Chap Chai – Simple can be So Good!

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a simple dish of chap chai can be so good!

i made this 3 times recently-

  1. homecooked 12pax dinner for friends on 9.5.2016
  2. RI FGS (For Goodness Sake) Charity Dinner on 20.5.2016 &
  3. most recently, my 7th community lunch dish for bathesda community’s newgate learning lab (bread of life). ^^

it was really so easy to make & so nice to savour! 🙂

i fried chopped garlic & 1 cut chilli padi in 2tbsp oil then added cut cabbage & long beans.

fried for a while then added fish sauce & oyster sauce, just turning over the pieces at the bottom of the wok. about 5 mins.

then i added 3 cups (720ml) of chicken stock, and added cut taupok slices, brought to boil, turned to medium fire & covered for about 20mins for veg & taupok to soften & to reduce the stock.

then added tan hoon, tossed & off the fire.

it’s that easy!

i did chap chai for the 1st RI FGS (For Goodness Sake) Charity Dinner on 20.5.2016 as well. a very popular dish. ^^

likewise  for a recent homecooked 12pax dinner for friends on 9.5.2016.

a very enjoyable lunch. chap chai was very good. cabbage sweetness + taupok yellow bean sweetness + chicken stock sweetness & reduced. & tanhoon gave some additional texture.

So, doesn’t require much to make a wonderful dish la…

c.h.e.f andy

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cabbage 500g
  • 6 – 8 long beans cut to 2-3cm length
  • 5 taupoks cut into 20 strips
  • 1 cut chilli padi
  • 2 tsp chopped garlic
  • tanhoon 1 bunch
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • fish sauce (to taste)
  • 3 cups chicken stock

Directions:

  1. fry chopped garlic & 1 cut chilli padi in 2tbsp oil. add cut cabbage & long beans.
  2. fry for a while then add fish sauce & oyster sauce, just turning over the pieces at the bottom of the wok. about 5 mins.
  3. add 3 cups (720ml) of chicken stock, add cut taupok slices, bring to boil, turn to medium fire & cover for about 20mins for veg & taupok to soften & to reduce the stock.
  4. then add tan hoon, toss & off the fire.

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