Sauteed Button Mushrooms With Herb

Ingredients:

1 packet Brown Button Mushrooms (washed and sliced)

2 cloves garlic (minced finely)

1 tsp chopped fresh Italian Parsley

2 tbsp light soy sauce

1 tsp cooking wine

1 tbsp olive oil

Methods:

1. Heat the oil in the pan. Sauté the garlic.

2. Toss in the sliced button mushrooms and drizzle the soy sauce. Stir fry for a minute.

3. Sprinkle the chopped Italian Parsley and stir fry quickly.

4. Serve as side dish.

Braised Chicken Wings With Mushrooms, Carrots and Potatoes

Ingredients:

14 mid joint wings
14 dried mushrooms (soaked till soften. Remove the stems)
3 small potatoes (peeled and cut into pieces)
1 carrot (peeled and cut into pieces)
4 garlic (slightly crushed)
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp cooking oil
Water

Marinate the chicken wings:

1 tsp sesame oil
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce

Methods:

1. Marinate the chicken wings for at least 30 minutes.

2. Heat the oil in the pot. Saute the garlic.

3. Add the chicken wings and stir fry for a minute. 

4. Toss in the mushrooms and continue to stir fry. Add the carrots and potatoes to cook.

5. Drizzle the dark soy sauce and oyster sauce. Add enough water to cover everything.

6. Turn the heat down and simmer for 30 minutes with lid covered.

7. Turn the heat off and serve with rice.

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Stir Fry Sambal Mix Peas with Mushrooms And Prawns

Ingredients:

1 packet Snow Peas (ends trimmed and strings pulled)
1 packet Sugar Peas (ends trimmed and strings pulled)
1/2 carrot (sliced)
1 packet Yanagi Matsutake
10 medium prawns (shelled and deveined)
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp sambal chilli
1 tbsp cooking oil
2 garlic (slightly crushed)
1 handful dried shrimps (washed and soaked)

Methods:

1. Heat the oil in the wok. Saute the prawns till they are pink. Set aside. Sauté the garlic and dried shrimps with the remaining oil in the wok till fragrant.

2. Toss in the carrot and mushrooms.  Stir fry quickly and drizzle 1 tbsp of soy sauce.

3. Add the peas and continue to stir fry. Drizzle another 1 tbsp of soy sauce.

4. Add the sambal chilli and mix well. Add some water. Lastly add the prawns and stir well. Turn the heat off and ready to serve.

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Stir Fry Greens With Shiitake Mushrooms

Ingredients: 

1 packet Baby Bak Choy (washed)
1 packet Shiitake mushrooms (washed and sliced)
2 cloves garlic (lightly crushed)
1 tbsp cooking wine
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp cooking oil
Water (optional)

 

Methods:

1. Heat the oil in a non stick pan. Saute the garlic.

 
2. Toss in the mushrooms and stir fry quickly. Add some water and cook for 1 minute.

3. Add the vegetables and stir fry quickly. Drizzle the soy sauce, oyster sauce and cooking wine. Add some Water if it's getting too dry. Turn the heat off. Serve with rice.

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Chicken Stew

Ingredients:

10 mid joint wings
10 fresh shiitake mushrooms (halved)
2 potatoes (peeled and chopped into bite pieces)
2 carrots (peeled and chopped into bite pieces)
4 stalks celery (sliced thickly)
1 big tomato (quartered)
20 shallots
20 cloves garlic
20g Italian parsley (chopped finely)
Chicken stock
Sea salt
Coarse black pepper
3 tbsp cooking oil


Methods:

1. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a non stick pan. Pan fry the wings on both sides till golden brown. Set aside.

2. Heat the oil in a pot. Sauté the chopped parsley, garlic and shallots till fragrant.

3. Add the mushrooms,potatoes, carrots, and celery. Stir fry for a minute.

4. Add the chicken stock (about 800ml) and bring to boil. Once boiling rapidly, add the tomatoes and chicken wings. Cook for a minute.

5. Turn the heat down and simmer for an hour. Remember to stir sometimes. The sauce should thicken now.

6. Add some sea salt and coarse black pepper.

Serve with some rice or pasta.

Steamed Tofu With Braised Minced Meat Mushroom Sauce

Ingredients:

1 box of Tofu (cut into squares and steamed for 3 minutes. Drain the liquid)

150g minced pork

8 dried mushrooms (cubed)

2 cloves garlic (minced finely)

2 tbsp thick dark soy sauce

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp cooking oil

500ml or more water

Methods:

1. Heat the cooking oil in a non stick wok. Saute the garlic.

2. Add the minced pork into the wok. Cook for a minute. Add the mushrooms and continue to cook for a minute.

3. Drizzle the soy sauces and cook for a minute. Pour in the water and let it cook.

4. Turn the heat down and braise for Aries least an hour. The sauce should be greatly reduced.

5. Arrange the Tofu pieces on the plate. Ladle the minced meat sauce onto the Tofu.

May add some starch water to thicken the sauce. 

