Dinner on Saturday:
Chicken and Silken Tofu in Egg gravy (Stir-fried)
Had to fry the tofu before adding it to the chicken in the pan. I am lousy at frying soft foods like tofu, so they sort of broke apart during the cooking process. Used homemade chicken stock with egg for the gravy instead of water and egg. Don't be fooled by its look. This dish is really yummy! Try it and you will know!
Chicken Sweet Corn Egg Drop Tofu Soup
Cooked this over the stove. I used homemade chicken stock for the soup base instead of water. Kitty said its nice. A change from the usual Chinese soups that I make. Half Chinese half Western, haha.
Steamed broccoli and mushrooms
Kinda boring to eat broccoli by itself, so I added mushrooms for garnishing, haha.
Dinner on Sunday:
Lotus root with spare ribs soup
Used the slow cooker to make this soup. Set it to cook on Sat night and it was ready for consumption the next day, so convenient! I added peanuts to the recipe. YUMMY!! I like the taste of dried scallops, so I always put about 12-14 big pieces and a handful of small ones. The soup turns out to be very flavorful, haha.
Honey Chicken Chop
I was supposed to pan fry the chicken skin side down when I realised that the chicken thighs I bought from NTUC did not come with skin, wahahahahahahahaha! Nevertheless, this honey "chicken chop" (or thigh) is really nice! Just marinate it with a lil bit of salt and pepper on the top and on the bottom, salt (just a bit), pepper and rosemary. Pan fry on both sides until cooked and add the gravy. To make the gravy, combine 1 Tbsp of honey, 1 Tbsp of light soy sauce, 1 Tbsp of lemon juice and 2 Tbsp of water. Its so easy!
Xiao bai cai
Steamed the xiao bai cai and added some oyster sauce for taste.
Dinner on Monday:
Herbal Chicken Soup
I sent Kitty on a shopping spree last Thursday for Chinese herbs required for this soup. He had an appointment after that, so he said felt so pai seh carrying these things (except the weighing scale), haha. I decided to get a weighing scale cos some recipes specify ingredients in grams. Actually I already bought one 2 weeks ago but the unit of measurement was not ideal, so I sold it off on eBay (luckily there was a buyer) and bought this orange one yesterday.
Steamed cabbage, steamed egg with century egg (no egg tofu this time, haha) and herbal chicken soup.
Fried arrowhead chips
I read online that fried arrowhead chips are super nice and taste much better than potato chips. Arrowheads are only sold during CNY period once a year, so once you miss it, you will have to wait another year before you can see it on sale again. I found some at NTUC on Saturday and decided to buy some to make chips. They look kinda like water chestnuts. I cut off the tip and bottom and sliced them as thinly as I could (I don't have a slicer) with a knife. I soaked them in salt water for a few hours and the old cat helped me to spread them out on plates to dry. I deep-fried them after work on Monday and tried a piece. Manz, they are yummy!! Very crunchy and tasty!! They are indeed much, much better than potato chips!! Even the old cat agreed and can't stop eating!!
This is how it looks after frying:
I bought the Kikkoman Special Fragrance Soy Sauce and found that I like it a lot better than Tai Hua Standard Light Soy Sauce! I have always thought the one I am using has a strong taste and I didn't really like it. The Kikkoman is good - the taste is just nice! Now I wonder what to do with my bottle of Tai Hua. Maybe I should just wait till May when it expires before throwing it away. I had a quick look at the shelf where I put my corn flour and realised to my horror that I have MANY packets of flour. Corn flour, tapioca flour, potato starch, sweet potato flour...etc! Oh manz! I must have bought them when I was trying out different recipes over the past year! I found out recently that they can be used for the same purpose - thickening gravy. Manz, its such a waste! I mean, I could have used my regular corn flour when the recipes asked for tapioca flour. Sigh. I had to throw out those that have expired. Another thing.... I bought a packet of cane sugar to replace my white sugar. I found that I still have half a packet of white sugar on the shelf and its 100% PURE CANE SUGAR!!!!! Manz!!!!!! Arrrrgh I should not have bought the cane sugar without checking my shelf lor! I mean, just cos it is white colour does not mean it is regular table sugar mah!!! Plus, how could I have doubted my own fussy nature in buying "healthy" options even 2 years back???? Liew, I feel kinda peeved knowing that I have bought so many "extra" food items for nothing!
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