adicto de alimento\*/ Soul Food to Mind

Monday, April 02, 2007

Grandma's Veggie Rice

Another simple and healthy "fried" rice

As promised, I tried out my grandma's receipe last friday. Thank god it tasted the same as what my grandma used to cooked when I was young. One of my favourite dish of all time. I liked the turnout of the taste and texture, the delicious taste of the flavoured rice, the fragnant smell of the dried shrimps and the soft sweet taste of the long beans. All the sudden, I felt like I was being transported to my childhood days.

INGREDIENTS:
1 piece of chicken breast (diced)
1 bowl of long beans (sliced - about 3 cm each)
2 tablespoons of garlic (sliced)
2 tablespoon of dried shrimps
1 tablespoon of light soy sauce
1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
Pepper
Half cup of water
2 cups of uncooked rice

DIRECTIONS:
- Add light soy sauce, sesame oil and pepper to chicken and marinade for at least 10 mins.
- Sautee the garlic and add in dried shrimps
- Add in diced chicken and long beans. Flavour it with oyster sauce.
- Stir fry for 5 mins and add in half cup of water.

- Wash the rice and add in the a little extra amount of water than usual in your rice cooker.
- Add in the chicken, long beans and dried shrimps into the rice cooker.- Ready to serve once the rice has been cooked.
- Ready to serve once the rice has been cooked.

Labels: chicken, others, Rice

Monday, March 26, 2007

Fried Rice Paradise

A healthier version of fried rice. Only 2 tablespoon of oil are used.

I modified my grandmother's recipe of Vegetable Rice and instead of the original 4-5 main ingredients, i only used chicken and lettuce for this dish. It's also my hub's favourite fuss free dish! I will definitely try out her original recipe soon. The purpose of cooking the fried rice again is to make the rice texture stickier and softer without the oily glazing look.

INGREDIENTS:
300 gms of chicken breast (diced)
400 ml cup full of Wong Bok lettuce (diced)
2 tablespoons of garlic (chopped)
2 tablespoons of light soy sauce
1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
2 tablespoon of olive oil
Cooked rice (3 servings)
¾ cup of water
Dash of pepper
Fried shallots

DIRECTIONS:
- Cook your rice and leave it aside.
- Marinate the diced chicken with sesame oil and pepper for at least 10 minutes.
- Heat up oil and sautee the garlic till light brown.
- Add in marinated diced chicken and stir fry for 5 minutes.
- Add in diced lettuce and put in oyster sauce and light soy sauce.
- After 2 minutes, pour in the cup of water and switch off the fire once the gravy starts to boil.
- Pour the whole content into your rice cooker and stir well.
- Cook for another 10 minutes.
- To serve with fried shallots.