Grilled Salmon with Honey Mustard Sauce

Ingredients : 

600 gram salmon
400 gram asparagus
100 gram shreded parmesan cheese
4 tablespoon olive oil
2 cloves garlic
1/4 teaspoon ground blackpepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
fresh thyme
2 tablespoon mustard
2 tablespoon olive oil
3 tablespoon honey


Instructions :

1.    Clean salmon and pat dry gently
2.    Marinated with salt and ground blackpepper for 20 minutes and set aside
3.    Pre heated oven for 180 C
4.    Clean asparagus and seasoning with olive oil, salt, blackpepper and shredded parmesan cheese
5.    Put seasoning asparagus on to parchment paper in the baking tray
6.    Bake it for about 12 minutes (depends on the thickness)
7.    Remove from the oven and set aside
8.    On a frying pan, heat olive oil on medium high heat
9.    Grill salmon skin side down to make crispier, add garlic and fresh thyme

10.  Flip it over after 3 minutes on each side
11.  Remove the salmon and rest for a couple minutes
12.  On a small bowl, mix mustard sauce, honey, olive oil, and stir until coorporated
13.  Serve salmon with mustard honey sauce and grilled asparagus
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Penne and Cheese 

Ingredients : 

1 cup Penne
100 gram minced beef
4 cups of water
1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
1 big onion, minced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
garlic powder
110 grams tomato pasta
2 tablespoon ketchup
1/2 teaspoon blackpepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoon of olive oil
1 teaspoon chopped oregano


Instructions :

1.    Boil Penne with 4 cups of water in the pasta pot until al dente
2.    Add salt, olive oil, garlic powder, wait for about 8 minutes until al dente, drain and set aside
2.    For the sauce, heat olive oil, add minced garlic and onion until fragrant
3.    Add minced beef, tomato pasta, ketchup, and keep stir it
4.    Seasoning with salt and pepper, add shredded cheddar cheese and chopped oregano
5.    Keep stir until cook and fully combined
5.    In a large serving bowl combine macaroni with the sauce, keep stir to coat pasta evenly
6.    Serve when it is hot, add shredded chedar cheese and chopped oregano

Salmon and Roasted Garlic Asparagus

Ingredients : 

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

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

Ayam Balado (Balado Chicken)

Ingredients : 

3 pieces of chicken (breast or thigh)
4 cloves shallot
2 cloves of garlic
3 chilli stalks
1 large tomato
1/2 teaspoon blackpepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
vegetable oil
2 tablespoon of olive oil


Instructions :

1.    Clean chicken pieces, and marinate with salt and pepper, set aside for 30 minutes
2.    Blend shallot, garlic, chilli, and 2 tablespoon olive oil until become a thick paste
3.    Using a deep pot, deep fry all chicken pieces for 6 to 8 minutes, and turn it halfway
4.    Heat vegetable oil on the other pan and saute chilli paste on low medium heat
5.    Add sugar, salt and blackpepper and keep stir until all the oil is run out
6.    When chilli paste is cooked, toss chilli sauce with chicken pieces and remove from heat.

The Best Chicken Satay

There are many kinds of chicken satay in Indonesia. 
One of them known as Satay Maranggi or Sate Maranggi
which is very sweet in flavour, 

Commonly, they used beef for Satay Maranggi,
But I choosed chicken instead of beef..
Besides it's healthier, also chicken is tender than beef

Let's grill..!! 

                                                                       
Ingredients : 

500 grams chicken fillet (breast or thigh)
wooden skewers
5 cloves shallot
3 cloves of garlic
1/2 teaspoon of cumin
1/2 teaspoon of corriander
1/4 cup tamarind extract
1/4 cup palm sugar, minced
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon of olive oil
1/4 cup of sweet soy sauce
2 stalk chilli


Instructions :

1.    Clean chicken pieces, dice into bite sized
2.    For sauce, Blend garlic, shallot, cumin, corriander together until smooth
3.    Add tamarind extract, palm sugar, salt and granulate sugar into the sauce, and stir it
4.    Marinated chicken in the bowl with sauce and cover the bowl with plastic wrap
5.    Refrigerate marinated chicken for at least 1 hour on the fridge
6.    After 1 hour, thread each piece of chicken onto wooden skewers
7.    Pre heat grill to medium heat
8.    Grill for 6 to 7 minutes , turn the skewers and grill until no longer pink
9.    Remove from the grill pan and serve with sweet soy sauce, chopped shallot and chilli..

Salmon Sashimi

Ingredients :

1 lbs of salmon
3 table spoon of soy sauce
1 teaspoon of sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cup water
1 lemon
wasabi
pickled ginger

Instructions :

1.     Cut salmon into bite sized pieces
2.     Remove skin and fishbone.
3.     Stir salt and sugar in a bowl of water
4.     Brine salmon in a salt sugar water solution and let it for 5 minutes
5.     Drain the water solution and gently pat dry fish with paper towel
6.     On a serving plate, arrange salmon
7.     Put soy sauce into a bowl and serve with lemon pieces, wasabi and pickled ginger..

KFC copycat (Buttermilk Fried Chicken)

Ingredients :


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

Brine 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

Roasted Lemon Mackerel

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

Are you feel bored with that..?
Fried or just spicy mackerel..?
Don't you want to make a healthy one..?
Why don't you roasted them with a lot of seasonings.
No more tasteless, no more fat.. :)

Let's have a look..!

                                                       
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