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Braised Pork With Dried Mushrooms and Carrots

Ingredients:

500g pork (五花肉) - cut into strips
20 small or medium size dried mushrooms (soak with water until soften)
2 carrots (peeled and chopped into big pieces)
4 cloves of garlic (whole)
3 tbsp thick dark soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tsp rock sugar
1 tbsp cooking wine
1 tbsp cooking oil
500ml or more water
Sea salt


Methods:

1. Heat the cooking oil in a non stick wok.

2. Sauté the garlic until lightly browned.

3. Add the pork and stir fry.

4. Add the thick dark soy sauce and continue to stir fry for few minutes.

5. Add the cooking wine and oyster sauce and stir fry.

6. Add the water and carrots. Cook for 10 minutes.

7. Turn the heat down and simmer for an hour.

8. Add the rock sugar. By now, the sauce should have reduced by half. Sprinkle a pinch of sea salt and stir well.

May cook with clay pot for better results.

Stir Fry Assorted Mushrooms

Ingredients:

8 fresh Shiitake mushrooms (sliced)
1 packet fresh Yanagi Matsutake mushrooms (ends trimmed)
1 packet Shimeiji mushrooms (ends trimmed)
1 packet Enoki mushrooms (ends trimmed)
2 pieces ginger
3 cloves garlic (minced finely)
2 stalks spring onions (snapped into 5-6cm length)
1 tbsp cooking oil
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp cooking wine
1 tbsp oyster sauce
A dash of coarse black pepper

Methods:

1. Heat the oil in the cooking pan.

2. Saute the ginger and garlic. Add all the mushrooms into the pan.  Stir fry.

3. Drizzle the light soy sauce and cooking wine. Stir fry for a minute. Add the oyster sauce.

4. Continue to cook for a minute. Add the spring onions and stir well. The sauce should thicken by now. Turn the heat off.

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Stir Fry Sugar Peas With Prawns & Yanagi Matsutake Mushrooms

Ingredients:

1 box sugar peas (ends trimmed and string removed)
1 box fresh Yanagi Matsutake mushrooms (ends trimmed)
150g prawns (deveined and shells removed)
6 button mushrooms (sliced thinly)
2 cloves garlic (lightly crushed)
2 tbsp cooking oil
1 tbsp light sounds sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce

Methods:

1. Heat one tbsp oil in a wok. Saute the prawns till cooked.  Set aside.

2. Heat 1 tbsp oil and saute the garlic.

3. Toss in the sugar peas and the mushrooms.  Stir fry.

4. Drizzle the light soy sauce and stir fry for a minute. Add the oyster sauce and continue to stir fry.

5.  Add the prawns and mix well.  Turn off the heat.

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Stir Fry Dou Miao With Prawns & Mushrooms

Ingredients:

1 box of Dou Miao
2 cloves garlic (lightly crushed)
2 chilli padi (deseeded and chopped)
8 fresh shiitake mushrooms (halved)
16 small prawns (deshelled and deveined)
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp cooking oil
Water (optional)

Methods:

1. Heat the oil in the wok.

2. Saute the prawns till cooked. Set aside.

3. Saute the garlic and chilli padi till fragrant.

4. Toss in the mushrooms and Saute. Add some water if too dry.

5. Add the Dou Miao and drizzle the soy sauce.

6. Continue to stir fry. Add the oyster sauce and mix well.  Lastly toss in the prawns. Give it a quick stir and turn the heat off.

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Stir Fry Little Kailan With Pork And Mushrooms

Ingredients:

1 box of Little Kailan
100g pork tenderloin (sliced)
2 dried mushrooms (soaked till soften, sliced)
3 slices ginger (julienned)
2 garlic (lightly crushed)
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp cooking wine
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp cooking oil
3 tbsp water

Methods:

1. Marinate the pork with light soy sauce and cooking wine for at least 30 minutes.

2. Heat the oil in the frying pan. Sauté the pork. Push the pork to the side of the pan.

3. Sauté the ginger and garlic till fragrant.

4. Toss in the mushrooms and stir fry.

5. Add the Little Kailan and drizzle 3 tbsp of water. Add the oyster sauce. Stir fry until the vegetables turn darker greener. DO NOT OVERCOOK.

