One Pot Rice - Yam & Chicken

This is something nice and easy to cook, but I have not cooked it since the last US trip. Tried it again today and it still taste as nice as I remembered. (^_^)

One Pot Rice - Yam & Chicken

Ingredients

2 cups rice (washed n drained)

300g yam (cubed)

5 dried mushrooms (soaked n cubed)

30g dried cuttlefish (soaked n cut into strips)

200g chicken (cubed)

4 tbsp dried shrimp (soaked softed n drained)

4 pips garlic (chopped finely)

4 shallots (chopped finely)

Seasoning

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp 5-spice powder (wu xiang fen)

1.5 cups chicken broth (or 1 cube chicken stock)

1/4 tsp pepper

Method

1. Fry garlic and shallots still fragrant. Add in dried cuttlefish and dried shrimp and fry till fragant.

2. Add in chicken, mushrooms and yam and fry till well mixed and fragrant.

3. Add rice and seasoning and mix well.

4. Transfer everything into rice cooker. Add enough water and mix well.

5. Taste and add more seasoning as required according to your preference.

6. Cover and cook till rice is dry n cooked.

P/S: as I used chicken breast, i marinated with light soy sauce and corn starch so that the chicken will not be tough when cooked. Also best to serve it with fried shallots and balachan chilli.

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Pandan Chiffon Cupcakes

Pandan Chiffon Cupcakes

Ingredients:
80g Cake Flour
1/4tsp Baking Powder
3 Large Eggs
75g Sugar
1/8tsp Cream of Tartar
30g Coconut Cream
35g Pandan Juice
1T Corn Oil
1T Evaporated Milk
1 drop Green Colouring

Method:

(1) Whisk egg white and pour in sugar gradually and continue to beat till thick

(2) In another bowl, whisk egg yolks lightly with a hand whisk and pour into the beating egg white.

(3) Pour the liquid ingredients in a slow steady stream into the egg mixture while still beating at the same time.

(4) Fold in sifted cake flour and baking powder in batches.

(5) Spoon mixture into paper cups and bake @ 175ºC or 345ºF for about 20 mins or till golden brown.

(6) Remove from oven and leave to cool on wire rack.

Butter Cheese Cake

Ingredients

225g Cake Flour

1 tsp Baking Powder

250g Butter

200g Sugar

100ml Fresh Milk

100g Shredded Cheese

5 Eggs

1 Tsp Vanilla Essence

Method

1. Cream butter with sugar till creamy.

2. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well before adding the next one.

3. Add shredded cheese and vanilla essence.

4. Fold in fresh milk, cake flour (sifted with baking powder) alternately in batches.

5. Pour into bundt cake mould and bake at 180ºC or 355ºF for 45 mins.

6. Remove from oven and leave in mould for 5 mins.

7. Remove from mould and leave to cool on a wire rack before slicing.

Bak Kwa a.k.a. BBQ Pork

Ingredients

200g minced pork

1 tbsp light soy sauce

2 tsp fish sauce

2 tsp shaoxing wine

60g castor sugar

1 tbsp honey

1/8 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black pepper

Method

1. Add in all seasoning.

2. Put the marinated pork on a piece of waxed paper.

3 Cover with another piece of waxed paper. Roll out to desired thickness using rolling pin.

4. Preheat oven to 150ºC or 300ºF.

5. Bake for 15 mins. Increase to 160ºC or 320ºF and bake for 10 mins.

6. turn the pork over and bake for a further 10 mins.

7. Let cool n cut into bite sized pieces.

Food Diary - Week 2

7 Monday
- Ham Sandwich/ Peanut Butter Sandwich
- Mushroom & Bacon Quesadillas + Mushroom Omelette
- Ginseng Chicken Soup
- Snap Pea + Onions + Carrot + Fremented Black Bean
- Sesame Oil Chicken
- Steak Burrito

8 Tuesday
- Bacon Sandwich/ Hot Dog + Bread
- Ginseng Chicken Bee Hoon Soup
- Fried Chicken Wings
- Sauteed Cabbage
- Corn + Pork + Date Soup

9 Wednesday
- Bacon Sandwich
- Bacon Fried Rice
- Emperor Chicken (Herbal Chicken?!)

10 Thursday
- Ham Sandwich
- Hot Dog Fried Rice
- Cereal
- Panfried Chicken Breast in Pistachio + Cayanne Pepper Crust
- Mushroom + Alfredo Sauce + Spaghetti

11 Friday
- Ham Sandwich/ Hot Dog + Bread
- Banana
- Toblerone Chocolate
- Left-over Pasta
- Chicken Caesar Salad
- BBQ Ribs
- BBQ Portabella Mushroom

12 Saturday
- Banana
- Lunch @ Sushi King
- Left-over Ribs
- Potato Crunch Fish Fillet
- Curly Fries

13 Sunday
- Cereal
- Lunch @ Johnny Rockets (Foodcourt)
- Mee Goreng?!