Oven Roast Porkbelly With Oriental BBQ Sauce

Dinner is simply Oven Roast Pork Belly with Lee Kum Kee Oriental BBQ Sauce and a simple Cucumber Tomato, Carrot salad with Roasted Sesame Yuzu Salad dressing. What to expect from a Home Chef who is at the moment hooked on a new Kdrama series "Search www " 😜😆😝 Of course let the oven do the cooking 😉

the porkbelly is tender and juicy,

 Lee Kum Kee Oriental BBQ sauce

is a good choice for oven roast 

I added garlic paste and soy sauce

to the LKK BBQ sauce for extra flavours

Best to marinate the meat overnight for deeper flavour and roast at 200c for 40 mins.

Chicken en Papillote

Had a sudden craving for Chicken en Papillote ...so this nothing better to do Home Chef took out half a chicken from the fridge ,seasoned chicken with salt, garlic and a tsp of chicken powder and wrapped the chicken pieces with greaseproof paper. Heat up coarse salt in the wok ( my old wok used for smoking chicken). Once the salt is heated up, bury the wrapped chicken in the the hot salt, cover lid and cooked under med low heat for first 20 mins. Unearth the parcel and flip over and cover with salt again and cooked a further 20 to 25 mins. This is one of my favourite method of cooking chicken. This method of cooking makes the chicken more flavourful, tender and juicy. Made a simple cucumber salad with Yuzu Sesame salad dressing.  Dinner is simply delicious😋

I have the whole leg to myself plus 

my favourite cucumber salad

meat turned out tender and juicy

my favourite way to cook chicken

season chicken parts with garlic, 

chicken seasoning powder

Note:

You can use the oven instead of cooking in a wok, just use a deep baking tray, hear up the salt and cover the wrapped  parcel with hot salt top and bottom. Adjust the time ,maybe shorten by 10 mins . Bake at 190c 

Chicken Curry And Roti Jala

Woke up early, cooked half a Chicken Curry using Tean's Gourmet Chicken Curry Paste ( my favourite brand since my gal introduced to me 😜) and quickly whipped up a two persons portion of Roti Jala/ Malaysian Net Crepes. Brunch was exceptionally delicious. A bit of work but worth all the efforts. Banana Leaf from my lil space 😂. Save washing up.

the roti Jala is soft and fragrant

the chicken curry is delicious

using store bought curry paste

Tean's Gourmet

I love my Roti Jala bottle with

5 holes, giving the Roti Jala a

beautiful lacy look and 

easy to handle too

flour,egg, turmeric powder,

coconut milk ,salt and water

make up this Roti Jala batter

this is the brand that I used to cook the curry 👍

Click here for the Roti Jala recipe.

Vegetable Korean Pancake/Yachaejeon

Light Lunch for us...Vegetable Korean Pancake /Yachaejeon with Sawtooth Coriander Dip .So yummy good. Of course I used the Korean Premix Pancake Flour. Easy to whip up

Recipe for two persons

1cup Korean Pancake flour ,1/2 cup water,1egg, 1/2 tsp chicken powder seasoning , 1/8tsp sesame oil, 1stalk leeks, 1small carrot and 1/2 cup sweet corn kernels. Mix them together till well mixed. Heat up 1/8 cup of olive oil in pan and Panfried till crispy and golden brown on both sides.

Favourite pancake since I introduced to hubby the Meat Eater.  Healthy and delicious. The sawtooth Coriander are homegrown. 

Dip recipe recipe: 2 tablespoon chopped sawtooth Coriander, 1 tsp Japanese rice vinegar, 2tsp sweet soysauce, 1tsp fishsauce and 1/2tbsp of toasted sesame seeds. Mix them together and serve with the pancake. A great dip for the Korean pancake. Saturday light and easy lunch for two person.

crispy edges

 tasty sawtooth coriander dip

I prefer olive oil for pan frying

the Korean pancake, crisps up faster

easy to mix , consistency should be thick

and not watery

Leeks, carrot and sweet corn kernels, great combination for this pancake

Enjoy and have a great weekend

Homemade Chee Cheong Fun/ Rice Noodle Rolls With Leeks

Brunch is simply comfort food. Homemade ' Chee Cheong Fun' /Rice Noodle Rolls....I chopped some leeks and added to the CCF batter. My homemade XO sauce came in handy. Delicious XO sauce with its umami flavour for the Chee Cheong Fun'. Worth the effort spent in the kitchen 😆

silky smooth texture and the chopped leeks adds extra flavour and colour

to the rice noodle rolls

the crispy fried shallots is a must have

for CCF

CCF batter recipe

110gm rice flour

40gm tapioca flour

10gm Wheat Starch

400ml water

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp oil

1 leek - chopped

Mix all the ingredients together till well combined, sieve the batter and rest 30mins. Stir batter before each steaming

Grease the steaming tray before pouring 2 scoops of the batter and steam for 4 mins. Repeat until all batter are used up

For the XO sauce 

Click here 

Hot Cross Buns

HE IS RISEN ! A blessed Easter Sunday to all my Christian Friends and loved ones ❤️

We only get to eat these delectable homemade Hot Cross Buns packed with raisins and spices this morning coz I could not make it in time for Good Friday 😅 Anyway , we still get to eat them this year. The Cross on the bun symbolises the cross He was crucified on  and the spices were used to embalmed his body after death. That's why Hot Cross Buns are made for Good Friday. Glad I made it last night 

traditional Hot Cross Buns

each bun is packed with raisins

and has spices like cinnamon powder and nutmeg powder

light and fluffy texture

one load of the recipe

can make 16 buns

I used Japanese Bread Flour

for better result

Dough Recipe

280 gm Japanese High Protein Flour

150 ml fresh milk

1egg (55gm)

100 gm black raisins

30gm castor sugar

1/4tsp salt

5gm instant yeast

1/8 tsp cinnamon powder

1/8 tsp nutmeg powder

30gm unsalted butter

Method:

Using an electric mixer with dough hook, mix all the ingredients together except butter till well combined. Add in butter and continue to knead till dough leave the side of bowl. Take out and knead manually for another 5 mins. Place dough in a mixing bowl and leave it to proof for 60 mins.

Knock down dough and divide dough into 16 pieces. Gently knead (tuck in method) and place in greased baking tray and leave it to proof another 60 mins. make a flour paste ( 2tbsp plain flour to 2 tbsp of milk )for piping the cross on the buns before placing into preheated oven for 20 mins to 25 mins  @180C

Once it golden brown, take out and brush on maple syrup for a glossy look.