Day 160 : Linguine in Olive Oil and Egg

 LINGUINE IN OLIVE OIL & EGG

This is a simple pasta dish that Bryan is preparing for dinner tonight. With whatever that he could find in the fridge (time for grocery shopping), he is whipping up a pretty delicious pasta meal.

3 Simple Steps :

1. Boil Pasta.

2. Saute & Add In.

3. Blanch Vegetables.

  

1. Boil Pasta.

Boil linguine until al dente in salted water.

2. Saute  & Add In.

Saute garlic in olive oil.

 Add potatoes cubes.

 Add a shake of thyme herbs.

Add filtered water. Add seasalt. Add black pepper.

Cover lid to cook the potatoes.

 When the potatoes are cooked, add linguine.

Beat an egg and pour over the pasta. 

Toss to mix well.

 

3. Blanch Vegetables.

Serve with blanched cauliflower and carrots. :D
 

I had my one shake of The Green Drink in the morning, 

noodle soup for lunch and pasta for dinner.

Day 159 : Drunken Chicken

DRUNKEN CHICKEN

This evening, we're gonna prepare a simple one pan chicken dish. Having tasted what brandy could do for flavouring in last night's steam fish, I insisted that we added a little bit of the X.O. to this chicken dish as well. Gee, I hope I'm not turning into an alcoholic! :D 

Nah, no chance of that. Bryan did assure that the alcohol will evaporate during the simmering anyway. 

 

3 Simple Steps :

1. Saute garlic, onions and ginger.

2. Add in chicken and the rest.

3. Add broccoli.

The Ingredients.

Chicken, carrots, potatoes and broccoli.

 1. Saute garlic, onions and garlic 

in sesame seed oil.

2. Add In.

Add chicken.

Add potatoes. Add carrots. 

Add dried chillies (pre-soaked in hot water).

Add filtered water. 

Add sauce : oyster sauce and shoyu.

Add brandy (one soup-spoon).

Close lid and allow to simmer until gravy thickens

and contents are cooked.

3. Add Broccoli.

When the contents are about cooked, toss in broccoli.

Close lid for a minute or so, before transferring 

the contents to a serving dish.

Say Hello to your one pot chicken potato dish!

Hmmm, I wonder if this is how Drunken Chicken got its name. :D

Okay, I'm re-naming this dish. I had called it Braised Chicken with Brandy at first, 

but hey, Drunken Chicken sure sounds a lot more exciting ... :D

Side Condiment of chopped raw garlic, 

chopped chillies (de-seeded) with dark sauce.

Bryan's Plate.

He says, dinner is fantabulous! 

A very unique exotic flavour!

Ooh, we are really enjoying our dinner. 

The potatoes just melt in your mouth, the chicken is tender, 

and the gravy is simply drunken-delicious.

I had my one shake of The Green Drink in the morning, 

yong tau foo with noodles for lunch and the above for dinner.

Day 158 : Steamed Fish Steak With X.O.

This evening, Bryan prepared dinner. 

He's steaming fish and frying an omelet. He didn't tell us what he added into the fish before steaming, until we made a comment that the sauce is really, really good. I couldn't put a finger on it. It wasn't shoyu or oyster sauce. It was something different. 

What was it???


Bryan revealed finally, he had added one soup-spoonful of brandy (X.O. Cognac). 


Brandy ... Oh My ...


That certainly made all the difference. :D

3 Simple Steps :

1. Steam the Fish

2. Fry the Shallots

3. Fry the Omelet

The Ingredients.

Ma yau fish steak, garlic, shallots, chilly, carrots 

and oyster mushrooms.

1. Steam the Fish. 

Place the fish on to an appropriate dish for steaming.

Decorate with mushrooms, carrots, chillies and soft tofu.

Sauce : Dark shoyu, light shoyu and X.O. Brandy.

Steam for about 15 minutes on so on medium heat. 

2. Fry the Shallots.

Meanwhile, fry the shallots.

When the fish is ready, pour the fried shallots with a 

table spoonful (or two) of the oil over the fish. 

The aroma is unbelievable!

Garnish with sprigs of coriander leaves 

and chilly strips.

3. Fry the Omelet.

While the fish is being steamed, fry the omelet.

Saute garlic in sesame seed oil.

Toss in long beans (chopped thinly).

Beat 2 eggs and season with seasalt and pepper.

Pour over to cover the pan.

Make an X on the omelet, and flip each quarter over.

Ta--dah!!!

BoN aPPeTiTe!!!

Close Up.

Hmmm-mmm-mmmm ...

The fish is fresh and the gravy, totally out of this world. 

The mixed rice is certainly flavorful and very yummy!

I had my one shake of The Green Drink in the morning, 

breakfast hotel buffet for brunch and 

the above mixed rice for dinner this evening.

Day 157 : Pasta Stew

The Ingredients.

Potatoes, shitake mushrooms and stalks, 

tomatoes, onions and broccoli.

3 Simple Steps :

1. Pile up the Pressure Cooker Pot.

2. Add water & tomato puree.

3. Add broccoli & cheese.

1. Place all the above ingredients 

into the pressure cooker pot.

Add pasta noodles (break in half).

Add dried chillies (pre-soaked in hot water).

2. Add filtered water.

Add seasalt. Add basil herbs.

Add half a small can of tomato puree.

Close lid and allow the Pressure Cooker

to do its magic.

3. Add cheese & broccoli.

The red button will drop in about 20 minutes or so, 

to indicate that the contents are cooked.

Open the lid, toss in broccoli and cheese.

Close lid again for a minute or two.

Ta--dahhh!!!

This really is a lazy dish, where You throw everything into the pot, and leave it to cook.

BoN aPPeTiTe!!!

Slurppp ...

It's an extremely easy pasta dish to prepare. :D

I had my one shake of The Green Drink in the morning, 

nasi lemak for lunch and pasta for dinner.

Day 156 : Sting Ray Curry

STING RAY CURRY

Kari Ikan Pari

This evening, Bryan cooked curry fish for dinner. 

Here's how he does it. Anybody can do this, he says. It's quite straight forward, and the end result is so --- Ooh, satisfying! :D

3 Simple Steps :

1. Blend Ingredients.

2. Fry Ingredients.

3. Add In.

The Ingredients.

Shallots, ginger, chillies, long beans, garlic, 

ladies fingers, tomatoes, lime and bunga kantan.

1. Blend the Ingredients.

Shallots, garlic, ginger, chillies and bunga kantan.

The blended ingredients.

2. Fry the blended ingredients.

Fry Fry Fry ... until the oil surfaces.

3. Add In.

Add fish curry powder. Add lemon grass (stalk).

Fry Fry Fry.

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Add the fish. Add water. Add seasalt and shoyu.

Close lid and allow to simmer briefly.

Add ladies fingers, long beans, tomatoes 

and freshly chopped onions.

Close lid and allow to simmer for a minute or two.

Ta--Dahhh!!! :D

Bon Appetite! :D

Ooohhh ... the curry is simply amazing!

Absolutely delicious! :D

Try it - You'd be glad You did! :D 

I had my one shake of The Green Drink in the morning, 

noodles for lunch and curry fish rice for dinner.