Grilled Chicken Wings or Drumsticks with Cucumber Salad

Grilled Chicken Wings or Drumsticks with Cucumber Salad

This recipe is very easy you can make cucumber salad a day before and keep in the fridge.  Do marinate the chicken the night before.

For the chicken

You need 3 lbs of wings or drumstick combination

1 pgk of Chinese BBQ seasoning mix

1 pgk of Roasted chicken seasoning mix

1/4 cup of water

2 T soy sauce

2 T Honey

Mix and marinate the meat over night keep in the refrigerator.

For cucumber salad

31/2 cup of sliced cucumber

1/2 cup sliced red or white onion

1/2 cup of sliced red bell pepper

1/2 T of salt

1/2 cup of vinegar (do adjust to your taste)

1/2 cup of sugar (do adjust to your taste)

1/2 t of celery seeds

1/2 t of yellow mustard seeds

Mix and the ingredients in a bowl and put in a jar keep in the refrigerator, this cucumber salad last for few days in the fridge.

Grill the chicken or bake in the oven at 350 degree until the wings and drumstick turn golden or red color and the juice run clear then the chicken is done.

Serve grill chicken wings with cucumber salad and rice for the summer outdoor BBQ

Enjoy!

Steamed Fresh Rice Noodle

Steamed Fresh Rice Noodle

Fresh rice noodle is easy to make if you live in a place that has no Asian market and want to make fresh rice noodle you can make it at home, all you need is a big steamer and a pie glass plate to steam the noodle in.  There are 2 recipes in here

 First recipe (this make a lot of noodle cut in half if you don't have many to feed)

4 cups of rice flour

2 cups of tapioca starch

6 cups of water

1 t of salt
mix together and steam.

Second recipe
1 cup of rice flour
1cup of tapioca starch
2 cups of water
1/2 t salt
2 t of oil
Mix all the ingredients together and let it sit for 2 hours before steaming
 

Spray or oil a glass pie plate then pour 1/2 cup of liquid flour in it (it is faster if you have 2 pie plates)

Put in the steamer and steam for 8 minutes, take it out and set it in a cold bath tray to cool it faster. 

When it is cool down brush the noodle both side with oil then cut it in about 2 inches wide or any length you like.  Make sure you brush the noodle with enough oil so it won’t stick when you stack it in a bowl.  

Do not keep the noodle in the fridge it will be harder, if you are going to make rice noodle make sure you cook it on that day. 

Fresh rice noodle is good for noodle soup, Cho Fun, and any stir fry you like, I have few recipes in my blog here for stir fry noodle.

Enjoy!

Beef, Pork, or Chicken Fajita with Flat Bread

Beef, Pork, or Chicken Fajita with Flat Bread

Flat bread is nice to wrap with any kind of food. I make Fajita flat bread with what I have in my fridge.
1 lbs of any kind of meat you like even shrimps. Thinly sliced
1 pkg of Fajita seasoning
1/2 lime juice
1/4 cup chopped cilantro (keep some to garnish the wrap)
1 green onion chop
1/2 thinly sliced onion
1/2 thinly sliced green or red bell pepper
1/2 jalapeño pepper thinly sliced (optional)

Taco shell or Flat bread to wrap
Chopped avocado, lettuce, tomato, homemade salsa and Mexican cheese to serve with the wrap.

Marinate the above 8 ingredients all together for an hour set aside.

Heat oil until hot in a none stick fry pan then add all the marinate cook until the meat are done (if you use shrimp don’t cook too long). When the meat is cooked turn the heat off set aside.

Put a spoonful of Fajita meat on a taco shell or flat bread and top with avocado, lettuce, tomato cheese and salsa and sprinkle with some chopped cilantro and a squeeze of lime juice.

Enjoy!

Lok Lak Wrap with Flat Bread

Lok Lak Wrap with Flat Bread

This recipe is similar with lok lak in my blog here, I add onion and bell pepper to it. This recipe makes a lot if you don’t have many people cut in half.

