Easy Balsamic Glazed Mushroom and Rice

Ingredients:

4 cups Button Mushrooms

1/4 cup Balsamic Vinegar

3 tablespoons Water

2 tablespoons Brown Sugar

1/3 teaspoon Salt

Direction:

1. In a large pot, combine all the ingredients. Bring it to a boil over high heat. Continue to boil until the sauce thicken. Perfect to serve it with steamed rice.

Pan fried T-bone Pork Chop with Seasonal Peach | 香煎T骨豬扒配時令蜜桃

Last week we went to visit an orchard to pick fresh peaches with our friend.  The kids were so excited when they saw the round and plump peaches on the branches.  They were running under the trees, trying to look for a big peach to savour.  My friend and I also went through the branches, looking for the peaches were big but not too ripe.  

Perhaps it might not be the season, many of the peaches were still rather small and tough.  Though we had a great time hanging out at the orchard.

Pan fried T-bone Pork Chop with Seasonal Peach

香煎T骨豬扒配時令蜜桃

INGREDIENTS:

2 pcs T-bone Pork Chops (about 1/2 inch)

2 Peaches

1/4 Green Lettuce

1 cup Sweet Pea

Vegetable Oil

Salt and Black Pepper

材料：

2 塊  T骨豬扒 (若半吋厚)

2 個  桃

1/4 棵  生菜

1 杯  甜豆

菜油

鹽和黑椒

MARINADE:

3 tablespoons Soy Sauce

1 tablespoon Sugar

2 tablespoons Chinese Cooking Rice Wine

1/3 teaspoon White Pepper, ground

醃料：

3 湯匙  豉油

1 湯匙  糖

2 湯匙  米酒

1/3 茶匙  白胡椒粉

DIRECTION 做法:

1. In a mixing bowl, combine the pork chops and marinade together.  With hand, gently coat the meat with the marinade.  Cover, leave the pork chop in the fridge over night.

1. 在一只碗內，加入豬扒和醃料。用手把其拌勻，用保鮮紙包好；放入雪櫃一晚待用。

2. Cut the peach along the line with a knife.  Twist gently to split open the peach.  Remove the pit, and cut the peach into wedges.  Set them aside.

2. 用刀沿線切開桃，捻開兩邊。取出核，把核肉切片。

3. Heat up 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a pan over high heat.  Place the pork chop in the pan and fry them until slightly brown; about 6-8 minutes.

3. 在易潔鍋內下兩湯匙菜油，用大火燒熱。下豬扒煎至金黃，若6-8分鐘。

4. Flip them over, and fry for another 6-8 minutes.  When they are done, transfer them onto a plate.  Cover and set aside.

4. 豬扒翻面，再多煎6-8分鐘。起鍋，用錫紙包好保暖。

5. In the same pan (without cleaning), add the sweet peas.  Stir fry them until half cooked; about 3 minutes.

5. 在同一只鍋內直接下甜豆，炒至半熟；若3分鐘。

6. Add peach slices.  Sprinkle with some black pepper and salt to taste.  Continue to cook them over high heat until the sweet peas are cooked and the peaches are slightly soft; about 2 minutes.  Remove them from the heat.

7. To serve, place the pork chops on top of the green lettuce.  Then, spoon the sweet peas and peach around the pork chops.

6. 下桃、黑椒和鹽。繼續炒至甜豆熟透和桃熱透；若2分鐘。離火。

7. 在碟上舖上菜葉，放上豬扒，再把桃和甜豆淋上面。

Portuguese Chicken | 簡易葡國雞

Portuguese chicken is a common dish you can find in many cha chan teng (the fast food style restaurant) in Hong Kong.  The dish can be served with steamed rice, spaghetti, or udon.

I always thought Portuguese chicken originated from Portugal, until one day my husband asked me, "Do Portuguese really use coconut milk and turmeric? I thought these are Asian ingredients."  It is so true.  Portugal wouldn't have coconut trees and turmeric roots hundreds of years ago.  So I looked up the history about it and realized this Portuguese chicken is a signature dish that originates from Macau and it won't be found in Portugal.

A long time ago when Portuguese sailors set off to explore the seas, they did lots of spice trades with Africa and Asia before setting foot on Macau.  Many of them married and had children with the locals there.  And this Portuguese chicken was created by their descendants who combined the spices they had collected with their own cooking style.  This dish signifies the history of Macau.

This recipe contains the healthy balance of vegetables and meat. The extra bonus of it is that it is a one-pot-meal so it makes the clean up pretty easy.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoy this recipe.

INGREDIENTS：

5 Chicken Legs, deboned and cut into bite size

2 Carrot, peeled and cut into small chunks

2 Potatoes, cut into bite size

1 Red Onion, cut into large chunks

7-8 Garlic Cloves, sliced

1 cup Corn (I used frozen)

1 Yellow Pepper, deseeded, cut into sticks

1/3 cup Coconut Cream

2 tablespoons Cumin Powder

1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder

Cornstarch Slurry (1/3 cup Water + 1 tablespoon Cornstarch)

4 tablespoons Vegetable Oil

1 teaspoon Salt

材料：

5 隻  雞腿，去骨，肉切小塊

2 條  甘筍，去皮，切小件

2 隻  薯仔，切小塊

1 個  紅洋蔥，切大塊

7-8 瓣  蒜頭，切粒

1 杯  粟米粒 (我這兒用上急凍)

1 個  黃燈籠椒，去籽，切條

1/3 杯  椰漿

2 湯匙  小茴香粉

1 茶匙  黃薑粉

粟粉水 (1/3 杯水＋1 湯匙粟粉)

4 湯匙  菜油

1 茶匙  鹽

DIRECTION 做法：

1. Heat up vegetable oil in a non-stick pan over high heat.  Add garlic and onion and sauté until it is fragrant; about 5 minutes.

1. 菜油在不黏鍋內以大火燒熱。下蒜頭和洋蔥，炒至香氣四溢；若5分鐘。

2. Add chicken pieces until they start to turn colour.

2. 下雞件，炒至其開始轉色。

3. Add potatoes and carrots.  Continue to stir fry until potatoes become soft; about 8-10 minutes.

3. 下薯仔和甘筍，繼續炒至薯仔開始變軟；若10分鐘。

4. Add cumin, turmeric, salt; stir well.

4. 下小茴香、黃薑粉，和鹽；拌勻。

5. Reduce the heat to medium-high.  Add coconut milk and the cornstarch slurry; stirring constantly.

5. 把火調低至中大火。下椰子和拌入粟粉水；其間不斷攪拌。

6. Add bell pepper and corn.  Cook until it is heated through.  Remove the pan from the heat.

6. 下燈籠椒和粟米粒，繼續煮至其熱透便可離火。

7. Serve the chicken on rice or pasta.

7. 可配白飯或意粉食用。