Claypot Chicken Rice Using Rice Cooker

This is a simple one dish meal using rice cooker instead of claypot. Another signature dishes of Snow White upon Rapunzel request. It tastes as good as the claypot rice just that it has lesser burnt rice.

Ingredients:
14 chicken mid wings, marinated
1 cup of Chinese mushroom, soaked and sliced
2 cup of rice
5 slices of salted fish, fried and crushed
1 onion, minced
3 clove garlic, minced

Marinated for chicken
1 tbsp rice wine
1 tbsp oyster sauce
Salt and pepper to taste

Methods:
1. Heat the oil in a wok, saute the garlic and onion till fragrant.
2. Add in chicken stir fried till turn colour
3. Add in mushroom, a cup of water, 2tbsp dark sauce and 1tbsp light sauce.
4. Let the chicken simmer for a while till most water absorbed.
5. Washed the rice, put into the rice cooker with 2 cup of water and add in 1 tbsp dark sauce.
6. Add in the chicken and mushroom to the rice cooker and cooked.

When the rice cooked, sprinkle the salted fish over the rice. Garnished with some coriander and with cai sim (blanched and season with 1 tbsp oyster sauce) as side dish.

Curry Chicken Chinese Steam Bun

Snow White is craving for Pau (Chinese steam bun) and been wanted to try to make it. After some research from the internet, she finally did it today. It is quite successful and Babe also had fun in helping!

We have no bread machine so have to manual prepare the dough.

Ingredients

Bun:
3½ cups Hong Kong flour
1 tbsp shortening
¼ cup sugar
2½ tsp dry yeast
1 cup warm water

Fillings:
300g chicken fillet, cubed and marinate with salt and pepper
4 potatoes, cubed and steamed
1 big onion, diced
3 garlic, chopped
2 tbsp curry powder
1 tbsp curry leaves
salt and sugar to taste

Methods

Bun:
1.Put 3 cups of flour into bowl, cut shortening and stir in 2 tbsp sugar.
2.Combine the remaining 2 tbsp sugar with the yeast and add 1/3 cup of warm water, stir until yeast is dissolved.
3. Add the remaining ½ cup flour, mix well.
4. Combine flour mixture, yeast mixture and remaining 2/3 cup of water. Knead on lightly floured board for 5 minutes or till the dough is smooth and elastic.
5. Place dough in a bowl and will be ready for use in 2 hours.

Fillings
1. Heat oil in a wok, stir fried the garlic, onion and curry powder and curry leaves till fragrant.
2. Add in chicken and fried till cooked.
3. Pour in the steam potatoes and add salt and sugar to taste.
This curry chicken fillings is fried by Rapunzel.

When the dough double in size after 2 hours, rolled the dough into logs and divide the log into 14 equal portions.
Put some flour on the hand and flatten the dough with a thicker center and thin edges.
Place one tablespoon of the fillings in the center of the dough. Form the bun by pulling the dough up and around the filing. Pinch and seal like a bundle.
Place the bun on a parchment paper (we did not managed to get the paper so we used the plastic for steaming herbal chicken).

After all the buns are form leave them rest for 20-30 minutes to allow the bun to rise. Meanwhile get water to boil for steaming. Place the buns in the steamer and steam for 15 minutes.

Babe try to from a "pig" pau also but see what it turn out. ^^
The before and after steamed.........

Babe did not destroy Snow White and Rapunzel's hard work, the rest turn out just fine and looking good!

Choux with Mango Cream

We have this mango cream choux puff for dessert. It is a mouth watering dessert with sweet cream spilling out of the crispy puff, yummy!

Mango Cream
1. Whip 1 can nestle cream till creamy.
2. Gradually add in 6 tbsp sugar and beat till sugar dissolved.
3. Add in Mango puree into the cream and whipped till well combined.
4. Chill the cream in the fridge.


Choux
Ingredients:
20g butter
60ml water
35g plain flour
1 egg

Method:
1. Combined butter with water in a pot and bring to boil.
2. Add in flour and beat over heat till the mixture form a smooth ball.
3. Let it cool a little while and add in the egg.
4. Beat till the mixture becomes glossy.
5. Pipe small amount of choux pastry in 5 cm apart on baking tray.
6. Bake at 170°C for 10 minutes.
7. Cut open the puff and bake for a further 5 minutes till dry.
8. Remove and let it cool.
9. Spoon the mango cream into puff and ready to serve.

Grilled Fish & Fried Kang Kong

Another grilled fish dish which is slightly different from what Rapunzel cooked the other day. This time we used Ikan Kembong which is much cheaper and perfect for deep frying. Simply marinate the 4 Ikan Kembongs with 2 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tbsp chili powder, 1 tsp salt and 1 tbsp oil for 15 minutes or longer. Put it into the oven and grilled till golden brown.

