Baked lemon chicken

Recipe:

For the chicken marinade -
5 pieces of chicken parts
1 tsp white pepper
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 Tbsp organic corn flour
some lemon juice

(1) Mix white pepper and cayenne pepper with lemon juice.

(2) Coat the chicken parts with the mixture accordingly. Marinate for 1 hour.

(3) To fry the chicken, coat the chicken with corn flour and pan fry till the skin crispy and lightly brown - around 10 minutes.

(3) Remove from heat and set aside.


Baked Lemon Chicken -
Pan fried chicken, recipe as above
1 Tbsp tarragon leaves
1 whole yellow onion (sliced)
1 whole lemon (juiced)
1/2 lemon peel (cut into strips)

(1) Using a porcelain casserole, arrange onion and lemon peel. Put the pan fried chicken on top and toss in tarragon leaves.

(2) Drizzle with lemon juice and bake for 50 minutes at 170c or till the chicken fully cooked and brown.

Fried rice with roasted thyme chicken

Recipe:

Roasted thyme chicken -
1 big piece antibiotic free chicken breast (sliced)
1 tsp dried thyme flake
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp organic corn flour

(1) Marinate whole chicken breast with lemon juice, flour and thyme for 1 hour.

(2) Bake in preheated oven at 180c for 20-25 minutes. Once done, dish out and let stand to cool slightly.

(3) Take few slices and diced into small pieces to prepare fried rice. Keep the balance to serve with the fried rice.

Spinach cinnamon fried rice -

Step 1 : To prepare cinnamon rice

(1) Put 1 cup of white rice with 1.5 filtered water (diluted with 1 tsp ground cinnamon) in rice cooker pot.

(2) Set to normal cooking mode and let it cook till done. Once done, let it cool at room temperature before use.

Step 2 : To prepare fried rice -
Cooked rice from Step 1
2 cup purple spinach leaves (chopped)
1 cloves garlic (minced)
1 shallot (sliced)
1 Tbsp anchovies (presoaked, rinsed)
1/2 cup diced roasted thyme chicken prepared as above

(1) Heat up some vco on a cooking pan. Saute garlic and shallot till fragrant. Add in anchovies and stir fry till crispy.

(2) Add in spinach and stir fry shortly.

(3) Pour in rice and mix well.

(4) Add in diced chicken and stir fry shortly. Once done, dish out onto a serving plate and top with the balance of thyme chicken prepared. Add some shredded cheddar cheese for extra flavour.

Easy Steamed Pumpkin Chicken

[01.02.2015]

Lunch for 16M lo: steamed pumpkin chicken

Ingredients:
chicken breast
garlic
pumpkin

Put all ingredients in a steaming bowl and steam for 30 minutes. Without adding any water, the chicken would be moisture and tasty due to the steam water release and liquid from pumpkin flesh.

Black pepper pumpkin chicken with chinese wine

Recipe:
2 chicken drumsticks (marinated with 1 Tbsp black pepper and 1 Tbsp dried oregano flakes)
1 bowl pureed pumpkin
1/2 yellow onion (quartered)
5 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
handful of enoki mushrooms


Seasonings
Mixed together -
1 tsp black sauce,
1 Tbsp soya sauce,
2 Tbsp chinese wine,
1 tsp corn flour,
2 cups water

(1) In a wide sauce pan, stir fry garlic and onions till fragrant.
(2) Add in marinated chicken and fry till cooked. Add in pumpkin pureed and stir fry a short while.
(3) Pour in seasonings and bring to boil for 5 minutes. Put on lid and change to low temperature, simmer for 15 minutes or till chicken is soft and tender. Add more water if required.
(4) Pour the chicken with gravy into a bowl. Top with enoki and steam for 3 minutes. Serve immediately.

Non Spicy Curry Chicken

Recipe:
2 chicken drumsticks (marinated with lemon juice for 1 hr, after which marinate with 1 Tbsp turmeric powder and 1 stalk curry leaves for another hr)
1 white potato (cubed)
1 lemon grass (trimmed and smashed the bulb)
1 yellow onion + 4 shallots + 2 garlic (chopped and blended)
2 Tbsp natural yogurt (mix with 1 cup room temperature water)
1 Tbsp cream cheese (mix with 1 cup room temperature water)
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp turmeric powder

(1) In a frying pan, heat up some oil. Stir-fry all the blended onion, shallots and garlic till fragrant.
Add in lemon grass and stir-fry together with the blended ingredients.

(2) Add in chicken drumstick and pan fry together with all ingredients. Add in potato and pan fry for a while. Add in cumin powder and turmeric powder and stir well.

(3) Once all ingredients smell fragrant, pour in diluted yogurt and cream cheese and put to simmer till the chicken cooked and potatoes are soft. Serve immediately.

Yields: 2 adults portion

Chicken parmigiana

Recipe:

Chicken
2 chicken drumstick (precooked in boiled water, drained)
1 tsp shredded cheddar cheese
1 egg (beaten)
dash of mix herbs
1 cup homemade breadcrumbs (chilled)

Sauce:
2 cloves garlic (minced)
1 red onion (finely chopped)
1 Tbsp unsalted butter
2 large riped tomatoes (finely cut)
handful of fresh basil (torn)
2 Tbsp homemade tomato sauce
handful of mozzarella cheese (shredded)
handful of parmesan cheese (shredded)

(1) Precooked chicken till 80% cooked and drain under cold water.