2 lbs of good beef cube or slice to bite size, marinate with
4 T of oyster sauce
2 T of sugar (more or less up to you)
2 T of fish sauce
4 T of minced garlic
2 T of thick soy sauce (dragon brand)
1 t of black pepper
2 T of rice vinegar
1 thinly sliced onion
1 thinly sliced red bell pepper

Mix and marinate the above ingredients for 1 hour or longer
1 green onion
2 T of chopped cilantro
Roman lettuce to wrap the mixture
1 pkg of flat bread to wrap

Pepper lime sauce mix and set aside in a small bowl
1 lime juice
1 T of fish sauce or salt
1 t of black pepper
Sugar to your taste
Mix it well set aside adjust to your taste

Heat oil on high add the marinate meat cook until the meat no longer pink and the meat is tender. Turn the heat off let the meat cool a bit then add green onion and cilantro.

When ready to serve wrap the mixture with lettuce leave and flat bread then drizzle with pepper lime sauce.


Enjoy!

Wonton Soup

Wonton Soup

For the wonton
3/4 lb of ground pork (if you like do half pork half shrimp)
1/2 t cornstarch
2 finely chopped green onion
1 T of soy sauce
1 t of minced fresh ginger
1 t of sesame oil
1 t of sugar

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl to paste refrigerator for at least 1 hour
25 wonton wrappers, place 1 t of the filling in a wrapper bush edges with beaten egg
And pinch edges to seal, you can also wrap like tortellini as what I did. Repeat the remaining.

For the soup
25 wontons
1 box (32 oz) chicken broth (if you like more broth you can add more but make sure you adjust the flavor)
1 small pkg of wonton soup (sell at the Asian store)
1 t thinly sliced ginger
1 to 2 green onions for garnish
1 to of sugar
1 t to T of soy sauce
2 small head of baby bok choy cut in to 4 parts



The trick about wonton soup is not to boil the wonton with the soup (the wonton skin will fall apart) or bok choy
Steam 25 wontons, spray with cooking spray onto the steamer so it won’t stick for 20 minutes, the meat should be done. Take the wontons out and set aside.
Steam the bok choy for 5 minutes then take it out.
In a soup pot add chicken broth, wonton soup mix, ginger, sugar, and soy sauce bring to a boil
Taste and adjust the saltiness to your taste, turn the heat off add green onions.
When ready to serve put few steam wontons and baby bok choy in a soup bowl pour hot broth enough for 1 serving into the soup bowl.
Note you can add cook Chinese sliced bbq pork, or cook egg noodle to this soup when ready to serve.

Enjoy!

THAI GREEN CURRY

THAI GREEN CURRY

Green curry often very spicy, because the Thai use real hot green chili by a handful to give color to the curry paste.  If you don’t like spicy food use green chili that is not hot and homemade Green curry is best.

Homemade Green Curry paste

2 T of cilantro roots

1 T of coriander

1/2 t of pepper corn

1/2 T of cumin seeds

10  green chili (make sure you pick one that not hot) 

2 T of minced galangal

1/4 cup of garlic or 5 big cloves of garlic

3 Kaffir lime leaves thinly slice

2 Stalks of lemongrass thinly slice

1/2 T of salt

1/2 cup of shallots slice

1 t of shrimp paste (you need this paste to make any curry paste)

Roast or fry coriander, pepper corn and cumin seeds until fragrant then mix them all with the rest for the ingredients in food processor or in a mortar pestle.

In a mortar pastel pound all the ingredients except the shrimp paste put it last. Mix everything together until all combine, set aside until you ready to cook.

Green curry recipe

1 lb chicken breast cut to bite size

1 can of coconut milk

2 T of green curry paste (or homemade curry paste)

3 T of fish sauce

3 T of sugar (adjust the sugar to your taste)

1/2 t of five spice powder

3 kaffir lime leaves torn

2 cup of water

1 white onions slice

2 T of vegetable oil

2 ½ cup of mix Thai long bean, Thai around eggplant, Thai pumpkin, or bamboo shoots ect…

1 cup Thai basil for garnish

Heat a medium size pot until hot then add 2 T of vegetable oil and 2 T of curry paste fry until it releases the aroma.

