Saturday, May 30, 2009

Pork - BBQ pork ribs

Ingredients:

1 kg Pork ribs
1/2 bottle BBQ sauce (i used Jack Daniels)
1 tbsp Rosemary
2 Onions (diced)
5 cloves Garlic (diced)
2 tbsp Worcester Sauce
3 tbsp Sugar

Preperation:

Preheat oven or grill to about 150C. Bake for 1 hr.

Chicken - Sweet BBQ chicken with tumeric

Sorry, i dont have the amount of ingredients i put in, again


Ingredients:

Chicken Wing
Tumeric Powder
Honey
Sugar
Lemon Grass
Soy sauce
Salt
Pepper

Preparation Methods:
Marinade overnight, place on skewers, BBQ till cooked.

Chicken - Spicy BBQ Chicken Wings

Again, sorry I don't have the amount of ingredients i used to marinade the chicken.


Ingredients:

Chicken Wing
Cumin
Chili Powder
Salt
Soy Sauce
Sugar
Sha Cha Suace (optional)

Preparation Methods:
Marinade chicken overnight. Place meat on skewers and grill on bbq till cooked. inade.

Lamb - Rosemary Lemon Zest Lamb Skewers

Again, I cannot remember the amount of ingredients i put. That night I was marinating like 10 kilos of meat and was too tired to jot down how mch i put in


Ingredients:

Lamb (cut in cubes)
Rosemary
Lemon Juice
Lemon Zest
Thyme
Salt
Pepper


Vegetables cut in cubes (Pepper, Zucchini and Celery used here)


Preparation Method:

Marinade meat with ingredients overnight. Put meat and lamb cubes on skewers. Grill on BBQ till cooked

Lamb - Cumin Chilli Lamb Skewers

This is also something very easy to make. Cant remember the amount of ingredient


Ingredients:

Lamb
Cumin
Chili Powder
Salt
Soy Sauce

Preparation Methods:
Marinade lamb overnight. Place meat on skewers and grill on bbq till cooked.

Steak - Beef Steak

Im sorry i did not have the exact amount of ingredients put into this dish. But just give it a try. Will try next time to give specific amounts. I tried different presentation with this dish.



Ingredients:

Steak:
220g Sirloin Meat
Salt
Pepper
Butter

Sides:

Parsnip mash:
2 parsnip
3 tbsp butter
salt

Salad:
Any type of vegetable salad
Olive oil
Salt

Preparation Methods:

Boil peeled parsnip in water until soft (30 minutes), mash, add butter and salt to taste.

Cut salad vegetable. Add olive oil and salt.

Coat steak with black pepper and salt. Heat grill pan on high heat, add butter ( 2 tbsp) and add fresh parsley and thyme, then fry steak. 3 minutes a side (turn only once)

Plate an serve.

( I am too lazy to come up wif sauce recipe, another time maybe)

Monday, May 18, 2009

Rice - Creamy Cheese Fried Rice

This is a rice i cooked to be served with the roast chicken.


Ingredients:
2 cups rice (cooked)
2 tbsp butter
2 small carrots (diced)
3 cloves garlic (diced)
1 tomato (diced)
1 sprig coriander (diced)
2 tsp thyme
1 pinch cinnamon
1 pinch nutmeg
1/4 cup fresh cream
1 tbsp salt
1 handful Cheese (i used Emmental)
Lemon

Preperation Method:

Fry garlic with melted butter till fragrant. Add carrots, tomato, cinnamon, nutmeg. Add rice stir till colour is even. Add Fresh cream, salt and cinnamon. Stir till cream is nearly fully evaporated. Turn off heat. Add cheese, stir and serve with lemon

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Chicken - Roast Chicken

This is one recipe that i have no idea how to write. Cos we put practically anything we could find and made sense into this chicken. This is what i can recall.

Ingredients:

1 chicken
1 tbsp cumin
1 tbsp pepper
1 tbsp salt
1/2 tbsp black soy sauce
1/2 - 1 tbsp 5 spice powder
2 slices of ginger (smashed)
1/2 - 1tbsp hoisin sauce
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp sugar

Preparation Method:

Clean chicken and pad dry with kitchen towel. Rub chicken with all the ingredients. And put it and bag. Tie the bag and keep in fridge overnight.

Preheat oven to 200C. Put chicken in tray, breast side up and cover chicken with aluminium foil. Bake for 15 mins. Remove foil and bake for further 20 minutes. Turn chicken over, bake for further 15 min.s Chicken should be done by then. Turn oven to grill funtion and grill chicken for 5 mins, about 2.5 to 3 min each side. Serve.


p/s I have prepared some kinda rice for it. Lets called it Creamy cheese fried rice.

Pork - Braised Pork in Hoisin Sauce

This is one recipe i kinda made up last minute. There was this idea of cooking Hong Shao Rou but i didn't quite like the idea so i decided to try smth new.


Ingredients:

350g Pork Belly (cut in 2 cm slices)
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 cloves garlic
2 slices ginger
2 sprig Chinese chives (Cyt in 2cm lengths)
3 Bay leaves
2 tbsp Chinese Black Vinegar
1.5 tbsp Hoisin Sauce
Water

Preparation Methods:

Heat 1 tbsp of oil and fry garlic, ginger and bay leaves till fragrant. Add pork belly and soy sauce. Fry till pork is a bit brown. Add enough water to cover pork. Add rest of ingredients other then chinese chives. Reduce sauce till nearly dry. Before serving. Add chinese chives and stir for 10 seconds. Serve.

Tofu - Szechuan Spicy Tofu

This is a variation to Szechuan Mapo Tofu.....its one is a bit dry and an added Shao Xing wine due to Jongs craziness about spicy food and Shao Xing Wine.

Ingredients:

1 packet Tofu
200g minced meat
2 tbsp Szechuan Pepper
3 fresh cut chilli
2 shallots (diced)
2 cloves garlic (diced)
2 tbsp Chinese Black Vineger
1 tbsp Shao Xing wine
1 tbsp Sesame Oil
4 tbsp Chili Oil
2 tbsp Cooking Oil
1/2 tbsp Sesame Oil
1/2 tbsp Szechuan Spicy Bean Paste
3 tbsp Soya Sauce
1 tsp Pepper

Preperation Method:

Heat sesame oil, chili oil, cooking oil, sesame oil and add szechuan pepper & cut chili. Fry till fragrant. Sieve the oil, throwing away the pepper and chilli. Add garlic and shallots, fry till fragrant and add meat. Fry till cooked and add tofu and rest of ingredients. Add half a cup of water and cook till dry. Stirring occasionally.