Onion Omelette

Really? Onion Omelette? After all it is such a simple dish...I mean who can't cook omelette? Well, who cares...it's just another idea, after all it is still a delicious side dish.



Ingredients: -
Onion 2 large
Eggs 5 (70g each)
Sugar 1/2 tspn
Light Soy Sauce 2 tspn
Salt

Methods -
Light beat the 5 eggs with a pinch of salt.
Heat a non-stick pan with 1 tblspn of oil. Add onion, stir fry and add half a teaspoon of sugar to caramelise to onion.
Once Onion is slightly brown, spread evenly and add the egg mixture.
Turn the omelette over when one side is cooked and add 1 teaspoon of light soy sauce over the omelette.
To enhance the taste, when adding soy sauce on each side of the omelette, turn the egg over each time after soy sauce is added to sizzle the soy into the omelette.



Note: -
Sometime I will replace the onion with chopped garlic and finely sliced cabbage. It taste just as good.

Soy Sauce

I would like to share some of the sauce I use which make my 'cooking' life easier.

Sauce: Dark Soy Sauce

Taste: Slightly Sweet; Great for braising meat.

I love this sauce, it has been around since I was a little girl. I remember my mother use it alot too. It is best use for braised dishes which you would like to have rich thick sauce. You can buy this from most Chinese groceries shop.

Sauce: Light Soy Sauce

Taste: Salty

There are alot of different brands out there, I would recommend that you use one that is superior quality (or the first harvest) because you will get more of the natural taste of the fermented soy and subsequents harvest have more flavoring and salt added to it. The superior Soy are usually dearer by about a dollar, but it's really worth buying a good one.

Stir Fried Cabbage (Vegetarian)

This is a quick and simple dish.

Ingredients:
Cabbage 1/4
Carrot 2
Chopped Garlic 1 tblspn
Sesame Oil
Light Soy Sauce
Sugar
Salt & Pepper


Methods:
Cut cabbage and carrots into strips (as shown in the picture).
Heat frying pan with 3 tablespoon of oil, slightly cook garlic till fragrant.
Add cabbage and carrots, add sugar and gently stir fry till cooked.
Add sesame oil, salt and pepper to taste. Add soy sauce for colour.

Tips - To Marinade Meat

Whenever I know I am going to have a busy week, I'll take some short cuts to help cut down my preparation time: -

1) Plan your menu and buy a week worth of meat. e.g. Monday - Chicken, Tuesday - Beef, Wednesday - Pork....etc.

2) Once you have purchased the meat, marinade the various meat accordingly, indivisually packed them to the portion you'll usually use per meal and freeze it.

The preparation may take few hours of your time, but you'll have more time for the rest of the week!

Quick and Easy Stir Fried Celery Beef

This is a easy and quick dish to prepare if you are short of time.

Ingredience: -

Tender Beef 300g (sliced)

Celery 2 to 4 stalk (cut to small pieces)

Marinate for beef: -

Chinese cooking wine / Dry sherry 2 tblspn

Vegetarian oyster sauce 2 tblspn

Soy sauce 1 tblspn

Salt 1/2 tspn

Sugar 1/2 tspn

Corn flour 2 tspn

Pepper

Method: -

Marinate Beef for at least 30 minutes. You can also choose to marinate beef a day before.

Heat wok frying pan with 2 tablespoons of oil. Stir fry beef until 80% cooked.

Add Celery stir fy and mix well, add pepper to taste.

Honey Soy Chicken

I tried this recipe for my kid's school lunch orders and it turn out that the children like it!

Ingredients: -
Chicken thigh fillet 1 kg
Ginger paste 1 tblspn
Minced Garlic 2 tspn
Light soy sauce 2 tblspn
Dark soy sauce 1 tblspn
Honey 2 tblspn
Salt
Pepper

Methods: -
Cut chicken fillet into small bite-size pieces and marinate with salt & pepper.
Heat two tablespoon of oil in a wok, add ginger and garlic to sizzle till till slightly brown and fragrant.
With medium heat add chicken to stir-fry till 80% cooked, add honey and stir-fry till cooked.
Add light and dark soy sauce, mix well and simmer for 5 minutes on low heat.
Before serving, add pepper and salt to taste.

Best served with steam rice.

Detoxifying Black Soup

This is a simple soup which my mum used to cook for the family at least once a month to help ‘cleanse’ our body. This soup has a very good balance hence it is good for all seasons.

Ingredients: -
Lean Pork 500g (alternatively you can use one free range chicken)
Sheng Di Pian (Rehmannia Rhizome)* 50g
Tu Fu Ling (Smilacis Glabrae)* 35g
Water 3-4 litres
Salt

Note*: -You can buy this easily from most Asian supermarket.

Method: -
Quickly and gently rinse the herbs to wash off any dust.
Place meat, herbs and water in a pot to boil for at least 2 hours on medium-low heat. When ready, it's black in colour, look allot like black coffee.
Add salt to taste before serving.