at Monday, April 30, 2012

Braised Chicken with Bitter Gourd and Black Bean

Ingredients:

Chicken (cut into chunks)

1 medium size bitter gourd (cut into 1cm thick strips)

2 tbsp black bean (slightly pound)

1 big onion (cut into quarter)

Few slices of ginger (slice thinly)

3 cloves of garlic (chopped)

2 tbsp light soy sauce

Dash of pepper

Oil for frying

1 cup water

Seasoning:

Soy sauce

Dark sauce

Sugar

Corn starch

Water

Methods:

1. Marinate chicken with 2 tbsp light soy sauce and dash of pepper. Leave for 30 minutes.

2. Heat up the oil, stir fry chicken until just cooked. Leave aside.

3. Heat up a bit of oil and throw in garlic, ginger and big onion. Cook until fragrant. Add in black bean and stir fry a while until the smells come out.

4. Add in chicken and bitter gourd. Stir fry for 2 minutes. Add in water, soy sauce and sugar. Cook until water is boiling. Add in dark sauce and taste. Add whatever that is not enough (soy sauce, sugar).

5. When the taste is fine, cover and let it simmer in low fire for 10 mins. 

6. Thicken the sauce with corn starch mixture.

7. Serve!

at Sunday, December 18, 2011

Sweetened Chicken Wings

This is the only chicken dish that I successfully made all these years. So delicious, extremely easy and quick! I called this a no-failed chicken dish.

Recipe adapted from Pork Tocino

Ingredients:

• Chicken Wings
• 250ml pineapple juice
• 125ml cola drinks (Coke or Pepsi)
• 125ml ketchup
• 200g brown sugar
• 1 cup light soy sauce
• 1 tbsp grated garlic (2 cloves)
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper

Methods:

1. Marinate chicken wings with all the ingredients at least 1 day.
2. Heat some oil, brown chicken wings then add 1 cup of marinate. Stir occasionally until the sauce thicken and coated the chicken.

Notes:

1. May substitute with any parts of chicken that you like or pork.