Smooth Scrambled Egg and Beef on Rice 滑蛋牛肉飯

INGREDIENTS:

250 gram Beef

8 Eggs

3 bowls Cooked Rice

6 tablespoons Vegetable Oil (for frying) 

MARINADE:

4 tablespoons Soy Sauce

1 tablespoon Sugar

1 teaspoon Corn Starch

1 tablespoon Chinese Cooking Rice Wine

DIRECTION:

1. Cut the beef into 1/2 cm thin slices across the grains.

2. In a mixing bowl, add the beef and the marinade. Mix well. Let it marinate for 30 minutes in the fridge. 

3. In another bowl, whisk the eggs.

4. Heat up 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil over high heat. Add beef and saute until it turns colour; about 5-7 minutes. (If you want the beef throughly cooked, saute for another 2-3 minutes)

5. Quickly transfer the beef onto the serving plate.

6. Rinse and dry the pan quickly. In the same pan, heat up the rest of the vegetable oil over medium heat. Add egg. Quickly scramble until the egg just starts to coagulate. Turn off the heat. Use the remaining heat to cook the egg until it is just cooked but still a little runny.

7. Pour the egg onto the beef. Serve with steamed rice.

Tomato, Egg and Tofu Soup 蕃茄蛋絲豆腐湯

Sometime you want some soup but feel too lazy to make it. And this recipe is for such occasion. All you need is to scramble the egg and then let the soup to simmer for 15 minutes. Then, you have a bowl of nutritious soup. Hope you enjoy this recipe. 

INGREDIENTS:

2 large Tomatoes, cut into chunks

1 block medium tofu or silken tofu

2 Eggs, beaten

3 cups Water

1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil

Salt to taste

DIRECTION:

1. Heat up vegetable oil over high heat.  Add beaten egg.  Quickly stir fry until it is well cooked.

2. Add water and tomatoes.  Boil the soup until the tomatoes soften; about 15 minutes.  Add tofu.  When the soup comes to a boil again, turn off the heat.  Season with salt to taste.

Scrambled Egg with Green Onion 香蔥炒蛋

Another budget friendly recipe that is perfect during pandemic. Because now we will only do grocery  biweekly, we need to think wisely about what type of vegetables we purchase, of which have a longer shelf life. Napa, broccoli, carrot, kale are on the list. For sure, green onion is also one of them. With you wrap the green onion with a damped paper towel, it can stay green and fresh for more than a week in the fridge. I use the green onion to make scrambled eggs, adding a little fibre and green to the diet.

INGREDIENTS:

5 stalk Green Onion

8 Eggs

1/3 teaspoon Salt

1/3 teaspoon Sugar

1/3 teaspoon White Ground Pepper

3 tablespoons Vegetable Oil

DIRECTION:

1. Whisk the eggs together; cut the green onion into rounds.

2. Heat up vegetable oil over high heat. Add green onion and fry it for 30 seconds.

3. Add the egg. Scramble until the egg coagulates. Turn off the heat. Serve it with steamed rice or sandwich bread. Or just as it is.

Scrambled egg with Tomato on Tofu 蕃茄炒蛋配豆腐

For sure we limit our grocery shopping to the minimum during the pandemic. Now we will only go once a week. In the first week, we usually eat like a king because the food is newly stocked up. However, the food becomes scarce and cooking becomes tricky when it comes to the second week. This week is just the week that we have only two tomatoes, a few eggs, and a block of tofu left in the fridge. Along with a can of spam, I cooked this dish to add some extra nutrient to our diet. It is super easy to make and I hope you will enjoy this recipe. 

INGREDIENTS:

4 Eggs

2 Tomatoes

1 Block Tofu

3 tablespoons Vegetable Oil

1/3 teaspoon Salt

1 tablespoon Sugar

12 teaspoon Cornstarch

DIRECTION:

1. Drain the tofu; cut it into small blocks. Reheat them in the microwave and then place them on the serving plate. Set aside.

2. Cut the tomatoes into wedges; whisk the eggs.

3. Heat up oil over high heat. Add egg. Fry until it is coagulated.

4. Add tomatoes, salt, and sugar. Continue to stir fry until the tomatoes are heated up.

5. Mix a little water with the cornstarch. Stir it into the tomato mixture. Cook a bit more until the sauce is thicken. Turn off the heat.

