Food experiments from my little kitchen

Ginger and spring onion make the best combination when it comes to stir fry. Last night I was still thinking what to cook and this came to my mind since I happened to have some spring onions to clear. Just prepare more sauce to drizzle with rice and your yummy dinner is ready! Ingredients 2 boneless chicken legs 1 knob of ginger 1 stalk of spring onion Marinate Soy sauce White pepper Sesame oil  Cornstarch Sauce 1 Tbsp Oyster sauce 1 Tbsp Dark soy sauce 1 Tbsp Chinese cooking wine  1 tsp Light soy sauce 1/2 tsp sugar  Dash of white pepper Some water Recipe 1. Cut the chicken legs into smaller pieces and marinate them before setting them aside. Prepare the sauce in a bowl. 2. Slice the ginger into thin round pieces. Cut the spring onions into 3 inch lengths. Smash the white bottom part and set aside from the green top part.  3. Heat some oil in the frying pan and put in the white spring onion part. Then add in the ginger slices. Let it cook ...

I like to use minced meat in cooking because it is very versatile. That day I decided to try using my  japanese hambagu recipe and tweak it to make something different. So I came up with sweet and sour meat patties! Initially I wanted to make them into meatballs but it is much faster to make patties. Haha I am such a lazy mum. Ingredients approx 150g minced meat   1/4 yellow onion some chopped spring onions sesame seeds (garnish) 1/3 cup panko (Japanese breadcrumbs) 1 tbsp milk 1 egg Fine black pepper Salt  Sauce 1 tbsp tomato sauce 1 tsp vinegar 1 tsp sugar 4 tbsp Water Recipe 1. Finely chop the onion and add into the minced meat, followed by egg, milk and panko. Season it with black pepper and salt. (I added some chopped spring onions because I happened to have them.) Use one hand to mix the mixture well. 2. Shape the meat into patties of equal sizes (or meatballs if you want). 3. Heat some oil in the pan on medium heat and place the patties ...

I prepared this dish because my dear husband is a meat lover. If I don't cook enough meat for dinner, he would ask me why I cooked so little. It happens that I had one chunk of pumpkin sitting in my fridge so I decided to combine it with minced meat. It turned out to be quite a nice combination. Ingredients approx 80g minced meat 1 small chunk of pumpkin 1 dried shiitake mushroom chopped garlic chopped shallots white pepper soy sauce sesame oil Sauce 1 tbsp oyster sauce 1 tbsp normal dark soy sauce 1 tsp sugar  Recipe 1. Soak the dried mushroom in a bowl of water and set it aside to soften before cutting it into small cubes. Do not throw away the water.  2. Cut the pumpkin into cubes but not too small else it will disintegrate during cooking. Marinate the minced meat with soy sauce, white pepper and sesame oil. 3. In the wok, heat up the oil and put in the chopped shallots. Let it cook for a little while and turning translucent, then add in the garlic fo...