The Great Chef

Seriously I think being a food blogger is not easy but I do admire and salute those bloggers (including myself 😂) for their time painstakingly .... prepare, cooked, taking pictures, editing and post to the blog.  And now, you would have to rewrite your own recipe as some food bloggers or editors wouldn't allowed you to copy and paste the exact same word by word of their recipe!  This few days I have been hardworking posting my food recipes ... well these few posting are my favourite food which I have been cooking and baking for umpteenth times.  Instead of scrolling looking thru my handphone gallery for the recipes, I thought I should post and update it to my blog for my convenient search in the future. Today, this Steamed Tofu with mince meat is an easy and homey comfort dish.  I have cooked this for .... countless times. STEAMED TOFU WITH MINCE MEAT  Ingredients 1 pack silky smooth tofu (300gm) 100gm mince meat 2 medium size dried mushroom (soaked and chopped into small sizes) 1

I have some left over black sesame powder and I just can't figure out what I should use it for.  So I thought why not try to incorporate some into the short crust pastry and make egg tarts. And here is my version of black sesame pastry egg tarts! BLACK SESAME PASTRY EGG TARTS (Makes 6 ) Ingredients Pastry 75g butter 1 tbsp Icing Sugar  120g plain flour or all purpose flour  20g black sesame powder 1 egg yolk  1/2 egg white  Filling   60g castor sugar or fine sugar  75g hot water  2 whole eggs  125ml fresh milk   pinch of fine salt  Method (for Pastry) With your electric hand held mixer, cream the butter, icing sugar, egg yolks and egg white till smooth. Fold in the black sesame powder and flour and mix till well combined. Once it is well mixed, using hand, press the mixture together and form a dough. (If the dough is too wet texture add in some flour and lightly knead till well combined).  Wrap the dough in a clingwrap and refrigerate for 20 minutes.  Take the

Sesame Ginger Chicken is my all time favourite dish as this is a fast and easy way to prepare and cook. I remember I learnt to cook Ginger Wine Chicken way back when Im just in my early teen. Sesame Ginger Chicken Ingredients 400-500gm chicken pieces (drumsticks & wings)  60g ginger, sliced into long thin strips  2  tbsp sesame oil  2 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp Shaoxing Wine  125ml or 1/2 cup water Method Heat a wok over high heat and add in the sesame oil.  When the oil heated in smoking hot, add the ginger strips and fry till fragrant and aromatic; about 10-12 minutes. Add in the chicken pieces and stir fry  for about 1 minute.  Add in the soy sauce and shaoxing wine.  L astly,  pour in the half cup of the water and bring the liquid to a boil, cover the wok, and simmer over low heat for about  20 minutes, until the chicken is cooked and the sauce has thicken.  (Do make sure to stir occasionally, and add a little more water if you like extra sauce.)