Fragrant Dry Chicken (Gan Xiang Ji)

Recipe from here

~Ingredients~
800g chicken - I use 750g
24g curry leaves - I use 10g
40g garlic (whole, remove skin and fry till dark brown)
40g ginger (retain skin and sliced)
2 fresh chilli, sliced

~Seasoning~
4ml salt
4ml ginger
40ml ginger juice - I use ginger cubes
1 egg
60ml water
40g potato starch - I use tapioca starch
40g plain flour

~Sauce~
1 tbs oyster sauce
1/2 tbs fish sauce
2 tbs Thai chilli sauce - I use 3 tbs
1/2 tbs lime juice
1/2 tbs sugar
1/2 tbs light soy sauce - I use 1 tbs
some dark soya sauce


Method

1. Marinate chicken with seasoning ingredients for 1 to 2 hours.
2. Heat oil to about 80% hot (bubbles popping), put chic in and fry till golden brown. Remove from wok. Don't use boiling hot oil as meat will end up burnt.
3. Heat some oil in the wok and quickly fry garlic, ginger, curry leaves and chilli over high heat.
4. Pour sauce in, add in fried chic, mix well and serve. 

Mooncake

We bought this mooncake (made in HK) for 12-14 pounds (forgot the actual price). Hehe

Corn pancakes

Credit to a cooking forum by Jo's Deli for this recipe.

=Ingredients=
240g corn kernels
6-8 spring onions
3 tbs flour
2 ts curry powder
1 tbs chopped garlic
1 1/2 ts fish sauce
1 ts soya sauce
1 egg
oil


Method

1. Combine all and mix well. Chill it for 1 hour.
2. Heat oil in the pan. Fry at medium heat till both sides turn brown.

Cornflake crusted baked chicken

I forgot the original link ~ haiz. I always like to write a new recipe onto a sheet of paper then try it in the kitchen. I will rmbr the link if I post this recipe on the exact day of cooking but this is a delayed post and my mind is getting rusty. Will post the original link once I found it in my cookery recipes folder.

 

=Ingredients=
4 chicken thighs
salt and pepper
1 large egg
2 cups of crushed cornflakes
1/2 tsp chilli powder


Method

1. Preheat oven to 200C. Line the baking tray with baking paper. Clean the chicken and pat dry. Season generously with salt and pepper.
2. Whisk the egg with 1 tbs water.
3. In another bowl, mix crushed cornflakes, chill powder and 1 ts salt.
4. Coat chicken, 1 piece at a time. Dip the chicken in the egg mixture then coat it with seasoned cornflakes. Press the flakes to help them to adhere.
5. Spray / Sprinkle some cooking oil onto the arranged chicken. 
6. Bake for 30 mins until golden brown and crisp. Sprinkle some salt and pepper accordingly.

Chicken and potato stew

I cooked this before but I forgot whether I have shared this recipe here or not. (Sorry, I forgot the original link). Anyway, this is really nice and we love it.

=Ingredients=
1 red onion
2 chicken thighs - marinate with light soya sauce, sugar, cornflour
2 potatoes
1 large carrot
mushrooms

=Seasonings=
1 tbs oyster sauce
1 ts light soya sauce
dash of dark soya sauce
1 ts of concentrated chicken stock - mix with 100ml water
dash of sugar and pepper
Cornflour (for thickening)


Method

1. Heat oil and sautee the onion.
2. Add in all the ingredients and seasonings and mix well.
3. Simmer with medium heat until all are cooked.
4. Thicken with cornflour.
5. Taste and add salt accordingly.