蘆筍切段,梅花肉切薄片,放味噌、醬油、糖和生粉調味 Cut Asparagus and pork into slices, marinate pork with miso, soy sauce, sugar and cornstarch
熱鍋放油,先把豬肉炒熟,加入蘆筍和蒜末,最後撒一點醬油,略炒即可 Heat up pan with some oil. Stir fry pork until it’s cooked. Add asparagus, minced garlic and a little bit of soy sauce. Stir fry a bit and then serve
我應該沒寫過一個食譜只有兩個步驟,這次說很簡單真的沒騙人!
每款味噌的鹹度都不一樣,大家要嘗一下味道再決定放多少醬油多少糖調味。
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材料:去骨雞腿肉,青紅椒,蒜蓉,青檸檬 Ingredient: Boneless chicken thigh, green and red pepper, minced garlic, lime
調味料:咖喱粉(或薑黃粉、孜然粉、辣椒粉等代替),胡椒粉,鹽各適量(意思是每塊雞肉都能沾上調味粉)Marinate: Curry Powder (or replaced by tumeric, cumin and paprika), pepper and salt
做法: Steps:
雞腿肉可以選擇不去皮,切成大概3×3公分的大小,放進乾淨的保鮮袋或盒裡 Cut the chicken thigh into 3x3cm pieces and put them into a clean bag or box
加入所有的調味料,攪拌均勻,可以按摩一下,讓調味料更好的進入雞肉裡面,放回冰箱醃製至少一小時(我很多時候醃製過夜)Mix all marinate ingredients with the chicken and marinate at least 1 hour or overnight
青紅椒切碎 Finely chop the green and red pepper
如果沒有去皮,鍋裡不用放油,中火燒熱,雞肉下鍋,雞皮朝下,中火先慢慢把一面煎香,千萬不能心急,要煎香才翻到另外一面煎香 Add a bit of oil. Medium heat. Cook the chicken until both sides are golden brown and cooked
雞肉煎香和熟了後,關小火,加入蒜蓉和青紅椒碎炒勻 Stir in green and red pepper and garlic
上鍋前,擠適量的青檸檬汁,關火後再加上一點青檸檬皮碎提香(沒有當然可以不加,青檸檬是為了減膩)Turn to low heat and squeeze a bit of lime juice and add a little of lime zest
During this “special” period, I have lived in the hotel for almost two months. There’s nothing bad living in a hotel – housekeeping, breakfast, coffee and even cookies! Everything is perfect except that there is NO KITCHEN!
A life without a kitchen is a nightmare for Ms HK. I’ve been thinking what I’ve done wrong to deserve this??? Ha! We have bought a mini electric pan two weeks after I arrived here. I thought that I can live with this as it would probably a short-term situation. Yet, everybody knows, as a Chinese saying “one peak starts after one peak ends”. All plans are ruined and i end up staying in a hotel without kitchen for nearly two months. I told Mr. Large “I will get depression soon if I cannot cook! I don’t care. I want to buy a bigger electric plate and pot. Don’t stop me” (of course, he won’t!)
So, we went to Walmart and search. We found this electric skillet with good price. Since we can use this for hotpot in the future, I’m convinced that we should get this! My usage experience so far is good. Although it heats up a bit slow, it’s not sticky and no need to use much oil when you cook. Besides, given the heat is not coming up quickly and strongly, you don’t need to worry about burning. It’s a pretty big pan and so you can cook meat and veggie in the pan at the same time!
大家看看用這個鍋做出來的成品吧!Here are what I’ve made so far with this electric skillet.
Salmon 三文魚
也在同一個週末,我們開車去了一個叫Corning的地方,去了一個博物館叫Musemum of Glass,博物館很有趣,玻璃真是個科學也是個藝術,回來我們還看了一個系列跟玻璃藝術相關的真人秀。Corning就是大家熟悉的康寧煲玻璃發源地,到了這樣的地方,你說我能忍住不買廚具嗎?隨便說服自己說從來沒買過,毫無猶豫就買了。
In the same weekend, we drove to a place called Corning. We went to the Museum of Glass. It’s very interesting museum showing not just science but also arts of glass. We even have watched an arts of glass reality show after our trip. Corning is also the birthplace of Corning glass cookware which you may be familiar with. So…do you think that I’d leave the museum gift shop without buying anything? Ha, since I’ve never had a glass cooking ware, I’ve bought the vision cookware (which is to most HK people recognized it as the first generation of corning glass cookware).
