Preserved Mustard Braised Pork Belly 梅菜扣肉 Recipe

Marinate 300g of chopped pork belly with 1 tbsp dark soya, 1 tbsp Chinese wine, 1 tsp sesame oil, white pepper and 1 tbsp corn flour. Mix well with hands and refrigerate for 1 hour. 

Soak a packet of sweet preserved mustard in water for an hour. Then strain and wash the vegetables to remove excess salt and dirt. Slice the mustard into smaller pieces.

Start to make the dish by frying 2 sticks of cinnamon and a few shards of star anise in a wok with 1 tsp lard oil. Add 1 finely diced shallot and sweat the aromatics for a few minutes.

Ochazuke Unagi Pao Fan Recipe

This is our Japanese inspired take on pao fan. This is so easy to prepare and make as well, and should prove highly comforting on this cold nights.

Start by cutting short slits around the edges of 1 piece of konbu. Add the konbu to a claypot and pour about 700ml water into it. Boil the konbu for about 10 minutes.

After 10 minutes, remove the konbu. Add 1 cup of bonito flakes and 1 cup of Bunashimeiji mushrooms. You can replace with shiitake mushrooms also. Simmer the mixture for around 30 minutes. This will form the dashi broth.

Hokkien Mee Recipe

Make the stock by frying 50 to 60 prawn heads in a wok with some oil. Fry until you get a nice aroma and the prawn heads turn bright red.

Transfer the prawn heads and the accompanying oil into a slow cooker. You may wish to add a handful of ikan bilis as well. Fill the slow cooker with hot water and let it slow cook for 6 hours.

After 6 hours, strain the stock and add 8 ladles of the prawn stock to a pot. Bring the stock to a boil. Add a slab of 100g pork belly and braise for 15 minutes. Remove the pork belly from the pot after 15 minutes.

Sesame Soya Chicken Wings Rice Cooker Recipe

This is one of the easiest yet most tasty rice cooker recipes around. Very simple and easily accessible ingredients too.

Marinate 8 chicken wings (using the mid-joints) with 2 cloves of minced garlic, minced ginger, 1 tbsp light soya sauce (we are using The Golden Swan brand), 2 tbsp dark soya sauce, 1 tbsp Chinese wine, 1 tbsp sesame oil, Sarawak white pepper and 1 tbsp corn flour.

Mix well and cover with a cling wrap. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Sesame Tomato Pork Linguine One Pot With Barilla Basilico Sauce Recipe

This is our first in our Barilla one pot series. Using their tomato basil basilico sauce and their linguine pasta.

Start by adding 1 tbsp of lard oil and a handful of crispy lard into a pot. Cook at low heat until the lard oil has melted and is sizzling.

After a few minutes, add 1/2 sliced onion and 2 cloves of minced garlic. Sauté until onion and garlic are aromatic.

Add 150g diced pork shoulder or pork meat, followed by 6 tbsp of Barilla basilico sauce. Add 300ml water. Stir and mix everything well. 

Fermented Tofu Rice Cooker Recipe

Start by marinating 200g minced pork with 2 tsp red fermented bean curd, 1 tsp sesame oil, white parts of 1 stalk of scallion, 3 cloves of minced garlic, Sarawak white pepper and 1 tbsp corn flour. Mix well and refrigerate for 1 hour.

In a rice cooker, add 220ml water to 1 cup of rinsed and washed rice. Add the marinated minced pork followed by 1 tube of sliced egg tofu. Set the rice cooker to cook at normal mode and let it cook all the way.

Once the rice is fully cooked, open the lid and sprinkle green scallion. Give everything a good stir and scoop onto bowls to serve.

Abalone Pao Fan Recipe

This is another pao fan recipe that we absolutely adore and it is so easy to do at the same time. 

Start by pouring 700ml of chicken stock into a claypot. Add 1/2 cup of dried scallops. Cut 1 large piece of dried cuttlefish or octopus into smaller pieces and add to the claypot.

Bring the water to a boil and reduce to low heat. Add 200ml of the water or juices from an opened can of abalone. Cut 1 or 2 pieces of dried fish maw into smaller square pieces. Add to the broth.

Beef Bulgogi Penne Lunchbox Recipe

Marinate 300g of thinly sliced stir fry beef with 1 tbsp light soy sauce, 1 tbsp mirin, 1 tbsp sesame oil, 1 tbsp honey, some white pepper, 3 cloves of minced garlic and some white sesame oil. Mix well and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Boil a pot of water. When the water boils, add 1 cup of penne. Let it cook for 9 minutes or as per the cooking time stated in the box. There will be a bit more cooking in a pot later. So, you can cook a minute lesser if you want it to be more al dente. Once cooked, strain and set aside.

Chop 3 to 4 stalks of spring onion. Chop finely for the white part and cut into lengths of about 5cm for the green part.