Memories in the Cooking

This is my version of 乱棍打死猪八戒。 My family thinks that it is a very yummy one-dish fast meal.  Ingredients: - 250g of pork belly, cut into strips  - 3 Russet potatoes, cut into strips  - 3 carrots, cut into strips  - 4 stalks of celery, cut into strips - 4 cloves of garlic, minced  - 2 tablespoons of light soya sauce  - 1 tablespoon of mirin - 1 tablespoon of sesame oil  Procedures: - Marinate pork belly in light soya sauce, mirin, sesame oil and minced garlic overnight.  - In a frying pan, place the pork belly. Dry fry it in low fire untill the pork belly oil are rendered from the pork belly.  - Add carrots, potatoes and celery strips. Fry and mix well.  - Add any leftover marinate and a bit of water. Simmer until the vegetables are soft. Serve. 

I just got an air-fryer and I am excited to try many recipes with it. First in the line is BBQ chicken wings.  Ingredients: - 1kg of chicken wings  - 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce  - 1 tablespoon of sesame oil  - 2 tablespoons of sugar - 2 tablespoons of fish sauce - 2 tablespoons of light soya sauce  - 1 bulb of garlic, minced - lime  Procedures: 1) Marinate chicken wings overnight with oyster sauce, sesame oil, sugar, fish sauce, light soya sauce and minced garlic overnight.  2) Place the chicken wings in the air fryer. Keep it to 1 layer. Spray some vegetable oil on the surface.  3) Roast it at 200 degree celsius for 10 minutes each side. Adjust the temperature or time to get some char brown bits. Serve with lime.  I used the same recipe for Roasted Chicken rice. 

I never knew the secret ingredients to Pad Thai is tamarind! Thai Food always impressed me with the wide range of spices and flavours.  Ingredients: - 300g of dried Pad Thai noodles, soaked in hot water for 10 minutes.  - 2 boneless chicken thigh meat, cut into small pieces  - 2 pieces of tau kwa, cut into small pieces - 4 cloves of garlic, minced - 3 tablespoons of fish sauce  - 2 tablespoons of sugar  - 1 teaspoon of dark soya sauce  - 1 packet of beansprouts (and any other cabbages)  - crushed peanuts  - lime  - 2 tablespoons of tamarind pulp and mix with water - salt and pepper  Procedures: 1) In a frying pan, add some vegetable oil. Pan-fry the tofu until it because golden brown.  2) Add chicken meat and pan fry until brown.  3) Add minced garlic. Fry until fragrant.  4) Add soften noodles and vegetables. Mix well.  5) Add tamarind water, fish sauce, sugar, dark soya sauce. Stir well.  6) Adjust taste with salt and pepper. Serve with crushed peanuts and lime.