I know this is late, but never mind. Gotta share the feast I had during the CNY time, besides of course the usual hotpot :)
Stir fry leeks with baby corn - just a simple stir fry dish with this must eat veggie - leeks, cooked with minced garlic, salt, pepper and chicken stock
Fish Maw with Mushroom Stew - so yummy dish, recipe from Yen from Eat Your Heart Out
What you need:
4 pcs of fishmaw
6 dried shitake mushroom, soaked til soft about 2 hours
1 inch old ginger, sliced thinly
3 cloves of garlic, minced
50g chicken, diced
2 tbsp oil
700ml water
2 tbsp oyster sauce
about 8 sweet beans
Method:
- Soak the fishmaw in a bowl of cold water til soften, about 1-2 hours. Drain and cut into about 5cm length
- In a large pot, heat oil over medium high heat. Add garlic and ginger, fry for 2 minutes til fragrant. Add in chicken and mushrooms, cook for another 2 minutes, til chicken are lightly browned
- Place fish maw into the pot and pour water and bring to boil. Once boiling, reduce to low heat and simmer for 45 minutes, covered
- Add oyster sauce. Add sweet beans and cook for 1 minute. Serve immediately
Cantonese Pan Fried Prawns, very delicious dish, recipe from Wendy from Table for 2... or more
Recipe for the prawn dish:
What you need:
1kg large prawns (either XL grey prawns or tiger prawns)
2 shallots, finely chopped
3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1 red chilli, finely chopped
1 green chilli, finely chopped
1 stalk of spring onion, white & green separated, thinly sliced
100g ketchup
20g premium oyster sauce
1 tbsp worchestershire sauce
1 tsp sugar
Method:
- Wash prawns and snip the eyes and long legs. Cut the back with scissor and remove the intestines. Don't remove the shells
- Combine ketchup, oyster sauce, worchestershire sauce and sugar in a bowl, set aside
- Heat a wok til very hot, put in 2 tbsp oil. Put in some prawns and sear on both sides (about 10secs for each side). Dish up and do the same to the remaining prawns. Do in batches
- Add 3 tbsp oil in the wok, cook garlic and shallots til fragrant. Add in both chillis and white part of the spring onion, cook til everything is fragrant
- Return prawns into the wok and add in the ketchup mixture. Toss everything well til the prawns are well coated with the sauce
- Put in green parts of the spring onion, toss and dish up
- Serve immediately
