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Chicken

Straits-Style Soy Ginger Glazed Chicken

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To Prep
Rub the chicken breast with the rice wine vinegar and set aside until required.

To Cook
Heat oil in a small deep-sided saucepan, add in the sliced ginger and shallots. Stir-fry until lightly browned, then add the palm sugar, cinnamon, star anise and cloves.
When the sugar caramelises, add the chicken breast and brown on all sides. Add the dark soy sauce, salt and enough water to cover half of the chicken.
Remove from heat; Simmer uncovered in a 180°C oven for 20 mins, turning often. Add a little water if the sauce reduces too quickly.
Remove the chicken when cooked and slice each breast into 4 pieces. Skim away all the fat from the surface of the sauce. Pour the sauce over the sliced chicken and serve with steaming hot rice.

Braised Chicken with Bitter Melon and Oyster Sauce

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To Prep
Combine all Seasoning ingredients in a small bowl and mix well, set aside.
In another bowl, combine all Marinade ingredients and mix well.
Clean chicken with some salt, rinse and drain well. Mix chicken with Marinade sauce mix and leave in the fridge for 1 hr.
Rub bitter melon with salt. Bring a pot of water to boil and blanch the bitter melon for about 1 min. Drain and rinse in cold water. Set aside.

To Cook
Heat 2 tbsp cooking oil in a wok, sauté ½ of the garlic and ginger until fragrant.
Add chicken and pan fry for about 3 mins over medium high heat, or until chicken is half done. (Chicken begins to shrink and firm up). Remove from wok and set aside.
Reheat wok and add 1 tbsp cooking oil. When oil is hot, add in the remaining garlic and ginger. Stir fry until fragrant and lightly browned, add the yellow bean paste and fermented black beans. Stir to mix well.
Add in bitter melon to braise, then mix in chicken.
Pour in Seasoning mixture, stir well and bring to a boil. Cover, turn the heat to medium low and let simmer for about 20 mins or until the chicken is tender and cooked through.
Add the corn flour solution and toss the chicken and the bitter melon until sauce thickens.
Dish out and garnish with spring onion. Serve hot with steamed rice.

Malaysian Kapitan Chicken Curry

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To Cook
Cook corn in boiling water for 8 mins, remove, cut kernels off, set aside.
Heat a saucepan and add oil, garlic, ginger and onions. Cook until soft and add Lingham’s Malaysian Kapitan Curry Paste. Fry for several minutes and add coconut milk, stock, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaf.
Bring to the boil, add chicken and stir. Simmer for 6 mins, add sliced zucchini and corn.
After 3 mins, add spring onions, remove and discard the lemongrass and kaffir lime leaf. Serve with steamed rice.

Malaysian White Curry Chicken

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To Prep
In a blender combine onions, garlic, ginger, lemongrass, sambal oeleck and half the coconut milk. Blend until smooth, place in a deep saucepan. Add remaining ingredients except sugar snaps.

To Cook
ring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 45 mins or until chicken is cooked and gravy reduced and thickened.
Add sugar snaps, remove from heat and rest for 5 mins, serve with rice.

Malaysian Chicken Curry Laksa

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To Cook
Boil chicken for 2 mins or until cooked. Remove and shred strips. Set aside.
Combine Lingham’s Malaysian Laksa Curry Paste, water and coconut cream, bring to the boil.
Cook noodles as per pack instructions, divide into 2 bowls and top with the chicken.
Place sprouts in broth and cook for 60 secs. Ladle broth over noodles and chicken until they are covered.
Top with bean curd puffs, mint and shallots.

Malaysian Sambal Chicken

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To Cook
Heat half the oil in a frypan, add ginger, chilli, capsicum and onion. Cook for 1 min. Remove, set aside.
Place remaining oil to the pan and the chicken. Stir well until browned, add Yeo’s Sambal Paste, stir until just cooked. Add coconut cream, salt and vegetables, warm through and serve with rice.

Prawn Rolls

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To Prep
Mix chicken mince, prawns, coriander, garlic and fish sauce and marinate for 5 mins.
Using the spring roll paper or crepes, place the prawn mixture with the tail overhanging on one side and proceed to roll.
Tie a piece of egg noodle around the spring roll. Cover with a towel to avoid drying. Repeat for the remaining mixture.

To Cook
Heat oil for deep frying (test if the oil is hot enough by dropping in a piece of bread – this should bubble and float to the surface). Turn down to medium.
Deep-fry the spring rolls until golden brown.
Serve with sweet chilli sauce.

Stir-Fry Chicken with Pantai Chilli Paste

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To Cook
Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add garlic and stir fry for 1-2 mins. Add red chilli, onion, chicken and cook for 3-5 mins or until nearly cooked.
Add Pantai Chilli Paste with Soy Bean Oil, light soy sauce, turn to high heat, stir fry and cook for further 3 mins.
Garnish with spring onion.

Kimchi Dumplings

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To Prep
In a food processor, process the tofu until the particles become fine and small.
Mix processed tofu with minced chicken and kimchi fried rice sauce in a mixing bowl. Mix until well-combined.
Add salt and sesame oil to mixture and mix well.
Place mixture in the centre of a dumpling wrapper. Using your index finger, wet the top half of wrapper edge and fold dumpling in half to seal the filling closed. Create a frilly edge by pinching the top part of the dumpling.

To Cook
Place 7-8 kimchi dumplings on the oil heated pan and frying for 3-5 mins and add 2 tbsp of water and close the lid for 3 mins.
Open the lid and pan fry dumpling until they turn golden brown Or, Steam for 10-15 mins.

Chicken San Choy Bow

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To Prep
In a mixing bowl, add the chicken mince along with the marinade ingredients and then add the shiitake mushrooms, carrots and water chestnuts.
Mix the ingredients well before letting it marinate for about 15 minutes.
To make the lettuce cups, remove the outer layer of the lettuce and cut out the stem of the lettuce.
Remove the leaves of the lettuce and trim them in to cup shapes with enough space to put the fillings in to them.
Store the trimmed leaves in a large bowl of cold water and keep cool until they are served.

To Cook
In a large pan or wok, add 1 tbsp of oil and saute the garlic and green onions until fragrant.
Add the marinated chicken mixture in to the pan and stir-fry until the chicken has cooked through.
Add in the Shaoxing wine and cook until almost all of the liquid has evaporated.
Add in the oyster and soy sauce and stir until well combined before adding the cornflour mixed with 2 tbsp of cold water.
Stir the cornflour mixture until the sauce begins to boil and thicken before removing from the pan.
To serve, place a couple of the lettuce leaves on to a plate and fill with the chicken filling.