Dinner - Western Home Style

Made dinner last Saturday, western style it was.  I did our favourite Baked Potato with Bacon Bits and Sour Cream.  Quite some effort of fry Bacon Bit, but it is worth the while as compared to buying artifical bacon bits from the supermarket. 

Pork Patties Recipes (Makes 5 large or 10 small patties)

500g minced pork

2 medium size onions (coarsely chopped)

3 tbsp chopped corriander

10g of breadcrumbs

Salt, pepper, sugar for taste

Mix all ingredients together, season accordingly to your taste.  Make them into 5 large patties or 10 smaller patties.  (Corriander helps to give the patties a nice fragrant, so does onion)

Pan fry on slow fire as it takes a while for the patties to be thoroughly cooked, especially if you are making large patties.

Cameralised Onions (Topping for meats or pork patties)

5 large yellow onions  (cut into thin wedges)

Stir fry onion over low fire till cameralised.  Takes about 1hr but worth the while.

Check this Simply Recipe for the details on how to make Cameralised Onions.

I made Lamb Chops using frozen lamb chops from NTUC.  A pack of 10 pieces of frozen lamb chops costs $10 compared to 1 piece of fresh lamb chop costing $6.10.

Lamb chops

Marinate with salt, pepper and dried rosemary.  Rosemary helps to remove some of that lamb odour.  Pan fry shortly, about 1 min per side.  Frying lamb too long will make them tough.  Enjoy them with mint sauce.

Last but not least, make any side dish you fancy to go with  your meats.  Boiled carrots, corn, brocoli, toss salad with French Dressing, French Fries, Onion Rings ... the list goes on....

Assortments of Yakitori

We had a feast of Yakitori a few weeks back.  I made Yakitori of:

• Pork Belly
• Pork slices wrapped with straw mushrooms
• Chicken
• Chickn Ball

I made the Yakitori Sauce Recipe from Saveur .  It requires some effort and it is worth putting in the effort

You can use this sauce on pork, chicken, etc.  I find this sauce very close to the teriyaki sauce.  Frankly speaking, these japanse sauces are basically made up the main ingredients - mirin, soya sauce, sugar.

Stir Fry Pork Strips

Stir Fry Pork Strips Receipe was adapted from http://piggyscookingjournal.blogspot.com/2007/12/stir-fried-pork-with-bean-sauce-chinese.html

Cola Ribs

Behold not to be decived by the look of this dark looking ribs. It tastes pretty good and very simple to cook.

Cola Ribs Recipe (Serves 4)
Ingredients:
500-600g pork ribs
2 tbsp of Lee Kum Kee Cha Siew Sauce
2 cans of cola

Method:

1. Clean the pork ribs and drain excess water. Place ribs in a cooking pot
2. Massage well the Cha Siew Sauce with the pork ribs.
3. Pour 2 cans of cola into the ribs and let it stand at room temperature for 1hour.
4. Cook the ribs over high heat for about 30mins.
5. Lower heat to simmer for another 10-15mins till the cola dries up or until the meat is tender. (Watch the ribs when the cola is almost dried up and stir reqularly)

Tip:

Cook till gravy is thick if you want some gravy for for your rice. Alternatively cook till gravy dries up totally and coat the ribs. I refer to leave some gravy for mine.

Purchased some vegetarian squid from NTUC where this sales aunty was promoting it. Cooked sweet sour vegetarian squid. Pretty simple dish, no stir frying, just boil the sauce and put in the mock squid. The texture of the squid can be described as 'QQ'. Nice.

Orange Glazed Pork Chop

Orange Glazed Pork Chop with Mango Cashew Nut Rice and Salad for last Saturday's lunch. Some feedback that the pork chop was a bit tough... Opps.. forgot to tenderized it before cooking. :P