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Grilled Salmon and Roasted Asparagus








Ingredients : 

300 gram salmon
2 cloves garlic for salmon
1 clove garlic for asparagus
fresh thyme
a pinch of salt
black pepper
a bunch of asparagus, trimmed
3 tablespoon olive oil
1 lemon

Instructions :

1.    Clean salmon and dry with paper towel gently
2.    Marinate with salt and pepper, set aside for 30 minutes
3.    Heat olive oil on medium high heat on the saute pan
4.    Fry salmon, skin side down to make crispier
5.    Add thyme, garlic, and flip it once after 2-3 minutes
5.    For asparagus, pre heat oven for 400 F or 204 C
6.    Place asparagus on the baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper
7.    Bake asparagus untill just tender for 10 minutes
8.    Serve salmon and asparagus, squeeze lemon on top of salmon




Butter Garlic Shrimps


Shrimps are the most beautiful creatures... Besides the taste was so wonderful.. 
It also easy to cook.. without adding so many seasonings on it.. 

Shrimps.. is just simply and delicious as it is.. Grilled is a common way we used on shrimps.. 
Why we don't just saute them with a lil bit seasoning on it.. Simply but great..!!

I choose shrimps scampy on my recipe.. Because the taste is so incredible..  

But you can use any other shrimps.. 

The important thing is choosing the bigger.. Because the bigger is the better.. ;)






Ingredients : 

3 big shrimps scampy
Unsalted butter
3 cloves of garlic, minced
2 tablespoon light olive oil
2 chilli stalk

For sauce : 
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/4 teaspoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of ground blackpepper

Instructions: 

1.     Clean the shrimps, use the whole of the shrimps
2.     Heat the unsalted butter on medium heat saute pan and saute garlic and chilli until fragrant
3.     Add the shrimps, seasoning it with salt, sugar, pepper



Buttermilk Fried Chicken







Ingredients :

500 grams chicken (I'd prefer thigh or leg)

Brining ingredients:
2 cup of buttermilk
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of sugar
blackpepper
paprika powder


For 1st coating :
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon of paprika powder / hot sauce


Seasoned flour / 2nd coating :
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon of paprika powder
1 1/2 teapoon of garlic powder
1 teaspoon of blackpepper
2 teaspoon of chopped oregano
1 teaspoon of chicken seasoning
2 teaspoon of bread cumbs
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of cayene powder
1/4 teaspoon dried sage
1 teaspoon marjoram powder



Preparation :

#  Wash and clean chicken pieces
#  Brine the chicken with for 5-7 hours on the fridge (not less than that) to make moist and tasteful inside


Instructions :

1.    Combine flour with cayene, garlic,paprika, sage, oregano, breadcumbs, blackpepper, salt, chicken seasoning and set aside

All needed spices 
Add with all purpose flour 

2.     Fully coated chicken pieces in brining mixtures and keep it on the fridge

Brine the chicken to make moist and tasteful inside

3.     Take brining chicken out from the fridge and driving the excess of buttermilk mixtures
4.     Keep brining chicken on room temperatures for about 25 minutes before frying..
5.     Dip chicken in 1st coating mixtures then dredge each pieces to seasoned flour (2nd coating mixtures)
        (Repeat with all chicken pieces)
5.     Add vegetable oil on a deep saute pan, use enough oil to cover all the chicken
6.     Add chicken when oil is really hot to make crispy outside


look at the crispness and moist inside.. :)

7.     Flip over the chicken after 10 minutes and low the heat to medium
7.     Frying for another 10-15 minutes

8.     Remove from the pan, and transfer to a cooling rack for a couple minutes




Soto Ayam (Chicken Clear Soup)





Ingredients : 

600 gram chickens
4 cups water
4 cloves shallot
2 cloves garlic
2 candelenuts
1/4 teaspoon blackpepper
2 1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon sugar
1 stalk lemongrass
2 kaffir leaves
1 stalk spring onion, chopped
1 cube of chicken stock
2 boiled egg


Instructions :

1.    Clean chicken and drain
2.    Boiled eggs, peeled and set aside
3.    Blend shallot, garlic, candlenut together until smooth
4.    Saute all seasoning mixtures until fragrant, add lemongrass and kaffir leaves
5.    On a deep pot, pour 4 cups of water and add chicken stock
6.    Add chicken, saute seasoning until water covering the chicken
7.    Seasoning with sugar, salt and blackpepper and simmer for about 50 minutes
8.    Remove the chicken
9.    On frying pan, deep fry the chicken only for 5 minutes on each side (to make more tasteful)
10.   Return chicken back to the pot, simmer for a while
11.   Pour it into a bowl and garnish with chopped spring onion, tomato slice and boiled egg.
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Sweet and Sour Chicken



In a leisure time, 

I usually find something interesting to cook for my little family.. 

by trial and error and I've never exhausted to try a lot of recipes.. 

