Ku Lou Yoke

Ingredients

1. 300 gm pork belly - cut cube
2. 1 onion - sliced
3. 1 tomato - sliced
4. 100 gm pineapple - sliced
5. corn flour for drying

Marinade

1. 1/2 tsp salt
2. 1/2 tsp sugar
3. 1 tsp oyster sauce
4. 1/2 tsp sesame oil
5. 1 egg
6. 1 tgsp shao xin wine
7. 3 tbsp water
8. 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda, to soften the meat (optional)

Sauce

1. 1 tbsp plum sauce
2. 3 tbsp tomato sauce
3. 1 tbsp chilli sauce
4. 1 tbsp sugar
5. 1 tsp salt
6. 1/2 tbsp white rice vinegar
7. 100 ml water

To cook

1. Marinade the pork cubes for atleast 30 minutes. Coat with corn flour and deep-fry in hot oil until golden brown. Dish and drain.
2. Leave 1 tbsp oil in wok, stir-fry tomato, onion and pineapple until fragant. Pour in sauce and bring to cook until thick.
3. Return the deep-fried pork and mix well. Dish up and serve.

Tips : can add 1 green capsicum (sliced) if you wish

Mee Suah Soup

Ingredients

1. chinese cabbage - cut small pieces
2. pork meat - sliced
3. garlic - chopped
4. bamboo shoot fungus (juk sun) - soak in water and clean
5. 2 bundle of mee suah - rinsed

Seasoning

1. 1/2 tsp salt
2. 1/2 fish sauce
3. dash of pepper
4. dash of sesame oil
5. 1/4 tsp of shao xin wine
6. 300 ml water

To cook

1. Saute the chopped garlic until fragant. Add in sliced pork and stir-fry.
2. Add in chinese cabbage and pour in water.
3. Add seasoning and mee suah.
4. Simmer for about 5 minutes and add in bamboo shoot fungus.
5. Mix well and dish up.
   

Ginger and Egg Soup (fast soup)

Ingredients

1. 1 egg
2. 100 gm pork (lean meat) - sliced
3. 200 gm ginger - sliced
4. garlic - sliced

Seasoning

1. salt and pepper to taste
2. 1/2 tsp fish sauce

To cook

1. Saute the garlic and ginger till fragant. Add in pork meat and stir-fry.
2. Beat in egg and mix well.
3. Add water (for 2 pax serving) and seasoning. Bring to boil for 15 minutes. Serve hot.
   

Hairy Gourd with Carrots

Ingredients

1. 1 hairy gourd - shredded
2. 1 carrots - shredded
3. garlic - chopped

Seasoning

1. 1 tsp salt
2. dash of pepper
3. 200 ml water

To cook

1. Saute the garlic until fragant. Add in shredded hairy gourd and carrots. Stir- fry.
2. Add in seasoning and water. Cover with lid and simmer at low heat for 10 minutes.
3. Dish up and serve.

Tips : A very simple and fast vegetable dish for those who likes hairy gourd.

Gobo Root with Red Dates Soup

Gobo Root (sang wai san)

Ingredients

1. 1 gobo root - cut cubes
2. 300 gm pork (lean meat)
3. 50 gm red dates
4. 50 gm dang shen
5. 20 gm qi-zi

Seasoning

1. salt to taste

To cook

1. Put all the ingredients into soup pot. Add enough water (2-3 pax serving).
2. Bring to boil and turn to low heat and boil for approximately 3 hours. Add salt to taste.

Potatoes with Minced Meat

Ingredients

1. 300 gm minced pork
2. 4 potaotoes - sliced
3. shallots - chopped
4. garlic - chopped

Seasoning

1. 1 tbsp oyster sauce
2. 2 tbsp light soya sauce
3. 1/2 tsp dark soya sauce
4. 1/2 tsp sugar
5. dash of pepper
6. 300 ml water

To cook

1. Saute the garlic and shallots till fragant. Add in minced meat and stir-fry for 2 minutes.
2. Add in potatoes and seasoning except water and pepper. Stir-fry and mixwell.
3. Add in 300 ml water and close with lid. Turn to low heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes until the potatoes is soften. (Add in additional water if the gravy is drying up but the potatoes still need to be cooked longer)
4. Add the pepper and mix well. Dish up and serve.

Tips : If want shorten time, can first deep- fry the potatoes, dish and set aside. Add in after minced pork and follow on with step no.2 but with less water.

Lamb Chop

Ingredients

1. 5 pieces lamb shoulder

Marinade

1. 2 tbsp oyster sauce
2. 2 tbsp light soya sauce
3. 1 tbsp HP sauce
4. 1 tsp worcestershire sauce
5. 1 tsp dark soya sauce
6. 1 tsp salt
7. 1 tsp black pepper
8. 1 tsp sugar
9. dash of rosemary herbs
10. some water

To cook

1. Clean the lamb and mix with marinade. Season for overnight.
2. Heat up oil and pan-fry until cooked.
3. Serve with vegetables of your choice and fried potatoes.
   

Macaroni Cheese

Ingredients

1. macaroni pasta - 1 bowl
2. 2 pips garlic - chopped
3. 3 tbsp grated cheese
4. 2 tbsp olive oil

Seasoning

For boiling pasta

1. 1/2 tsp salt
2. 1/2 tsp cooking oil

For cooking

1. 1/2 tsp salt
2. 1/2 tsp black pepper
3. dash of white wine (optional)
4. 300 ml UHT whipping cream

To cook

1. Cook the macaroni pasta in hot boiling water with 1/2 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp cooking oil, for 10-15 minutes. Dish and drain. Set aside.
2. Heat up wok with 2 tbsp olive oil, saute chopped garlic till fragant.
3. Add in macaroni and seasoning. Stir fry until the sauce is thicken.
4. Add in grated cheese and mix well. Dish up and serve hot.

Tips : Optional ingredients = chicken meat, button mushroom, fresh olive, carrots/cauliflower, parsley/basil. Add in these ingredients after saute the garlic and thereafter follow from step no.3

Marmite Chicken

Ingredients

1. 2 chicken thighs - deboned & cut into pieces

Marinade

1. 1 tsp light soya sauce
2. 1/2 tsp salt
3. 1 tbsp corn flour
4. dash of pepper

Sauce

1. 2 tbsp marmite yeast extract
2. 1 tbsp maltose
3. 1 tbsp honey
4. 1 tbsp light soya sauce
5. dash of pepper & chicken stock granules
6. 100 ml water

To cook

1. Mix chicken with marinade and season for 1 hour. Deep fry in hot oil for 2 minutes or until cooked. Dish and drain.
2. Heat up 1 tbsp oil, pour in sauce and cook at medium heat until thick. Return fried chicken and mix well. Dish up.
   

Steam Spare Ribs with Fermented Soya Bean Paste

Ingredients

1. 600 gm spare ribs
2. 1 tbsp fermented black bean - soaked
3. 1 red chilli - shredded
4. 1 pip garlic - chopped

Marinade

1. 1 tbsp fermented soya bean paste
2. 1 tbsp spicy soya bean paste (tau ban cheong)
3. 1 tsp sugar
4. 1 tsp corn flour
5. 1/2 tsp sesame oil

To cook

1. Mixed the ingredients with marinade and season for 1 hour.
2. Steam for 15 min and serve hot.