Snow White also make dipping sauce separately to go with the fish.
Dipping Sauce:
2 tsp lemon juice
6 chili padi, minced
3 shallots, thinly slice
1 garlic, minced
1 tsp dark sauce
2 tbsp light soy sauce

The Kang Kong is fried by Babe...but with instruction from Rapunzel.:P
1. Heat the oil in a wok, stir fry the 2 clove garlic(minced) and 3 onion(minced).
2. Add 2 tbsp chili prawn paste and stir fried till fragrant.
3. Put in the stalk of Kong Kong, stir fried till slight soft then gradually stir in the leaves.
4. Add salt, sugar and fish sauce to taste.
5. Fry for another 3 minutes and the Kang Kong is ready to serve.

The crispiness of the fish and the tanginess of the dipping sauce are great combination. Eat with white rice and the fried kang kong make a perfect lunch.

Nyonya Laksa

This spicy curry-like noodle soup is one of Babe's favourite dish. I would love to have a second bowl if Rapunzel had cook enough, hee! Slurp!

Ingredients:
Rice Vermicelli, scalded and drained
150ml coconut milk
12 medium prawns
2 fish cakes, sliced
50g bean sprout, blanched
8 pcs small Tau Pok, halved
3 hard boiled eggs
3 sprig laksa leaves
1 cup dried prawns, grind
salt and sugar to taste
Grind the following into laksa paste:
2 garlic
5 shallots
1/2 tbsp turmeric
1 tbsp Galangal
4 candle nuts
1 stalk lemon grass
2 tsp Balachan
2 tbsp chili paste

Method:
1. Boiled the prawns in a pot of water till cooked.
2. Remove the prawns and set aside.
3. Add in laksa leaves into the pot of stock and simmer for 15 minutes.
4. Heat oil in wok and fry the laksa paste for 15-20 minutes.
5. Add in dried shrimp and stir fry for another 5 minutes.
6. Pour the paste and shrimp into the pot of boiling stock.
7. Gradually add in coconut milk and let it simmer till red oil surfacing.
8. Add salt and sugar to taste.
9. Add in the tau pok, fish cake and cooked for 2 minutes, let the tau pok absorb laksa gravy before serving.
10. Put rice vermicelli in a bowl, top with the prawn, bean sprout and egg.

11. Pour hot gravy over and serve immediately.

Chop some laksa leaves or shred some cucumber for garnishing if you like. Add chilli paste if your prefer your laksa to be more spicy.

Chicken Pie

Today's menu, Chicken Pie. The fillings is very similar to the Shepherd's pie that Rapunzel once made but wrapped in a flaky pastry this time. The ready made puff pastry was brought from the supermarket.

Ingredients for fillings:

2 chicken legs (cubed, marinate with soy sauce, pepper & salt)

3-4 onion (cubed)

1 carrot (cubed)

3 stalk celery (cubed)

3 eggs (hard boiled and quartered)

3 clove garlic (chopped)

1 cup sweet corns

1 cup shitake mushroom (sliced)

3 Russet Potatoes (optional)

Method:

1. Fried garlic & onion.

2. Stirred in chicken cube and all vegetables till cooked.

3. Add oyster sauce, chicken stock, soy sauce, salt and large amount of pepper.

4. Pour some fresh milk or evaporate milk and add corn flour as we did not have potatoes. Let it simmer a while and dish up the chicken fillings and put aside.

5. Scoop fillings into the pastry mould, add eggs and cover the mould with pastry.

6. Oven baked till pastry cooked or turn golden brown.

Chicken Pie freshly baked form oven is ready to serve. It is very tasty and make you crave for more.

Banana Cake

Dessert for the day, Banana Cake. This recipe is easy to follow and the cake is moist and delicious. Try it, banana cake is a healthy way to feed the family and friends.

Ingredients:

125g Butter

120g Sugar

1 Cup Flour

1 Tablespoon Baking Powder

2 Large Eggs

40ml Milk

1 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence

3 Medium Mashed Bananas

1 Extra Banana, for topping

Method:

1. Pre-heat the oven and prepare two 7" x 3.5" paper loaf tray.

2. Cream butter & sugar until light and creamy.

3. Add eggs(one at a time) and beat until well combined.

4. Next stir in milk, mashed bananas & vanilla essence.

5. Then follow by the sifted flour & baking powder.

6. Mix well then pour into the baking tin or paper loaf tray and bake for 30 -40 mins or till golden brown.