Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Asian Sweet-Sticky Chicken Thighs by Angela Seah Thulin




I use Chicken thigh for this recipe. For pork ribs - kindly refer to this facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/platepalate/permalink/794167587304210/


Recipe:

1kg big chicken thighs (4-5)
4 tbsp hoisin sauce
2tbsp minced garlic n minced shallots
2 tbsp soya sauce
2 tbsp oyster sauce...
2 tbsp Mei gui lo (rose wine)
1 tsp 5-spice powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
75g sugar

*Washed and pat dry the thighs, poke some holes on it then marinate all above together for at least 3hrs. I did it for 6hrs.

To cook -
1. Remove thigh from fridge and rest for 20mins.
2. In a big wok/pot, bring 1 cup of water (260ml water), 2 tbsp dark soya sauce, 3 tbsp honey to a boil. Add the thighs in. Stir around, ensure all meat are coated with the sauce.
3. Cover and cook in med-low heat for 30mins, stir gently n flip the chicken at every 10 minutes. The sauce should have thickened.
4. To grill - transfer the thighs to oven at preheated temperature 230degree, brush glaze all over n grill for 3 minutes.





Recipe origin from Evelyn Lim

Enjoy!


Rainbow S'mores by Angela Seah Thulin








Recipe:


120g digestive biscuits
1 tbsp + 2 tsp sugar
50g melted butter and cool
80g rainbow mashmellow (est)
70g chocolate chips (est)

Steps:
Preheat oven to temperature 180 degree.
1. Blend your digestive biscuits.
2. In a bowl with blended digestive biscuits, add the sugar in and mix together.


3. Pour in your melted butter and stir till all are possible to lump together.




4. In a baking tray 7''x7'' lined with aluminum paper, press down the crumbs firmly to set like a base.


5. Into the oven for 10mins or until it is lightly brown.
6. Remove from oven and top with mashmellow follow by chocolate chips.




7. Back into oven for 8-10 minutes (It is ready when you will see mashmellow have turn lightly golden).
8. Cut only when COOLED completely.

Enjoy!



Love Shape Cupcakes for Valentine's Day by Angela Seah Thulin






Monday, January 26, 2015

Melt-in-the-mouth Pork Belly by Angela Seah Thulin










Mushroom & Shredded Chicken Ipoh Hor Fun by Janice Leck







Traditional Steam Egg Cake by Sharon Foo







Milo German Cookies by Fc Ng








Melt-in-the-mouth Chocolate Balls by Angela Seah Thulin






Sunday, January 25, 2015

Osmanthus Jelly with Goji Berries (杞子桂花糕) by Agnes Tan







Recipe:

Ingredients


* 1 packet of pre-sweetened konnyaku jelly powder (I use Red Man Konnyaku Premix Jelly Powder 250G)
water (according to the konnyaku jelly powder box instructions;n1250ml)
* 3-4 tsp Dried Osmanthus flowers 桂花
* Goji Berries soaked in water until puffy; drained

Methods
1) In a pot, add water 1000ml and bring to a boil. When water is boiling, lower heat and then add osmanthus flowers and Goji Berries. Simmer for 10-15 minutes
2) Add konnyaku jelly powder to 250ml of water . Stir this mixture to 1) until fully dissolved. Off the flame.
3) Pour into mould. Done!


Pork Ribs by Evelyn Lim






Recipe:


1.5 kg meaty pork ribs washed n drained
A)
🍯 4 tbsp hoisin sauce
🍯 2 tbsp minced garlic n minced shallots
🍯 2 tbsp soya sauce
🍯 2 tbsp oyster sauce
🍯 2 tbsp mei gui lo (rose wine)
🍯 1tsb 5 spice powder
🍯 1/2 tsb salt
🍯 1/2 tsp pepper
🍯 75g sugar
B)
🍯 1 cup water
Glazed (mixed)
2 tbsp dark soya sauce
3 tbsp honey
marinate pork spare rib with A for at least 3 hrs.the longer the better
Put marinated rib with B) water into a pot or wok cover n bring to boil. lower heat n cook 30-45 min until the sauce has thickened. stir occasionally to prevent sticking n burning.
when sauce thickened , transferred rib on to a baking rack/tray. put in a preheated oven n grill at 230c until surface is lightly brown
brush glaze all over the spare rib n grill for 3-5 min until golden Brown.