Jul 26th, 2010 Posted in Seafood recipes | no comment »

Ingredients :
4-6 shrimps
little corn flour
Seasoning :
1/2 tsp salt
little ground black pepper
Chicken Sauce
2 tbsps Thai chicken sauce
1 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp lime juice
Directions:
1.Remove the heads and intestines of the shrimps, wash them thoroughly, cut them into halves, mix with the marinade ingredients and marinate them for a while. Then coat them with some corn flour.
2.Put some oil into a heated frying pan. Pan-fry the shrimps until golden brown and well cooked. Place on the dish.
3.Mix the chicken sauce ingredients well and then serve it with the shrimps.
Tags: black pepper, chicken sauce, corn flour, fish sauce, fried shrimps, pepper chicken, thai chicken
May 6th, 2010 Posted in Pork recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
480g kurobuta pork chop, thick slices
1 onion, thick strips
2 sprigs spring onion, dices
2 tbsps roasted peanut, crushed
Seasoning :
Marinade A
2 pcs lemongrass, crushed
5 shallots, finely chopped
5 garlics, finely chopped
Marinade B
3 tbsps fish sauce
1 tbsp sugar
2 tsps pepper
1 tsp dark soy sauce
2 tbsps water(ignore it for chilled pork)
Directions:
1.Wash pork chop, tap it with back of knife to soften the meat; mix marinade A and marinade B together. Mix pork chop with marinade, chill it in refrigerator for 2 hours to marinate.
2.Add 3 tbsps of oil to a hot wok, shallow-fry pork chops until aromatic and cooked, and then transfer it onto a plate.
3.Stir-fry shredded spring onion in oil, add in 1/4 tsp salt to taste. When it is cooked, take it out and put it beside pork chops.
4.Heat 2 tbsps of oil, pour it over spring onion dices to make spring onion in oil; pour the mixture over pork chops and then sprinkle some peanuts on top. Ready to serve.
Tags: dark soy sauce, fish sauce, Pork Chop, spring onion
Apr 1st, 2010 Posted in Chicken recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
2 large coconuts
1 black young chicken
8 red dates, cored
2 ginger slices
2 tbsps wine
3 cups coconut juice
1 cup coconut meat
1/4 cup fresh shiitake mushroom slices
3 cups water
Seasoning :
1 tsp salt
1/2 tbsp fish sauce
little pepper
Directions:
1.Wash black chicken, strain to dry. Chop it into small pieces, blanch with red dates and ginger slices, then rinse thoroughly.
2.Chop off the pointed top of young coconut with a knife, pour out coconut juice and set aside, then scoop out its meat with a spoon.
3.ln each coconut, put in 8 pieces of chicken, fresh mushrooms, red dates, ginger, coconut juice and meat, wine and seasonings. Put them in a steamer or double-boil then for 2 hours. Remove ginger slices before serving.
Tags: black chicken soup, coconut juice, fish sauce, mushroom slices, mushrooms, wine
Mar 25th, 2010 Posted in Seafood recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
4 medium-sized soft-shell crabs
4 pcs super-thin spring roll wrapper
little organic lettuce, peppermint, basil & coriander(washed & strained)
4 tbsps corn flour
1/2 tsp table salt
1/2 tsp black pepper, ground
1/2 egg yolk
Seasoning :
1/2 cup fish sauce dip
Directions:
1.Soak soft-shell crabs in water to defrost, strain and then put in a bowl.
2.Put in egg yolk, corn flour, table salt and black pepper sequentially and the toss.
3.Place crabs flat, coat with frying batter evenly, shake off excess coating and then set aside.
4. Deep-fry crabs in medium hot oil until hardened, and then strain excess oil.
5.Brush spring roll wrapper with water to soften, add in lettuce, peppermint and other herbs, put a deep-fried crab in the centre, roll up the wrapper to make a spring roll, then transfer onto a plate and serve it with dipping sauce.
Tags: black pepper, brush spring, corn flour, cup fish, dipping sauce, egg yolk, fish sauce, frying batter, hot oil, organic lettuce, soft shell crab, soft shell crabs, spring roll
Mar 18th, 2010 Posted in Rice recipes, Seafood recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
6 medium-sized prawns
1 cup cooked crab meat
1 cup shredded Vietnamese sausage
1/2 bowl rice
2 tbsps spring onion dices
1/2 cup onion dices
Seasoning :
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp yellow curry powder
1 tbsp prawn head oil
1 tbsp fish sauce
Directions:
1.Fry prawns in oil until cooked, take them out and strain.
2.Put 1 tbsp of oil into a hot wok, shake to spread the oil evenly, stir-fry onion dices, then add in crab meat and yellow curry powder, and toss thoroughly.
3.Add in cooked rice, stir-fry until aromatic, then add in the rest of seasonings and shredded Vietnamese sausage, and stir-fry thoroughly.
4.Sprinke some spring onion dices, then put in cooked prawns on top. Transfer onto a plate to serve.
Tags: cooked prawns, cooked rice, crab meat, cup onion, curry powder, fish sauce, fried rice, fry onion, sausage, seasonings, spring onion
Feb 26th, 2010 Posted in Fish recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
600g mackerel flesh/mud carp flesh
2 sprigs dill
2 sprigs coriander
1/4 cup spring onion, chopped
1 tbsp minced red chili
2 tbsps minced garlic
Seasonings:
3 tbsps fish sauce
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp crushed black pepper
3 tbsps corn flour
1/4 cup water
Directions:
1.Cut dill and coriander finely.
