japanese yakisoba

today singapore national day = 8.9.2019.

wife traveling and children busy own programs.

sis, bil, and niece brought 2 grandnephews came visiting and stayed for dinner and watched national day parade..

niece & her 2 sons are vegetarian..

made claypot chicken rice, vegetarian yakisoba with shitake and shimeji mushrooms and mirin and tsuyu (soba sauce) 👍

also tofu & shitake mushrooms dish.

japanese yakisoba

niece keen to learn to cook some vegetarian dishes.

so i showed her how to make yakisoba, so easy right and delicious! 🙂

japanese yakisoba

just fry chopped garlic, some shitake and shimeji mushrooms.

i used 1/2 packet shimeji and 1/2 packet shitake.

add about 200g yellow noodles. add 1tbsp tsuyu and 1 tbsp mirin and taste.

i added less first, let niece taste herself so she decide how much she like.

garnished with coriander. and it’s done! voila! like 5 mins.

japanese yakisoba

noodles texture was perfect…

everyone loved the very tasty noodles. the 2 young ones had a great time too.

c.h.e.f andy

tea smoked chicken with barley risotto

my RI bro CCG came for lunch on 5.8.2019.

2pax lunch -t ea smoked chicken with barley risotto

we had tea smoked chicken served on barley risotto. ^^

today i experimented on –

1 barley risotto – with browned garlic cloves, olive oil, butter, milk, stock, added shimeji mushrooms and green peas…

barley risotto was quite excellent wonderful taste…al dente, maybe can be softer a bit.

2 tea smoked 1/2 kampung chicken – smoked 10mins over stove, 45mins in 130degC oven..then drizzle more honey and flame with torch

Chicken
i salted chicken in fridge overnight, coated chicken with 1tbsp mustard, 1tbsp honey, sprinkled ginger powder, parsley powder, chopped garlic.

Smoke
added cut banana leaves, hay, 1/2 cup rice, 2 packets chinese tea, 2tbsp brown sugar, 1 twig thai basil..high heat to generate smoke then place 1/2 chicken, cover, low heat then transfer to 130degC oven

hay and tea smoking pot

had excellent hay smoked pigeon at esora recently.

that was the best i had, a truly special dining experience!

hay and tea smoking pot

i decided to try out smoking myself, using kampung chicken.

added cut banana leaves, hay, 1/2 cup rice, 2 packets chinese tea, 2tbsp brown sugar, 1 twig thai basil..high heat to generate smoke then place 1/2 chicken, cover, somked low heat 10mins over stove, then transferred to 130degC oven 45mins.

chicken for smoking

for chicken, i salted 1/2 chicken in fridge 2hrs, coated chicken with 1tbsp mustard, 1tbsp honey, sprinkled ginger powder, parsley powder, chopped garlic.

smoked chicken

tested with chopstick went clean through. chicken was cooked, only slightly browned.

flamed chicken

flamed chicken

decided to flame chicken.

alternative can reduce sealed smoking to 30mins at 130degC then browned 15mins 250degC

barley risotto

barley risotto

barley risotto also my first time experiment. turned out superbly!

i browned garlic cloves in olive oil, added basil, then chopped garlic.

then added stock, white wine, 100g barley and reduced stock while cooking barley for 30mins.

added shimeji mushrooms and green peas when almost done, and milk and butter.

barley risotto was quite excellent wonderful taste…al dente,

tea smoked chicken with barley risotto

smoked chicken was wonderful!

very tender and with excellent smoked flavours…really delicious.

tea smoked chicken with barley risotto

tea smoked chicken with barley risotto

tea smoked chicken with barley risotto

barley risotto was a bit large portion for 2 of us, not fine dining portion lol!

it was delicious, very tasty from the stock.

an excellent lunch, great experiment!

c.h.e.f andy

Oven Grilled Saba Shioyaki (鯖の塩焼き)

had 1pax all protein all omega 3 lunch zero carbs! lol! 😂 on 20.7.2019. ^^

oven grilled saba shioyaki (鯖の塩焼き)!

i bought 2 fish = S$6.90 at sheng shiong, and they were quite large fish, frozen thawed but very fresh.

just clean, apply sea salt, grill 15mins in 250degC oven

ate 60%, left 40% for lighter dinner with some vegetables.

saba

Oven Grilled Saba Shioyaki (鯖の塩焼き)

Oven Grilled Saba Shioyaki (鯖の塩焼き)

Oven Grilled Saba Shioyaki (鯖の塩焼き)

Oven Grilled Saba Shioyaki (鯖の塩焼き)

it’s an oily fish, so very flavourable and tasty.

and anything from S$18 to S$25, amd maybe not such a large fish.

anyway it was delicious!

c.h.e.f andy