疫情肆虐前,明媚的天氣,博物館的入口 Beautiful weather at the entrance of the museum before the outbreakArts of Glass 玻璃的藝術Impressive glass blowing demo 厲害的吹玻璃示範My favorite part in the museum 整個博物館我最愛的部分Ha ha ha…
With both the electric skillet and the glass cookware, my temporary kitchen is born! Although I’m still facing a lot of limitations (I see them as challenges!), I still enjoy cooking so much. I’ve been cooking dinner the last one week and even Mr. Large lunch for work in the last few days.
Using the visionware in the electric plate 康寧煲可以在電爐上用啊Dish made by the visionware 用康寧煲做的肋排Chicken Veggie Soup 雞肉蔬菜湯
為西人做的午餐便當 Lunch for Large
這個臨時廚房讓我在黑暗的時期能夠比較專注當下,忘卻擔憂,然後默默盼望明天會更好!大家都要安全!
This temporary kitchen has definitely helped me to focus on my passion, live in the moment, forget about worries and hope for the best during this dark period. Stay safe!
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When I shared recipes in the past, I always struggled to share some simple recipes. I would wonder if the recipe is not difficult enough, what would make people interested in reading it. However, not only this will results a low productivity for me to share recipes in my blog, I also got feedback from my followers that they actually would like to learn more everyday simple and easy recipes that they can try. I think this is totally echoing my concept of this blog – to enable everyone who can be their “great chef” at their home to cook for their loved ones! Therefore, I plan to share more easy, simple and everyday recipes.
It’s pretty struggling for me to name this dish in Chinese when I was writing the recipe. Basically, I was struggling if I should call it scramble eggs or omelette. There are four reasons (that many!!) for the struggles: 1) I don’t eat eggs that are not fully cooked. Yet, the Chinese style scramble eggs cannot be “too cooked”. 2) A good Chinese style scramble eggs need to use a lot of oil which is not healthy obviously. 3) Being influenced by Lee Mama, I normally add too much of something which is not necessarily the key ingredients. I add so much of shrimp that I hardly can tell if this is a dish of egg or shrimp. 4) I love egg with a little of “burn” and thus it will be more cooked than what a normal Chinese style scramble eggs should be. However, as said, it doesn’t really matter as long as it is delicious!
這個家常菜,其實挺適合減肥健身人士,蛋白質滿滿,脂肪含量超低,但有膽固醇風險的朋友就要注意了,海鮮膽固醇挺高的,要注意攝取量,不過,研究了一下蝦有Omega-3,港姐在研究三文魚食譜和相關的營養知識,當中就有Omega-3,以後再跟大家分享。This is a very simple everyday meal. Full of protein while very low fat level and thus very suitable for people who is in diet plan. However, if you belong to high risk group of cholesterol, you should consider replacing shrimp with something else as all season is high in cholesterol. Yet, I found that shrimp also has good level of Omega-3. Ms HK is working on some salmon recipes and its nutritional value. Omega-3 is one of my key research area. I will share more later.
材料:蝦仁200克,雞蛋3個,蔥花適量,鹽、胡椒粉、米酒和麻油各少許
Ingredient: 200g shrimp, 3 eggs, Green Onion, Salt, Pepper, Rice Wine and Sesame Oil
蝦仁洗乾淨,用廚房紙吸乾水,加鹽、胡椒粉、米酒和麻油調味 Marinate shrimp with salt, pepper, rice wine and sesame oil
雞蛋打勻,也是加入鹽、胡椒粉、米酒和少許麻油調味 Beat the eggs, season with salt, pepper, rice wine and sesame oil
大火炒香蝦仁,加入蛋液,撒上蔥花 Stir fry the shrimp until cooked, add eggs and green onion
看到蛋的邊邊開始熟,隨意翻過來,不是做蛋煎不要太計較形狀,關火,蓋上蓋2-3分鐘,雞蛋就熟透啦!Cook until you see from the edge that the egg is cooked. Flip over easily. Turn off the heat and cover with lid for 2-3 mins. Serve immediately.
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“Cha Chaan Teng” is a type of restaurant commonly found in Hong Kong. In the old days, western cuisine in Hong Kong was a privilege for the upper class, not for the locals. “Cha Chaan Teng” was then developed to offer affordable western food for the lower class incomes. “Cha Chaan Teng” has also adopted the local taste which turn out to what we called it soy sauce western food i.e. HK-style western food. “French toast” is one of the classic western food in “Cha Chaan Teng” and of course also my favourite.