I'm so in love.. so in love with cooking.. :)

Here I am, as a wife,  just wanna try to make my husband stay at home longer.. :) 

So for making his daily food, I always find something new..

And this is... I wanna share this recipe for you all..






Ingredients :

For chicken :
1 lbs fillet chicken (breast or thigh)
3 table spoon of corn flour
1 table spoon of soy sauce
1 whole egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon of pepper


For sauce :
1 teaspoon of soy sauce
4 teaspoon of ketchup / tomato sauce
1 1/2 teaspoon of chilli sauce
a pinch of pepper
1 tablespoon of sugar
3 cloves garlic
1 onion
2 chilli stalk
Spring/green onion

Preparation :

Marinated chicken with soy sauce, salt, pepper, 1 egg, corn flour and leave for 5-7 minutes


Instructions :

1.     Heat vegetable oil on a fry pan on medium high heat
2.     Fry the marinated chicken on deep fry method for 5-7 minutes, until golden brown and set aside
3.     In other pan, saute one tablespoon of vegetable oil, and saute garlic 1-2 minutes
4.     Add onion, chilli and saute again until fragrant
5.     Pour the mixture of soy sauce, ketchup, chilli sauce into it
6.     Seasoning with salt, sugar and pepper
7.     Add fried chicken into it, and sprinkle with spring onion

8.     Serve hot for a better and crunchy taste..





Rib Eye Steak







Ingredients : 

Rib eye
4 baby red potato
olive oil
unsalted butter
mushroom slice
3 cloves of garlic, minced
rosemary
chopped parsley
salt and pepper

For thicken sauce:
chicken broth
2 tablespoon of all purpose flour


Preparation: 

# Pre heated oven to 400 f or 204 C
# Seasoning baby potato with salt and pepper




# Seasoning and rub your beef with salt and pepper, set aside


Instructions :

1.    Put chopped potato into a skillet with one tablespoon olive oil.
2.    And then bake potato for 15-18 minutes until its tender
3.    Return the baked potato into a pan and saute with butter and chopped rosemary set aside
3.    On the other pan, saute garlic and mushroom until caramelize in color with olive oil and butter


4.    Seasoning with salt and pepper, chopped parsley and set aside
5..   Add olive oil into a pan, in medium high heat pan, make sure it is hot enough
6.    Put the beef, two minutes on each side to get medium rare
6.    Sprinkle with rosemary, and add butter into it
7.    Remove beef from pan, and keep it rest for couple of minutes
9.    On the same pan, pour the chicken broth and thicken sauce with flour (stir it to make sure no lumps)
10.  Add the remaining beef jus and seasoning with salt and pepper, set aside
10.  Plating the beef with sauted mushroom and baked potato




Butter Shrimp with Oyster Sauce


Shrimps are the most beautiful creatures... Besides the taste was so wonderful.. 
It also easy to cook.. without adding so many seasonings on it.. 

Shrimps.. is just simply and delicious as it is.. Grilled is a common way we used on shrimps.. 
Why we don't just saute them with a lil bit seasoning on it.. Simply but great..!!

I choose shrimps scampy on my recipe.. Because the taste is so incredible..  

But you can use any other shrimps.. 

The important thing is choosing the bigger.. Because the bigger is the better.. ;)









Ingredients : 

3 big shrimps scampy
3 cloves of garlic, minced
2 tablespoon light olive oil
2 chili stalk
Unsalted butter

For sauce : 
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/4 teaspoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of ground black pepper
1/4 cup of oyster sauce
2 teaspoon of sweet soy sauce
1 teaspoon of worchestershire sauce


Instructions: 

1.     Clean the shrimps, use the whole of the shrimps




2.     Heat unsalted butter on the saute pan and saute garlic and chili until fragrant
3.     Add the shrimps, seasoning with salt, sugar and ground blackpepper



4.     Pour the worchestershire and oyster, sweet soy sauce gradually


5.     Leave for 8 minutes for thickening the sauce 




Roasted Lemon Mackerel 

Hey foodies... 

