Friday, April 24, 2009

Cheese Sauce Fried Rice

Tried this a few days back after watching the show 明星厨房 on Channel 8 last Friday. This recipe from Kraft Singles Kitchen got very good reviews from both the mummies and chef in the Show. So I decided to try it out and see how it taste like. I got a lovely surprise as it is indeed very yummy! But I find it abit salty. I'm a person who like salty food and to have that come from me shows that it is indeed quite salty. I also find that some steps can be omitted as the sauce covers most of the taste, so marinating the prawns and chicken separately in salt and such is quite unnecessary. Just use corn flour and maybe pepper to rid the fishy smell will do. Try it! It's good!!

Cheese Sauce Fried Rice

Ingredients:

150g shelled and deveined prawns

150g chicken meat, diced


Marinade:

1 egg white

½ tbsp corn flour

1 tsp sesame oil

½ tsp salt

½ tsp pepper


Combine marinade ingredients and divide half between 2 bowls.


Marinade chicken meat and prawns separately with the marinade for 30 mins in fridge.


Heat 2 tbsp oil in a wok, sauté prawns quickly over high heat until just cooked then remove to a dish. Set aside. Add more oil if necessary. When hot add chicken stirring to separate until cooked. Set aside.


(I omitted the egg white as I did not have any eggs. Also did not saute both ingredients before dumping them into the sauce. Can use just corn flour, sesame oil and pepper to marinade next time.)


Fried Rice

2 tbsp groundnut or vegetable oil

½ tbsp chopped ginger

½ tbsp chopped garlic

2 eggs, beaten with a pinch of salt

500g cold cooked rice

50g chicken stock (2 tsp concentrated chicken stock + 50g water)


Cheese Sauce

1 tbsp vegetable oil

1 tsp chopped ginger

1 tsp chopped garlic

4 fresh shitake or dried mushroom, soaked in hot water for 30 mins, diced

30g peas, blanched and drained


Cheese Mixture

150g chicken stock (1/2 tbsp concentrated chicken stock, add 150g milk)

1 tsp cornflour

10g or ½ tbsp butter

2 Kraft singles


Pepper to taste.


Garnish

Chopped spring onion and coriander


Method:

Heat oil in wok and sauté ginger until fragrant. Add eggs and swirl around the wok. When partially set, add rice and cook for 2 mins. Add chicken stock and continue to fry for 2 mins. Transfer to a dish.


To cook the white sauce – Heat oil in wok, sauté ginger and garlic. Add mushroom, cook for a min. Add prawns, chicken, peas then white sauce mixture and cook until sauce has thickened. Add cheese and stir till melted. Season to taste. Pour over rice and garnish.


(Source: http://www.kraftsingles.com.sg/#/kraft-singles-kitchen--recipe-and-weekly-planner)

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Testing Testing 1 2 3 ...

This is a test email posting. Just testing if this works and how it'll look like.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

2nd day joshie-en is not with me

today's the 2nd day baby is not with me since birth
first time was last fri, i was so super sad and depressed whenever i see the empty rocker and cot
tears even rolled down my cheeks when i came home alone

today is better, house does seem very empty and quiet without him
but at least i occupy myself with stuff so that i wont keep thinking of him and be sad
he seems to be pretty ok at MIL's place, so that's good
though i clash with MIL, at least im assured she wouldnt ill-treat my boy

sigh i really gotta learn to let go and close 2 eyes...

quick update on my joshie-boy
he's putting on weight and has passed the 6kg mark as of this week
am gonna get a baby carrier, connecta most likely
my arms dont have the strength to carry him for long, been getting wrist pains too
though the carrier's gonna cost >$100, i hope to use it esp during times when i gotta bring him home by myself after work
hubby's been working super late hours ever since he started this new job
9+ is the earliest time i see him back home so far
poor guy, can see that he's super stressed out yet gotta trudge on (too many financial commitments)
what i can do is to take care of the household and baby so that he has 1 lesser thing to worry about

double sigh...

Disgusted!!

was wondering how come the milk bots i brought back from MIL's place are still so oily with milk stains
thot it's becos she never use the bottle brush and pigeon cleaner to wash properly
asked hubby to call and check if she knew how to use the cleaner

turned out she didnt wash the bots since last fri!!!!!!!!!!!
and her reason is?!!!!

she wanted to accumulate and wash all the bots together!!!!
save water is my guess...
but the bots are used since last fri and today's already wed!!!
can u imagine the bacteria and germs building up inside??!!!@$#%^

I AM SO GOING TO TELL HER OFF TMR!!!!!!!!