Chicken with potatoes

In this post, let me share with you my fast and easy recipe. When i don't feel like doing heavy cooking, but still would like to have a full meal with just one dish, this would be one of my choices to go with a plate of steaming rice.

                                  ~ Chicken with potatoes~                           

        

Cooking Time : 30-40 mins

Serves : 2-3

Ingredients

300g boneless chicken breast, cut into smaller pieces

3 potatoes, cut into small cubes

2 onions, sliced

light soy sauce

dark soya sauce

salt

Ajinomoto

turmeric powder

cooking oil

Preparation

Marinate chicken pieces with salt, turmeric powder, Ajinomoto and light soy sauce.

Method

Heat oil in the saucepan over a medium heat. Add the onions and stir for about a minute. Put marinated chicken and stir continuously until the meat has turned white in colour. Then add potatoes and give it a quick stir before adding in the water. Cover with the lid and cook for about 20 minutes. Spread dark soya sauce over as well as sprinkle salt, and give it a good stir. Cover and simmer for another 10-15 minutes. Occasionally stirring the mixture until the liquid has reduced and it is ready.

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Simple nan gyi thoke

Hi, nice to see all of you again :) I'm back!!!! Nope, i was not on holiday. I was just too lazy to write up a new post and decided to take a short break from blogging. That's it ;)) Let's us get back to my kitchen now. Come on in my Moulmein Kitchen :D



Today i'm making one of my father's favourites as well as my favourite 'Nan gyi thoke'. The word nan gyi refers to the type of noodle, and the word thoke means salad. My mother used 'laksa bee hoon' as i guess this type of noodle is similar to nan gyi . In Singapore, you can buy this noodle either from the wet market or the NTUC. For this recipe, i used very few ingredients. No fancy long list of ingredients. Whatever i have in my kitchen, i make full use of those. I used the leftover chicken curry as the main ingredient for nan gyi thoke.

~Chicken curry recipe~

Cooking Time : 35 - 40mins
Ingredients
300g chicken breasts, cut into bitesize pieces
2 red onions, finely chopped
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 teaspoon cumin seeds (1/4 teaspoon cumin powder)
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon ground masala
4 tablespoons cooking oil
seasons to taste

Method

1. Marinate chicken pieces in turmeric powder, salt and Ajinomoto (you can use sugar if you like) for 15 minutes.
2. Heat oil in a cooking pan. Add the cumin seeds, onions, garlic, chilli powder and fry until fragrant.
3. Add the chicken pieces, give it a quick stir and cook for about 2 minutes.
4. Add 1 1/2 cup of water and cook for about 20 minutes on medium heat.
5. Add the ground masala and seasons to taste.
6. Reduce the heat and simmer for another 8-10 minutes, until the chicken is cooked.

~Nan gyi thoke recipe~

Preparation Time : 3-5 mins

Serves : 2-3

Ingredients

1 packet laksa bee hoon

6 tablespoons chicken curry including the oil and curry paste from it.

2 tablespoons toasted chick peas powder

1/2 tablespoon fish sauce (adjust to suit your salty level)

1 teaspoon Ajinomoto

2 tablespoons lemon juice (adjust to suit your sour level)

Method

Throw everything into a big bowl and mix well.

Sprinkle chilli flakes to spice up your salad.

Enjoy!!!!

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Pork Meatballs

Cooking Time : 30 - 45 minutes
Serves : 3 - 5

Ingredients
0.260kg minced pork
1 egg, beaten
1/4 tablespoon turmeric
2 tablespoons corn starch
1 tablespoon oil
1 red onion, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 tomatoes, cut into thin slices
Seasonings to taste (salt & Ajinomoto)


Method
1. Combine minced pork, egg, turmeric, salt and Ajinomoto in a large bowl and mixed them well. Roll this into estimate equal sized meatballs.

2. Put the meatballs into corn starch tray and roll them over.

3. Heat up oil in the saucepan over a medium heat.

4. Cook the meatballs in this till they turn lightly brown.

5. Remove the meatballs.

6. Add finely chopped onions and garlic to the remaining oil and stir till they turn lightly brown.

7. Add tomatoes slices and stir then add the meatballs back into the saucepan.

8. Add just a small amount of water and covered it with lid and let it cook for about another 5minutes.

Serve Hot !

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