An easy, savoury home-cooked meal of braised chicken in oyster sauce is all you need to have a taste of Chinese comfort food. The best parts of chicken to use are the wings and legs, as the texture is smoother and extremely tender when braised. This dish is saucy, aromatic […]
It’s easy to spot a tze char dish of gōng bǎo jī dīng (宫保鸡丁), or kung pao chicken as it’s popularly referred to in the West. There’s just so much to appreciate in this Chinese stir-fry, and I love absolutely everything about it -the fiery heat of fried Sichuan peppercorns and […]
Here’s the perfect recipe for making zi char style crispy prawn paste chicken (har cheong gai 虾酱鸡). Enjoy sinking your teeth into these deliciously flavoured, crispy, battered, deep-fried chicken wings. Seriously, who doesn’t enjoy the occasional meal of deep-fried chicken? Granted, there will always be people on both sides of […]
You just can’t beat claypot chicken rice. It’s the ultimate hawker fare. The meal that’s all-in-one. The meal to end all meals. You know what I’m talking about here (but if you don’t, or if you’re not from Singapore, Malaysia or this part of the world, I invite you to […]
A uniquely Taiwanese dish of chicken pieces stir-fried with ginger, garlic, spring onions and dried chillies, and braised in soy sauce, Chinese wine and sesame oil until wonderfully caramelised. Hello! I’m breathing new life into an old post. Three cup chicken (san bei ji) was one of my earliest posts when […]
I have always loved the colour of Thai green curry, its signature colour being the result of the large green chillies and green bird’s eye chilli blended into the spice paste. But if you have always had the impression that green coloured chillies aren’t as spicy as their red counterparts, […]
Kapitan soy sauce chicken is a traditional Straits Chinese dish that’s deliciously flavoured with a rich blend of Asian spices, namely, lemon grass, turmeric, candlenuts, cloves, cinnamon and peppercorn, and braised in a lightly seasoned tamarind sauce enhanced with dried tamarind peel. Each bite into the sauce-coated, tender chicken flesh […]
Make this tried and tested recipe for chicken curry, Malaysian style, and specifically, of Penang Nonya cuisine, that presents a heart-warming, complex spicy blend of wonderfully natural flavours. Seriously, I have an obsession with chicken curry and it is one that I have been somewhat compulsive in my efforts to […]
East meets West in this very warming, aromatic dish of chilli paprika chicken, cooked with garlic in olive oil. What a busy month this is turning out to be for me! As such, cooking meals at home has had to be simple, easy and quick. Here is a family favourite […]
Winter melon soup is one of those classic Chinese soups which Chinese matriachs and mothers have prepared for their households and families for generations. Learning how to prepare this was considered essential, almost a necessity, if one were to know her place and way around the kitchen in the old days. […]
I love saucy dishes, so it is no surprise that I tend to gravitate towards Cantonese food for the majority of my family meal choices. The Cantonese are certainly well renowned for their cuisine, not only for preparing fine, grand and exquisitely cooked dishes fit for banquets and feasts, but […]
I’ve had this recipe for an anti-ageing soup for a long time, and it is a lovely stewed blend of dried fruit, sweet and mild tasting herbs and dried rose buds, with chicken in broth. I particularly like the sweet hint of rose flavour in the savoury broth – it’s refreshing and […]