Stir Fry Asparagus With Assorted Mushrooms

Ingredients:

1 packet of Thai Asparagus (ends trimmed and remove the outer skin by using peeler)
8 canned button mushrooms (sliced)
1 box Shimeiji mushrooms
2 garlic (minced)
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp cooking oil
Coarse black pepper

Methods:

1. Heat the oil in the frying pan. Sauté the garlic.

2. Toss in the button and Shimeiji mushrooms. Stir fry.

3. Add the asparagus and drizzle the light soy sauce. Drizzle some water if needed.

4. Add oyster sauce and sprinkle some black pepper. Give it a quick stir. Do not OVERCOOK asparagus.

Fried Bee Hoon With Vegetables & Mushrooms

Ingredients:

150g of ikan bilis
Cooking oil for deep frying

Methods:

1. Wash the ikan bilis till the water turns clear. Drain and set aside.

2. Heat the oil in the wok.

3. Once the oil is hot, add the ikan bilis into the wok. Stir well. Make sure the oil is enough to cover the ikan bilis.

4. Deep fry the ikan bilis till they are brown and crispy.

5. Remove the ikan bilis and place them on the kitchen towel. Once cool down, put the ikan bilis into an air tight container.

Stir Fry Napa Cabbage And Mushroom With Dried Shrimp

Ingredients:

1/2 Napa Cabbage (cut into bite sizes)
8 dried mushrooms (soaked till soften and cut halved)
2 tbsp dried shrimps (washed and soaked for 10 minutes, drained)
6 slices young ginger
Sea salt
1 tbsp cooking oil
Water (optional)

Methods:

1. Heat the oil in the wok. Sauté the dried shrimps and ginger till fragrant.

2. Toss in the stems of Napa Cabbages and mushrooms. Stir fry for a minute.

3. Add the rest of the Napa cabbages and continue to stir fry. Add some water if it's getting too dry.

4. Stir fry till the vegetables are soften and add some sea salt as desired.

Claypot Tofu With Mix Vegetables

Ingredients:

1 tofu (cut into big pieces)
1 handful cauliflower
1 handful broccoli
5 button mushrooms (sliced)
6 shiitake mushrooms
8 snow peas (ends trimmed)
1/3 carrot (sliced)
2 cloves garlic (minced)
200ml chicken stock
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp corn flour mixed with 2 tbsp water
1 tbsp cooking oil
Oil for deep frying

Methods:

1. Blanch the cauliflower and carrots for 5 minutes. Add in the broccoli and blanch for a minute. Drain and soak the vegetables in a bowl of cold water. Drain and set aside.

2. Deep fry the tofu until golden and crispy. Set aside.

3. Heat the claypot. Add oil and sauté the garlic.

4. Add the mushrooms and stir fry quickly. Add a little chicken stock.

5. Toss in the snow peas and continue to stir fry.

6. Pour in the remaining chicken stock and oyster sauce.

7. Use the corn flour with water to thicken the sauce.

8. Add the cauliflower, carrots, broccoli and tofu.

9. Stir well and turn off the heat.

Glutinous Rice In Lotus Rice

I still have some glutinous rice left from making the Mango sticky rice. I didn't want to waste that 800g of glutinous rice until the next mango season!

I was thinking what I can make with glutinous rice. Ok, why not glutinous rice in lotus leaf? And I have a nice pot of braised pork belly simmering in the kitchen. So I decided to mix the rice with the braised pork belly and let them steam for an hour. Wow, it was really fragrant with the lotus leaf. Oh yes, please add some salt, oyster sauce or soy sauce (with the glutinous rice, braised pork belly and sauce), otherwise it will taste bland as the pork belly sauce isn't salty enough to cover 500g of rice! That is why I added 1 tsp of salt while mixing everything.

Ingredients:

500g glutinous rice (soaked for 3 hrs)
30g dried shrimps (washed)
4 lotus leaves (cooked with hot water for a minute and continue to soak for a minute before removing)
6 dried mushroom (soaked till soften, sliced thinly)
8 pieces of braised pork belly (pls look at my Braised Pork Belly Recipe)
400ml of braised sauce (pls look at my Braised Pork Belly Recipe)
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp cooking oil

Garnish:
Fried shallots
Chopped spring onions

Methods:

1. After soaking for 3 hours, drain the glutinous rice and set aside.

2. Heat the oil in a non stick pan. Sauté the dried shrimps.

3. Add the dried mushrooms and sauté.

4. Add the braised pork belly, sauce and salt into the pan. Let it boil and turn the heat.

5. Add the glutinous rice into the pan and mix well. After a while, the sauce should have dried up in the pan. Turn off the heat and let it cool.

