To Cook
Mix the chicken breast in 2 tbsp of the oil, sliced garlic, chilli and lemongrass and marinate for 15 minutes.
Place 2 tbsp of the oil in to a pan and cook the chicken skin side down so that it becomes crispy. Once it has become crispy, sear the remaining sides of the chicken breast and then transfer into an oven for 10 minutes at 180℃.
Add the last of the oil in to the pan and fry the onions till they start to brown. Add the coconut milk to the pan and let the sauce reach a simmer.
Add the fish sauce, oyster sauce, tamarind and palm sugar. Stir and continue to simmer until the palm sugar has dissolved fully.
Remove the pan from the heat.
In a separate bowl, blanch the vermicelli noodles.
To serve, spoon the sauce mixture onto a plate, place the vermicelli noodles on top of the sauce, and finish with slices of the chicken. Garnish with basil and chillies.
Chicken
Hakka Yong Tau Foo
To Make the Broth
Dry-fry the anchovies until dried, placed into a stock pouch.
Heat the water in a stock pot over medium-high heat. Add the soybeans and anchovies soup pouch and bring to boil for 30 mins or more. Add in the salt and sugar last.
To Prepare
Combine the stuffing ingredients, mix well and set aside.
Puffed tofu – Make a slit at the center of the puffed tofu with scissors.
Firm tofu – Scoop out a hole at the center of the tofu.
Chillies and okras – Make a slit from the top, stop at 2-3 cm from the end. Remove the seeds.
Eggplants – Slice in from the side to about ¾ of the way, allow the eggplant to open up like a shell.
Bitter melons – Remove the core and seeds.
With a spoon or butter knife, add the stuffing into the vegetables and spread them out to avoid falling out as they will shrink when cooked.
To Cook
In a frying pan, heat oil over medium-low heat. Pan-fry the stuffed firm tofu, meat facing down first, until browned on all sides and place them into the soup.
Pan-fry the remaining stuffed vegetables and puffed tofu covered until all sides are browned and meat are cooked.
Serve the stuffed vegetables and tofu with the soup.
Fried Rice Noodles with Chicken (Guay-Tiew Kua Gai)
To Cook
Heat the wok with high heat. When the wok turns hot, add 1 tbsp of vegetable oil. Do not add too much oil because the rice noodles already contain oil.
When the oil starts to turn hot, add minced garlic and stir-fry for approximately 1 min.
Add chicken breast and stir-fry until they are 70% cooked.
Add pickled squid and stir-fry briefly.
Break 2 eggs into the wok and scramble them. When the eggs are about 50% cooked, add the rice noodles into the wok. Stir-fry all ingredients in the wok.
Add oyster sauce, soy sauce, sugar, and ground pepper. Stir-fry well.
Add chopped spring onion. Stir-fry until everything is well mixed.
Garnish with coriander and spring onion. Serve with sriracha sauce.
Sweet Thai Chicken Wings
To Prep
Rub chicken wings with garlic and ginger.
Add fish sauce, Thai sweet chilli and ground black pepper. Mix completely and refrigerate for 2 hours.
To Cook
Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Line a large baking tray with foil for easy clean up. Spray with non-stick cooking spray. Spread the chicken wings on the baking sheet.
Bake until wings are cooked through and golden brown, approximately 30 mins.
Serve hot with steamed rice and with ‘sambal belacan’.
Green Chicken Curry (Gang Kheaw Waan Gai)
To Cook
Heat oil over medium heat, add Valcom Green Curry Paste and stir-fry for 1 min or until oil appears.
Add half of Valcom Premium Coconut Milk and cook for 1 min, stirring frequently.
Add chicken and cook for 1 min, then add carrot and eggplant and cook for another 2 mins.
Pour in remaining Valcom Premium Coconut Milk, sugar and Squid Brand Fish Sauce and bring to boil for 3 mins.
Once boiled, add in sliced chillies and basil leaves, stir through.
Garnish with basil leaves and serve hot.
Chinese Braised Chicken with Potatoes
To Cook
Heat some oil in a pan over medium heat. Fry potatoes and onions until potatoes are almost soft. Remove and set aside.
Heat 2 tbsp oil over medium heat, add in garlic and saute until fragrant. Then add in chicken. Stir fry for about 1 min and then add in the seasonings. Stir fry for another 2-3 mins or until chicken is half-cooked.
Add in fried potatoes and ½ cup water. Stir well and bring to a boil. Cover pan with a lid and turn heat down, allowing it to simmer for about 10 mins, stirring occasionally.
