To Cook
Mix all seasoning ingredients together in a small jug until thoroughly combined and dissolved, then set aside.
Crack and beat eggs into a small bowl, set aside.
Slice each chicken thigh into 6-8 pieces, set aside.
Place onion in a medium size, non-stick frypan, and cover with half the seasoning, bring to a gentle simmer. Place chicken pieces on top. Cook for 1-2 mins, before turning chicken pieces, then place a lid on and cook for a further 5-6 mins. Remove lid and turn chicken pieces again.
Whilst mixing, gently pour the eggs over the chicken and onion mix, in and around all the pieces, starting in the center and working your way outward. Replace lid and cook for a further 2 mins, or until egg is just set. A small amount of jiggle is fine, cook to desired firmness.
Sprinkle over greens of choice and remove from heat.
Divide rice among bowls, and gently place portion on top of rice.
Serve with additional seasoning as desired, togarashi and pickled ginger.
Chicken
Pad Thai
To Prep
In a wok, combine the sauce ingredients and stir fry until fragrant and the palm sugar has dissolved. Check for seasoning and adjust by adding more tamarind or palm sugar.
Remove the sauce and allow to cool down.
Boil the rice noodles until they are a little under cooked before draining the water and shocking the noodles in cold water. Set aside.
To Cook
In a wok, add 2 tbsp of vegetable oil and stir fry the chicken strip and prawns for about 2 mins before removing from the wok and setting aside.
Add another tablespoon of vegetable oil and cook the onions for about 1 minute before adding in the garlic.
Add in the noodles and another tablespoon of vegetable oil and continue to cook for another 2 mins before adding in 3 to 4 tbsps of the sauce.
Cook for another minute before returning in the chicken and prawns and frying for few mins. Push all of the ingredients in the wok to one side and then place some vegetable oil in to the gap before cracking in a egg.
Scramble the egg and continue to cook it for a few seconds before mixing it in with the rest of the other ingredients.
Add in half of the bean sprouts and carrots, as well as the green onions and continue to fry for another minute.
Test that the noodles are the right consistency before taking off of the heat.
To Serve
Plate the cooked Pad Thai and garnish with lime wedges, crushed peanuts, chilli flakes and more bean sprouts and carrots if need be.
Easy Chicken & Corn Soup
To Prep
Bring a pot of water to a boil and season with salt and pepper before placing the chicken breast in to poach.
After about 15 mins, remove the chicken breast from the pot and set aside to cool.
To Cook
In a large saucepan, combine the chicken stock and the corn and bring to a boil. Shred the chicken and add that into the pot as well. Season with salt and pepper again.
In a small bowl, mix the eggs until they are well incorporated. Mix the soup and slowly pour the eggs in a thin stream to make the egg ribbons.
When the soup is simmering and the egg ribbons have cooked, you can thicken the soup by mixing ½ tbsp water and 1 tsp cornstarch and then adding them in to the soup.
To Serve
Remove the soup from the heat and ladle servings in to small bowls.
Nasi Goreng (Fried Rice)
To Cook
Blend Yeo’s Sambal Oeleck and belachan into a paste.
Heat oil in a large pan or wok over high heat and stir-fry the paste until fragrant, about 2 mins.
Add chicken and stir-fry until almost cooked. Add prawns and stir well for another 5 mins or until prawns are cooked.
Add cabbage and spring onions, stir-fry until softened. Stir in rice, ABC Sweet Soy Sauce Kecap Manis and Yeo’s Light Soy Sauce, mixing well for 2 mins.
Garnish with fried shallots and lime wedges. Serve with ABC Extra Hot Chilli Sauce and sunny-side up eggs.
Tips
Basmati rice or any long grain rice is ideal for frying, for its least starchiness and easily separated grains.
Adding raw eggs onto the rice in the pan, and coating them as they stir fry to cook, is a great way of hiding a nutritious ingredient for fussy non-egg eaters.
Crispy Larb Chicken Wings
To Prep
In a large bowl, combine the plain flour, salt and pepper. Mix well.
Toss the chicken wings in the flour until thoroughly coated.
Mix the sauce ingredients well in a small bowl.
To Cook
In a small saucepan, heat some oil on high heat until very hot. Testing with wood chopsticks, where small bubbles form around the chopsticks, the oil is ready. Turn down the heat to medium low.
Add in half of the chicken wings and deep fried until golden brown. Remove from oil and drain on paper towel. Heat the oil back on high until it is ready. Then lower the heat to cook the second batch.
Transfer to a serving plate and drizzle the sauce over the chicken wings. Top with chillies, coriander and sprinkle some ground roasted rice. Serve immediately.
Grilled Larb Chicken Wings
To Prep
Marinade the chicken wings with the marinade ingredients for at least 2 hrs.
With a dry fry pan, toast the rice until browned, stirring often as it cooks. Transfer to a mortar and pestle and grind until they become powdery grains.
To Cook
In a small saucepan, add in the sauce ingredients and bring to boil. Simmer for 2-3 mins then turn off the heat. Set aside.
