Essence of Chicken Ginseng with Chicken

Sometimes we receive bottles of Essence of chicken as gifts. It is a healthy substance, traditional medicine used for general weakness, to improve appetite & digestion and for nourishment for women after delivery. Safety for used of ginseng in pregnant women and children has NOT been established. You could drink it barely by itself, chilled or warmed, if you love bitter stuff. Else, what could you do with it? Leave it in the kitchen store till it expires and pour it down the drain? What a waste. Think of it another way. Lets cook it! Those people whom does not know how to get rid of your Essence of Chicken, this is the perfect time for you now.

Some of you might think chicken breast is plain & dry, here is a good chance for you to cook your boring tasteless chicken. Plain chicken + Essence chicken = Tasty Chicken

Ingredient 2 pax

1 piece chicken breast

1 bottle Essence of chicken with Ginseng Cordyseps

3 cloves garlic, 2 shallots, 1 spring onion,

½ cup water, 2 tablespoon dark soy sauce (thick type)

½ teaspoon sugar & salt, 1 dash garlic parsley powder

1 teaspoon sesame oil, 2 tablespoon soy sauce

Prepare & cook

Slice chicken breast to cubes

Slice garlic & shallots

Marinate chicken with (1hour)

½ teaspoon sugar & salt, 1 dash garlic parsley powder

1 teaspoon sesame oil, 2 tablespoon soy sauce

Start cooking

Heat oil, fry garlic & shallots till dark yellow

Add chicken breast, Add 1 bottle Essence of chicken

Add dark soy sauce & ½ cup water

Mix & simmer for 5-10 minutes,

Taste it, if its bitter for you, add a dash of sugar.

Garnish with spring onion. Ready to serve

After cooking them together, you won’t feel it bitterness of the chicken essence, neither would you feel the plain taste of the chicken breast. The chicken meat is filled with the flavors. It will be delicious to mix on with white rice. Yum! 

Beehoon Sausage /(Vermicelli Sausage)

Beehoon Sausage /(Vermicelli Sausage)

We usually have sausages with a bun or sausages rolled on a slice of bread or plain sausage on a stick. Why not make something else? Beehoon sausages….  Sounds odd ? Does not matter if it taste good. It was still plain for me, so I bought a pack of vege, a box of cute little brussels sprout. Unfortunately, I have no idea why the brussels sprout was bitter in the centre, most probably should add more sugar to neutralize it.

Beehoon = Vermicelli. For the beehoon, I bought a pack of beehoon made by pumpkin, its thinner than the normal beehoon. Texture is softer..

2pax

Ingredient

4 Sausages, 1 box Brussels Sprout,

1 pack of pumpkin beehoon

2 cloves garlic, 2 shallot, 4 birds eye chili

3 tablespoon oyster sauce, 3 tablespoon soy sauce

2 teaspoon sugar & salt, 1 dash pepper

¾ cup water

Prepare & Cook

Garlics & shallots chopped to cubes/ slices,

Quick rinse for the beehoon & leave it drip dry

2 sausages cut to coins size,

2 sausages leave it as normal (just slightly sliced sideways for easier cooking)

Brusssels sprouts cut to half each

Preparing brussels sprout

Heat oil, add garlic fry few seconds,

Add brussels sprout for another minute,

Add 1 tablespoon oyster sauce, add ¼ cup water

Add 1 teaspoon salt & 1 teaspoon sugar,

Mix it up, remove to plate

Preparing Beehoon

Heat oil, add 2 whole sausage and fry till the sideways opens, remove to plate

Add garlic & shallots, add coin sliced sausages

Add beehoon, mix it up

Add 3 tablespoon soysauce, 2 tablespoon oyster sauce

Add 1 teaspoon sugar & salt

Add ½ cup water, stir it up for another 10 minutes & add birds eye chili
Add brussels sprout & the 2 whole sausage

Ready to serve

Ma Po Tofu (Spicy)

Ma Poh Tofu (Soft Tofu)

For those busy ladies, I doubt you would have time to grind chili to make the sauce for Ma Po Tofu. Tofu is well known for its smooth soft texture but some would say, tasteless flavor. How should we make tofu delicious? Add some spices to it… Here is a dish, spicy Ma Po Tofu. The mushroom to make your spicy sauce a little sweet with its mushroom fragrance, else it will taste just like eating tofu dip with plain chili only.

Ingredient

1 prepack ma po tofu sauce,

1 pack soft tofu (any brand)

2 clove garlic, 3 birds eye chili aka chili padi

6 pieces dried mushroom (medium size),

mincemeat (chicken/pork)

1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 teaspoon sesame oil,

½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon sugar,

Prepare & Cook

Soak Mushroom till soft (1 hour)

6 pieces mushroom cut to 6 pieces each or mince

2 clove garlic, cut to cubes,

3 birds eye chili cut slices

Tofu cut to cubes

Heat oil, fry garlic, add in mincemeat, fry 5 seconds,

Add mushroom, stir fry & mix, add ¼ cup water (avoid mushroom being burn)

Add soy sauce, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 teaspoon sesame oil,

½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon sugar, mix it.

Add pre- packed ma po tofu sauce

Add ½ cup water,

Add tofu, stir & mix, simmer for another 15mins till the sauce slightly thickens

Garnish with birds eye chili

Ready to serve

If you feel it is too watery and like the sauce to be thicker, you may make some corn flour water and add in slowly to the pot.

Taucu Steam Fish

Since I’ve bought the bottle of taucu previously, can’t let it to waste. What should I do? Make pork ribs again until the whole bottle finish? Wow, means I gotta eat pork ribs every month, that’s really bored. We still could do with other dishes, like now, taucu fish….

Oppss.. I forgot to add in the spring onion while I snap the photo..

Ingredient

1 Medium size fish, 1 pinch of salt/1 slice ginger

1 clove garlic, 1 teaspoon sesame oil,

1 tablespoon taucu, 1 teaspoon sugar,

2 tablespoon water

1 spring onion

Prepare & Cook

Clean up fish, add salt/ ginger into fish stomach on steaming plate

Heat oil pan, add in garlic, fry till start turn to darken

Add taucu, 1 tablespoon taucu, 1 teaspoon sugar,

Add 2 tablespoon water, stir it up,

Add sesame oil, stir for 10 seconds

Remove from pan & spread it all over the fish

Steam fish for 10 mins

Garnish with spring onion

Ready to serve

You could add some chili if you want it spicy.