tofu prawns
it’s new year eve 31.12.2016. ^^
we having a 5pax family home dinner.
we have been cooking western dishes for christmas eve & christmas day family home dinner.
so for new year evem we decided to have some simple chinese/local dishes.
the tofu prawns were modeled after sek bao sin’s.
my own tofu prawns
& after a few tries, my tofu prawns approximate very well in look & taste to sik bao sin’s.
i used quite intense chicken stock. the tofu was the extra silky tofu, excellent soft texture, and was well infused with the tasty stock, with a nice fried skin.
prawns were quite the right texture, and the egg drawn over made the perfect dish.
claypot rice
today, my claypot rice was nearly perfect, among the best i’ve made.
wife gave very good feedback after our recent 6pax dinner with friends on 22.12.2016.
she thought the bottom layer was too burnt, & the rice texture was not that good, a bit soft.
claypot rice
today i made some adjustments, and it was perfect! almost…
rice was not wet, & separate, individual grain…the flavours etc all like before, quite excellent.
& chicken today – the best! super tender & tasty….
moral of the story = do whatever wife says….
claypot rice
so because i had 1 whole deboned chicken it took about 45-50mins to steam & more rice got burnt & the less rice remaining were overcooked.
i took out over 1/3 of the chicken & cooked separately, had the claypot on low fire for 30mins.
claypot rice
i think can reduce the burnt part further…wife said the lightly burnt 锅巴the best..currently my burnt part still over…still will try out the smallest low fire.
fried heng chai
fried kang kong
the 2 fried vegetables were all good.
i settled to the 清炒style = high fire, lots of chopped garlic & no water or cornflour added, just oyster sauce & fish sauce. perfect!!
fried tofu
so key for the tofu dish is fry the silken tofu well w/o breaking.
tofu prawns
tofu prawns
i used intense chicken stock, very tasty & made sure prawns not overcooked.
the final touch is drawing the egg with a chopstick, to keep the cooked pieces together.
claypot rice
for the claypot rice, i fried chicken fat & ginger, last the salted fish lightly before removing to be added back later. & i fried the rice.
claypot rice
claypot rice
a really wonderful claypot rice this evening! 🙂
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