To Cook
In a wok, heat oil over medium high heat. Sauté garlic until aromatic. Throw in prawns and fish balls and fry until half-cooked. Push them aside and crack in eggs. Gently stir the egg mixture and leave it to cook slightly for about 30 secs. Then combine well with the prawns and fish balls. Dish out and set aside.
Put in red chilli paste and shrimp paste and sauté until aromatic about 2-3 mins. Add in water and tomatoes. Bring down to a simmer and cook for 1 min. Toss in water spinach, noodles, prawns, fish balls, sweet soy sauce and soy sauce. Stir to mix well. Put on the lid and allow to simmer over low heat for 2 mins. Do a taste test and add more soy sauce if needed according to your preference.
Finally, add in beansprouts and give a quick stir. Remove from heat if you like crunch beansprouts. If you like them softened, cook for another 1 min.
Transfer to serving plate and enjoy.
Vegetables
Shanghainese Rice with Chinese Sausage and Bok Choy
To Cook
For 45 mins-1 hr, soak the rice in the water in a claypot. Sprinkle the Chinese sausage on the rice after it has been soaked. Add the lard. Bring the claypot to a boil on medium heat and leave it uncovered.
Heat up a wok over medium heat with some oil. Let the ginger caramelize slightly in the wok. Add the bok choy and stir-fry until wilted. Remove from heat and set aside.
When the rice is boiling, turn the heat down to low and let it simmer for 8 mins. Remove the lid and add the bok choy only (without its cooking liquid) to the top of the rice and cover the pot. Leave to simmer for approximately 5 mins.
Serve while hot.
Stir Fried Chinese Broccoli (Kai Lan) with Oyster Sauce
To Cook
Heat up a wok on medium heat with some oil. When the pan is hot enough, add the garlic and stir-fry until it has been browned. Remove from the wok but keep the heat on.
Add the Chinese broccoli with the garlic infused oil. Add the oyster sauce and stir-fry for approximately 1-2 mins.
Serve while hot with rice.
Rice with Chinese Broccolli
To Cook
Prepare 2 cups of rice, wash and drain rice 3 times or until water becomes clear. Cook your rice in your rice cooker, or over a stove top.
Finely chop the Chinese broccoli, wash and dry them.
Heat up a wok with some oil. Once hot, stir in the Chinese broccoli and add in sugar. Turn off fire after 1 min. Do not overcook your Chinese broccoli as it will go into the rice cooker.
The moment just before your rice is done, place the Chinese broccoli on top of the rice and close the lid.
Once the rice is fully cooked, stir through the Chinese broccoli with the rice.
Serve hot with other dishes.
Stir Fry Broccoli with Fish Cakes
To Cook
Heat up oil in a pan over medium high heat. Throw in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 min. Add fish cake slices and stir fry for about 1 min.
Put in broccoli florets and stir fry for 1 min. Add chicken stock powder and water and continue to stir fry until broccoli starts to soften slightly.
Dish out and serve with steamed rice.
Baby Bok Choy with Scrambled Eggs in Superior Broth
To Cook
In a small pot, put water to boil. Throw in ikan bilis and simmer for 15 mins. Drain out the ikan bilis and set the broth aside.
Heat up 1 tbsp oil in a wok over medium. Pour in beaten egg mixture and scramble eggs until almost cooked but still soft and fluffy. Dish out and set aside.
In the same wok, heat up 2 tbsp oil over medium and fry garlic until fragrant. Throw in baby bok choy and stir fry until slightly wilted. Pour in the ikan bilis broth, add in wolfberries and sugar. Give a quick stir. Allow to boil and quickly bring down to a simmer. Add in Shaoxing wine and scrambled eggs. Continue to cook under simmer for 1 min while stirring gently.
Transfer to serving bowl and serve with steamed rice.
Malaysian Satay Beef
To Cook
Combine Yeo’s Satay Sauce, lemon zest, turmeric, cumin, salt, sugar, oil and sesame oil. Add beef and marinate for at least 1 hr.
Thread beef strips onto skewers and grill over charcoal or on a hot skillet until just done.
Serve with steamed rice, salad and a bowl of warm Yeo’s Satay Sauce.
Shanghai Stir-Fried Noodles
To Cook
Marinate the meat with marinade sauce. Set aside for 10 mins.
Using a pot, bring water to a boil, and cook the noodle as per packaging instruction. Run noodles under cold water. Drain and set aside.
Heat ½ tbsp of oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add pork strips and stir-fry until browned or cooked through. Remove and set aside.
In the same pan, heat the remaining oil over medium-high heat, sauté garlic and onion till fragrant. Add in cabbage, capsicum, chilli, mushroom and stir-fry until soften. Add in noodles and
mix well.
Add in pork strips and the sauce mix, mix well through. Serve hot.
XO Sauce (Fujian) Fried Rice
To Prepare and Cook
Place pork into a bowl and add in marinade ingredients. Mix well.
Heat 2 tbsp oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Stir fry pork until cooked and set aside.
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat and fry eggs. Toss in rice and fry until well combined. Dish out the fried rice on a serving plate.
Add 1 tbsp oil and stir fry pumpkin until its soften. Add in Chinese kale to stir fry for another 2 mins, then add the shiitake mushrooms, prawns, scallops, stir 1-2 mins. Add in the pork and sauce into the pan. Mix well until cooked.
Pour over fried rice and serve.
Japanese Soba Noodle Salad
To Cook
Cook soba noodles in accordance to packet instructions. Rinse under cold water. Drain and place in the serving bowl.
Mix salad dressing and noodle dressing in two separate bowls.
Combine all salad ingredients and salad dressing in a mixing bowl. Place the salad on top of noodle.
Pour the noodle dressing over the noodles and sprinkle toasted sesame seeds over noodle salad.
Korean Beef Bulgogi Bibimbap
To Cook
Marinate beef with Ottogi Bulgogi Sauce & Marinade for at least 30 min.
Mix the gochujang sauce ingredients together in a small dish and set aside.
In a heated frying pan, add 1 tbsp canola oil. Fry eggs over medium heat until the whites are cooked but still sunny side up. Set aside fried eggs.
In the same pan, cook marinated meat (bulgogi) over medium heat until the meat is cooked, this should take about 5 minutes. Set aside cooked meat (bulgogi).
Place 1 cup of rice in each bowl and drizzle with ½ tbsp sesame oil. Top assorted salad ingredients and cooked bulgogi on top of the rice. Add fried egg on top. Drizzle ½ tbsp sesame oil over the ingredients. Repeat with the other bowls.
Serve bibimbap with gochujang sauce (Korean chilli sauce). Mix gochujang sauce well into the rice, meat and salad ingredients prior to eating.
Korean Stir-Fried Noodles with Beef (Japchae)
To Cook
In a bowl, marinate beef with 2 tbsp Ottogi Bulgogi Sauce & Marinade for at least 15 mins.
Place Obap Sweet Potato Noodles in a pot of boiling water and cook for about 6-7 mins or until al-dente. Drain and rinse noodles slightly with cold water. Shake excess water off noodles.
Add vegetable oil to a frying pan and stir-fry capsicum, carrot, onion and mushroom over high heat for 1 min. Set aside vegetables on a plate.
In the same pan, cook marinated beef over high heat for 3 mins or until the beef is cooked. Add in the noodles, saute vegetables, spinach, 1 tbsp Ottogi Bulgogi Sauce & Marinade, sesame oil, black pepper and salt (optional); and mix ingredients together over medium heat for about 30 secs.
Garnish toasted sesame seeds over the japchae and serve hot.