I actually got the idea to make this dish from the “tai chau” place near one of the badminton halls I frequent. It tasted so good the first time I had it, we ended up ordering a second plate of the same thing. So when I decided to make a vegetable dish for lunch, it was just natural that I had to try to reproduce this french beans with dried shrimp (虾米玉豆). With this KY’s recipe, you can make it too!
this stuff was really good
Ingredients:
- French beans
- dried shrimps
- cili padi
- garlic
Steps:
- mince the dried shrimps and cili padi together and chopped some garlic separately
- heat the frying pan with cooking oil and start frying the chopped garlic
- add minced dried shrimps and cili padi after 20 seconds
- fry the mixture till golden brown, then add French beans
- add a sprinkle of salt to taste, fry the beans over high heat for a minute or two
- ready to serve!
very simple ingredients and preparation method
This is my very first trial in making this dish, and I must say it didn’t turn out bad at all. I had a little too much dried shrimp going on, and definitely way too much cili padi. However, the taste was still very good, crunchy and fresh tasting beans contrasting with the flavor of minced dried shrimp and the hotness of cili padi, a great combination. Try it yourself!
Tags: cili-padi, cooks, dried-shrimp, french-beans, fried
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It’s been the second year in the running that I get myself busy and cook the Chinese New Year reunion dinner for my family. It is quite a bit of work compared to pigging ourselves out at some fancy restaurant, but I don’t get many chances of cooking for the family, so why not?
gone with the old, in with the new!
Since my cheap old twin stove has rusted till the point of no return, I decided to get something more hardcore for the kitchen. After scouring around the few electrical appliances stores, I finally get my hands on this hardcore industrial strength Rinnai stove, made in Japan. This baby has a flame thrower ignition sequence, and come complete with thick metal stand that will last me decades. It was RM 185 well spent.
My first dish is the miso soup with Lala (clam).
Ingredients:
- a packet of Lala
- some garlic
- miso paste (or instant miso soup, since I couldn’t find miso paste at Cold Storage)
- a tube of Japanese tofu
- spring onion
Steps:
- clean the Lalas throughly
- mince some garlic and boil them with the Lala
- add miso paste
- add the sliced tofu
- add some chopped spring onion just before serving
Simple isn’t it? Of course, this is only the first of four dishes that I prepared for the night. A little bit of Japanese taste to the traditional Chinese occasion. I’ll blog about the other 3 dishes: Hong Kong Kailan with roasted pork, steamed pomphret, and beef with broccoli in the next few posts.
Gong Xi Fa Chai to you too!
Tags: chinese-new-year, cooks, ky, lala, miso, reunion-dinner, soup, tofu
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