Chinese Cuisine 1

Chinese Cuisine 1 

Stir-fried Kangkong, Steamed Ginger Pomfret and ABC Soup

Today, I prepared 2 dishes and 1 soup for dinner.

It's nothing really special as I've made these dishes before (except for the soup as it is my first time trying this "dish"), so everything turned out pretty good.



Ok, maybe for the soup as it was too diluted. I have noted that I have to boil less water so that there will be enough flavor of all the ingredients.

The entire preparation for all dishes right down to the cooking took me about 3 hours. I'm still a noob cook so it would take me this long. As I master my dishes along the way, maybe I'll take less time.

So, scroll below if you want to know how to make these 3 dishes.

ABC soup

Ingredients:
3 TBsp of white pepper seed
1x carrot, peeled and cut into medium cubes
2x potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters
3x tomatoes, peeled and cut into quarters
1x yellow onion (preferable, others purple onions are fine too), peeled and cut into quarters
1x chicken breast meat
Some salt

Cooking Method:
1. Cut an X on the bottom of each tomato and then place into a pot of boiling water for 1 min. After 1 min, remove and put aside.
2. In the same pot of boiling water, place in the chicken breast to cook for 8 mins. Once done, remove and put aside.
3. Place a new pot with water about 1/2 full over high heat and bring to a boil. Once boiled, place the carrot, potatoes and white pepper seed into the pot and boil for 40mins.
4. Remove the skin of the tomatoes and proceed to cut them into quarters and remove the middle part (hard bits).
4. Then place the cooked chicken breast into the pot and let it boil for another 20mins on medium-high heat. Add some salt for flavoring.
5. Finally, add in the onion and tomatoes and boil on medium-high heat for another 20-30mins. Continue to add salt or pepper for more flavor.

Stir-fried kangkong with garlic

Ingredients:
2x packets of kangkong
4x cloves of garlic, chopped
1 Tsp of oyster sauce
Some salt
Some water

Cooking Method:
1. Clean the kangkong and cut off the ends. Proceed to cut the vegetable into 3-inches and separate the stalk and leaves into different bowls. Soak both stalk and leaves in salted water for 30mins.
2. Place a deep pan or wok on high heat and add some oil, you will start off with frying the chopped garlic. Once the garlic turns a light brown, add in all the stalks first.
3. Add 1/2 cup of water and place a cover over the pan/wok, to fully cook the stalks. Once the stalks are softened, add in the leaves and add another a small amount of water and place the cover to fully cook the vegetable.
4. Here you can start to add in some salt for flavoring. Stir fry the vegetable and place the cover on top again for another 5mins.
5. You can then add the oyster sauce and stir fry the vegetables. Place the cover over the pan/wok for another 5mins and your veggies will be done.

Steamed ginger pomfret

 Ingredients:
1x pomfret fish (I normally use Silver Pomfret as white pomfret is too expensive)
1x ginger, sliced
3x green onion, chopped in 2-inches
1 1/2 TBsp soy sauce
1 Tsp Oyster sauce
1 Cup of water
2x cloves garlic, chopped
Some salt and pepper
Some sesame oil

Cooking Method:
1. Fish
- Gut the fish and remove the internal organs, you can also have the fish gutted when buying at the supermarket or wet market. I prefer to gut the fish myself.
- Make two slices on the body of the fish on both sides
- Add some salt and pepper and rub it on the fish on both sides
2. In a deep pan/work, add some oil to fry the chopped garlic. 
3. Once the garlic turns brown, add in the soy sauce, oyster sauce and water. Let it simmer.
4. Use a rack (those used for steaming), place the chopped green onion on the rack and then place the fish on top.
5. Place the sliced ginger on the fish and then add a dash or two of sesame oil on the fish.
6. Cover the pan/wok and let it cook for 20mins over moderate heat (I use medium-low heat).


And there you have it, 3 dishes for dinner. Don't forget to cook your rice as well (I almost forgot, thank goodness my rice cooker has an "express" mode).

Hope you enjoy your meal! :)