6. Wipe the lotus leaves dry. Divide the rice mixture into 4. Carefully place 1/4 of the rice onto each leaf. Wrap like an envelope. You may secure it with toothpicks.

7. Steam for an hour. Sprinkle with fried shallot and spring onions!

Fried Rice

I don't really like fried rice... Fried rice tends to be oily and I hate peas! Hahaha... But I did taste some really good fried rice from Tze Zhar stalls and restaurants. The wok hei which we can't get from our kitchen stove.

Today I decided to cook fried rice as I have the ingredients on hand and I have ran out of idea what to cook...

Ingredients:

Cooked rice for 5 pax
3 tbsp diced carrots
3 tbsp kennel corns
4 dried mushrooms (soaked till soften and diced)
3 eggs beaten
5 cloves garlic (minced)
5 shallots (minced)
5 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp cooking oil

Methods:

1. Heat the oil in a wok. Sauté the garlic and shallots.

2. Add the carrots, corns and dried mushrooms. Stir fry.

3. Add the cooked rice into the wok. Stir and mix.

4. Pour in the eggs mixture and toss with the rice evenly.

5. Add the soy sauce and continue to stir and mix well.

6. Lastly, add 1/2 tsp of salt. Mix evenly.

Steamed Tofu With Yifon Assorted Mushrooms

This is a light and simple dish that can whip up easily. As Yifon Assorted Mushroom is a little brand to go with tofu, so I added some oyster sauce.

Ingredients:

1 box of soft tofu
1 bottle of Yifon Assorted Mushrooms
1 clove garlic (minced finely)
1 tsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp yellow bell pepper
1 tsp cooking oil

Garnish:
Spring onions
Coarse Black Pepper

Methods:

1. Cut the tofu into 10 square pieces.

2. Steam the tofu for 10 minutes.

3. Heat the oil in the wok.

4. Saute the garlic and pour in the Yifon Assorted Mushroom.

5. Add the bell pepper and cook for 1 minute. Add the oyster sauce and mix well.

6. After steaming the tofu, drain the water away from the tofu.

7. Pour the mushrooms and sauce onto the tofu.

8. Sprinkle spring onions and black pepper.

Clear Tom Yum Goong

I always prefer clear Tom Yum Goong than the red or coconut Tom Yum Goong. This soup requires quite a number of ingredients but the cooking only takes a short while.

In Thai cooking, lemongrass, lime juice, galangal, etc are very commonly used. I will suggest to purchase more lime. I bought a bag of 13 limes to make this soup and Mango Salad. And it was just nice. I would have added another 1 or 2 tbsp of lime juice in this soup if I have extra juice left. I prefer more sourish Tom Yum... :)

Ingredients:

800ml -1 litre chicken stock / water
6-8 prawns (deveined)
1 squid (cut into bite sizes)
2 stalks lemongrass (cut into 5-6cm length - lightly crushed)
5 kaffir lime leaves
2 coriander roots
8-10 small slices of galangal
2 tomatoes (quartered)
8 button mushrooms (sliced)
8 slices of carrots
1 pack Enoki mushrooms
2 chilii padi (chopped)
4 (or more) tbsp lime juice
2 tbsp fish sauce
Salt

Garnish:
Coriander

Methods:

1. Boil the chicken stock in a pot.

2. Once the stock starts to boil rapidly, add galangal, lemongrass, coriander roots, chilli padi and kaffir leaves. Boil for a minute or two to release the fragrance of the herbs. Do not boil too long as overcooking the herbs will cause bitterness.

3. Add the tomatoes, carrots, button and enoki mushrooms, prawns and squid. Cook for a minute.

4. Drizzle the fish sauce and lime juice. Lastly add some salt as desired.

5. Garnish with coriander.

You may add more lime juice if you prefer more sourish soup. Add more chilli padi if prefer spicer soup.

Thai Stir Fry Baby Kailan With Mushrooms

Ingredients:

1 pack of Baby Kailan
1 pack of shiitake mushrooms (about 10, cut into half)
1/2 carrots (sliced)
1 clove garlic (minced)
1 slice ginger (cut into matchsticks)
1 chilli padi (deseeded and chopped)
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp cooking oil
Water

Methods:

1. Heat the oil in the wok. Sauté the ginger, chilli padi and garlic.

2. Toss in the carrots and mushrooms. Stir fry for a while. Sprinkle some water if the wok is getting too dry.

3. Add the vegetables and continue to stir fry for a minute.

4. Drizzle the lime juice, fish sauce, soy sauce and oyster sauce. Continue to stir fry for another one minute.

5. Serve with rice.