Fried Rice

There are many different ways to make fried rice, this is how I made it this time, with left-overs from the night before:

Ingredients (serve 5):

Cooked rice (1.5 cup when raw), 5 eggs, 0.5 iceberg lettuce, 3 shallots, 5 cloves garlic, leftover bbq pork & chicken (1 cup diced), some salted fish, 0.5 teaspoon sea salt, 1 teaspoon white pepper, 2 tablespoons peanut oil. Dice everything into small cubes.

Steps:

(1) Heat 1 tablespoon oil, fry minced garlic, finely chopped shallot, and small cubes of salted fish. Add meat. Set aside.

(2) Heat another 1 tablespoon oil. Add whisked eggs. Scramble.

(3) When the eggs are approx. 60% cooked, add the rice. Mix in.

(4) Add lettuce.

(5) Add (1) ingredients back in.

(6) Add white pepper and salt.

(7) Nom nom.

Vegan - Vegie Stew

Herbs: Oregano, Basil, Parsley

(1) Brown the onions & garlic in olive oil.

(2) Chuck in the cut vegie, stir around for a bit.

(3) Add tomato paste, crushed tomato, vegie stock, herbs.

(4) Cover. Left to simmer until soft, probably around 30-50min.

(5) Add pepper and fresh herbs to taste.

Vegan - Stirfry Rice Vermicelli

This uses fine rice vermicelli, which is sold in dried noodle form.

(1) Soak the rice vermicelli in warm water for 5-10 minutes (depends on the brands) till soft but not mushily-soft; so that it is still capable of soaking up more liquid during the cooking process.

(2) Hot oil, fry some minced garlic and shallot.

(3) Chuck in the vegie, from hardest to the softest, since the hardest requires the maximum cooking time.

(4) Chuck in the pre-soaked noodle.

(5) Pour in mixed sauce of soy sauce (for saltiness), brown sugar (for sweetness), dark soy sauce (for color etc.), sesame oil (for aroma), vegie stock (instead of water, for the "depth" of the taste).

(6) When all the noodle soaked up the sauce evenly, it is ready.

(7) Nom it.

Snack - Oven-Baked Sweet Potato Chips

1. Cut the sweet potato into any size you want. 2. Coat with olive oil. 3. Stick the tray in pre-heated oven till the chips turn slightly brown. 4. Sprinkle with some sea salt. 5. Nom them.

Home-Assembled (Not Home-Made) Peking Duck with Pancake

Sauce: Mix plum sauce with Hoisin sauce.

Greens: Skinless cucumber; and shallots (bottom part).

家常菜之鹹魚炒豆芽(Stirfry Bean Sprout w Salted Fish)

Snacks for LD~ Butter Cookie & Mini Butterless Banana Muffin