Have you heard about mackerel..?
Of course you have.. :)


Are you feel bored with that..?
Just spicy or fried mackerel..?
Don't you make a healthy one..?

Why don't you roast the mackerel with a lot of seasonings
No more tasteless, no more fat.. :)



                                                                         
Ingredients : 

4 mackerel fish
4 cloves of garlic, minced
1/2 lemon juice
lemon zest
1 teaspoon paprika powder
4 teaspoon of olive oil
chopped thymes
chopped oregano
a pinch of salt

Preparation: 

#  Pre heat oven to 375 F
#  Slightly butter the baking pan or use parchment paper on it


Instructions :

1.    Clean the fish and remove all gills inside.  
2.    Put all seasoning into one bowl
3.    Grate lemon skin to produce the lemon zest
4.    Add lemon zest and add a pinch of salt
5.    Marinated fish with all the seasonings
6.    Set aside fish for about 15 minutes
7.    Roasted it for about 20 - 25 minutes until pale white in colour
8.    Remove from the oven and let for a couple minutes to serve






Ikan Pesmol Rohu








The taste of Asian food... full of seasoning, the fish is so tender... 

Usually they use gurame fish instead of Rohu fish. But the taste is almost same. 

Just serve with hot white rice and... 
It tastes soooo gravy and delicious...!! 


Ingredients : 

4 rohu or tilapia fish
vegetable oil
2 stalks red chili or bird's eye chilli
2 teaspoon of turmeric powder
3 cloves of shallot
2 cloves of garlic
2 candlenuts
1 cm ginger
3 bay leaves
chopped spring /green onion
salt, sugar and pepper


Preparation: 

#  Seasoning fish with salt, turmeric powder, and marinated in 20-30 minutes
#  Deep fry marinated fish until golden brown in high heat


Instructions :

1.    Blend all seasoning: garlic, candlenuts, ginger and turmeric together
2.    Saute the seasoning with vegetable oil until fragrant
3.    Add the fried fish to the sauted seasoning
4.    Seasoning it with salt, a pinch of sugar and pepper
5.    Cook and stir for another 5-8 minutes
6.    Remove the fish from the pan and serve




Grilled Lamb in Chobani sauce 


Chobani is a kind of greek yogurt.. if you love yogurt, you must know about this... I love chobani, the tekstur is thicker, more creamy, and also contain all healthy things inside.

Making steak with heavy cream and chicken broth is a common thing that we always do. What if we combine our steak with chobani, the lovely greek yogurt ever... Besides it's healthy for us.. And the taste is amazing..!!




Ingredients : 

3/4 cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoon light olive oil
1/2 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon ground blackpepper
1 1/2 tablespoon rosemary chopped rosemary
2 lamb racks, trimmed, frenched
1 tablespoon canola oil


For sauce : 
1/2 cup whole plain milk chobani greek yogurt
2 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 shallot minced
1 fresh rosemary
1/4 cup cream
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground blackpepper


Preparation: 

# Pre heated oven to 475 F


Instructions :

1.     Seasoning lamb with salt, pepper and rosemary
2.     Heat a saute pan with a canola oil on medium high heat and cook lamb for 3 minutes on each side.
3.     And still with the same skillet, transfer it to the pre heated oven and roasted it for 5 more minutes
4.     Remove from the oven and let it rest for a couples of minutes.
5.     For sauce, in the same pan, remove the grease and add butter, shallot, rosemary saute for 2 minutes.
6.     Add cream and seasoning with chobani, salt and pepper
7.     Pour the grilled lamb with the sauce





Spicy Beef Blackpepper







Ingredients : 

boneless beef sirloin
olive oil
2 stalks red chili or bird's eye chilli
1 shallot, minced
3 garlic, minced
chopped spring onion
1 cm tamarind
salt, sugar and black pepper


Preparation: 

# Cut beef into slices, and marinated with salt and pepper in 5-7 minutes
# Add warm water to tamarind until dissolve by itself


How to Cook :

1.    Fry beef with olive oil in medium high heat and keep stir it until crisp and set aside
2.    Saute minced garlic and shallot together with olive oil until its fragrant
3.    Add remaining beef to the sauted seasoning
4.    Sprinkle a pinch of salt, sugar and black pepper
5.    Pour the tamarind water into it, and stir fry 2 to 3 minutes
6.    Remove beef from the pan and serve

 



   





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