Add the chicken to the pot cook till the chicken no longer pink then add fish sauce, sugar, five spice and lime leaves. Add coconut milk and vegetables and 2 cups of water to the pot cook until the chicken is done and the vegetables are tender to your taste then add white onion to it, cook for few more minutes until the onion is soft turn the heat off let it cool a bit then add Thai basil.  Curry just like stew the longer you cook it will taste better.

Serve Green curry with rice

Enjoy!

Chicken Flat Noodle Porridge ( Bor Bor Banch Kang)

Chicken Flat Noodle Porridge ( Bor Bor Banch Kang)

This noodle soup make similar to bor bor sach moun the only thing different is you don’t use rice instead you use big flat noodle fresh or dried noodle. You can use chicken, hen, pork bone and shrimps. The chicken or Pork bone broth is the main ingredient in this recipe

1 pkg of rice noodle (if you use dried noodle soak in water for few hours then wash and set aside) if you use fresh noodle separate and set aside.
1/2 chicken or 1 hen wash set aside
16 cups of water or chicken broth if you don’t have time, but it will take a lot of broth
3 T of dried shrimp wash set aside
2 T of salted dried cabbage (tang Chay)
2 T of chicken flavor soup bouillon
2 T of fish sauce or salt (if you use salt do less)
3 T of sugar

Green onion oil and garlic
2 green onions chop
3 garlic cloves minced
3 T of olive oil to fry the onion and garlic

In a non stick fry pan add oil until hot then add garlic fry for few minutes then add green onion
Fry until golden brown. Take it out and set aside.
This part is to put in the soup when it is done.

To garnish the soup bowl
Salted or sweet soy bean
Saw tooth coriander (Jee Bunlar) thinly slice
Green onion cut thinly
Bean sprouts
Fried garlic (if you have time mince lot of garlic and fry with oil ahead of time)
Black pepper
Lime wedge
Thai chili paste
Fry bread (optimal)

Put 16 cups of water in a big soup pot until boiling then add chicken or hen or pork of your choice
Cook on high heat until the meat done, take the meat or chicken out let cool down then shred the meat and set aside. Turn the heat off keep the broth.

Turn the heat back on now add dried shrimps, dried cabbage, chicken soup, fish sauce or salt, sugar, taste and adjust the flavor,
Now add noodle and shredded meat or chicken to the broth make sure you adjust the noodle according to the broth.
If you use fresh noodle don’t cook too long couple minutes is all you need or the noodle will turn to mash, it is almost the same as dried noodle if you soak it long enough.
Taste your soup and add salt or sugar to you taste, turn the heat off
Now add fried garlic and green onion to the soup pot stir and let it cool a bit before serve.

When ready to serve spoon the noodle soup into soup bowl and garnish with the above ingredients,
Sugar, salted soy bean, saw tooth, green onion, bean sprouts, chili, lime juice, ect., according to your liking.

Enjoy!

Khmer Crispy Rice Cookie (Num Tong Morn)

Khmer Crispy Rice Cookie (Num Tong Morn)

This cookie is easy to make but you have to order the machine from Amazon for $50. 

Get This Machine From Amazon

1 Bag of rice flour
1 can of coconut milk
3 eggs
1 ½ cup of sugar
1 t of salt
1 ½ T of black sesame seeds
3/4 cup of water

Mix everything in a bowl until well combine set aside
Heat the cookie mold until hot according to the package
Use bor bor spoon fill each mold with one spoonful
Cover and cook until it turn golden color (you have to check it)
When ready take the cookie out and roll or fold it right away while it
Is still soft, it only takes a minute for the cookies to crisp.
Let the cookies cool completely before storing in a jar or container

Enjoy!

