Thursday, 16 April 2015

Easy Chicken Porridge

On days when I feel rather tired, I would cook this dish coz it's so easy and no blending of ingredients required for this recipe. You can add any condiments to the porridge as you wish according to your own preferences. Here's the recipe. Enjoy!


Easy Chicken Porridge

Ingredients:

3 cups of rice ( I use Basmati rice )
2 ltrs water- add more if required
500 grams of chicken meat
1 large onion (Chopped finely)
4 cloves of garlic (Chopped finely)
2 inch ginger (slice thinly)
3 tbspn sesame oil
some white pepper
sea salt to taste

Garnish:
- some chopped Chinese parsley & spring onions
- fried shallots
- sliced red bird's eye chillies with added light soya sauce


Methods:

1) In a small pot, boil some water to poach the chicken meat. Cook the chicken meat till tender. Drain  the stock and shred the meat & set aside. Reserve the stock for your porridge.

2) In a large pot, add the rice, water & stock and cook for 15 minutes. Then add the chopped onion, garlic, ginger & sesame oil.

3) Cook until the rice turn into porridge. Make sure to add more water to ensure a good consistency for the porridge. Season with a lil salt & pepper. Once the porridge is done, serve as shown below. I love having this porridge with halal kimchi I purchased from a nearby supermarket. Hope you'll enjoy this simple dish. Do leave a comment below once you've tried this out.






Tuesday, 14 April 2015

Salmon Fried Rice

Salmon Fried Rice

Ingredients

6-8 cups of cooked Basmati Rice
12 cloves of garlic
2 red onion
2 cups of mixed frozen vegetables
some white pepper & black pepper
1/2 cup olive oil & 1 tablespoon of sesame oil
1 (no msg) chicken cube
1 tbspn light soya sauce
2 tbspn oyster sauce
abt 300 grams Salmon
3 eggs (scrambled)
sea salt to taste
Garnish-  Chopped Chinese parsley & spring onions

Methods

1) Marinate the salmon with a lil seasalt, black pepper & lemon juice for abt 15 mins. Grill the Salmon with a lil olive till well done on both sides as shown on the pix below. Next, carefully tear the grilled salmon into chunks & set aside.

2 ) Blend the garlic & onion with lil water into a coarse paste. Heat the olive oil & fry the paste till fragrant.

3) Add the chicken cube, sesame oil, oyster  & light soya sauce. Add white pepper & sea salt to taste. Next, add the cooked rice & mix well. Lastly add the scrambled eggs & top the fried rice with the salmon chunks. Garnish. Serve hot. Enjoy!