“Cha Chaan Teng” version “French Toast” is basically 70% similar to the French “French Toast”. It’s very easy to make. You just need 2 pieces of bread, one egg, peanut butter, butter and syrup. Spread the peanut butter and make a sandwich. Beat the egg and then soak the peanut butter sandwich in the egg. Heat up pan and melt butter. Pan fry the peanut butter sandwich until both sides are golden brown. Serve with butter and syrup. I personally prefer to put condensed milk instead of syrup. This would taste even more “HK-style”. Now, in many “Cha Chaan Teng” outside of Hong Kong, they try to do some innovation of “French Toast”. I honestly still prefer so much more of this traditional HK-style french toast than any new innovation.
煉乳版本 Condensed Milk Version
西多士一定要切成九塊才吃,為什麼?沒有為什麼,這就是香港獨有的特色!Besides, we always cut the french toast in 9 pieces like above. Don’t ask me why. This is just simply a HK-Style!
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I’m not a vegetarian. Yet, I’m that kind of person that I need veggie in almost every meal. I also have some friends who are vegetarian and thus I like studying and working on vegan recipes.
最近因為某些原因,在middle of somewhere已經住上了近一個月但仍然沒有廚房,不能做飯我是會憂鬱症的,酒店房間只有個微波爐,在逆境中,我發揮了我的小宇宙,在酒店附近一家百貨公司買了一個小小電鍋,就憑這鍋滿足我做飯的小小慾望。
Due to some reasons, I have no kitchen since I’m here at the middle of somewhere. I’d be very depressed if I couldn’t cook. Therefore, I’ve bought a tiny electric frying pan from the department store nearby the hotel here. This tiny pan has already made my life so much better here!
Given very limited cooking tool, I’ve made two dishes for dinner last night, including this Easy Cheesy Zucchini. It’s actually a recipe from Mr. Large’s mom. Based on what he describes (very briefly!), I’ve successfully made this delicious zucchini dish. The sweetness of the zucchini is a perfect match with cheese. It’s easy, healthy and delicious!
芝士櫛瓜 Easy Cheesy Zucchini
材料:櫛瓜片,黃油,芝士,鹽 Ingredients: Zucchini slices, butter, cheese, salt
黃油起鍋,放櫛瓜片,略炒,放鹽調味 Melt butter in the pan in medium heat. Add zucchini slices and season with salt. Stir fry until zucchini is soften
加入芝士,拌勻 Add and mix cheese into the zucchini
最後再撒上少許芝士,放入微波爐加熱30秒讓芝士溶化 Set them aside. Add more cheese. Microwave 30 seconds and serve
真的簡單到沒朋友,快來做做看吧,你會喜出望外!
This is really simple. Let’s try to make it for dinner tonight. You’ll be surprised how good this is!
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Western cooking is not my expertise. Making steak is definitely not either. Don’t think that you are able to make a good steak by just buying an expensive steak. If you make it wrong, you are going to ruin the expensive steak.
I made this steak at the guest home of our friend in LA on the Valentine’s Day. It’s not my own kitchen and for convenient sake, I used garlic herb butter bought from grocery store. I’m glad that Mr Large likes it very much.
自問真的不算很會做,研究過很多的食譜也當然實驗過無數次(當然也是失敗過無數次),目前總結了幾點想跟大家分享一下。I’m definitely not an expertise on this. I’ve been doing a lot of researches and also experiments. Here to share what I have found out so far.
You need to let your steak to be at room temperature before it’s cooked. So, please take it out from the refrigerator at least 30 mins prior to cooking.
Season with olive oil, salt and black pepper. (and I would massage the steak!)
Your pan needs to be hot enough when you put your steak on it.
Pan fry 1 min on one side and flip to the other side for another 1 min. Keep doing this until each side is cooked for around 4-7 mins (depending on your desire degree of doneness).
When it’s about to be done, add garlic, butter and herbs. Turn to medium heat and keep pouring the melted butter on the steak.
There should be a lot of reference online in terms of how to determine the degree of doneness. I usually just check the tenderness of the meat.
I have got some steak which is rather thick. Since Mr Large doesn’t like it too raw while it produces too much of smoke when I pan fry the steak, I therefore would only cook each side for around 5 mins. Then, I would put it in the oven to continue cooking. I would do either broil for 2-3 mins or bake for no more than 10 mins at 300F (150C). Add more butter at the end when it’s done
I have seen some recipes are to bake the steak first to the degree of the doneness you want and then pan fry the two sides at the end.