Milk Chocolate Rice Crispy Treats

Milk Chocolate Rice Crispy Treats

1 bag mini marshmallows
1/2 bag (11.5oz) milk chocolate chip
1/2 stick of butter
1 box of rice crispy (take 2 cups out)
Spray 9x13 baking dish set aside

In a large none stick pan melt butter on low heat then add marshmallows and milk
Chocolate, stir on low heat until everything melted together.
Turn the heat off add the rice crispy treat and combine with the marshmallows mixture
Pour in baking dish flat and smooth the rice crispy mixture with a spay spatula, let it sit for 30 minutes until it cool down serve with milk.

Enjoy!

Stir Fry Almond Chicken

Stir Fry Almond Chicken

1 lb of chicken cut or slices to bite size
Marinate with
1 ½ T soy sauce
2 T oyster sauce
1 T rice vinegar
1 T sugar
2 cloves of minced garlic
1 t of pepper flake for spicy stir fry (optional)
Marinate for 1 hour

 For the vegetable

1 stalk of celery thinly slices
1/4 of white onion thinly slices
1 small carrot thinly slices
1/3 to 1/2 cup of toasted almond (you can use any kind of almond but make sure it is toasted)
1/3 to 1/2 cup of no salt chicken broth or water
1 green onion cut to small pieces
2 T of oil for stir fry

Heat a wok or fry pan until hot

Add oil to pan then add the marinate chicken (all the marinate liquid) and carrot stir fry for about 3 minutes until all the marinate liquid gone and the chicken is no longer pink, but still not cook yet

Now add celery and some chicken broth or water to pan mix well stir fry until the chicken is almost done then add white onion mix well, continue to cook until the chicken is done.

Turn the heat off now adds toasted almond and green onion to pan and mix well.

Serve hot with steam rice. You can also use cashew nut for this recipe,

Enjoy!

Classic Red or Yellow Curry

Classic Red or Yellow Curry

Red and Yellow curry is almost similar but I often add a bit more of my own lemongrass paste to it. Fresh kaffir lime leave is very importance when making curry.

 Fresh lemongrass paste help to flavor the curry because store bought curry paste keep so long and the flavor is not as fresh as homemade curry paste. You need 1 T of this paste. Keep the rest in the fridge for later use.

2 stalk of lemongrass white part only thinly sliced

2 to 3 big pieces of galangals thinly sliced

7 Kaffir lime leaves thinly sliced

1 t of salt

7 cloves of garlic

5 shallots

1 big red dried Mexican pepper soaked wash thinly sliced

1/2 t turmeric or fresh turmeric

Blend them in a blender or use mortar pastel pound it to paste.

For the curry you need the following ingredients,

1.8 oz of chicken breast cut to bite size (chicken leg taste better)
1 can of coconut milk
1 T of oil to stir fry the curry paste
2 to 3 T of red or yellow curry of your choice (the amount of curry paste is up to you)
1 T of lemongrass paste
2 cups of water (sometime I add a bit more water to it)
2 cup of potatoes, or yam or sweet potato, or red potato of your choice, cut to bite size
2 cup of long bean, or bamboo shoot cut to 1 inch long
2 cup of carrot cut to bite size
1 onion slice (put it last)
2 T of fresh kaffir lime leave thinly slice
2 to 3 T of sugar (curry need a bit of sugar to keep the spicy flavor down)
2 to 3 T of fish sauce
 4 star aniseeds (this will give curry a better taste)
1 cup of Thai basil leave (this is optional but many Thai people use it.)

In a large soup pot turn the heat to medium high add oil until hot fry 3 T of curry paste, 1 T of lemongrass paste and star aniseeds until fragrant then add ¼ cup of coconut milk  fry until the curry paste bubble then add chicken to it with 1 cup of water first

Cook until the chicken no longer pink then add potato, carrot, long bean or bamboo shoot and the rest of coconut milk and the last 1 cup of water to it.  Stir and cook for 3 minutes then add sugar, fish sauce, continue to cook until the vegetable are tender and the meat is cooked through, now add kaffir lime leaves turn the heat to low and cook for at least 15 minutes to combine all the flavor (curry is almost like stew the longer you cook it will taste batter.  Add white onion cook for 2 minutes, taste and adjust your curry turn the heat off let it cool a bit then add basil leaves.

