Hawaiian Style Spam Musubi

This spam musubi is a winner for lunch or even snack. Easy to prepare and kids love love love them. :)

INGREDIENTS :

1 can spam / luncheon meat - cut into 5 pieces

2 1/2 nori / toasted seaweed

3 cups cooked shortgrain rice- hot

Cut nori into half

luncheon meat can used as a rice mould

MARINATE :

1 tbsp mirin
1tbsp sugar
1 tbsp soy sauce

Marinate spam for 30 minutes.

METHOD :

Preheat 1 tbsp oil in a non stick pan.

Pan fry spam till caramelized.

Dish up, strain and let cool.

ASSEMBLE :

Assemble rice and spam wrapped in nori.

Wrap the whole snack in clingwrap to avoid rice to dry out and to keep them in place.

Done :)

Yums...

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Butter Cheese Omelette

Creamy, soft and fragrant omelette recipe by Jamie Oliver.  A great dish to cook for breakfast or back to school's lunch for kids :)

Ingredients :

2 eggs ( lightly beaten with a dash of black pepper and a pinch of salt )

1 slice cheddar cheese

1/2 tbsp butter

1/2 tbsp olive oil

Method :

Preheat non stick wok with olive oil. ( butter won't get burnt easily with olive oil )

Add in butter.

( medium low fire )

Once butter has melted, add in eggs.

Bring eggs into the middle ( about 30 seconds )

( like cooking scrambled eggs )

Then add in cheese. ( any type of cheese will do )

Let it cook on low heat for about 40 seconds.

Go round the edges of pan with a spatula to dislodge the omelette and then flap it half.

Dish up and serve it on bread or rice.

Yums....

Fried Anchovies With Taucu

This dish goes very well with rice and porridge. Very flavorful indeed. 

Ingredients :

1 rice bowl of anchovies - washed

1 large onion - peeled and sliced

2 heap tbsps taucu

1 tbsp minced garlic

2 tbsps sugar

( mixed together )

3 tbsps oil

1/2 cup water - optional

Method :

Preheat wok without oil and stir fry anchovies to remove excess water.

Dish up and set aside.

Then, preheat oil in wok.

Put the anchovies back into wok and fry till lightly browned and crispy.

Add in sliced onions and stir fry for about 3 minutes.

Add in taucu mixed with garlic and sugar and stir fry for about 5 minutes or till it smells fragrant.

At this stage, u can dish up and serve.

( Anchovies and onions are more crunchy without adding water )

Finally, add in water, mix till well combined and bring to boil.

Dish up and serve with rice or porridge.

{ My kids like to add the sauce into their rice and porridge, :) }

Yummy..

Corn Soup

I still remember the first time I drank corn soup was when I had dinner in my sis's MIL's house. Well, I was surprised that corn can be used to boil a Chinese style soup at that time, haha.

Nowadays, I boil this soup often because my kids love it too. :) The natural sweetness from the soup just makes u crave for more!!

Ingredients :

1 large corn

1 large carrot

Size of a fist of pork loin or tenderloin

1.5 litre of water

1/2 tbsp salt or to taste

Method :

Bring water in a small pot to boil and add in pork loin. Continue to boil until all the scums from the pork rise to the surface. Remove pork and wash away all the scums.

Cut carrot and corn as above.

Put everything except salt into a pot and bring to boil.

Then, switch to low heat and boil for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

Off heat and add salt.

Serve warm.

Steamed Chicken With Chinese Sausage

This is a very yummylicious dish for both adult and children. To me, it tastes a bit like " Lo Mai Kai " haha. And my little boy ate 2 plates of rice with this dish only for dinner. :D

Ingredients :

1 deboned chicken whole leg ( without skin ) - cut into small pieces

1 chinese sausage - cut into small pieces

Seasoning :

1 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tbsp ginger sauce

1 tbsp light soy sauce

1/2 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp sesame oil

1/2 tsp white pepper

1 tbsp Shaoxing wine

1/2 tbsp cornflour

Method :

Mix chicken, chinese sausage and seasoning together till well combined.

Transfer chicken onto a deep plate.

Then, place into a preheated steamer and steam at high heat for 15 to 20 minutes.

Serve hot with steamed rice. :)

Recipe adapted from Hawker Secret Recipes Cookbook.

Soy Sauce Steamed Fish

This is one of my little girl's favorite steamed fish. Fish is soft and sauce is wonderful. She will scoop a lot of the sauce and mix it with her rice.

My FIL's simple recipe again. :-)

Ingredient :

1 palm size mayau fish

8 slices of fresh ginger

8 slices of garlic

1 stalk of spring onion - cut into 2 inch length

dash of sesame oil

Sauce :

2 tbsp light soy sauce

1 tbsp rice wine

3 tbsp water

Method :

Arrange ginger, garlic and spring onions on the plate.

Then, place fish on top and top the balance of ginger, garlic and spring onion onto fish.

Place into a preheated steamer and steam fish at high heat for 5 mins.

After that, pour in the sauce and steam fish for another 2 to 3 minutes.

( bigger and thicker fish will need more steaming time )

Voila, fish is done.

Add a dash of sesame oil onto fish.

Serve hot with steamed rice.