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Loving and Cooking with Reckless Abandon

posted by f eelin gs @ 11:07 AM 0 comments

The stew that almost burnt down the house

Creamy Tomato and Chicken Stew
(Note: this is the dish that Steven cooked, that almost burnt the apartment down..)

4 rashes bacon
Oil
50g butter
300g small button mushrooms, halved
1.5kg chicken pieces
2 onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
400g can tomatoes
1 cup chicken stock
250 ml cream
2 tbsp chopped parsley
2 tbsp lemon thyme leaves

1. Chop the bacon into large pieces. Place a large, heavy-based pan over medium heat. Brown the bacon, then remove and set aside on paper towels.
2. Heat oil and a third of the butter in the pan until foaming, then stir in the mushrooms and cook until softened and golden brown. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon.
3. Add oil to the pan with a little more butter. When the oil is hot, brown the chicken pieces into batches over high heat until th skin is golden all over and a little crisp. Remove from the pan.
4. Heat the remaining butter in the pan. Add the onion and garlic and cook over medium-high heat for about 3 minutes, or until softened. Pour in the tomatoesm stock and cream. Return the bacon, mushrooms and chicken pieces to the pan and simmer over medium-low heat for 25 minutes. Stir in the herbs, season with salt and freshly ground pepper and simmer for another 5 minutes before serving.

posted by f eelin gs @ 9:08 PM 0 comments

Acknowledgment!

Special special thanks to Jin...he named the blog, it was him who came out with the name sin-free pleasure, and I really love it! So, Jin, you get free flow of coffee if I ever opened a cafe...and of course, if u want free food, anytime....!!!

If anyone would like to sponsor me to open my dream cafe, by all means....tell me!!!!! *grin*

posted by f eelin gs @ 7:10 PM 0 comments

steam egg

Pei Chin were asking how to steam egg, and I think I should put this down..it is a very very simple recipe, but make sure you don't do any mistake...my housemate tried making it a few times and only succeeded after 5 times!!

1 portion of egg to 2 portion of water (ie if you use 1 egg, make sure you put 2 eggs of water in - use the shell to measure!) with some salt- depending on your egg.

Steam it for only 5 minutes over boiling water and serve!

That's about it!

posted by f eelin gs @ 11:52 PM 0 comments

Hakka Pan Mee

Ingredients
For dough

• 2 bowls flour
• a few spoonfuls of tapioca flou
• 4 eggs

For soup

• ikan bilis – washed and fried lightly
• spinach
• spring onions – chopped
• garlic – smashed and fried lightly
• 4 pieces or more dried scallops

For sauce

• ½ bowl minced chicken or pork – marinade with pinch of salt, soya sauce & sesame oil
• shitake mushrooms – cut into small pices
• ¼ bowl minced garlic
• ½ tsp or more tapioca flour
• ½ cup water
• abalone sauce (or any other sauce)
• black pepper
• shallots – sliced

Method
For Pan mee:

1. Add water to flour and knead into a dough
2. Add eggs and tapioca flour
3. Cut dough into strips, batch by batch or use hand to make random sized pieces.

For Meat Sauce:

1. Fry shallots and minced garlic until brown
2. Add minced meat, fry and add mushrooms
3. Add black pepper and abalone sauce, add water and tapioca flour to thicken sauce
   

For Soup:

1. Prepare soup with ikan bilis, bring to boil
2. Discard the ikan bilis and add garlic
3. Add salt to taste. Add dried scallop; simmer for at least half an hour
4. Throw dough slices into soup and boil
5. Add spinach and serve in bowls
6. Add prepared meat sauce on top and garnish with spring onions

posted by f eelin gs @ 3:07 PM 0 comments

Lemon Grass Pork Chops with Field Mushrooms

Serves 4

INGREDIENTS

4 pork chops (can also use pork ribs)
4 large field mushroom (or more)
oil
4 red chillies, seeded and finely sliced
6 tbsp fish sauce
12 tbsp lime juice
4 shallots, chopped (can also use onions)
2 tsp ground rice, roasted (optional)
2 spring onions, chopped
fresh coriander leaves and shredded spring onions, to granish

4 garlic cloves, chopped
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp fish sauce
4 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp sesame oil
2 tbsp whisky or dry sherry
2 lemon grass stalks, finely chopped
2 spring onions, chopped

1. To make the marinade, put all the marinade ingredients into a bowl and mix well together
2. In a shallow bowl, pour the marinade over the pork chops and leave in a a cool place for 1 -2 hours.
3. Place the mushrooms and mainated pork chops on a grill pan and brush with the oil. Grill the chops for 5-7 minutes on each side and the mushrooms for about 2 minutes. Brish both with the mainade while grilling.
4. Meanwhile heat the rest of the oil in a small frying pan, then remove from the heat and mix in the remaining ingredients except for the garnish. Put the pork chops and mushrooms on a serving plate and spoon over the sauce. Garnish with coriander and shredded spring onion.

Approx Time: 20 minutes

posted by f eelin gs @ 12:15 PM 0 comments

琵琶豆腐 (pi pa toufu)

※材料　

• 老豆腐．．六塊（2〞×2〞）*
• 火腿屑．．一湯匙*
• 荸薺屑．．一湯匙*
• 蔥屑．．．一湯匙*
• 鹽．．．．半湯匙*
• 太白粉．．一湯匙*
• 炸油．．．半鍋*
• 清湯．．．2/3杯^
• 醬油．．．半湯匙^
• 鹽．．．．半茶匙^
• 蔥粒．．．一湯匙^
• 太白粉．．半湯匙^

※做法

1. 將豆腐用菜刀刀面壓碎成泥狀，加﹡號之材料拌勻.
2. 用湯匙舀一湯匙豆腐材料扣在左手掌中，然後又全刮回湯匙內，如此三、四次後即可將豆腐材料做成梭子狀的長形丸子，全部放在塗了油之碟中
3. 將豆腐丸子推入熱油中炸成金黃色撈出。
4. 另將^號之佐料用大火煮滾，放下豆腐丸子拌勻，馬上裝碟。

Note: Email me if you need a translation.

posted by f eelin gs @ 12:10 PM 0 comments

Welcome

Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, gather round, gather round!

Now, I present to you, the Sin-Free Pleasures! This blog will be full of recipes, created by myself, or copied and modified from recipes.

Here, I guarantee you good recipes which me myself have personally tried cooking, and had guinea pigs trying out. Feel free to email me, or leave any comments. You are also welcome to send me any recipes if you would like to share.

Enjoy the art and beauty of cooking!

posted by f eelin gs @ 12:06 AM 1 comments