Note curry will not taste good while it is hot so you have to let it cool a bit the best thing about curry it tastes better the next day just like stew.   In Cambodia we often serve curry with French bread and noodle not much with rice. 

Enjoy!

Classic Thai Chicken Sate and Peanut Sauce with Cucumber Salad

A Classic Thai Chicken Sate and Peanut Sauce with Cucumber Salad

2 lbs of chicken breasts cut to bite size set aside

1 ½ to 2 T of brown sugar

1/2 t of 5 spices powder

1 T of cumin

3 cloves of minced garlic

1/2 t of turmeric

1/2 cup of coconut milk

1 to 2 T of fish sauce

1/2 T of curry powder

Mix and marinate all the ingredients with chicken for at least 3 hours for flavor

Grill the meat on high heat for 4 minutes each side depend on how thick or thin your cut is until it all done

Turn the heat off ( note chicken sate get dry quickly, cook when you ready to serve)

For Peanut sauce

Mix in a sauce pan on low heat the following ingredients

1/4 cup of coconut milk

1/4 cup of water

2 T of peanut butter ( note peanut butter will thicker easily so don’t add more wait until it is cool down)

1 T of sugar

1 T of fish sauce

1/2 t of curry powder

1/4 t of cumin

1 to 2 T of lime juice

1/4 cup of chopped cilantro for garnish

Crush roasted peanut for garnish.

For cucumber salad

1 small sliced cucumber (1 cup)

2 minced garlic cloves

2 thinly sliced shallots

1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion

2 T fish sauce

2 T of sugar

2 T of vinegar

2 Thai chili chop

Mix and adjust everything to your taste for an hour before serve, keep in the fridge

Enjoy!

Orange Chicken

Orange Chicken

I  try few orange chicken recipes on line include my own and nothing taste as good as panda express because we don’t have the right ingredients to do it.  To make it easy and fast just go to Safeway and buy a bottle of Panda Orange sauce or a big  jar from Costco. The only thing I add different is ginger, water chestnut and orange zest to it.

4 chicken breasts cut to bite size

Tempura batter mix

Oil for deep fry

Mix and deep fry the chicken according to package direction, drain and set aside

1 T of julienne fresh ginger

1 T of orange zest

1 T of roasted sesame seeds for garnish

1 green onion for garnish

1 bottle of store bought Orange sauce

Heat oil in a fry pan, fry ginger and orange zest until fragrance

Then add chicken, Orange sauce to it (add enough sauce to cover the meat), stir fry until well combined and everything heat through, turn the heat off add sesame seeds and green onion for garnish.

Serve hot or warm with rice.

Enjoy!

Sweet and Sour Chicken

Sweet and Sour Chicken

There are many kind of sweet and sour chicken and it is easy to make,  you might have all the ingredients in your cupboard ready to cook, all you need is chicken breast.  You can make with chicken, shrimp, or pork.  Easy part is buy store bought tempera, mix and deep fry the meat.   As any deep fry you have to eat right away don’t keep it too long.

For the chicken

4 chicken breasts cut to bite size

Store bought Tempura shrimp batter mix according to package direction

Oil for deep fry the chicken and set aside. 

1/2 cup of diced red bell pepper

1 cup of pineapple chunk drain set aside

1/2 cup diced of white onion

Roasted Sesame seeds for garnish

1 stalk of chopped green onion for garnish

For the sweet and sour sauce

1 cup of Pineapple juice (pineapple juice is best not water)

1/3 cup of sugar (more or less up to you)

1/2 cup of ketchup  

1 T of soy sauce

3 T of white vinegar

1 to 1½ T of cornstarch (depend on how thick you want the sauce to be)

1 drop of red food coloring

 

On medium heat Combine everything in the sauce pan stir until the sauce is boiling and thicken, turn the heat off set aside (you might have some sauce left keep in the fridge for later use)

In a fry pan heat 2 T of oil until hot

Add red bell pepper stir fry until tender

Add pineapple, and sauce (add enough sauce to cover the meat) heat everything until all combine; turn the heat off let cool a bit before serve.

