Simple Cooking Ideas

Shiitake mushroom are low in fat, high in protein and minerals. They are perfect for vegetarians

too. Fresh shiitake mushrooms have a full-flavoured taste. It can be obtained in super markets

and grocery stores. I cut off the stems for this dish and keep the stems to boil soup. Just clean

the fresh mushrooms in running water and drain in a colander for later use.

Ingredients:

300 gm chicken breast meat, cut into cubes
1 packet fresh mushrooms, clean and cut off the stalk.
30 gm of frozen green peas
2 tablespoon cooking oil
1 tablespoon chopped garlic and onions
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
3 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon cornflour with 1 tablespoon water

Method:

Heat a wok until hot and add oil to swirl side to coat, add mixed chopped garlic and onion.Fry

awhile and add chicken cubes. Stir fry for 2 minutes. Add mushrooms, salt and pepper to taste,

oyster sauce and water. Cover wok for 2 minutes. Lift up lid and add green peas and thicken with

corn flour mixture. Toss to mix and heat through. Dish out and serve with rice.

This is a stir-fried dish using bell pepper and chicken breast meat. The chicken meat is cut

into cubes of desired size and marinate with salt and cornflour. When buying bell pepper, choose

those that are firm and crisp. The color can be green, yellow or red. Green peppers are uripe

bell peppers.

Ingredients:

250 gm. chicken breast meat cut into cubes, marinate with
cornlour and salt
1 green bell pepper, cut into wedges
1 yellow bell pepper, cut into wedges
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
100 gm fried cashew nuts
1 tablespoon soya bean paste
1 tablespoon dark soya sauce
2 tablespoon cooking oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Method:

Heat a wok and add 2 tablespoon oil and fry the garlic and soya beanpaste until fragrant. Add

the chicken and continue to stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add in the bell peppers and stir-fry for

further 1 minute. Sprinke some water if too dry. Combine cashew nuts and dish out to serve with

rice.

This is a quick stir-fried dish using bell pepper and chicken breast meat. The chicken meat is cut

into cubes of desired size and marinate with salt and cornflour. When buying bell peppers, alway

see that its skin are firm and crisp.

Ingredients:

250 gm. chicken breast meat cut into cubes, marinate with
cornlour and salt
1 green bell pepper, cut into wedges
1 yellow bell pepper, cut into wedges
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
100 gm fried cashew nuts
1 tablespoon soya bean paste
1 tablespoon dark soya sauce
2 tablespoon cooking oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Method:

Heat a wok and add 2 tablespoon oil and fry the garlic and soya beanpaste until fragrant. Add

the chicken and continue to stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add in the bell peppers and stir-fry for

further 1 minute. Sprinke some water if too dry. Combine cashew nuts and dish out to serve

with rice.

This soup is good and nourishing for the confinement mother. One whole black chicken is cut into six pieces and the skin is removed. Chicken and wine with water added to double-boil for at least three hours. Kei chee or medlar seeds are good for the eyes. This soup helps to speed up recovery during confinement. Do try this soup.

Ingredients:

1 black chicken, cut into 6 parts with skin removed
200 ml Benedictine D.O.M.
200 ml water
50 gm kei chee, washed cleaned

Method:

Put cleaned pieces of chicken, Benedictine D.O.M., water and kei chee into double boiler. Cover lid. If you use gas stove, bring water in double boiler to the boil and lower heat to simmer for three hours. Drink the soup warm.

Chicken wings are favourite of the old and the young whether they are grilled,fried or barbequed. They make a great snack. Here i marinate the wings overnight in the refrigerator to allow ingredients to be absorbed.

Ingredients:

8 chicken wings
2 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoon five-spice powder
2 tablespoon Chinese rice wine
1 tablespoon kicap manis or blacksoya sauce
1 tablespoon light soya sauce
salt to taste

Method:

Combine all the ingredients and mix thoroughly. Refrigerate the marinated chicken wings overnight. Place marinated chicken wings in a baking tray and grill in a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees celsius until the wings are crisp and golden brown. Garnish with cucumber slices.

For this dish, I am using the popular Lee kum Kee Ma Po sauce which is a spicy bean sauce to cook this stir-fried chicken with red pepper and spring onions. This dish serves 4 persons.

Ingredients:

300 gm chicken breast, deboned and cut into cubes(2 cm)
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 red bell pepper, cut to cubes(2 cm)
2 stalks spring onion, cut into 3 cm length
1/2 bottle Lee Kum Kee Ma Po sauce
salt to marinate
2 tablespoon cooking oil

Method:

Marinate chicken with a teaspoon of sesame oil and a pinch of salt. Put aside.
Heat a wok until very hot. Add in 2 tablespoon oil and stir to coat. Drop in the chicken fillet and stir-fry until chicken is cooked. Add red pepper and spring onion and 1/2 bottle of Lee Kum Kee Ma Po sauce. Stir well until heat through. Dish out to serve.

On a not -so- busy day, working mothers, do try this paper-wrapped chicken. Children like

to eat special dishes prepared by their mothers. Try to cut the chicken to about 6 cm in

size and remove the bones as much as possible.

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken, cut into big pieces
1 tablespoon chopped ginger
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon thick soy sauce
2 tablespoon light soy sauce
2 tablespoon Shao Hsing rice wine
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoon sesame oil
2 tablespoon cornflour and 3 tablespoon water to mix
Enough grease-proof paper to wrap chicken
Enough cooking oil to deep fry chicken

Method:

In a bowl, combine marinated ingredients and add into the chicken pieces. Marinate for 2

hours. Have ready 8-inch squares of greaseproof paper. Place one piece of chicken at a

corner of each paper. Fold over this corner and then the 2 sides and paste the remaining

sides with egg white.

Heat a wok until very hot. Add enough oil for deep frying. Lower the packets of chicken

into the hot oil and cook for 15 to 20 minutes. Drain and place on serving dish line with

cucumber slices.