Food experiments from my little kitchen

Teriyaki salmon is one of the usual dishes I will order outside for my boy. He loves to eat Japanese food. I ever bought the ready made teriyaki sauce but find that the taste is not to my liking. That day when I had to cook for just me and him, I decided to make this simple salmon dish. To make a complete meal, just steam some broccoli or make side dishes to go along. Ingredients Salmon Salt Pepper Spring onions (optional) White sesame (optional) Sauce 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp chinese cooking wine Recipe 1. Marinate the salmon with salt and pepper. Pat dry with a kitchen towel. 2. Heat a little oil in the pan and place the salmon skin side down. Let it cook for at least 4-5 minutes. Be really patient and do not try to flip the salmon. You will see from the side that it will start turning pink from bottom up. Wait till it has reached the mid-way before flipping. 3. Flip the salmon to the other side and let it cook for another 3-4 minutes. While waiti...

Nowadays when I cook 红斑鱼 or the red grouper (I think that is the correct English name...), I like to pan fry it. I find that pan frying it makes it nicer than steaming. That is my personal opinion. Today I actually planned to cook it with ginger and soy sauce. But I saw half a lemon sitting in my fridge and I wanted to use that. Was thinking whether I should cut the fish into slices then deep fry it before making the lemon sauce. Due to time constraint, I decided to just pan fry the fish first and make the sauce after that. It was a good move as I managed to stir fry my vegetables while pan frying the fish. Ingredients Red grouper thick slice (any other fish that has firm flesh) Ginger strips Cornstarch solution  Sauce 1 part lemon juice 2 part orange juice  Some water  1/2 tsp sugar Pinch of salt Recipe 1. Clean the fish and rub it with salt. Wash off the salt and pat dry with kitchen towel. 2. Oil the pan and gently place the fish in. Allow it to pan f...

Zucchini is not a vegetable that I would usually buy. After I bought it, I did not know what I want to do with it. In the end, I remembered seeing this in Korean drama where they pan fry it as a dish. I was curious how this dish would taste like and so decided to make them. Ingredients Zucchini Flour Egg Soy sauce Vinegar Recipe 1. Cut zucchini into slices and sprinkle salt on them. Leave it for a few minutes. 2. Pat dry with kitchen towel. Coat them evenly with flour then coat with beaten egg. 3. Put them on the saucepan with low heat and pan fry till they turned nicely brown. 4. Prepare a simple sauce of soy sauce with vinegar for dipping if you like.  My conclusion: I love the taste! It is slightly crunchy on the outside but softer in the centre. The dipping sauce made it very suitable for a side dish. I actually prepared this in the morning and then just reheat them in oven before serving for dinner. 

Salmon is one of our favourite fish. It is packed with healthy omega-3 and does not have a fishy smell. For me, I like it as it is easy to prepare for cooking too. On busy days I would either steam it in soy sauce or pop into the oven with some herbs. This time I tried to pan fry it with very simple seasonings and it turned out to be quite nice too. I was inspired by a bento set with "salmon shioyaki" that I ate a few weeks ago. Delicious food does not have to be complicated! :) Tip: You can click this video to check out how to pan fry salmon!  Gordon Ramsay's Crispy Salmon Ingredients Salmon Lemon Salt Pepper Spring onions (optional) Recipe 1. Turn the salmon skin side up and make 2 cuts along the length. This is to allow the heat to distribute better and stop the salmon from curling up when you put it on the pan. Season the salmon with salt and pepper. 2. Heat a little oil in the pan and place the salmon skin side down. Let it cook for at least 4-5 minut...