Lastly, add in the corn starch mix to thicken the gravy. Dish up and serve with steamed rice.
Thai Style Chicken Wings (Peek Gai Tord Nam Pla)
To Prep
Mix chicken wings with Squid Brand Fish Sauce and allow to marinate for 1 hour.
Coat chicken wings with potato starch.
To Cook
Add oil to a wok to reach a depth of 10cm. Heat to 180°C over medium-high heat for 2-3 mins.
Deep fry chicken wings until golden brown and cooked through. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towel.
Place chicken wings on a clean plate and sprinkle fried shallots over chicken, serve with sweet chilli sauce on the side.
Chicken Green Curry Fried Rice (Kaow-Pad Kang-Kiew-Waan Gai)
To Cook
Heat vegetable oil in a wok over medium heat. When the oil starts to turn hot, add green curry paste and stir-fry until the green curry paste is cooked (about 1-2 mins).
Add coconut milk into the wok and stir until the mixture is well combined and the coconut milk is boiled.
Add chicken slices, fish sauce, sugar, green peas and sliced red chillies into the wok and stir well.
Add 1 cup of cooked rice into the wok. Stir-fry until the rice absorb the green curry.
Transfer the green curry fried rice to the serving plate. Garnish the dish with basil leaves, sliced chillies and salted egg. Serve.
Korean Chicken Feet (Dakbal)
To Prep
Combine chicken feet, sea salt and soju and massage for 1 min. Let sit for 10-20 mins.
Drain and wash the chicken feet in cold water at least 3 times.
To Make Sauce
Combine all Sauce ingredients and blend well with a hand blender. Set aside.
To Cook
Prepare a steamer, place the chicken feet in a steam liner and steam covered until they are tender, about 1 hr.
While the chicken feet is still hot, transfer the chicken feet into a mixing bowl and mix well with the sauce. Cover and let sit in the fridge to cool completely, at least 2 hrs.
Heat some oil in a pan on medium high, pan fry the chicken feet about 4-5 mins each side until they are well heated and slightly charred.
Transfer to a serving plate and sprinkle sesame seeds on top as garnish. Serve.
Belachan Fried Chicken Ribs
To Prep
Marinate chicken pieces with all the main ingredients, mix well and keep in the refrigerator for 2 hrs.
Combine batter ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
To Cook
Coat chicken pieces evenly with batter and deep-fry in hot cooking oil until golden brown.
Drain and serve.
Malaysian Chicken Curry with Potatoes
To Prep
Mix chicken pieces with the meat curry powder mixture. Set aside to marinate for 1 hr.
Blend all the curry paste ingredients together until fine. Set aside.
Combine the thin coconut milk ingredients and mix well. Set aside.
To Cook
Deep-fry the potatoes in hot oil until half cooked. Drain and set aside.
Heat 2 tbsp oil in a wok, put in curry leaves and curry paste mixture, then stir-fry until the oil is rendered.
Add chicken pieces and stir-fry for about 5 mins. Add thin coconut milk and potatoes, then cook until the chicken and potatoes are done.
Add evaporated milk and thick coconut milk, continue to cook for 4-5 mins.
Remove from heat and serve immediately.
Hainanese Chicken Rice Balls
To Make the Sauces
In a blender or a pestle and mortar, grind the garlic chilli sauce ingredients together to make the sauce.
Clean the blender or pestle and mortar and then repeat with the ginger sauce ingredients. Store both and set aside.
To Prepare the Chicken
Season the entire chicken with the salt. Stuff with the spring onion, garlic and ginger and lower in to a large pot.
Cover the chicken with water and heat over a medium-high heat until the water begins to boil.
Lower the heat and allow the chicken to simmer for 10-15 mins before turning off the heat, covering with a lid and letting sit in the broth for another 25 mins while preparing the rice.
To Prepare the Rice
Heat oil in a pan and add the garlic. Saute until the garlic becomes aromatic before adding in the rice and mixing to coat all of the grains.
Remove the pan from the heat and transfer the rice in to a rice cooker. Add in the stock from the chicken, salt and pandan leaves and let cook.
When the rice has cooked, use a rice spoon to fluff up and scoop out a serving. Roll the rice in to a ball and set aside while you make the rest of the rice balls.
To Serve the Chicken
Remove the chicken from the stock and cut in to serving sized pieces. Transfer on to a plate along with the rice balls and garnish with the items of your choice.
Finish with a side serving of the sauces and top the chicken pieces with a sprinkling of light soy sauce mixed with sesame oil.