Ginger Beef

Ginger Beef is one of my all time favorites. This dish is so easy and simple to make plus you only need a few ingredients only. So are you ready for this? Put on your apron and follow me to the kitchen and let’s cook.

Ingredients: (4 servings)
2 lbs (1kg) sirloin steak cut into strips, thinly
3 table spoons of light soy sauce
2 table spoons of dark soy sauce
2 table spoons of corn starch
1/4 cup of julienne fresh ginger
3 stalks of green onion cut into 1 1/2 inches long
3 table spoons cooking oil

1/4 cup water

1)Marinate the beef with cornstarch, dark and light soy sauce for 15 minutes.
2)Heat wok/frying pan. Add cooking oil into the pan.
3)Fry ginger until light golden brown.
4)Add beef into the pan. Stir fry for 2 minutes and add in the water. Cook the beef for a few minutes or until the beef is done.
5)Turn off the heat and add in the green onion. Serve with rice.

Because this dish is so easy to prepare, therefore, I'm submitting this recipe to September Weekend Wokking, a world-wide food blogging event created by Wandering Chopsticks to celebrate the multiple ways we can cook one ingredient. MomGateway is the host for this ingredient -- Ginger.

Enjoy!!

Vegetarian Tofu Pancake

What can you do to turn a plain and tasteless tofu into a wonderful dish? Here is a simple and easy solution to make that tasteless white tofu into a delicious pancake.

The ingredients are simple and the dish is even simplier to make. It only take approximate 30 minutes to make this dish.

Here is how I made my tofu pancake:

Ingredients:
1 box (1 lb) of firm tofu (if you are from Malaysia buy the small square one from the wet market)
1/2 cup finely diced carrot
1/4 cup finely diced shiitake mushroom
2 table spoon diced green onion
1 table spoon sesame oil
1 table spoon soy sauce or to taste

white pepper to taste
1 cup bread crumbs or tempura batter mix

Directions:

1) Scrambled tofu in a big bowl.
2) Add in all the ingredients into the bowl except bread crumbs and mix well.
3) Add bread crumbs into the tofu mixture.
4) Take approx. 1/4 cup mixture and form into paty.
5) Pan fry the patties until they are golden brown on both sides.
6) Served it over rice.

You can eat this with any kind of sauce you would like, I like to eat my tofu pancakes with chili sauce.

花开福贵--Broccoli with Stuffed Shiitake Mushroom

Last week, I promised this 芒果安娣 that I would give her some ideas on Chinese New Year dishes. Since it is -25C outside (who wants to go out on the cold weather like this right?), so I decided to cook this super easy dish that looks gourmet enough to serve during Chinese New Year dinner or lunch.

Ok, here is the recipe on how to make this 花开福贵:

Ingredients: (serve 8)
30 to 40 dried Shiitake mushrooms

For pork mixture:
1 lb ground pork
1/3 cup finely diced carrot
2 stalks green onions - finely sliced
1/2 tsp sesame oil
1 tbs soy sauce or to taste
1/4 tsp white pepper
1 tbs corn starch

For center of the plate:
2 cups broccoli florets
1 carrot thinly sliced

For sauce:
Mushroom water
Some sesame oil
White pepper
Chicken base
Cornstarch/water mixture


1) Soak dried mushroom in warm water to softern them. Save the soaking water/mushroom water for sauce later.

2) Mix pork mixture's ingredients together.

3) Cut off the mushroom stems and squeeze the water out .

4) Stuffed the mushroom caps with the pork mixture.

5) Arrange them in a steamer or a plate raised above the boiling water in a large pot.

6) Steam stuffed mushroom for 10 to 15 minutes.

7) Cook the broccoli florets and carrot in salted boiling water for one minute.

8) Arrange broccoli and carrot at the ceter of the serving plate.

9) Arrange the stuffed mushroom around the broccoli and carrot.

10) To make the sauce, heat the mushroom water in a pot. Add in a few drops of sesame oil, some white pepper and some chicken base to taste.

11) When the mushroom water is boiling, thicken the sauce by adding the conrstarch/water mixture.

12) Pour the sauce over stuffed mushroom, broccoli and carrot.

Enjoy!!

Chicken Stir-Fried with Vegetables

Not sure what to cook for dinner/lunch? Here is a simple and yet delicious chicken stir fried dish that you can try at home.

Ingredients: (serve 4)

2 tbsp cooking oil

2 cloves garlic, chopped

1 lb chicken breast (or dark chicken meat) sliced thinly

2/3 cup of green and red pepper mix

1/2 cup sliced carrot

1 cup snow peas or sugar snap peas

2 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp corn starch

1/2 cup of water

salt and white pepper to taste

1) Marinate chicken with soy sauce and corn starch for a few minutes.

2) Add cooking oil in a heated wok or large skillet.

3) When the oil is hot, add chopped garlic and carrot into the wok/skillet.

4) Let the carrot cook for 2 minutes, add in chicken. Stir-fry until the chicken is almost done then add in water and sugar snap peas. Cook for 1 minute.

5) Finally, add green and red pepper mixture, salt and white pepper to taste. Stir fry for 1 minute or until the chicken is done. Do not over cook the vegetables.

6) Transfer to a clean plate and serve with rice.

Variation:

This recipe may be made with beef strips (steak), turkey or pork.

Enjoy!!