Red Wine Marinated Pork Loin

Simple to prepare red wine marinated pork loin and yet flavorful and aromatic .  Every bite burst with red wine sauce...mmmmm lovely.  This was what I did with the balance of the cooking red wine in the fridge.  Marinate the pork loin over night in a zipper bag and pan seared it till cooked with a bit of burnt edges...ah, I love the slight burnt part..it add flavors to the meat :p  . With the balance of the marinade sauce....cook into a sauce and pour over the cooked pork loin...one word Yummy!

Red Wine Marinated Pork Loin - WB's Kitchen

1/2 kg Pork Loin - cut into 1/4 inch thick slices

1 tbsp of vegetable oil for searing the meat

marinade sauce - mix all the marinade ingredients together

1/2 cup red wine

2 tbsp of brown sugar

salt to taste

2 tsp black pepper

Method:

Marinate the pork loin slices with the marinade sauce . Keep them in a zipper bag and leave over night in the fridge.

Add veg oil in a non stick pan.  Under a medium high heat, pan seared the marinated meat till cooked on both sides.  Repeat until all the pork loin are pan seared.  Pour away excess oil from the non stick pan. do not wash the pan.

To make the red wine sauce , using the same non-stick pan , pour the balance of marinade sauce into the non-stick pan and cook the marinade sauce till it thicken.  If the marinade sauce is not enough to make the sauce, add in a tbsp of red wine and water . Once it thickens, pour over the cooked pork loin and serve hot . 

Enjoy !

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Mini King Oyster Mushroom Fritters

I have been indulging in these little mini King Oyster Mushroom the past one  month. There are from Korean and the beautiful thing about these mushrooms is, they have a springy and crunchy texture after they are fried.  Besides having them in my pasta, I made them into fritters as snack .  Delicious and they are very very additive.  I have them deep fried as snack while watching the Korean drama on TV.  Best snack ever...so yummy!  Do try them deep fried...they sure are lip smacking good.

Mini King Oyster Mushroom Fritters - WB's Kitchen

1 packet of fresh Mini King Oyster Mushrooms -  those prewashed one would be appropriate for this recipe

( if you need to wash the mushrooms, make sure you dry the mushrooms with paper towel before you deep into the batter for deep frying )

Batter:

3 tbsp of plain flour

1 tbsp of rice flour

1 tbsp of corn flour

1/4 tsp of baking powder

1/4 tsp of  herbed sea salt

Chilli flakes - to taste

4 tbsp water

2 tbsp oil

Method:  

Combine all the dry ingredients and salt together in a bowl . Add in water and oil  and whisk the mixture into a batter.  Heat oil till right temperature.  Dip in a wooden chopstick into the hot oil , if you see bubbles at the end of the chopstick , then the oil is ready for deep frying.  Coat the mushrooms with the batter and drop into the hot oil.  Fry till the mushrooms are lightly browned.  Take out and drain on paper towel.   

Enjoy !

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Poached Chicken Chinese Style

This is what I normally do with a whole chicken besides roasting them.  This is how the chicken is poached for chinese chicken rice . We called this dish ' Pak Cheet Gai ' in cantonese ( literally translated as white cut chicken  ) .  The soup after poaching the chicken can be used freezed up as chicken broth for later use or you can add in carrots and potato to make a carrot soup to serve with this ' Pak Cheet Gai '.  The wonderful dip sauce to go with this poached chicken is the ginger and onion sauce. Actually , this sauce is the main attraction for this dish :)

Poached Chicken Chinese Style  -recipe source: by Sonia aka Nasi Lemak Lover)

Ingredient:

1.6kg free-range chicken
Few slices of ginger
2 sprig of spring onions
1tsp salt (i use fine sea salt)
1 and 1/2tsp sesame oil

Method

1. Stuff ginger and spring onion inside the cavity of chicken.

2. Boil a large pot of water over high heat ( use a pot that is large enough to fit a whole chicken)

3. Slowly place the chicken ( breast side down ) into boiling water, boiling water become simmer.

4. Once water boil again, reduce heat to the lowest.

5. Cover the lid and let chicken simmer in hot water. While cooking half way (abt 10 mins) flip the chicken breast side up, cover and continue simmer.

6. Cook for 16 mins (depend on the size of chicken or when you see chicken become light and float on top).

7. Switch off the fire, over the lid and let chicken continue to simmer in hot watr for another 10 mins, flip the chicken breast side up, cover and continue simmer.

8. Mix salt and sesame oil in a mixing bowl. Remove chicken from hot water, use a brush to evenly brush salt mixture on the whole body of chicken.

9. Let it cool in room temperature for several hours (5-6 hours) before cutting into small pieces.

Ginger and Onion Dip Sauce

Ingredients

ginger and shallots ratio of 1:1

a stalk of spring onion - cut finely

salt to taste

oil enough to cover the ground ginger and shallots

Method:

Blend together ginger and shallots in a food processor until fine texture.  Take out and mix in the cut spring onions in a bowl.  Add in enough sea salt and stir till well combined. Leave aside.