Spicy Marinated Egg

These marinated eggs make a very comfort breakfast or late snacks for me. One or two eggs are enough to finish a large bowl of rice. That’s why they also have a name, called ‘rice thief’. I think it’s so true. I usually make 7-8 at a time so that they can last for a week (I keep them in the fridge).

When you serve, make sure you serve with some of the soy sauce and onion, and drizzle some good quality of sesame oil over the rice. Yum! I hope you enjoy this recipe.

INGREDIENTS:

8 Eggs

1 Onion

5 tablespoons Red Chili Flakes

1 tablespoon Chili Powder

1 cup Light Soy Sauce

1/4 cup Sugar

Sesame Oil (to serve)

DIRECTION:

1. Bring a pot of water to a boil over high heat. Add eggs; boil them for 6 minutes. Drain the water. Submerge the eggs in cold water until they are completely cool off. Carefully shell the eggs.

2. Peel the onion. Then, cut it into dices.

3. In a large zip lock bag, add the onion and the rest of the ingredients. Rub it until it is mixed evenly. Add the eggs. Zip the back. Refrigerate the eggs at least 12 hours before using them. Enjoy them with a bowl of steamed rice.

Scrambled Egg with Onion 洋蔥炒蛋

These days we only do grocery biweekly, trying to stay away from the crowded places and people to prevent Coronavarus. It is really hard to think about what can I put on the table though, especially on the second weeks. Most of the vegetables can't be kept in good shape more than a week. So on the second week, I mostly rely on the onion, potato or Napa. Have you tried scrambled egg with onion before? The onion is so sweet and it gives crunch to the egg. It is delicious.

INGREDIENTS:

1 Onion, peeled and sliced

8 Eggs

1/3 teaspoon White Ground Pepper

1/3 teaspoon Salt

1/3 teaspoon Sugar

2 tablespoons Vegetable Oil

DIRECTION:

1. In a bowl, whisk together eggs, white pepper powder, salt, and sugar.

2. Heat up the oil over high heat. Add onion. Fry until fragrant; about 1 minute.

3. Add egg; scramble until the egg coagulates. Transfer it quickly to the serving plate.

Scrambled Egg with Bell Pepper 燈籠椒炒蛋

INGREDIENTS:

4 Eggs

1 Red Bell Pepper

3 tablespoon Vegetable Oil

1/3 teaspoon Salt

1/2 tablespoon Sugar

DIRECTION:

1. Deseed the bell pepper. Cut it into very thin slices.

2. In a bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar and salt. Add bell pepper; mix well.

3. Heat up vegetable oil over high heat. Add the egg mixture, gently it around and scramble it until the egg curds. Transfer it to a serving plate. Serve it with steamed rice.

Scrambled Tofu Egg 豆腐炒蛋

It is a budget-friendly meal that cost less than 3 dollars, yet it packs with protein and the portion is enough for a whole family of three.

INGREDIENTS:

1 block Medium Tofu, drained and crumbled

4 Eggs, whisked

1/2 teaspoon Salt

4 tablespoons Vegetable Oil

DIRECTION:

1. Heat up the oil over high heat. Add whisked egg, scramble until it curds.

2. Add the crumbled tofu and salt. Continue to scramble until the tofu heat through and it is ready. Transfer it to a serving plate. You can serve it with steamed rice.

Stir-fried Tomato Egg ｜蕃茄炒蛋

It was one of the very first dish I learned to cook when I was a child. Back then my parents both worked full time and many nights we needed to cook for ourselves. Leaving children alone at home was so common that people wouldn't even be wary about it. It was the time, I had a lot of opportunities to experiment in my childhood kitchen.

Although I am the middle child, I was always the person in charge of the kitchen. The simple reason was that my sister'd rather occupied with things more interested her than cooking; she was pretty happy when I offered to cook. And my brother was basically just too young to be in the kitchen.

Very soon, I discovered that I could use the rice cooker to make many things other than cooking steamed rice - scramble egg, fry luncheon meat, noodle soup. So I'd never bothered to pull out my mom's big, heavy wok onto the stove. That rice cooker lasted only for a summer. Many years later, I still remember my mom's angry face when she was pointing the scorched egg and the scraped bottom of the rice cooker at us. 