(2) Mix cheese, herbs and egg together, stir well. Dip the chicken drumstick into the egg mixture and coat properly. Immediately roll around breadcrumbs on a flat plate, and put to a heated pan with oil and pan fry till all cooked. Set aside.

(3) To prepare the sauce. Heat up some oil with butter on a frying pan. Stir fry garlic, onion, tomatoes till fragrant and juice release. Add some homemade tomato sauce and put on the lid - simmer in low temperature.

(4) Once the sauce thicken, add in fresh basil and simmer for another 5 minutes.

(5) To serve, pour the sauce over the chicken and top with parmesan and mozzarella cheese. Wait till the cheese melted and serve immediately.

Servings: 2 adults portion

Sweet in sour chicken

Recipe:
Handful of slices chicken fillet (marinated with lemon juice)
Homemade tomato sauce (steam and blend 2 shallots, 2 pieces pumpkin, some shredded carrots, 3 tomatoes, 1 tsp lemon zest)
1 red onion (quartered)
1/2 yellow pepper
Few cloves garlic (minced)
1 stalk scallion (cut long)

Other dishes:

Steamed egg with shimeji mushroom and chopped carrots
Stir fry japanese mustard leaves
Old cucumber soup
Steamed lettuce leaves

Steamed ginger chicken with fresh figs

Recipe:
1 piece chicken breast (skin removed, marinated with orange juice)
5 red dates (seeds removed)
1 black date
4 fresh figs (quartered)
handful of goji berries
handful of sliced old ginger

(1) Arrange chicken with all ingredients, and steam for 15 minutes. Serve hot.

Steamed tomato chicken drumstick with pumpkin and vegetables

Recipe:
Steamed chicken drumstick
1 medium size tomato (chopped finely)
1 stalk celery (chopped finely, in strip)
1 small piece of pumpkin (deskinned)
1 shallots (chopped finely)
1 garlic (chopped finely)

(1) In a bowl, arranged pumpkin on it. Put chicken drumstick on top.
(2) Roughly spread the mixture of tomatos, celery, shallots and garlic at the side and on top of the chicken drumstick.
(3) Steamed in preheated steamer for 15 minutes


Bittergourd egg
1/4 bitter gourd (sliced)
1 egg yolk (stirred)

(1) Pour egg yolk in a bowl. Stir in bitter gourd till the egg yolk mix with the gourd.
(2) Steamed in preheated steamer for 10 minutes.

Spinach and carrot soup
1 cup of spinach
1/2 carrot (cubed)
1 cup water

(1) Steam carrot with water for 15 minutes.
(2) Add in spinach and steam for another 5 minutes.

Others - Steamed mixed grain rice containing millet, buckwheat and pearl white rice

Steamed mushroom chicken drumstick

Recipe:

1 chicken drumstick (chopped)
2 shitake mushroom (chopped)
1 brown button mushroom (chopped)
handful of shimeiji mushroom
handful of chopped parsley
2 Tbsp natural yogurt

(1) Marinate chicken drumstick with parsley juice for 10 minutes.
(2) Put mushrooms around chicken drumstick, cover sides and top.
(3) Steamed chicken for 15 minutes. Once done, stir in yogurt and put parsley on top. Cover for 5 minutes before removing from steamer.


Side dishes - steamed celery and bitter gourd

Steamed wrapped pumpkin chicken drumstick

Recipe:

1 chicken drumstick
2 pieces of pumpkin with skin intact, size enough to cover 1 drumstick
Half potato (cut into cube)
Half carrot (cut into stick - quartered vertically)
1 Tbsp finely chopped basil leaves

(1) Marinate chicken with dash of black pepper and basil leaves for at least 10minutes.
(2) Using metal foil, lay one piece of pumpkin on it. Put the drumstick on it, and top with another piece of pumpkin on the drumstick.
(3) Roughly arranged the chopped potatoes and carrots. Wrapped and closed the metal foil and steamed in high heat for 15minutes. Wait for 5 minutes before dish out.
(4) Open foil, remove the top piece pumpkin and scrape out the pumpkin flesh and spread on the chicken flesh.

Note:
- The gravy can pour out to feed separately or leave it with the chicken and ingredients.
- The bottom piece of pumpkin can serve while eating. No need to remove.

Mango chicken

Recipe:

1 small bowl skinless & boneless chicken thigh (cut into bite size pieces)
1 cove garlic (minced)
1 shallot (quartered)
1/2 green bell pepper (cut into chunks)
1 stalk celery (cut diagonal)
1 small ripe pakistan mango (sliced including seed)

Sauce:
In a food processor - blend half red apple, few slices of mango, 1 tomato, 1 tsp of apple cider vinegar

(1) Marinate chicken with 1 tsp corn flour and dash of black pepper for at least 10 minutes. Set aside.
(2) Using coconut oil, in sequence: Saute garlic, shallot, green pepper and celery till fragrant. Set aside.
(3) Put a bit coconut oil, toss in marinated chicken, fry till half cooked and add in mango slices including the seed. Give a quick swirl until the chicken gets a bit sticky. Cover wok and simmer in medium high temperature for another 2 minutes to draw the mango juice out.
(4) Remove wok cover, add in sauce mixture, stir well and bring it to boil. Cover wok and turn it to medium low temperature, simmer till chicken thoroughly cooked.
(5) Toss in no.2 ingredients. Serve hot.

Results: Tasty and refreshing dish with mango appetizing flavour

Reference: http://rasamalaysia.com/malaysian-mango-chicken/