Roasted Pork Belly With Homemade Char Siu Sauce

Saw this homemade Char Siu Sauce online and thought it would be good for WB to make this sauce for the pork belly that he is going to cook for dinner.  Homemade char siu would be great for dinner:) It turned out delicious mmmmm nom nom nom. 

Homemade Char Siu Sauce

2 tbsp Asian light soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp hoisin sauce
1 tbsp Shioxing wine/dry sherry
3 tbsp sugar
1 tsp garlic, minced
1/4 cup honey
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp five-spice powder/ground pepper
2 tbsp of water

Mix all ingredients in a soup pot, heat pot at medium-low heat, keep on stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove and cool to room temperature.  You can also refrigerate the char siu sauce in a sealed jar or bottle if not in use at once.


Marinate the pork belly with the above homemade char siu sauce for half an hour and roast it in the oven at 200C for 35-40 minutes till meat is tender and cooked.

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Stir Fry Diced Eggplant/Aubergine With Shrimps

Dinner has gonna be easy and light for me.  For those of you following my blog will know that I am now resting my left shoulder which I thought was frozen shoulder but after doing the MRI, I discovered that it was something else.  So cooking something more elaborate would be out of the questions and I depend on WB now to do the cooking and washing.  I love eggplant and since I have some shrimps left in the freezer, I asked WB to stir fry this for our dinner last night. I need to clear the freezer - not going to store up anymore meat until I am fully recovered .  We will have to have more simple stir fry dishes from now, to make things easy for WB :)  And I truly thank God for such a wonderful and helpful partner :)

Stir Fry Dice Eggplant/Aubergine With Shrimps


Ingredients:

2 Japanese eggplants - diced into 1.5 cm cubes
10 pieces of shrimps - shelled and deveined
2 pips garlic - chopped
1 tsp chilli flakes
2 tsp miso paste
1 tbsp of sliced spring onions for garnishing
1 tsp of olive oil
3 tbsp of water

Method:

Saute garlic and miso paste with 1 tsp of olive oil till fragrant.  Add in the shrimps and stir fry till half cooked , add in diced eggplants and 3 tbsp of water and cover wok with lid. Cook over medium heat till the eggplant is cooked . Add in chilli flakes and stir fry till well mixed. Add a pinch of salt if desire. Dish up and garnish with chopped spring onions.  Served with rice. 

Enjoy!

Steamed Garoupa With Baby Spinach

Not wanting to give WB too much work when it comes to preparing our meal, I asked him to steam the garoupa fish together with baby spinach.  Steamed once and we get two dishes , the veggie and the fish LOL!  He is happy and I am happy too.  Not only save the gas but also the washing ! The spinach absorbs all the fish natural sweetness while it was being steamed in the steamer.  If you want to save work and time...this is how you can cook the veggie and fish together  :)  Healty and delicious ! Yummy !

Enjoy !

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Dinner Prepared From The Heart

These few days,  I am like a queen being served her meals :)  Bliss right?  LOL, reason is I am not supposed to move the left arm...doctor advised to let the arm rest as much as possible ! Thus WB has to do all the cooking and washing . Tonight we had something simple.  Piggy Jo came back the weekend and brought with her two loaves of sourdough bread which she bought from Tommy le Baker.  She had been telling so much about this bread and tonight I get to savor it and yea , it was really good.  

Sesame Seed Crusted Meat Patties

These are simple to make sesame crusted meat patties . Seasoned the minced meat with spices of your choice or you can just seasoned with sea salt and paprika like I did and stir in an egg and a tablespoon of potato flour for crispness.  Coat the meat patties with sesame seeds before pan frying them.  The sesame seeds add fragrant to the patties and at the same time gave the patties the crunch on the outside.

Sesame Seed Crusted Meat Patties

300 gms minced meat ( pork or chicken)
sea salt to taste
a teaspoon of paprika
1 tbsp of potato flour
1 egg - Size C

50gm of white sesame seeds
a few tbsp of canola oil for pan frying

Method:

Seasoned the minced meat with sea salt and paprika for 20-30 mins. Stir in the egg and potato flour till well mixed.  Shape into ball, flatten into patties and coat both sides with sesame seeds.

Heat a few tbsp of canola oil in a non stick pan and gently slide in the sesame seed crusted meat patties and pan fried till brown and cooked.  Flip over and cook the other side till crispy golden brown. Take out and drain on kitchen paper towel to absord excess oil.   Serve  Thai chilli sauce as dip for the patties.

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Famous Ipoh Salted Chicken aka ' Yim Kuk Kai '

Ipoh is also famous for its Salted Chicken aka ' Yim Kuk Kai ' besides the Ipoh  'Ngah Choy Kai '.  I had this almost 3 times a week during my confinement days ....20 over years ago....shhhh Piggy Joanna will shut me up if I were to tell you the exact years LOL!  Anyway, it entails a lot of work, so it is better to buy from the famous shop in Ipoh.   I made this months ago before I hung up my arms :p   Luckily I had it made earlier or I won't be able to give her my support for MFF Perak , shortly after that...the arm pain came haha....read on to see how it is done at home.