I don't use rice cooker to make tomato egg now. Just like my mom, I use a wok or a pan. However, this sweet memory always steeps into my head whenever I cook this dish. The story belongs to this dish, and I always believe that a lovely dish must have a lovely story.

Hope you enjoy this recipe.

INGREDIENTS:

3 Tomatoes, big

6 Eggs, large

1 tablespoon Chinese Cooking Rice Wine

1/3 teaspoon Salt

2 tablespoons Vegetable Oil

Scallion, thinly sliced (optional)

材料：

3 隻  蕃茄，大

6 隻  雞蛋，大

1 湯匙  米酒

1/3 茶匙  鹽

2 湯匙  菜油

蔥，切幼絲 (隨意)

DIRECTIONS 做法:

1. Cut the tomatoes into wedges.  In a bowl, whisk eggs, rice wine, and salt together.

2. Heat up vegetable oil over medium-high heat.  Add tomatoes and fry them until they are slightly softened; about 2 minutes.

1. 蕃茄切瓣。在一只碗內，加入蛋、米酒和鹽；攪打至均勻。

2. 用中大火燒熱菜油。下蕃茄並炒至微軟；若2分鐘。

3. Pour in the egg mixture.  Continue to fry until the egg curds.  Remove the pan from the heat immediately.

3. 倒入蛋汁，繼續炒至其凝結；迅速離火。

4. Sprinkle it with scallion if use.  Serve it with steamed rice.

4. 灑上蔥，配飯享用。

Scrambled Egg with Tofu

INGREDIENTS:

2 blocks Pressed Tofu, cubed

5 Eggs, whisked

2 tablespoons Ketchup

1 teaspoon Sugar

1/2 teaspoon Salt

Vegetable Oil (for frying)

DIRECTION:

1. Heat up about 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil over high heat. When it smokes, add the eggs and fry until it is cooked.

2. Add the press tofu. Stir fry until it is hot.

3. Add ketchup, sugar and salt. Stir well and transfer the food onto the serving plate.

You can serve it with steamed rice.

Easy Steamed Egg and Tofu 香滑豆腐蒸水蛋

INGREDIENTS:

5 Eggs

1/4 cup Water

Salt

Soy Sauce (to serve)

DIRECTION:

Lemony Chicken Soup ｜檸檬雞肉湯

My son said he wanted to be in the photo with this beautiful looking soup that's made for him. So sweet.

INGREDIENTS:

1 Chicken, whole, skin off

2 Carrots, peeled and cut into chunks

1 Onion, cut into chunks

1 Leeks, cut into big pieces, both white and green parts

8 cups Water

1/2 cup Brown Rice, rinsed

4 Eggs

1/2 Lemon of juice and zest, small

1 bunch Dill, fresh

1 tablespoon of Sugar (to balance the sour)

Salt to taste

small pinch of sugar (optional)

DIRECTION:

1. In a big pot, add water, chicken, carrot, onion, leek, two twigs of dill.  Bring it to a boil over high heat.  Reduce the heat to medium; continue to boil for another hour without covering.

2. Remove all the ingredients from the pot; drain well.

3. Scoop out a cup of chicken soup from the pot and allow it to cool.

4. Meanwhile, add the brown rice to the pot.  Continue to cook over medium heat until the chicken stock reduces in half.

5. Shred the chicken; set aside.

6. In a small bowl, zest and squeeze the lemon; set aside.

7. Then whisk the eggs into the lemon juice.

8. Add a spoonful of egg mixture to the reserved chicken stock one at a time; mix well. The stock should be cool at this point; otherwise the egg will be cooked and the soup will not be milky looking.

9. Slowly add the reserved chicken pot back to the boiling chicken stock.

10. Add the shredded chicken and vegetables back to the pot and stir until heated through.  Season it with salt and sugar.  Remove the soup from the heat.  Add more dill before serving it if desired.

