CNY Cooking Spree
27 Jan
Noticed there was no cooking post for the past one month? That’s coz I havent’ been cooking much *shifty eyes*
But in view of the long Chinese new year weekend, I decided to cook some Chinese food! And now I got a few dishes to share with y’all! Yay!
First up – cornflakes chicken. Oh hell yea. You might think it’s weird, but it’s so easy to make and taste wonderful too.
Cut chicken into bite size and marinate with some sesame oil, light soya sauce and lots of black pepper. Fry it and then drain. In a separate bowl, pour sugar-free cornflakes (any amount you desire) and season with black pepper, lemon and pepper seasoning with a bit of salt, gently press down cornflakes to break it.
Heat wok with oil, add in 4 tablespoons of butter, add in 4-5 clove chopped garlic, curry leaves from 3 stems and 2 halved birds eye aka chilli padi (more if you like it spicy). It should smell glorioussss by now. Add in cereal and coat with butter sauce and then combine with chicken and stir for another 1 minute.
And you’re done! Believe it or not.
I served it with some Golden egg tofu! And this was easy peasy to make.
First off, buy 2 tubes of egg tofu (soy beancurd in tube form), gently cut out the tube and let it roll out like toothpaste :D Cut tofu into pieces and fry it with oil until golden brown. Prepare the seasoning by adding 2 tablespoon light soy sauce, 2 tablespoon oyster sauce, some black pepper, some seasoning oil, salt, sugar and some water. Prepare cornstarch with water for thickening. Heat oil, fry some garlic, red bell pepper and handful of dry chillies. I earlier boiled some baby corn and added it to the pan. Throw in seasoning. And the cornstarch. You can add an egg into the pan if you want. Add in browned egg tofu and you’re done. Increase seasoning if you want more sauce to the plate 
Chinese new year dinner is served, hehe
Then on Sunday, I decided to make egg noodles for lunch because Sairah LOVES her egg noodles. I guess the Thai blood in her runs deep 
Thesedays I have to cook food that my toddler can eat as well so here’s a great recipe for kids and family!
Add 4 portions of egg noodles into the pot and boil until noodles are soft. Drain with cold water and set aside. If you frequent hypermarkets you’ll notice they love to sell a portion of assorted dumplings like crab sticks, prawn cake and the works for steamboat. Boil that in hot water until soft, I also added some baby corns to it. Chop all in bite size when done.
Fry one chopped onion and four clove chopped garlic until light brown. Add in one chopped chilli, and throw in the assorted dumplings and baby corn and fry for a bit. In a bowl add 4 tablespoon light soya sauce, 4 tablespoon oyster sauce, half tablespoon sugar, ½ tablespoon dark soya sauce, some sweet soya sauce, some water and mix. Throw in the mixture and add in the noodles while coating everything. You may cook some eggs after that and add to the mixture. Season with black pepper and salt and garnish with spring onions, like this:
DONE!
My baby absolutely LOVES this dish. She kept eating and eating it and when I stopped she would say maam maam, and she’s usually not *this* easy to feed, LOL.
The next dish is a super easy dish to make! And best of all, I boiled some tiny macaroni and coated it lightly with the sauce and added in some chopped sausages for Sairah’s lunch – it’s like killing two birds with one stone. The kid enjoyed her meal alright and then slept for a good 1.5 hours
For the chicken:
Using 2 pieces of chicken breast, slice each piece into half making it flatter and easier to cook in the grill. Season with black pepper, garlic salt, rosemary, dried oregano, some paprika – in short you can season with anything you like so long there’s rosemary for flavor. Fry in the grill with olive oil until cooked.
For Sauce:
Saute one chopped onions, 5 clove chopped garlic, red bell pepper in butter. Pour in tomato sauce (I used Prego’s as it’s sweeter) to thicken, and add in one cheddar cheese slice. Add in some rosemary and black pepper to taste. Sauce is done.
I had some Greek potatoes to go as the side. Cut 2 russet potatoes into large wedges. I nuked it for 2-3 minutes in the microwave so it will cook faster in the oven. Mince 4 garlic clove, half a lemon juice, black pepper, oregano and a drizzle of olive oil (I omitted this though). Then heat up your oven and cook it until it’s cooked. I would also suggest wrapping it up in a foil to maintain the flavor of the garlic juice while adding some water to it. I’ll probably try it later.
Arrange the chicken, potatoes and sauce to look like this:
A closer look – almost gourmet-ish, *pats back* Well done ME!
Well done indeed!
I could definitely learn a lot from your experience.
I tried whipping up a simple dish with a lot of short cuts when I was in Singapore during CNY, turned out alright, but a tad salty.
The problem with me and cooking is… by the time I am halfway through stir frying the thing, I sorta lost the confidence that it would turn out good. Even the smell made me sick (Which is actually just in my head). =.=’.
Gotta overcome that kind of thinking.
Thanks man!
Well all I can advise you to do is practice practice practice!
I was this scared little girl when I first started cooking, like you i was always sure the dish would turn out bad!! But most of the time, it turned out okay, not that great, but still edible. Read alot of recipes online, some blogs evens show step by step photos on how it’s done, you’ll learn from there, and of course by practicing.
Oh and always go slow on the salt. I”m afraid of salt actually, LOL.
Well you can do it, I”m sure you can! Start with easy simple recipes and you wont go wrong
Wow, those dishes look amazing. You’ve become a really good cook
I’m drawn to a lot of Chinese food these days. Looking forward to trying out the Cornflakes chicken soon.
Btw I saw this 10 Snarky Responses to Unwanted Parenting Advice article and thought you might like to read it
Aww you’re too kind! But no, I’m not a good cook, just an okay one, still learning. Plus I always go for the easy version, lol.
Me too, it’s easy to whipe up and stress free too, haha. Sure do try it but am just wondering if it’s easy to find curry leaves and chilli padi there?
Okay I’m off to read it, thanks!!
I can get curry leaves and chili padi here but I don’t use chili padi as I can’t eat that much spice. (I promise I’m of Indian origin, really! :))
I can get curry leaves and chili padi here but I don’t use chili padi as I can’t eat that much spice. (I promise I’m of Indian origin, really! :))
Wow really? Curry leaves and chili padi made it to Norway? Haha I guess years away in a foreign country is making your tongue less Indian *runs away* lol. Dont worry – even my husband can’t eat too much spice, something about the tummy not taking it well.
Okay I read it – TOO FUNNY! “We’re just letting our kids raise themselves. They’re ‘free-range’ kids.” That’s my fav one and someone’s comment telling em to F*ck off, classic one, LOL
Yes, the “free range” kids was hilarious too