Garnish with Sesame Seeds and green onion

Serve with Rice

Enjoy!

Mango Sriracha Salsa

Mango Sriracha Salsa

You can serve this salsa with chip, grill chicken, shrimp, or steak. Adjust the chili to your taste.

2 shallots

2 garlic cloves

1/2 cup of onion

1 Jalapeño

1diced mango

2 diced Roma tomato

1 T of salsa seasoning mix

1/2 cup of chopped cilantro

1/3 cup of ketchup

1 T of Sriracha chili sauce

1/2 t salt

1 T of lime juice

1/2 T of sugar

Grill or roast the first 4 ingredients shallots, garlic, onion, and Jalapeno (the onion and garlic flavor won’t over power the rest of the ingredients)

Then mix the entire ingredients together taste and adjust the flavor.  You can serve with chip, grill chicken or grill steak.

Enjoy! 

Sweet and Spicy Sriracha Chicken BBQ

Sweet and Spicy Sriracha Chicken BBQ

 

This recipe for those who like Sriracha Chili sauce and it is very easy to do. It is very spicy folk if you don’t like spicy food reduce the amount of chili sauce. 

4 to 5 lbs of chicken wing, leg, drumstick, thigh, but not chicken breast, wash clean and set aside

In a Ziploc bag combine all the ingredients for the marinate

1 T of sesame oil

2 T of salt

1/2 cup of Sriracha Chili sauce (or less)

1/4 cup of ketchup

1/2 cup of soy sauce

1/4 cup of honey

1/4 cup of brown sugar

1 cup of orange marmalade or apricot

3 to 4 cloves of minced garlic

1 T of fresh minced ginger

1 cup of minced cilantro 

Mix and marinate the chicken in the Ziploc bag overnight or at least 4 hours for the flavor

 Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Pour the chicken marinate and the liquid in 9x13 baking dish (spray the baking dish)

Bake in the oven for30 to 45 minutes or until your chicken is done turning few times for color
Note Chicken wings and thigh cook faster than drumstick and leg.

There will be a lot of marinate sauce left done baking do not through it away

Cook rice noodle or spaghetti or linguine according to package direction

Then mix the noodle with the left over sauce garnish with chopped cilantro, Roasted Sesame seeds or crush peanut and lime juice to give it a Thai Classic style noodleJ

 

It is also best to grill

Turn the grill to medium until hot spray the rack before put the chicken on, using the marinate brush on the chicken throughout the grilling process until each side is golden in color and the chicken is done.

Enjoy!

 

Coca Cola Chicken

Coca Cola Chicken

This recipe is easy and very simple you can do with chicken legs, thigh, wing or drumstick all you have to do is add 1 cup of coke to it.

3 to 4 lbs of chicken wing, leg or drumstick
1 to 11/2  cups of Coca Cola ( do adjust the Cola for the amount of chicken)
1/2 cup of soy sauce
1 T of sugar (if you like it sweet,  optional)
1 T of ginger
1 T of minced garlic
Sriracha Chili sauce or crush chili for spicy (optional)

In a Ziploc bag marinate the chicken with soy sauce, ginger, and garlic for 1 hour at least or longer.

In a nonstick fry pan add 3 T of vegetable oil until hot
Add chicken and the marinated liquid to pan
Brown each side of the chicken
Add coca cola to pan and let it caramelize (on medium low heat)  each side until the chicken is cooked through. (turning few time for color) add the chili sauce last.
Serve with steam rice

Enjoy!

Stir fry Top Ramen

Stir fry Top Ramen

Top Ramen is fast and easy to cook, but if you want it to taste better do stir fry with it. You can use teriyaki sauce, yoshida sauce any kind you like to do this stir fry.

