Teriyaki Chicken

Ingredient:

3 debone chicken leg, big cube

2 garlic, chopped

1 tbs oil

sesame seed (optional)

2tbs light soy sauce

1.5tbs sugar

1tbs mirin

1tbs ginger juice (optional)

1tbs sake (optional)

2tbs water

Method:

1. Marinate the chicken for 2 hrs
2. Heat up oil in pan.
3. Add in chicken, skin face down and cover the pan for 3mins.
4. Turn over to the other side.
5. Pour in sake, then pour in the teriyaki sauce, add in garlic.
6. Simmer till the sauce turn thick (approx 2mins).
7. Sprinkle with sesame seed before serve.

Gateau Chocolat

Attended ABC trial class again.

Ingredients:

85g semi sweet chocolate chip

65g butter

25g cocoa powder

1tsp cake flour

(mix both together, sifted)

2 egg yolk

40g sugar

2 egg white

40g sugar

Method:

1. Preheat oven 180degree.
2. Melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler.
3. Add in the flour mixture into the chocolate mixture.
4. Beat egg yolk in to pale color, add in sugar and beat in to pale white color.
5. Beat egg white to frosty, add in sugar and beat into stiff peak.
6. Add in egg yolk mixture into chocolate mixture using J technique..
7. Add in half of meringue and mixed slowly withthe chocolate mixture.
8. Add int he balance meringue and mixed slowly with the chocolate mixture.
9. Be careful not to overmix.
10. Pour in the mixture to a mold.
11. Bang on table a few times and put it into oven.
12. Bake for 40mins.
13. Remove from oven, sprinkle some sugar powder on the top after cool down.

Oyakodon

Ingredients:

2 chicken thighs

2 eggs, beat

150ml water

1tbs mirin

1tbs sake (optional)

1tbs sugar

2tbs light soy suace

1 small onion, sliced

1 tbs bonito flakes

1 tsp seaweed flakes (optional)

Steamed rice

OPTIONAL
(I like to have more flavorable meat so usually will marinate the chicken for a few hours before cooking)

1 tbs light soy suace
1 tbs mirin
1 tbs sugar
1 tsp oyster sauce
1 tsp corn flour

Method (serve 2):

1. Heat up pan, add in mirin, sake, light soy suace, water and sugar.
2. Add in bonito flakes and onions.
3. When boiled, add in chicken covered for 3mins.
4. Add in egg and covered for 30sec.
5. Served on top of steamed rice, sprinkle seaweed on top.

To cook steamed rice in 10mins here.

Japanese Hamburger Steak, Onion Soup with White Rice

There are some typos and tweaks in the recipe.

So I have noted down the followings.

Hamburger steak

Ingredients:

Minced pork 100g 

Minced beef 50g

Onion, halved, chopped

Egg, half (30g)

2 tbs Bread crumbs

Dash of Salt

Dash of Pepper

Dash of Nutmeg

1/2 tbs Cooking oil

Method (yields 2 patties):

1. Microwave onion for 1min.
2. Mix all ingredients together.
3. Split the meat mixture into 2 portion and mold it into round shape.
4. Squeeze the meat and throw onto palm a few times.
5. Heat the pan, add in cooking oil.
6. Pan fried each side of patties till brown color (approx 1-2min each side), no need to be fully cook.
7. Dish out and leave aside.

Tip and tricks:

1. Original recipe yields mixture of beef and pork. I prefer using more pork than beef.
2. If using japanese onion, do not need to microwave before adding into meat mixture. This step is for local onion as it is more spicy.
3. I do not have nutmeg and I substitute it with coriander powder.

Stewed sauce

Ingredients:

3 tbs cake flour

10g butter

1/4 onion, sliced

Mix together

200g water

1/2 tsp chicken stock powder

2.5tbs worchester sauce

1 tbs ketchup

Method:

1. Fried the cake flour in pan till brown in color, dish out.
2. Add in butter, onions and fried till onion softened,
3. Add in cake flour slowly and stir evenly.
4. Add in water mixture.
5. When boiled, add in meat patties, covered and simmer for 5mins.
6. Dish out the patties.
7. If sauce is not thick enough, simmer a little longer.

Tips and tricks:

1. I substitute worchester sauce with Lee & Perins sauce.
2. Original recipe yields 2 tbs ketchup but I prefer not too sour.

White Rice

Ingredients:

140g japanese rice

155g water

Parsley (dried), optional

Method (yields 2 small portion):

1. Wash and polish the rice a few times.
2. Soak rice for 30mins.
3. Strain out water.
4. Add rice and water into pot, covered.
5. Turn on high heat.
6. When boiled, immediately turn to low heat for 10mins.
7. Done and dish out.

Tips and tricks:

1. Timing for cooking rice very important.
2. Do not open the lip during cooking.
3. Non stick pan is better.

Onion Soup

Ingredients:

1/2 Onion, sliced

400g water 

1tsp chicken stock powder

Dash of salt

Dash of pepper

Method (yields 2 bowls):

1. Add all ingredients into pot and bring to boil.
2. When boiled, turn to medium heat for 10mins.
3. Add in salt and pepper to taste.