Was thinking of some nutritious food for my Hubby, something different. Then something struck me! My home traditional delicacy, Toufu in Green Chilli. This dish is passed on from my late Granny, all of us in the family loved this dish, that includes all my cousins too. This dish is so simple and tasty that we would need no more than this for our meals.
But for my Hubby today, I did more than one dish for him. I had prepared Ginger Chicken and Steamed Cod Fish in Herbs. He had been complaining no fish, and he never like fish with bones. Thus to pacify this over-age kid, I do his favourite Cod Fish for him.
Tofu in Green Chilli
Ingredients:
3 packages of Pressed Tofu (Firm Tofu) - chopped in quarters
5 Green Chilli - cut diagonally into inch size slices
2 tbsp of Silver Fish / Ikan Billies
2 tbsp Tau Cau (Fermented Bean Paste) - mine are finely minced type
1 tsp Garlic - finely chopped
Some Salt (optional)
100ml Water
Methods:
1) Saute the garlic till light brown
2) Add in the silver fish / ikan billies, tau cau and green chillies, saute till fragrant
3) Add in tofu for 30 seconds, add water and simmer for 15-20mins, add salt to taste
4) Serve
Chicken with Ginger and Spring Onions (Scallions)
Ingredients:
2 Chicken Thighs (de-boned and cut into bite-sized pieces)
Spring Onion / Scallions - chopped into inch sizes
Chinese Parsley - chopped into inch sizes
2 Chilli
2 Chilli Padi (bird-eye chilli)
2 tbsp Garlic - finely chopped
2 tbsp Ginger - finely sliced
1 tbsp Oyster Sauce
2 tbsp Sesame Oil
1 tbsp Hua Diao Wine / Shao Xing Wine
1 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
Some Salt
100ml water
2 tbsp of Corn Starch (optional)
Methods:
1) Heat up 1 tbsp of cooking oil in the wok with sesame oil
2) Add in garlic, ginger and saute till lightly brown
3) Add in chilli and half the portion of spring onion / scallions and parsley, fry till fragrant
4) Add in chicken thighs and stir fry for 1min and add in the sauces, stir fry till meat cooks (about 2 mins)
5) Add in the water, salt, rest of the spring onion / scallions and parsley
6) After 2mins, add corn starch, cover and simmer for another 2mins - optional if you prefer the gravy to thicken
7) Serve
**Note: I did not have enough time to marinate the chicken as was a sudden idea to cook this dish. Alternatively, do marinate the chicken with 1 tbsp sesame oil, some corn flour, salt and pepper, 1 tbsp oyster sauce for 30mins. Then when you are cooking, need not add sesame oil to the cooking oil anymore. And even the corn starch near the end of the cooking can be skipped.
**Note: You could replace chicken thighs with chicken breasts or pork, we prefer chicken thigh as it is more tender than breasts.
Steam Cod Fish
Ingredients:
1 piece of Cod Fish
3-4 pieces of Pao Shen
3-4 slices of Dang Gui
1 stalk of Dang Shen
1 Red Dates - my red date is huge, you may use at least 2-3 small red dates
1 tsp Gou Qi Zi
Some Salt
Methods:
1) Wash all herbs and steam them with 1 tbsp of water over high heat for about 20mins
2) Rub salt on both sides of the cod fish and place it on the same plate and steam for about 15-20mins
3) Serve