Mapo Tofu

Ingredients:

Tofu-1 Box (Soft)

Pork Lean Ground Meat-80g

Grind Ginger-10g

Grind Garlic-10g

Paprika-5g

Green onion-10g

Water-100g

Corn starch-1 teaspoon

Sesame oil-1/2 teaspoon

Ingredients sauce:

Chili Bean sauce-2 big teaspoons

Chili sauce-1/2 big teaspoon

Sugar-1/2 big teaspoon

Salt-some

Chicken Stock-1 teaspoon

Chinese Rice wine-1 small teaspoon

Method:

1. Chop tofu into small chunks. Put them in a small bowl and add boiled water. Soak them for 5 mins.

2. Heat the pan and add the ground meat.  Cook it with high heat(no need to add oil because fat will come out from the ground meat) When it’s 80% done, add grind ginger, garlic, Chili bean sauce and Chili sauce. Continue to stir them around. (If you find it’s a little dry, you can add 1 teaspoon of olive oil)

3. Turn the heat to medium. Add tofu, Paprika and green onion, water and all the sauce ingredients.  Gently stir them around.

4.  Turn the heat to low and add corn starch water. ( before you add the corn starch, make sure they are well mixed. Otherwise, it will becomes chunks)

5.  Add sesame oil at the end

6.  Serve

Shake'n Bake Crispy Chicken Wings

Ingredients:
Wings-12
Shake'n Bake pouch-1

Method:
1. Pre-heat the oven to 400 degree.
2. Moisten Chicken, shake with coating mix in the bag provided and bake.
3.  Bake 40mins at 400 degrees.
4. Serve

Normally, after I  buy them from the supermarket, I wash them with cold water and put them in the Ziploc bag. Then, I freeze them. When I want to cook them, I move it to the fridge the night before to defrost.

Ready to bake!

Japanese Miso Soup

Ingredients:

Tofu (soft kind)-1
Water-2/3 cup
Miso paste and garnish packages. ( I bought the instant miso soup packages from T&T. They come with different flavours. The one I made is Fried Bean Curd)

Method:

1. Boil the water in a small pot. Cook tofu with low heat for 5 mins.
2. Add miso paste and garnish bags. Mix them gently
3. Serve.

Oxtail Stew

Ingredients:

Potato-2

Carrot-1

Ginger-10g

Onion-1

Tomato-2

Oxtail-1 (ask the butcher to chop it into small pieces for you)

Method:

1. Boil oxtail with a pot of hot water until they are cooked. Then, pour out the hot water. Rinse them with cold water. (Cleaning process)

2. Prepare a pot and add 10 cups of water. Put oxtail, ginger, onion, tomato into the pot. Cook them with high heat until it starts to bubble. Then you turn it to low heat and cook them for 1 hr and 30 mins.

3. Add potatoes and carrot into the pot. Cook them for another 30 mins.

4. add salt

5. Serve

*Oxtail soup has a rich collagen which is good for your skin and joints.

Ribs W/ Onion Gravy

Ingredients:

Potato-2 (Chop them into small pieces. After you chop them, remember to soak them in cool water, so it won't change its colour)

Carrot-1

Lipton Onion pouch-1

Flour-2 teaspoons

Green Vegetables

Pork Ribs-1 pound

Method:

1. Wash the ribs and dry it with a paper towel.

2. Mix the pouch with 2 teaspoon flour. Sir in 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil and reduce the heat.

2. Prepare a pan. Heat the pan and add the ribs. Cook it with medium high heat. (Notice I don't add any oil because after you cook the ribs, the fat will come out of the meat)

3. When the ribs turn into golden color, you add the gravy you made. Cover the pot and cook it for 1 hr with low heat.

4. Add potatos and carrots into the pot. Cook it for another 30 mins with low heat.

5. Add green vegetables. Cook until the veggies are done.

6. Serve with rice.



Eggs w/ Enoki Mushrooms

Ingredients:

Enoki mushrooms-1 bag

Eggs-4

Salt-1 teaspoon

Chicken stock powder-half of teaspoon

Black pepper-half of teaspoon

Green onion-1

Method:
1. Cut the roots of enoki mushrooms and chop them into small pieces. Then, rinse them with cool water.
2. Chop green onion into small pieces.
3. Mix all the ingredients in a big bowl.
4. Heat the pan and add 1 teaspoon of olive oil. Pour all the ingredients into the pan.
5. Cook them with medium heat.
6. Quickly stir them around until they turn a little golden color.
7. Serve

White Fungus Soup Mix

Ingredients:

White Fungus 雪耳

Polygonatum玉竹

Dioscorea 准山

Chinese South Almond 南杏

preserved dates蜜棗

Barley 薏仁

Pork Bone

Method:

1. Boil the pork bone with water first and then rinse it with cold water. (Cleaning process)

2.Soak white fungus with water for 15 mins. (Break them into small pieces)

3. Rinse all the ingredients with water

4. Prepare a pot and add 15 cups of water. Put all the ingredients in there.

5. Cook with high heat first, when it starts to bubble, turn to low heat and cook it for 2 hrs.

6. Add salt

7. Serve

Benefits of this soup: Good for your lung and throat. Skin wise: Fungus can give you collegen and Barley can give you white skin color tone which will  help to lighten the dark spots on your skin.