Lastly, please let the steak sit for 10 mins before you cut it. This is to make sure the meat juice won’t all come out when you cut it.
To be honest, I’m still a rookie at making steak. Still have a lot to learn and need practice. Meat is much cheaper here. I believe that I’ll have lot more chances to experiment!
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What is “Western Food in Soy Sauce”? This is a direct translation from Chinese but this is how Hong Kong people describe HK-style western cuisine. Hong Kong food culture is largely affected by her British colonial history. There are a lot of dishes are created based on the western cooking method but adopted in a Chinese way. I believe that you all should have heard of the HK-style milk tea. It is a HK localised version of English tea! We, HK people, normally call all these kinds of food “Western Food in Soy Sauce” meaning a mixture of Western and Chinese elements. This Ground Beef and Eggs in Tomato Sauce is one my favourite “Western Food in Soy Sauce”. I do that this is a unique creation fo Mama Lee. When I was a kid, my brother, sister and I like to create a hole of a bowl of rice and put this delicious sauce into the hole. Then, we all laughed around this is a volcanic eruption.
雞蛋打勻,在炒鍋上放少許油,炒蛋並把但弄碎,盛起備用 Stir fry eggs to make it scramble eggs like. Set them aside.
在同一個鍋再放少許油,加入牛肉餡,炒半熟 In the same pan, stir fry ground beef until it’s half cooked
加入番茄,炒勻,用鍋鏟把番茄壓碎,加入少許熱水,轉中火煮10分鐘 Add tomatoes and mash them. Add some hot water and cook for 10 mins
加入番茄醬、糖和生抽調味 Add tomato sauce, sugar and soy sauce
放入蛋碎,炒勻即可 Put the eggs back and mix
番茄可以先用熱水去皮,切越碎越快煮爛 You can soak the tomato in hot water to peel the tomato skin.
加入生抽提鮮是李媽媽的秘方,她說加入少許生抽(取代鹽)可以更好的帶出番茄的甜味 Adding soy sauce is a secret recipe from Mama Lee. This is to replace salt to add the salty flavour. Mama Lee said the soy sauce flavour can better bring out the sweetness of tomato
是不是很簡單,我小時候就很愛吃啦,希望大家家裡的大人小孩都會愛!Isn’t it easy? This is my favorite home-made food. Hope you all would like it!
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Since I start practising and studying fasting, I also study a lot more on healthy diet. I’m now very interested in designing recipe which is healthy, nutritious while low calories. However, a lot of people, including myself, would doubt about whether those so called “healthy” diet is tasty or not. Typical Chinese does not like chicken breast and think it’s not tasty. Yet, since I start my weight management program, chicken breast has become my “good friend” and I found that you only need to do a little more. It will be healthy and delicious. Since Mr Large is also on weight management plan, I of course need to make chicken breast in a more western style. Here share with you a simple recipe of Spinach Chicken Rolls. It’s easy to make. Only require 30mins preparation time.
材料和調味 Ingredients
雞胸肉 Chicken breast
4
菠菜 Spinach
125g
Parmesan cheese
50g
雞湯 Chicken stock
100ml
鹽、黑胡椒 Salt, Black pepper
10g
(為了減肥,我用的是小雞胸肉 I used chicken tenderloin instead)
步驟 Steps:
菠菜燙熟,擠干水,再切碎,放鹽和胡椒粉調味 Cook spinach in boiled water. Squeeze water out and cut it up.
將雞胸肉敲打成1/4寸的薄片,撒一點鹽和黑胡椒 Flatten chicken into 1/4 in thickness. Season with salt & pepper.
鋪一層菠菜和芝士,捲起來,用牙籤穩固 Layer with spinach and cheese. Roll up and secure with toothpicks.
中火雞卷兩邊煎至金黃色 Pan fry the chicken roll in medium heat until golden brown on both sides.
加入雞湯,蓋上鍋蓋,中小火直到雞肉熟透 Add chicken stock and cook until chicken is cooked.
煎鍋裡剩下的湯汁,加少許麵粉變濃稠 Stir in flour in the remaining sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Stir till smooth and thicken.
拔掉牙籤,淋上醬汁,撒一點香草即可 Discard toothpicks. Serve with sauce and dried herbs.
~ Sides ~ For sides, I have used zucchini. Cut it into slices and put them into a baking tray. Add olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Bake 10-15 mins at 350F (180C). Season with some dried herbs.
Mr Large really likes this chicken roll. If you invite friends over for dinner, you can prepare the chicken rolls in advance and put them in the fridge.
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