Heat oil till  smoking hot, add to the bowl of ginger mixture. It should sizzles. The sizzlings will bring out the aroma of ginger mixture.  This is what make the sauce good to go with the poached chicken.

Yummy !

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Linguine With Mini King Oyster Mushroom And Salmon

This is my kind of preparation for pasta.  I prefer linguine to chinese noodles.  I like the soft chewy texture of linguine .  I have some balance of mini king oyster mushrooms , so I stir fry them with garlic and mixed herbs and then add to the cooked linguine with a dash of  salt. Pan seared salmon with black pepper .  Serve linguine with the pan seared salmon and mini King oyster mushrooms.....this is so yummy.  Garnish with spring onions for color and taste .  I am begining to like this mushroom.  It has a springy and chewy texture even after cooking it, unlike the other type of mushrooms which turned soft after cooking.

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Red Wine Marinated Roast Wings

Christmas... Christmas......I love Christmas dinner...it is either roast wings or turkey.  But turkey is too large for me to handle, so we settled for wings instead.  Not even a whole chicken LOL!  I tried out this roast wings recipe and gosh I think it is really good . I think it would be great to add this dish for the coming festive dinner.  I am sure my Piggies would love these delicious finger licking good wings. The recipe is easy....just marinate the wings with red wine and over night in the fridge.  I saw this recipe from the Australian Women's Weekly and adapted it a bit.  Instead of using dry sherry , I used red cooking wine which I bought from BIG :)   

I have to think of a few more meat dishes for the meat eating Piggies :p  So, a lot of baking and roasting will be involved.  And now thinking of all the greasy pans and plates, I have to use the dishwasher instead of washing up at the sink.  WB will have to do a clean up the dishwasher first with dishwasher cleaner before the big day comes. Sometimes we may think that our dishwasher is clean because it looks clean but grease and limescale may build up in the vital parts of the dishwasher that are hard to see.  WB will just have to use a bit of detergent like Finish Intensive Clean and Care , it will eliminates all grease and limescale in the hidden vital parts of the dishwasher . To WB, a cleaner dishwasher means cleaner dishes :)  Sorry , I got distracted by the dishwasher, it is WB's job anyway not mine :p.  Okay , back to this finger licking good roast wings, I have to pair it with a good bottle of wine.  Ah, I will leave this to my Piggy Joanna.  She will know what to pair with these wings and I am thinking of roast ribs too. Noted. Meanwhile, I will share the recipe for this dish so that you can make this for your Christmas dinner.

Red Wine Marinated Roast Wings

Ingredients:

12 large chicken wings

1/4 cup of soy sauce

2 cloves garlic, crushed

2 teaspoon of grated fresh ginger

1 tsp of sugar

1/2 cup of red cooking wine

2 tbsp of olive oil

1 tbsp of honey

2 tsp of hot chilli sauce

Method:

Remove and discard tip from each wing; cut wings in half at joint. Mix chicken pieces with remaining ingredients in large bowl till well combined.  Put the chicken pieces and sauce  into a zipper bag . Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. 

Heat the oven to 200 deg C . Arrange the wings on a wire rack over oven tray and roast them in the preheated oven for 35 - 40 minutes till it is tender and cooked. Brushing often with the extra marinade often. 

Enjoy ! 

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Mini King Oyster Mushroom Omelette

A simple dinner last night because WB was well the past few days.  Fever and cough but thank God , he is much better today :)  I cooked this simple mini king oyster mushroom omelette for our dinner -bought them from Jusco and these mini King Oyster mushroom are from Korea , it is crunchy in texture and taste good .  One functional arm and one handle non stick pan did the trick LOL!  

Thank God I am now 90% recovered and soon I will be able to go back to my mundane routine of baking and cooking again.  The physiotherapy is killing me though.  Imagine your arm being pushed to the limit each time you go for the exercise...gosh it is nightmare for me but it does do me good though. As the saying goes ...no pain no gain.  I am still not able to sleep through the night coz of the pain from the inside.  Well , as the doctor said...the pain will be there for 3-6 months.  Wow, I didn't know this is the side effect from the surgery and I hope that I will be able to endure the sleepless night and pain.  But food can smooth the pain for the time being :)

Mini King Oyster Mushroom Omelette 

Mix all  the ingredients together:

a handful of mini king oyster mushrooms - rinse and dab dry with kitchen paper towel
2 eggs - beaten
a pinch of herbed sea salt to taste
chilli flakes to taste
a tsp of chopped garlic
a tsp of olive oil
a tbsp of cut spring onions

Method:

Pour the mixture into hot non stick pan and cooked on med low heat till both sides are golden brown and edges are crispy.  Dish up and serve with hot rice.

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