Refreshing Meatball

Ingredients : mince pork 200g, soo hoon 10g (soak until soft and cut into small chunk), shredded English Gourd, chop garlic. Shreded ginger

Marinade : Rice wine, pepper, salt, water, egg, corn flour

Seasoning : pepper, chicken stock powder, salt, sugar

Add mince pork with chopped garlic follow by soo hoon, and add in the marinade and mix well. Marinate for half an hour.

Heat up oil and fry the meatball until light golden brown.

Use a pot or wok, add in the fried meatball, shredded English gourd and ginger, cover with enough water and seasoning. Simmer for half an hour and adjust the taste to your like with the salt and sugar.

Clay pot 3-Cup-Chicken

Ingredients : chicken parts (can use chicken wing or drumstick), potato, carrot

Marinade : Soya sauce, pepper

Marinate chicken for at least 30 minutes, then fry chicken until lightly brown or 80% cooked (do not overfry). Fry the potato and carrot until half cook

Heat up the claypot, add sesame oil, fry the slice ginger until fragrant. Add 2 pieces of lump sugar, follow by chicken, potato, carrot and 2 table spoon of soya sauce. Add enough water to simmer until cook. Finally add 2 table spoon of rice wine.

Tips : you can remove the excess oil by rinsing the carrot and potato in water.

Stewed Bacon

Ingredients : Bacon 200g, Cube potato, Carrot, Slice Onion, Slice Pork 200g

Marinade : Soya Sauce 2 table spoon, white pepper, corn flour, sesame oil

First marinate the pork for 30 minutes or more. Prepare all vegetable ingredients.

Stir fry the bacon and onion until lightly brown (with minimum oil since bacon has enough fat).

Follow by pork, potato, onion and water. Simmer for 10-15 minutes until carrot and potato is soft. Adjust the taste with salt and sugar depending on your preference and you can serve. You can also add macaroni after the dish is cook to convert it into a pasta dish.

Katsudon Dish

Ingredient : boneless chicken, onion slice, chinese leek, Katsudon sauce, 2 eggs beat well

Katsudon sauce: 4 cups of soya sauce, 4 cups of hon mirin, 4 cups of rice wine, mix well and cook until boil, turn low fire and continue to cook for 2 minutes, and the sauce is ready to be used.

Cut the chicken into bite size cube, and onion & leek into slice.

Find a small pan, put in all ingredients except eggs, add in enough katsudon sauce, when it is boiled and dish is almost ready, pour eggs on top of the dish, simmer for about 1 minute.

Bitter Gourd with sweet sauce

Ingredients : Bitter gourd, chinese leek, big onion, pork fillet

Sauce : one table spoon of oyster sauce, one table spoon of soya sauce, 2 pieces of rock sugar 2 table spoon of rice wine.

Not many people like bitter gourd because of the bitterness, including myself. But the method used here will be able to reduce the bitterness and therefore it is more acceptable.

Cut the bitter gourd into cube, and boil in hot water until it is 80% cooked.

Heat up the wok, fry the onion and slice leek until fragrant, add slice pork. Fry for 3 minutes before adding rice wine, oyster sauce, soya sauce and rock sugar. Finally add in the bitter gourd and simmer for 10 minutes until bitter gourd is soft.

The result is quite satisfying as the bitterness is reduced by boiling the bitter gourd in hot water, and it taste nice and tender.

Fried Shrimp Egg Smoothie

Ingredient : shrimp 300g, 5 eggs


Remove Shrimp the shell and keep dry. Fry shrimp until 80% cook.

5 eggs lightly beaten, add pin of salt, pepper, and chicken powder (optional), mix well. Wait until shrimp is completely cool before adding into the egg mix.

Heat up the oil, pour in the egg mix and continue to stir in round circle (clockwise or anti-clockwise, and must be in same direction), until the egg become smooth. If you leave the eggs frying without following the stiring motion, it will become normal fry egg, therefore this trick is very important to be successful.

When you taste the egg, it is wet and smooth which is quite different from the normal fried egg.

Fried Roasted Pork with Leek

Ingredient : roasted pork, leek

I call this lazy man dish, because it is so easy to prepare, and you can finish it within 15 minutes.
First buy the roasted pork from local store or market and ask the seller to cut into slices. Clean the leek and ensure the inner layer are cleaned especially those open and exposed to sun. Cut the leek into slices.

Only a bit of oil is required since the roasted pork is oily enough when frying. Start with the garlic and continue to fry the roasted pork until it becomes fragrant.

Last add in leek, mix it well with the pork and add in a bit of water. Simmer for 3-5 minutes before adding salt, sugar and half table spoon of soya sauce.

The dish is delicious and very easy to cook, when you are rushing for time, this is a quick win.