CC#38: Restaurant Style Fried Rice

Restaurant style fried rice (from I can't remember by which chef nor from which cookbook, but this method is pretty darn good!)

Firstly, stir fry the ingredients you are using for the dish, ie minced garlic, onions, and ginger; butterflied prawns together with the seasonings. When cooked, dish out and put aside while you cook the beaten egg in a thin omelet, tip over the cold day old cooked rice. Mixed well into the egg mixture, add the cooked ingredients. Dish out when thoroughly mixed (reserve the prawns as topping). Plate up and garnish.

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CC#38: Sweet Turnip Cream Soup

Very simple ingredients, butter to start off, sliced big onions, sliced sweet turnips aka sengkuang, chicken broth or water, and cooking cream.

Diced sweet turnip and wolfberries for garnish. And that is it! 

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Pages 74-75 of Famous Cuisine #66 ~ Chef Shong's cuisine.

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CC#38: Stuffed Lotus Roots with Mushroom

This stuffed lotus root dish has been on my to-do-list for the longest time (beat Joyce to it!) 

The stuffing is fish paste (either home made or from a trusted source).

The tip is after seasoning the fish paste, and mixing ; we need to 'slap it' abit to get that texture required.

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From pages 49 and 50 of Flavours, 

Lunar new year specials,

Jan-Feb 2009. 

Recipes by Chef Tan Kim Weng

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CC#38: Stuffed Arrowhead Vegetables

The recipe title says, stuffed arrowheads. Only if you know how fragile these little bulbs are.... The end result? Prosperity wrapped arrowheads!  Prosperity is mixture of fish paste and minced meat (of your choice).

Below: picture of stuffed bulbs!

I gave up, easily after the first bulb broke into bits!

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From pages. 40 and 42 of Flavours, Lunar new year specials,

Jan-Feb 2009. 

Recipes by Catherine Lau.

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CtBF~ED: Sweet Chili Chicken Thigh(s)

As hubby do not eat spicy food, this was for me.  I only used one deboned thigh, but left the skin on. The only ingredients I had to buy were the Thai sweet chili sauce, and the Sriracha.

I did simplified the steps, but it still turned out as simple, but delicious.  I probably will make this dish again (how else will I finish off the balance of the chili sauces I bought!).

I paired it with white Jasmine fragrance rice.

Dorie has provided a recipe option using pork tenderloin too.  Will explore this option when the wet market resumes business after the Chinese New Year holidays. 

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are cooking from

Dorie Greenspan's
Everyday Dorie, The Way I Cook

Recipe from page 114-116

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A Big Thank You to Katie, Betsy and Mary

for putting everything into order and making it happen!

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CC#38: Golden squash pancakes

A change from usual pancakes, add grated squash to milk, eggs, salt and flour.

 Paired with crispy bacon, fresh herbs instead of grated carrots, and dollops of lingonberry jam.

Lovely golden squash pancakes, just in time for the festive season

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Recipe from page 160 of

Rachel Khoo's latest Cookbook:

The Little Swedish Kitchen

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