2.Mix chopped herbs with chopped spring onion, minced red chili, minced garlic, seasonings and fish flesh thoroughly. Stir until the mixture becomes sticky and thick.
3.Rub hands with water or oil, knead fish paste into balls, and then press them with palms into a cake-shape.
4.Heat some oil until medium hot, deep-fry fish cakes in it until golden and cooked, take them out, strain and then transfer to a plate.
Tags: black pepper, chopped spring onion, cup spring, fish cakes, fish flesh, fish paste, fish sauce, fry fish
Feb 19th, 2010 Posted in Beef recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
20 wild betel leaves
3 lbs(2 lbs remains after fat is removed) beef rump
3 sprigs spring onion(chopped)
2 tbsps roasted peanuts(ground)
little lettuce, mint, coriander(for wrapping food)
little fish sauce
Seasoning:
2 tsps soy sauce
2 tsps fish sauce
2 tsps sugar
1 tsp pepper
1 tbsp oil
Directions:
1.Pick the large leaves from wild betel; wash and then strain.
2.Wash beef rump, cut it into fine strips, add in seasonings, mix well and then leave to marinate for 1/2 hour. Add in chopped spring onion and ground peanuts, and mix thoroughly.
3.Lay a leaf on a flat surface with shiny face down, put 2 tbsps of beef rump strips on its centre, roll up the leaf and then fix it with a toothpick.
4.Heat a frying pan, add in 2 tbsps of oil, put in beef roll to pan-fry until yellowish brown, turn it over to fry until golden, wrap it with lettuce, mint and coriander and then serve with fish sauce.
Tags: betel leaves, chopped spring onion, fish sauce, little fish, rump, shiny face, soy sauce, tbsp oil, yin yang
Feb 12th, 2010 Posted in Seafood recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
8 pcs Cantonese wanton wrapping
10g sole fish meat
100g shrimps
80g red sea cucumber
80g zucchini
1 garlic(minced)
1 tsp minced ginger
1 tbsp chilie bean paste
Seasonings:
1 tbsp fish sauce
1/4 tsp sugar
1 tsp corn flour
4 tbsps water
little sesame oil & pepper
Directions:
1.Put a Cantonese wanton wrapping between 2 spoons, deep-fry in hot oil to form a small golden bowl, take it out, strain, and set aside.
2.Cut sole fish meat into small pieces, deep-fry in hot oil until golden, take it out, leave to cool, and then grind in an electric mixer.
3.Cut red sea cucumber into dices; blanch red sea cucumber and shrimps separately, rinse, and strain. Cut zucchini into dices.
4.Heat 2 tbsps of oil, stir-fry minced garlic, minced ginger and chilie bean paste until aromatic, add in zucchini, shrimps and red sea cucumber, toss thoroughly over high heat, add in seasonings, stir well, add in grounded sole fish, mix thoroughly. Transfer the mixture into deep-fried wanton wrapping, and line on a plate orderly. Ready to serve.
Tags: bean paste, fish meat, fish sauce, fried seafood, garlic, ginger, sea cucumber, seasonings, sesame oil, sole fish
Feb 6th, 2010 Posted in Fish recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
1(about 900g) fresh mandarin fish
1 1/2 tbsps minced garlic
2 tbsps butter
1 tbsp fried shallot
2 tbsps spring onion in oil
1 tbsp fried garlic dices
Seasonings:
1 tbsp fish sauce
1/2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp dark soy sauce
1/2 tsp pepper
Directions:
1.Mix butter with minced garlic.
2.Remove internal organs of mandarin fish, pat dry, cut it in half along its spine, lay it flat, smear fish with seasonings, marinate for 1/2 hour. Line aluminium paper on a baking tray, brush some oil on it, lay the fish flat.
3.Preheat an oven at 220℃ for 15 minutes, put in the tray of fish to roast for 15 minutes, take it out, and then brush it with butter and garlic.
4.Roast on upper heat until the fish becomes golden, take it out, sprinkle shallot, fried garlic and spring onion in oil. Ready to serve.
Tags: dark soy sauce, fish sauce, internal organs, mandarin fish, spine
Feb 1st, 2010 Posted in Duck recipes | no comment »

Ingredients:
2 delicate & meaty pigeons
1 cup fish sauce
2 cups water
1 pc lemongrass
8 garlics(peeled)
6 shallots
4 tbsps rock sugar
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
2 tbsps Shaoxing wine
3 ginger slices
Directions:
1.Remove internal organs and legs of pigeons, wash thoroughly, blanch in boiling water for 10 minutes, and then strain.
2.Heat a wok, put in ginger slices, garlic and shallots to stir-fry until aromatic, add in fish sauce to cook until it boils, add in water, Shaoxing wine, rock sugar, lemongrass and dark soy sauce, continue to simmer for 10 more minutes to make a tasty sauce.
3.Put in pigeons, turn them once in a while, put on a lid to simmer on low heat for 10 minutes, turn the pigeons over and then continue to simmer with a lid on for another 10 minutes. Turn off the heat. Leave pigeons to cool, take them out, smear them with cooked oil, chop into pieces, transfer to a plate, and then pour a little sauce over.
Tags: dark soy sauce, fish sauce, garlic, garlics, ginger slices