Simple Boiled Octopus with Lemon Dipping Sauce | 簡易墨魚配惹味檸汁

Simple Boiled Octopus with Lemon Dipping Sauce | 簡易墨魚配惹味檸汁

INGREDIENTS:

15 Baby Octopus, cleaned

3 Mini Cucumber (to serve, optional)

DIPPING SAUCE:

4 cloves Garlic, chopped

1/4 cup Fish Sauce

1/3 Lemon of Juice, freshly squeezed

1.5 tablespoons Brown Sugar

1/2 teaspoon Red Chill Flakes

INSTRUCTION:

1. Bring a small pot of water to a boil.  Add the octopus and blanch for about a minute, or until the octopus is just cooked but still tender.  Drain the octopus and run them under the cold running water to stop the cooking process.  Set them aside.

2. In a small bowl, mix the dipping sauce ingredients together until the brown sugar is dissolved.

3. Serve the octopus with mini cucumbers if desire.

Easy Cold Somen | 簡易冷素麵

Cold somen is a light dinner that my family like to enjoy in the hot days.  The noodles take only a few minutes to cook and you will spend the most preparation time on grating daikon and slicing scallion.  To make the meal even simpler, I used the store bought soba dipping sauce instead of making my own.  Within 20 minutes, this chilled somen is ready to be served.

INGREDIENTS:

3-4 bundles Somen (Soba)

3 Scallion, thinly sliced

20 gram Ginger, grated

1 Daikon, peeled and finely grated

Store bought Soba Dipping Sauce

DIRECTION:

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil.  Add about a teaspoon of salt.  Add somen and cook according to the package; about 2 minutes.

2. Drain the somen.  Run it under cold running water until it totally cools down; drain it again.

3. To serve, combine the dipping sauce with some scallion, daikon, and ginger.