To Cook
Cook rice according to the package and set aside. Be careful not to overcook it (or use leftover rice).
Whisk egg with ½ tsp salt and set aside.
In a wok, preheat oil on medium heat. Add minced garlic and saute until fragrant.
Add crab meat and saute for a minute.
Add rice and mix well. Move all the rice to one side of the pan.
Pour whisked egg mixture to the free side and let it sit there until almost cooked.
Start mixing in rice and egg until evenly incorporated throughout.
Add oyster sauce, salt, pepper and mix well.
Add spring onion and squeeze lime juice all over and mix well.
Serve immediately and top with some chopped spring onion.
Vegetables
Stir Fry Crabs with XO Sauce and Egg Noodle
To Prep
Pull back the apron of each crab, remove the top shell, then intestines and feathery gills. Rinse quickly.
Cut each crab into quarters and crack the legs gently (use a meat mallet) so the flavours can enter.
To Cook
Cooked the egg noodles as the instruction on the packaging and transfer to a serving dish.
Heat the wok and add 2 tbsp of oil, cook the crabs for 2 mins, then add the chopped whites of the spring onions plus 80g of XO sauce and fry for 2 mins.
Add 1 cup of water, 1 tbsp oyster sauce, 1 tsp chicken powder and 2 tbsp Chinese cooking wine and continue stir fry until the crabs are cooked.
Combine the corn flour and water to make a thin paste, stir into the boiling crab mixture to thicken.
Pour the crabs and sauce over the noodles and garnish with the chopped green tops of the spring onions.
Hong Kong Style Ginger and Spring Onion Crabs
To Prep
Chop the crab into pieces. Wash and wipe dry. Coat the crabs in corn starch.
To Cook
In a frying pan, heat up some oil in high heat (180 degrees) Deep fry the crabs until golden, about 5 mins. Drain off excess oil on kitchen towels . Set aside
In the same frying pan, remove the oil. Stir fry the spring onions, minced garlic and ginger until aromatic, about 2 mins, add then add the deep fried crabs. Stir fry thoroughly for 2 mins.
Add the oyster sauce and Chinese cooking wine and mix well. Finally, add the thickening sauce and remove from heat immediately after the sauce thickens.
Dish up and serve hot.
Chilli Garlic Beef
To Prep
Combine the beef with 1 tbsp oyster sauce in a bowl. Marinate for 15 mins.
To Cook
Heat fry pan or wok over medium-high heat. Add oil and stir-fry the garlic for 1 min. Add beef and stir-fry for 4-5 mins.
Add capsicum and stir-fry for 2-3 mins. Add chilli garlic sauce, remaining 2 tbsp oyster sauce and stir-fry until heated through.
Serve sprinkled with the sliced spring onion.
Chilli Garlic Prawns with Chinese Vegetable (Bok Choy)
To Cook
Blanch bok choy in boiling water with 1 tsp oil. Drain and set aside.
Heat remaining oil in a wok, stir-fry prawns for 3 mins and add chilli garlic sauce and sugar.
Add bok choy and toss.
Arrange on a plate and serve with rice.
Green Curry Beef
To Cook
Stir-fry green curry paste in a saucepan until fragrant; add ½ cup of coconut milk and bring to boil over medium heat.
Add remaining coconut milk, fish sauce, sugar and bring back to boil. Add beef meat and simmer until cooked.
Add green bean, eggplant and capsicum, simmer until vegetables are tender. Add kaffir lime leaves, basil leaves and chilli just before removing from heat. Serve with steamed jasmine rice.
Deep-Fried Phoenix Prawns
To Cook
Cut a slit on the back of each prawn. Do not cut through. Flatten the prawns a bit with a chopper. Put ham strips near tails of prawns. Roll up. Then deep-fry prawns in hot oil until done. Drain.
Heat 1 tbsp oil. Saute bamboo shoots, mushrooms and white part of spring onion. Stir in sauce mix and heat through. Add fried prawns and stir well quickly until heated through.
Beef Brisket with Bean Sprouts
To Prep
Marinade beef briskets with Marinade ingredients for 30 mins.
To Cook
Heat oil in fry pan over medium high heat, sauté garlic and onion until onion turns slightly translucent.
Add beef slices and toss for 1 min or until they are almost cooked.
Add oyster sauce, chilli oil and mix everything thoroughly until meat is completely cooked.
Add sesame oil and give a final toss.
Place bean sprouts on a serving plate and top with the beef. Garnish with spring onions and serve.
Chicken San Choy Bow
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.
Korean Seafood and Spring Onion Pancake (Pajeon)
To Prep
Mix the pancake flour with ice water and whisk until smooth.
Add remaining ingredients (Seafood and Spring Onion Pancake) and mix well to coat.
To Cook
Heat 1 tbsp of vegetable oil in a non-stick pan on medium/high heat. Pour sufficient of the pancake mixture to make pancake of approximately 15cm. Cook for 2 to 3 mins until the top starts to set. Reduce to medium/low heat, cook for 2 mins. Turn the pancake over and cook of another 2 mins or until pancake is golden brown underneath.
Mix dipping sauce ingredients together.
Repeat step 3 with the remaining mixture. Serve hot with the dipping sauce.
To serve as a main meal, make 2 Pajeon pancakes instead of 4.
Mushrooms and kimchi may be used to replace seafood mix for a vegetarian option.
Braised Chicken with Port and Soy Sauce
To Cooke
Heat 2 tbsp oil to saute, green chilli, red chilli and Chinese celery until fragrant. Drain and set aside.
Saute shallot, garlic, onion and ginger slices in the same saucepan. Add chicken pieces and pan fry until golden yellow.
Add seasoning mix. Cover, cook over medium heat for about 15-18 mins until chicken is tender. Take out and let cool. Chop the chicken and arrange on plate.
Add thickening to sauce left in pan. Cook until sauce thickens. Stir in chilli and Chinese celery. Pour sauce over chicken and serve.
Silken Egg Tofu with Bamboo Fungus and Crab Roe
To Cook
Bring a saucepan of water to the boil, add bamboo fungus. Boil for 2-3 mins, drain well and set aside.
Carefully place egg tofu on a heat-proof dish, sprinkle salt evenly and wrap dish with plastic food wrap. Steam egg tofu for 5 mins.
Remove the dish from steamer, then remove plastic food wrap and drain away water in the dish. Decorate the plate of egg tofu with blanched broccoli and set aside.
In a saucepan, add chicken broth, chicken powder and oyster sauce. Bring the chicken broth to the boil, add cooked bamboo fungus. Simmer for 1-2 mins. Slowly add desired amount of thickener, constantly stirring.
Remove bamboo fungus and arrange on top of egg tofu.
Garnish silken egg tofu with crab roe and serve with steamed Jasmine rice.