2 pg of Ramen noodle cook drain set aside
1 cup of sliced chicken, shrimp, pork or even hot dog
2 cloves of garlic minced
1 T of thinly sliced ginger
2 green onions chopped
1 cup of broccoli
1/2 cup of julienne carrot
1/2 cup chopped cabbage
2 T of oil
You can use any vegetable you like


Stir fry sauce
1/4 cup of soy sauce
1/4 cup of Worcestershire sauce or teriyaki sauce, or Yoshida sauce
if you use Teriyaki and Yoshida don't put ketchup, I put ketchup and Worcestershire is more like Yakisoba style.
1 T of sugar
2 T of Sriracha sauce
2 T of ketchup
Mix everything in a bowl set aside

In a hot wok add 2 T of oil until hot
Add garlic ginger stir fry until fragrant
Add chicken stir fry until no longer pink
Add broccoli, carrot, and cabbage stir fry until tender
If needed you can add a bit of water to soften the veggie
Now add the noodle and sauce mix well cook until the noodle is hot
Turn the heat off serve hot

Salmon Lime Soup (Snog Trey Salmon)

Salmon Lime Soup (Snog Trey Salmon)

This recipe is very simple and it is very easy to cook. All you need is fresh Salmon and herb to make this soup very light to eat at anytime.

Half of small Salmon clean and cut to 4 parts leave the skin on
2 stalk of lemongrass cut in half and bruise with the back of the knife
4 kaffir limes leaves torn
3 sliced of galangal
4 cloves of garlic smash flat with the back of the knife
2 T of raw rice (uncooked rice)
2 to 3 T of fish sauce or salt if you use salt do put less amount
1 T of chicken flavor soup mix
Water for the soup according to how much fish you use

Herbs for garnish
Thai basil
Lime wedge
Saw tooth coriander
Green onion
Cilantro

Lime juice with fish sauce
3 T of lime juice (more or less up to you)
2 T of fish sauce (more or less up to you)
2 Thai Chilies minced

Mix them in a small bowl and set aside to serve when the soup is ready

In a soup pot put enough water to cook the fish some people like more broth
Turn the heat to high in the soup pot put water, rice, galangal, kaffir lime leaves cook until the rice is soft not raw inside
Now add the salmon and cook until the salmon no longer pink (do not overcook the salmon)
Add fish sauce or salt, chicken flavor mix and adjust the flavor to your taste.

When ready to serve (make sure you serve it hot) put the soup into the bowl and garnish with all the garnish herbs, squeeze lime juice in the soup, serve with rice and fish sauce chilies lime juice

Enjoy!

Chinese Soy Chicken

Chinese Soy Chicken

One 4 to 5 lbs chicken wash clean let the water drip off the chicken, set aside.

2/3 cup of soy sauce
1 cup of water
1/2 cup of brown sugar
4 slices of ginger
4 star anises
1 cinnamon stick
3 cloves of garlic sliced
3 green onion cut in half

In a large wok or large pot big enough to put the whole chicken in and still have a bit of room left
Heat wok on high heat adds all the ingredients and brings to a boil
Now add the chicken carefully and let the chicken cook for 2 minutes on high heat then turn the heat to medium boil for 15 minutes, while the liquid is boiling carefully spoon the soy liquid and pour on the chicken several times so the chicken will turn brown color on all side.



After 15 minutes on one side turn the chicken to the other side and boil for another 15 minutes, continue pour the soy liquid on the top of the chicken for the next 15 minutes, then turn the heat off. Keep the liquid to make dipping sauce by cook it down until it is thicker and drain all the spices (through it away) keep the sauce to serve with chicken. (Total cooking time is 30minutes on both sides)

Heat the oven to 350 degree line up a deep baking pan with foil and spray the foil.
Take the chicken out from the wok and lay on the baking pan (don’t cover the chicken while baking)
Bake the chicken for 45 minutes or until it is done and juice run clear

Take the chicken out spray the outside skin with cooking spray and put it back in the oven for 15 more minutes this will help to make the chicken skin crispy, after 15 minutes turn the oven off and take the chicken out let it cool a bit before serving. (This part is optional you don’t have to do it)
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Serve your Chinese Soy Chicken with tomato, cucumber and the sauce with steam rice.

Enjoy!