Egg n Tofu Pretend "Sushi" 純素蛋皮豆腐"壽司"

INGREDIENTS:

4 Eggs

1 block Tofu, medium soft

1 Carrot, finely diced

3 Scallion, thinly sliced

2 tablespoons Japanese Mirin (or 1/3 teaspoon Sugar)

1 teaspoon Chinese Cooking Wine

1/3 teaspoon White Pepper Powder

1/3 teaspoon Salt

Vegetable Oil

DIRECTION:

1. In a bowl, whisk together eggs, carrot, scallion, mirin, cooking wine, white pepper, and salt.

2. Tofu pat dry and cut it in cubes.

3. Heat up some vegetable oil in a non-stick pan over medium heat.  Add a spoonful of egg mixture in the pan.  Place a piece of tofu on top and gently press the tofu down with your finger.  Then, add another spoon of egg mixture on top. Allow the egg to fry until firm.

4. Flip the tofu over to fry the other side until it is golden brown.  Then transfer it to a plate.  Repeat this process until all the tofu and egg mixture is finished.  Serve when they are hot.

Mashed Avocado Egg Sandwich

The avocado replaces the mayonnaise in this mashed avocado egg sandwich, making it a more healthy meal while it still tastes pillowy and smooth.

INGREDIENTS:

2 Eggs

1 ripe Avocado, pitted

1 tablespoon Mayonnaise

1/2 teaspoon Apple Cider Vinegar

Salt and Pepper to taste

Sandwich Bread (for serving)

DIRECTION:

1. Place the eggs in a pot of cold water.  Bring it to a boil over high heat for about 10 minutes; drain.   Fill the pot with cold water and allow the eggs to sit for about 1 minute before peeling them.

2. In a bowl, add the eggs and pitted avocado.  Mash them together with a masher or a folk until they are well incorporated.  Add the rest of the ingredients; mix well.  Serve with sandwich bread.

Scrambled Egg with Zucchini ｜義大利青瓜炒蛋

Scrambled egg is amazingly easy to make. It can be put together in less than 10 minutes.  It can go with most of the vegetable or meat that's on hand, but it is also super tasty on its own.  This recipe is one of those that starts with "when you have half of a zucchini left in the fridge" ...

We love this recipe, and think the turmeric does a fantastic job adding an exotic flavour to it.  It is a pleasure to serve it as a light dish on a weeknight or a full brunch on the weekend.

INGREDIENTS:

1 Zucchini, small

6 Eggs, large

1/3 teaspoon Paprika

1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder

1 teaspoon Chinese Cooking Rice Wine

1/3 teaspoon Salt

2 tablespoons Vegetable Oil

材料：

1 條  義大利青瓜

6 隻  大雞蛋

1/3 茶匙 甜紅椒粉

1/2 茶匙  黃薑粉

1 茶匙  米酒

1/3 茶匙  鹽

2 湯匙  菜油

DIRECTION:

1. Cut the zucchini into sticks; set aside.

2. In a bowl, whisk together eggs, cooking wine, paprika, turmeric, and salt until smooth.

3. In a non-stick pan, heat up oil over high heat.  Add zucchini; stir fry until it becomes slightly softened.  Turn down the heat to medium-high.  Add egg mixture.  Continue to stir fry until the egg reaches to the desired texture; about 3-5 minutes.  Serve.

做法：

1. 青瓜切條；備用。

2. 在一只碗內，加入蛋、米酒、甜紅椒粉、黃薑粉和鹽；攪打至均勻。

3. 在易潔鍋內加入菜油，用大火加熱。下青瓜；炒至微軟。把火調低至中大火。下蛋液；繼續炒至蛋凝固。上桌。

Basic Cornbread | 玉米麵包

Cornmeal is made of a type of corn called dent corn. Unlike the sweet corn we usually use for salad or barbecue, dent corn has little sweetness and contains higher starch. After drying and various grinding processes, dent corn becomes cornmeal that is fine to coarse in consistency, depending on the range of grinding. Cornmeal is widely used for making cornbread, polenta, or tortilla, and it comes in yellow or white colours.

Actually, cornbread originated with Native Americans. Before the European settlers set foot on America, the Natives had already had a long history of using the dried cornmeal to make cornbread as their staple.  But the original recipe is very basic, combining just cornmeal and water, or sometimes lard.  So the taste was rather bland. Later the Europeans adopted the recipe and added milk and butter to make it more flavourful.

We should really thank the Native Americans.

