Monday, April 14, 2008

Nutritious Tung Kwai Chicken Soup

Ingredients:-
2 chicken thighs
20gm tung kwai
1 litres water
¼ teaspoon salt

Method:-
1.Skin chicken thighs,wash and drain
2.Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan.
3.Simmer for 90 minutes on low heat. Drink warm.

Winter worm, Spring Grass (Cordyceps)

Ingredients:-
10gm Chinese cordyceps
10gm dried longan
½ duck
¼ teaspoon salt

Method:-
1.Clean duck, rinse and drain.
2.Put all the ingredients into stewing pot. Add one cup boiling water and stew for 3 hours. Serve hot.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Trotter in Black Vinegar

Ingredients:-
1 big pig’s trotter about 1.5kg
500 gm old ginger
2 tablespoons sasame seed oil
200 gm brown sugar
3 cloves garlic
5 bowls water
1 bowl black vinegar
Salt to taste

Method:-
1.Clean probably and cut pig’s trotter to a small size pieces.
2.Peel and wash ginger, pound to break.Cut into chunks.
3.Heat wok, add some oil and fry garlic and ginger until little brown.
4.Add trotters, stir for 10 minutes.
5.Transfer all trotters to a claypot and add water to cover the trotter.Bring to boil.
And simmer over slow fire for 45 minutes.
6.Add vinegar, salt and gula melaka and simmer for a further 15 minutes until the
meat texture is soft. Serve hot.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Bitter Gourd and Dried Oysters Soup

Ingredients:-
350gm spare ribs
1 bitter gourd
10gm oysters
10gm red dates
8 cups of water
½ teaspoon salt


Method:-
1.Wash and cut bitter gourd into slices and remove seeds.
2.Soak dried oysters in warm water for 20 minutes.
3.Add all ingredients into a 8 cups of water and leave it boil for 15 minutes over
high heat and simmer slowly for 3 hours.
4.Add salt and serve hot.

Pork and Snow Fungus Soup

Pork and Snow Fungus Soup


Ingredients:-
10gm snow fungus (shuet yee)
30gm pak hup
5 honey dates
1 drumstick chicken
½ teaspoon salt
5 cup of boiling water


Method:-
1.Soak snow fungus for one hour
2.Clean drumstick and put all the ingredients into a double-boiler.Pour 3 cup of
boiling water into the double boiler and leave it over low flame for 3 hours.
3.Add salt and serve it hot.