fried Chicken with Rice Noodles - Serves 1
Ingredients:
100g of chicken (any part you like, chopped up into small chunks preferably)
50g of rice noodles (normally these are sold in packs and have individual bundles inside)
half a table spoon of oil
a pinch of spices (this is really up to you. You will only use them in the marinating of the chicken)
a pinch of salt
a pinch of ground black pepper
Method:
1. Marinate chicken in the oil, spices, salt and pepper. This step can be done way in advance but you can use the chicken immediately.
2. Heat a pan on high and when pan is hot sear chickens on each side for 2 mins each or till golden brown. You don't need to put any extra oil as the chickens should be well coated in oil
3. Turn the heat to low and cover the pan for 2 mins to let the chicken cook thoroughly. Turn off the heat but leave the cover on to let the chicken rest and release its juices.
4. Boil hot water and soak your rice noodles for approximately 3-4 min. Don't soak them for too long if not they will get soggy.
5. Try your noodles to get the Q-ness you want. Once you are satisfied with your noodles, remove the chickens from the pan and turn the heat on high. Fry the noodles for a min while tossing the stirring to make sure the sauce coats the noodles. Add salt and pepper to taste.
6. Plate the chicken and serve.
Quick and simple meals shouldn't be bland and tasteless cause you don't have time. They can be tasty too ^^ enjoy!
Grilled Sandwhich
Hey all, todays blog is on the humble grilled cheese sandwhich. Most of you would have gone "huh? i need to grill the sandwich on a barbeque?" no you don't have to. the method is actually quite simple. Grilled sandwhichs aren't some thing you find in most asian eateries cause it is an invention by some angmo very long ago. (wiki it your self thank you very much =P)
here's what you need:
Grilled Cheese Ham Sandwich - Serves 2
4 slices of bread
4 slices of cheese
2 strips of bacon
A tomato thinly sliced
Mayonnise
Pepper
Quick and Easy Ramen!
Nowadays, we have everything instant. Instant noodles, instant coffee, instant cash, instant messaging etc.. So today i want to introduce to you, quick and easy ramen! The best parts of this ramen is the taste and the convenience! It is basically like a chim or high class version of the instant noodle.
Oreo Cheesecake!
Oreo Cheesecake
For cake base:
2 cups Oreo cookie crumbs
3 tbsp melted butter
For cake:
3 pack of cream cheese softened
1 can Sweetened condensed milk ( try to get the low fat one, it will make u feel better haha )
1/4 cup sugar ( i omitted this )
1 tbsp flour
3 eggs
1 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp vanilla extract
3 pack Oreo cookies squashed (but not crumbs)
Oreo cookies for garnish if desired
Method:
Preheat oven to 150° C. Grease 9-inch springform pan.
Fill an oven tray 3/4 full with warm water. Set on bottom oven rack while oven is preheating. This is to prevent the cheesecake from cracking when it is baking in the oven.
Poached Eggs!
Have you ever had eggs benedict? I absolutely love it! its a poached egg served with bacon on an english muffin with hollandaise sauce. so basically poaching eggs is like cooking the egg in a pot of water without the shell. well, sounds easy right? haha
Egg poaching is awesome because u dont have to use oil and its very eggy! a perfect poached egg consist of a runny yolk, a thin layer of eggwhite over the yolk and no raw eggwhite parts left. You might run into some difficulties at first but just keep trying until u get the perfect poached eggs!
Poached eggs
2 eggs ( or how many u wanna eat )
3 tsp salt
1 shallow pan ( or thick pan but i prefer using a shallow one)
water to cover more than half of the pan
vinegar (optional but i dont like using it as it spoils the taste)
Fill the pan with water and bring to boil. Once it is boiling, lower the heat to a simmer and swirl the water in the pan to a smooth circular motion.
Crack the eggs into a small saucer or ramekin and slip the eggs in one at a time into the centre of the whirlpool.
Allow the eggs to sit in the water until the whites around it begin to firm up and form a crust around the yolk.
Remove eggs gently with slotted spoon or ur steamboat ladle and gently tap out excess water.
Plate them straight onto your muffin or toast and enjoy with salt and pepper or hollandaise sauce.
Enjoy!
Joy
MIdnight Supper
One of my fav midnight supper is Chasoba! i love how its so easy to cook and much healthier than instant noodles! i just made some for myself and i am grinning from ear to ear. it is so yummy! i think basically if u cook the noodle well and al dente then it should be quite yummy already!
Cha soba - Serves 1
1 bunch of noodles ( inside the packet, they would usually separate into 1 person portions so you dont have to gauge how much to cook)
Wasabi ( depending on how much wasabi you can tahan )
Soba sauce ( available in most supermarkets )
Ice ( 3 to 4 cubes )
Cook the cha soba in a pot of boiling water
Remove when cha soba is cooked. Basically you want it chewy and springy, not soft! it will take prolly bout 5 mins
Drain cha soba and rinse with cold water. ( this will stop the noodles from cooking further)
Add ice to let it become cold
Mix soba sauce with wasabi ( i normally use about 4 tbsp of sauce )
Either pour the sauce over the noodles or put in a separate bowl for dipping
Enjoy the cha soba!
No own pictures of my soba cos im using a very ugly plastic ribena plate. hahaha
Joy
edit: forgot to mention that this is not the authentic kind of cha soba. real cha soba comes with raw quail egg and spring onions for the sauce as well! u can choose to add one raw quail egg and some spring onions if you are feeling adventurous!
Mirin Substitute
Last week i suddenly had a craving for oyako-don. ( i know i have funny cravings, but thats for another day). So i made John make it for me! We couldnt find mirin in the nearby shop n save so we decided to make our own substitute for it. below is the recipe!
Mirin Substitute ( 1 cup )
Ingredients
3/4 cup drinking sake
1/4 cup white sugar
2 tablespoon water
Mix sugar and water and bring to slight boil for a few mins
remove from heat and allow to cool
slowly mix sake in until desired sweetness
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