INGREDIENTS:

1/4 cup Butter

1 cup Milk

2 Eggs, large

1.25 cups Yellow Cornmeal

1 cup All Purpose Flour

1/2 cup Sugar

2 tablespoons Baking Powder

pinch of Sea Salt

做法：

1/4 杯  牛油

1 杯  牛奶

2 隻  雞蛋，大

1.25 杯  黃玉米粉

1 杯  多用途麵粉

1/2 杯  糖

2 湯匙  泡打粉

小撮  海鹽

DIRECTION:

1. Preheat the oven to 350F.  Melt butter in microwave; let it cool.

2. In a large bowl, whisk two eggs.  Add melted butter and milk; whisk again until it is combined.

3.  Add all the remaining ingredients.  Gently mix until it is incorporated.

4. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.  Pour the mixture into the tray and smooth the surface with the back of a spoon.

5. Bake it for about 15-20 minutes, or until the corn bread rises up and is firm.  Let it cool completely on a rack before slicing them.

做法：

1. 預熱焗爐至350F 。 用微波爐熱溶牛油；放涼。

2. 在大碗內打勻兩隻雞蛋。下牛油和牛奶；攪打至均勻。

3. 加入剩餘材料；拌勻成麵糊。

4. 焗盤上舖上焗紙，倒入麵糊，用匙背舖平。

5. 焗15-20分鐘。取出，置架放涼。

How to make Ramen Egg | 超易溏心蛋做法

INGREDIENTS:

2 Eggs

Marinade:

2 tablespoons Light Soy Sauce

1/2 teaspoon  Chinese Rice Wine

1/2 teaspoon Sugar

1/3 cup Water

材料：

2 隻   雞蛋

醃料:

2 湯匙   豉油

1/2 茶匙   米酒

1/2 茶匙   糖

1/3 杯   水

DIRECTION:

Steamed Egg Custard with Milk | 鮮奶燉蛋

Steamed Egg Custard with Milk | 鮮奶燉蛋 

Ingredients: (yields 4 servings)

120 ml Hot Water

3 tbsps sugar

3 tbsps Brow Sugar

2 cups Whole Milk

1/4 tsp Vegetable Oil

材料：(4人份)

120 毫升   熱水

3 湯匙   糖

3 湯匙   黑糖

2 杯   全脂奶

1/4 茶匙   菜油

DIRECTION:

Egg Salad Sandwich | 蛋沙津三文治

Egg Salad Sandwich | 蛋沙津三文治

Ingredients: (yield 2 portions)

4 Boiled Eggs

1/3 cup Mayonnaise

1/4 teaspoon Poppy Seeds

1/8 teaspoon Sea Salt

1/8 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper

Sandwich Bread to serve

材料：（二人份）

4   水煮蛋

1/3 杯   美乃滋

1/4 茶匙   罌粟籽

1/8 茶匙   海鹽

1/8 茶匙   黑胡椒粉

三文治麵包

DIRECTION:

Chocolate Orange Cheesecake Swirl Brownies | 朱古力香橙布朗尼

Chocolate Orange Cheesecake Swirl Brownies | 朱古力香橙布朗尼

Ingredients for Cheesecake:

250 gram Cream Cheese, soften in room temperature

1/2 cup Granulated Sugar

2 tablespoons All Purpose Flour

1 Egg

2 tablespoons Grated Orange Zest (about 2 medium oranges)

1/3 cup Orange Juice

1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Ingredients for Brownie Batter:

1 3/4 cups All Purpose Flour

1 cup Milk, 2%

1/2 cup Unsalted Butter

1 cup Semi- sweet Chocolate Chips

2 Eggs

1/4 cup Orange Juice

1.5 tablespoons Vanilla Extract

芝士蛋糕層材料：

250 克   忌廉芝士，室溫放軟

1/2 杯   糖

2 湯匙   麵粉

1 隻   雞蛋

2 湯匙   橙皮 (約2個橙)

1/3 杯   橙汁

1 茶匙   雲呢拿油

布朗尼材料:

1 3/4 杯   麵粉

1 杯   牛奶，2%

1/2 杯   無鹽牛油

1 杯   少甜朱古力粒

2 隻   雞蛋

1/4 杯   橙汁

1.5 湯匙   雲呢拿油

DIRECTION: