Summer brings a colourful cornucopia of plants and vegetables. Here is an attractive serving bursting with colours and flavours. ½ cup spam, diced (or chicken, diced and marinated in soy sauce, chinese cooking wine, corn starch) 1 green pepper, diced 1 red pepper, diced ½ cup roasted cashew nuts 1 tsp garlic 3 slices […]
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Noodles with Summer Vegetables
Summer brings with it long days, sunshine, clear skies and its cornucopia of lush fruits and vegetables. Looking around my kitchen one afternoon, wondering what to make for dinner, I pondered a single leftover sun-ripened tomato-in-vine and an ear of white corn that recently left the farm. Now I can feast on corn boiled in […]
Cashew Chicken
Diced chicken with cashew nuts and celery is a staple in any chinese restaurant in the bay area. I have often found it slightly odd because growing up, celery was imported and not a common food item. It was not easily found in a wet market, and if it were, probably did not offer as […]
Green Beans with Prawns
1 lb green beans, ends trimmed, cut into 1″ length ½ lb prawns, tails intact, deveined and slit minced garlic 2 tbsp chinese cooking wine salt/sugar to taste Serves 2 Blanch green beans in salted, boiling water. Drain and place into iced water to stop the cooking process. Saute garlic till fragrant. Add prawns to […]
Braised Chinese Cabbage with Chicken
Marinate 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tsp sesame oil 1 tsp cornstarch 1 tsp cooking wine Salt and pepper ½ chinese cabbage, cut into 2″ pieces ½ chicken breast, chopped 2 spring onions, chopped 1 tsp soy sauce 2 tsp cooking wine ½” ginger, minced Serves 2 Marinate chicken and chill for 2 hours. Saute […]
Chicken with Peppers
1 chicken breast, cut into pieces 1 red or green pepper, julienned ½ carrot, diced ½ ginger, chopped finely 1 spring onion, cut into 1″ strips 1 tbsp cornstarch 1 tbsp soy sauce ½ tbsp sesame oil Marinate chicken in soy sauce, sesame oil and cornstarch. Saute ginger and spring onions till fragrant. Add carrots. Add […]
Fried Bee Boon
3 bushels bee hoon ¼ handful dried shrimp 1 dried scallop 1 cup dried bean curd strips ½ cup green beans, cut into 1″ strips ¼ cup mushrooms, dried or tinned ¼ carrot, julienned 1 tsp garlic, minced 1 spring onion, sliced thinly. Save some for garnish. 1 egg 1 tsp soy sauce Fried shallots […]
Vegetarian Bee Hoon
Vegetarian Bee Hoon sold in Singapore are sometimes served with some gravy poured over it. Here I used the liquid from the mushrooms to create a slightly moist bee hoon. I also added some leftover roast chicken slices. Pork can also be used for a non-vegetarian version. 200 g / 1 bushel bee hoon, pre-soaked to […]