X-Perimental KitZen!

2008-11-29T16:47:00.000-08:00

-=Black Pepper Chicken/Beef=-

If u have portions of chicken meat that doesnt seem to be of any use 'coz everyone loves the fleshy parts,try this to clear them away!here's how:

Steps:

-Cut the meat into bite sizes
-Black pepper(grounded or ready made)
-spring onion(optional)
-onion!(chopped,blended or diced is good)
-coriander(for aroma.not necessary though)
-sweet soy sauce(for the black tan)
-sesame oil(for tat oriental taste.hee)

-Heat up some oil on the pan(medium flame)
-Put in the onion and let the aroma rise
-Sautee the onions with the black pepper
-Let it sit for awhile till u get a nice mix.dont let it dry up!if it does,add a lil bit of water intermittently.

-let the chicken/meat in!
-Stir fry the mix.let it sizzle!
-Sprinkle ur sesame oil onto the mix(not too much).enjoy the aroma.mmmm~
-Add dashes of the sweet soy sauce to give it the dark tone n sweet taste(not too much.trust me.)
-Stir n sizzle!
-By now the outer part of the meat is cooked,reduce the flame strength
-Add water intermittenly
-Let is simmer before u add in more(not too much)
-Be sure to check the taste n colour of the dish.it shouldnt look or taste watery
-Let it sit for a while on low flame
-Once u get the excess water out.ull get a nice,thick sauce

Serving

-Serve HOT!
-throw in the spring onion for tat nice garnish!

BON APETIT!

Note: Beef takes longer time to cook internally so let it sit longer unless u like ur beef medium rare
Cooking chicken or meat to long in water will make it hard.so in the initial stages of learning to make the dish,u might need a fork to occasionally check the texture =)

2008-11-27T03:52:00.001-08:00

-=Salmon in Spicy Seafood Sauce=-

Notice how everybody throws away the bony portion of the salmon after they get the fleshy parts?Well,get all of it for this dish!Heres what u need:

-All that salmon leftovers(could be the bones and fats)
-Seafood soy sauce
-sesame oil
-blended onion
-blended chilli
-black n white pepper
-oil(of course)
-a pan or a wok

Steps:

-Heat oil,medium flame, on the pan(note not to have smoke coming off the pan.if it is,its too hot.let it cool for a bit)
-Put in the onions.**oil's gonna fly** of ure used to it,u may lift the pan and see the flame like those on TV!haha
-Sautee onion till the aroma rises(doesnt take long)
-Add in the chilli,pepper mix(amount varies on your spicy preference)
-Sautee all this till the aroma rises

-Insert the salmon bits(cleant and cut and marinated with sesame oil n seafood soy sauce while you prepare the rest)
-All this time stir the mix for a min
-Add water.adding intemittenly till it covers all the salmon

-Let the water mix boil(watch that it doesnt overflow off the pan.of it does,reduce flame strength.dont cut)
-Turn the bits.make sure it changed to a more pinkish colour
-Reduce the flame strength till its simmering the mix.making the sauce thicker

Serving

-Serve HOT!Once u cut the flame,sprinkle some coarse sugar onto the salmon bit(by now,part of the salmon is exposed as most of the sauce has evaporated)
-Watch the sugar melt into the salmon

BON APETIT!

Note: Onion naturally sweetens ur dishes
Overdoing the salmon will make it hard

Sesame Oil

Seafood Soy Sauce

2008-11-26T04:59:00.000-08:00

Onion

Chilli

Blended Onion and Chilli, Your Best friends

Having blended stuff in your refrigerator sure helps.it saves time and the trouble of having to cut n cry in front of the food as u prepare them.Here's How!

-=Onion=-

-Grab a blender
-A cup of water

Steps

-Cut the onions to smaller pieces so it can fit ur blender till the blades
-Add a wee bit of water and spin it!
-As it blends,watch and add water till every spin/blend is smooth(like making a smoothie)
-Pour it into a container n voila!

-=Chilli=-

Chili's slightly trickier coz u need to get dried chilli for this

Steps

-Simmer the dried chilli in a pot
-This will take a while so do something else till it expands slightly(it doesnt look so wrinkled anymore)
-Drain the water(its so potent ur skin might burn a bit)
-Remove the green stalks n blend as the onion

HAVE FUN COOKING!

2008-11-25T04:18:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my X-Perimental KitZen!

I wanna share will all those who come across this space to experience the wonders of cooking.it aint tat bad.dont think of the dishes.if ur cookings good,im sure the others wont think twice about clearing up after you.to qoute myself "to fill a tummy,u may need skills.but to satisfy the apetite,u just need heart"

So i believe anyone can cook.to cook isnt perfection.to cook is to enjoy every moment of u prancing in the kitchen.be it to ur fav tune,humming to urself,anything!cooking isnt a chore,its fun!

You dont need much to cook.just a kitchen and anything u can find in the kitchen!Time?all my dishes doesnt take more than ten mins to cook =)

Lastly,here,i dont follow cookbooks or measurement but i sure use my taste buds a lot!haha...so all these dishes here my have been inspired by other dishes or are totally new!u may or may not find unit of measurements but if u do,theyre just a guide.u din have to be precise.use ur taste!

The best part?u can even modify it further to suit ur taste.till then,happy cooking n BON Apetit!

Ratatouille says: Everyone can cook =) SO can you!

Note: The speciality of this cook blog is tat i use leftover to start a dish.so if u got no time to thaw tat meat,or got plenty of yesterday's,clean it up n recook it!hahahahaha!