Food experiments from my little kitchen

That day I came home did not really feel like to cook but my boy asked to eat at home. I did not have enough time to prepare our usual soup so decided to make something easy and simple so that he can have some soup for dinner. The ingredients in the soup are black fungus, dried mushrooms and eggs which are normally stocked in my kitchen. I only prepared a very small portion so the measurements are all estimated. Ingredients 5 to 6 pcs dried black fungus  3 to 4 pcs dried shiitake mushrooms  1 beaten egg  chopped spring onions (garnish) chicken stock powder (you can replace with fresh stock if you have)  water  dark soy sauce  light soy sauce pepper  Cornstarch solution  Recipe 1. Soak the black fungus and shiitake mushrooms till softened and cut them into thin shreds. Discard the soaking water for black fungus, you can keep the soaking water for mushrooms.  2. Add the soaking water for mushrooms in a pot a...

I happened to have some celery in my fridge so I decided to combine it with scallops to make a stir fry. My favourite scallops go well with anything. :) Ingredients Approx. 15 scallops 3 celery sticks (cut into slices) some chopped carrot slices chopped garlic 1 Tbsp oyster sauce salt pepper Recipe 1. Season the scallops with salt and pepper then pat dry with kitchen towel. 2. In a heated pan with oil, add in the scallops in a clockwise direction. Let it cook for 2 minutes till you see the juice oozing and slightly turning brown then flip over to the other side and let it cook for another 2 minutes. Remove from the pan both the scallops and the juice. Do NOT discard the juice. 3. In the wok, heat up the oil and add in chopped garlic. When the garlic is fragrant, add in the carrot and celery to stir fry. As you can see the celery is sliced thin, there is no need to cook too long as we do not want to lose the crispy texture. 4. Add in oyster sauce and stir fry to mix b...

Every Chinese New year, I will end up with mandarin oranges and nobody eats them except me. To reduce wastage, I would try to add them in my cooking. This year I tried something new with chicken wings and my boy loves it. Sorry I am unable to provide very accurate measurements because I estimated while I was cooking. Ingredients 7 chicken wings 1 tsp white sesame (garnish) Shredded lettuce (garnish) Marinate Salt White pepper Cornstarch Baking powder Oil (I used extra light olive oil) Sauce 2 Mandarin oranges (juiced) 1 Tbsp oyster sauce garlic powder 1 tsp vinegar sugar Recipe 1. Marinate the chicken wings with the ingredients stated above. For the baking powder, I only added slightly less than half a tsp. Added some oil so that it is easier to coat the wings. Leave it for at least 30 minutes. 2. Arrange the wings neatly on the baking tray and make sure no overlapping so that they can get baked evenly for 180 degree 25 to 30 minutes. Depending on your ove...