Add some oil to a grill pan and heat the pan on high. When the pan is hot, reduce the heat to medium low and place the wings on the grill. Grill for about 12 mins or when one side is cooked, then flip and cook for another 12 mins or when the other side is cooked.
Once the wings are cooked, turn up the heat to char the wings on both sides, about 1-2 mins each side.
Place the wings and sauce in a large bowl and toss to coat well.
Transfer to a serving plate, top with chillies, coriander and sprinkle the rice grains. Serve.
Thai Panang Chicken Curry
To Cook
In a cooking pan, heat oil over medium heat, add the curry paste and stir fry until fragrant.
Add in the chicken pieces and stir for 1-2 mins.
Pour coconut milk into the saucepan and cook for 5 mins over medium low heat.
Add the capsicum, broccolini, fish sauce and brown sugar into the curry and simmer on low for 5 mins or until the chicken and vegetables are cooked.
Remove from heat and serve garnished with kaffir lime leaves and chillies.
Chicken Yaki Udon (Fried Udon with Chicken)
To Prep
Cook udon as per pack instruction. Drain and set aside.
To Cook
Heat a pan with oil over medium heat. Stir fry in chicken, cabbage, carrots and bean sprouts until cooked through.
Add in Hakubaku Organic Udon followed by Obento Tonkatsu Sauce. Stir fry until all ingredients are well coated.
Add spring onions and quickly stir fry until the spring onion is mixed in.
Plate the dish and garnish.
Chicken Rendang
To Make the Kerisik
In a dry pan, toast the shredded coconut over a low heat for 30-40 mins or until brown, stirring frequently. Set aside to cool completely, then grind into a fine powder.
To Make the Rendang Paste
In a blender or food processor, add in all the rendang paste ingredients. Blend into a fine paste and set aside.
Cooking Rendang
In a pot, heat some oil on medium heat. Add in the star anise, cinnamon stick, cardamom pods, cloves and bruised lemongrass. Cook for a few mins until fragrant.
Add in rendang paste. Cook on low heat for 20-30 mins until paste thickens, stirring frequently.
Add in chicken and stir to combine. Add in water, and stir through. Bring to a simmer, then cook over a low heat for 25 mins or until the chicken is fully cooked, stirring occasionally.
Add in palm sugar, salt, kerisik, tamarind juice, coconut milk, kaffir lime leaves and stir to combine.
Bring to a simmer and cook for 30 mins on low heat until the sauce thickens and the oil separates, stirring occasionally.
Serve.
Mum’s Curry Puffs
To Prep
Combine the curry paste ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
Mix the beef mince with the curry powder and chilli powder, and let marinate.
In a mixing bowl, combine the outer pastry ingredients together and knead into a soft dough.
Split the dough it to 7 equal sized balls.
In another bowl, combine the inner shell ingredients and knead until soft before once again splitting into 7 balls.
Roll out one of the outer shell ball enough so that they can be used to wrap one of the inner ball and repeat with the remaining dough.
Cover the dough balls with a damp towel so that they don’t dry out.
Saute the onions in a frying pan before adding the curry paste and cooking until fragrant. Add the seasoned minced meat and continue to fry until cooked through.
Add the potatoes and continue to fry before adding the water and simmering for 3 mins.
Season the filling with salt and sugar and then add the cornstarch mixed with the 2 tbsp of water.
Continue to cook until most of the moisture has evaporated from the filling and then remove from the heat and set aside to cool.
Dust one ball of dough with flour and roll out to a thickness of about 2 cm. Place a tbsp of the filling in to the centre, fold, seal and set aside. Repeat with the rest of the dough.
To Cook
Preheat an oven to 160°C and arrange the curry puffs on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
Cook the puffs for approximately 20-30 mins or until the curry puffs have turned golden in colour. Brush occasionally with an egg wash.
After the curry puffs have turned golden in colour, remove from the oven and allow them to cool before serving.
Balinese Tomato Chicken
To Prep
Blend all spice paste ingredients.
To Cook
Heat pan over medium heat and stir-fry the paste until fragrant and the oil splits from the paste, about 5 mins.
Add tomatoes, ABC Sweet Soy Sauce Kecap Manis and tomato sauce, cook until the tomatoes break down to form a sauce.
Add chicken and simmer until cooked. Season with salt and stir in coriander stems.
Garnish with coriander leaves. Serve with steamed rice.
Oyakodon
To Prep
Place water, Japanese soy sauce, mirin and sugar in a saucepan. Bring to the boil over medium-high heat.
Once boiling, remove from heat and add in bonito flakes. Leave for 20 mins, then strain through a sieve. Alternatively, if you can’t find bonito flakes in your local supermarket, substitute with 1 tsp of dashi powder instead.
To Cook
Crack 2 eggs in a bowl, then whisk. Repeat with 2 remaining eggs in a separate bowl.
In a small pot or pan, heat half dashi over medium-high heat. Add half the chicken and mushroom.
Once chicken is cooked, pour over one bowl of whisked eggs. Sprinkle with half of the spring onions, then cover with a lid.
Once egg is almost cooked, fill a bowl with rice, then transfer the egg, chicken and mushroom mixture onto the rice.
Repeat with remaining ingredients.
Serve.