Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Japanese Chicken Hamburg

















Ingredients:
  • 300 g chicken breast fillet (coarsely minced)
  • ½ yellow onion (finely chopped)
  • 1 large egg (beaten)
  • ¼ cup soy milk - you can use milk as well
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp white ground pepper
  • 6 tbsp breadcrumbs
  • ¼ cup of water
Sauce:
  • 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 4 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
How to:
  • heat up 1 tbsp of oil in a frying pan for 1 minute. Saute the yellow onion till fragrant
  • mix all the ingredients except the water in a big bowl
  • using gloves, make flat round pieces about the size of your palms
  • heat another 1 tbsp of oil in a frying pan for 1 minute. Slightly grill the hamburg pieces. When all are done, add in water and simmer for 3 minutes to ensure all the pieces are well cooked. Set aside
  • if there are still water residue in the frying pan, remove until about 2 tbsp remain. Add in the sauce ingredients and bring to boil
  • pour the sauce over the hamburg pieces
  • serve for 4

Korean Spicy Rice Cake

















Ingredients:
  • half packet of rice cake sticks
  • 2 tbsp Korean fermented chili-pepper paste/Gochujang
  • 1 stalk of spring onion (cut into 1 inch length)
  • ½ yellow onion (finely sliced)
  • 1 small carrot (julienned)
How to:
  • heat 1 tbsp of oil in a frying pan for 1 minute. Saute onion and carrot till fragrant
  • add in a cup of water. Bring to boil
  • add in Gochujang and stir well - if you think it is too spicy, add in sugar to taste
  • add in rice cake sticks and simmer until the sauce thickens
  • add in spring onion and stir well
  • serve for 2