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!

Thai Pork with Tomato (Nam Prik Ong)

Thai Pork with Tomato (Nam Prik Ong)

This recipe is Thai and it is almost similar to Khmer Prohok Khtis, but the Thai use Kapi instead of Prohok and no coconut milk involve in this recipe. Serve with long bean, trop, cucumber ect…and steam rice or sticky rice.

1 cup of ground pork (8oz)
1 T of red curry paste
1 big tomato peel the skin off chopped to small pieces
1 T of kreoung is lemongrass paste (this has lemongrass, red Mexico chili, kaffir lime leaves, cilantro stems, and galangal)
3 cloves of garlic minced
2 shallots minced
5 Thai red chilies more or less up to you
2 T of fish sauce
1 T of tamarind concentrate
1 T of palm sugar or brown sugar
1 T of Kapi
2 T of oil to fry

In a mortar pestle pound the lemongrass paste with Thai red chilies, garlic, and shallot to paste set aside (you only need 1 T of this paste)

In a hot fry pan add oil fry the red curry paste and lemongrass paste until fragrant
Add ground pork fry until no longer pink, and then add Kapi, fry and mix it well (this part will have a very strong smell)
Now add the rest of the ingredients and fry until all mix and pork cook all the way, taste and adjust to your taste bud. Let it cool and serve with sticky rice and any vegetable you like.

Enjoy!

Khmer or Thai Deep Fry Banana (Jake Jean)

Khmer or Thai Deep Fry Banana (Jake Jean)

This recipe is very similar in Thailand and Cambodia, The best banana to deep fry for this recipe is Thai or Cambodian banana call Jake Namva sells at the Asian food store, you can use regular banana but it is too soft in texture do not use plantain banana. Deep fry banana is good when it is hot, it will not taste good when it is cold.

Need at least 10 bananas (Jake Namva) for this recipe
1 bag of shrimp or banana batter mix sell at the Asian store.
1 ¼ cup of water
1/3 cup of coconut milk
2 T of sugar
2 T of coconut flakes
1 T of black sesame seeds
Dash of salt
Mix everything together in a bowl and set a side
Oil for deep fry

Peel the banana and take a clean plastic like Ziploc or any clean cling wrap put banana in the middle fold the cling wrap over then press it so the banana is a bit flat, take out and set aside in a plate (get all of these done first)

Pour about 6 cups of oil or more enough to deep fry the banana. Heat oil on medium heat until hot
Then deep the banana in batter mixes and drops in hot oil. Fry until the batter turn golden yellow.
Take it out and drain on a paper towel. Let cool down a bit and serve as appetizer or desert.

Enjoy!

Mum Silver fish (khmer trey Prite)

Mum Silver fish (khmer trey Prite)

This recipe is like any khmer Mum you need to make sure to adjust the salt to your taste if it too much salt it won’t get sour and if not enough Mum will be spoil. What I do is I often take a taste for the saltiness before I put it in the jar.

1 bag of tiny silver fish or tiny shrimps sell at the Asian market (wash drain and set aside let the water drip)
1/3 cup of minced Galangal
1/3 cup of roasted rice
2 T of salt use American measuring spoon (do adjust the salt)
2 cups of shredded green papaya
1 cup of shredded carrot
1 t of tamarind powder

Mix everything well together put it into a clean jar and let it sits for a week, I keep it outside for 1 day then I keep it in the fridge for later use. It will sour fast depend on where you live with warm weather.

When ready to serve add minced garlic, minced chilies, lime juice and assorted herbs serve with green fresh vegetable. Serve with rice.

Enjoy!

STIR FRY CHOW MEIN NOODLE

STIR FRY CHOW MEIN NOODLE


1/2 pg of fresh chow mein noodle(8oz) or Yakisoba noodle, if you use fresh chow mein do soak it in warm water for 20 minutes. I like Fresh Yakisoba from Costco
6 to 8oz of pork sliced thin.
1 cup of sliced cabbage
1/4 onion sliced thin
1/2 carrot sliced thin
1/2 cup of sliced meat
1 cup of bean sprouts
1 to 2 T of chopped garlic
2 green onions
3 T of oil for stir fry

SAUCE FOR STIR FRY

3 T of soy sauce
3 T of Yoshida sauce from Costco
3 T of oyster sauce
1 t of sesame oil
1 t of sugar
3/4 cup of chicken broth
Mix them all together and set aside.


PREPARATION
Heat oil in a wok till hot, add garlic stir fry until brown
Add carrot stir fry till tender then add meat cook till the meat no longer pink
Add cabbage and onion stir fry till tender
Add noodles and stir fry
Add the sauce mix well till the noodle hot
Add the green onion
Turn the heat off then
Add bean sprout last.

Enjoy!

Mum Lahong

Mum Lahong

Mum Lahong is khmer snack it is good with any sticky rice or regular rice or just eat it alone.

1 small lahong cut to long strip
2 T salt
Water
Let’s do this part first, mix salt in warm water enough to soak the Lahong over night to soften the texture of Lahong. The next day wash it few times until it is clean. This process is to soften the Lahong and to get rid of any sticky texture on lahong.

Now you need
2 T of Palm sugar
1 T of water
On a low heat stove melted the palm sugar until it is brown in color let it cool
1/3 cup of minced galangal
1/3 cup of roasted rice
1 ½ T of Vietnamese Mam Ca Sac Xay (preserved grinded fish in Brine) this will give flavor to any kind of Mum.
1 t of tamarind powder
1 T of salt
10 fresh chilies

In large bowl mix everything all together except the chilies, mix it well use your hand to do so until well combine then add 10 chilies to it.
Put Mum in a jar and let it sit out for 2 to 3 days then Mum Lahong will be ready to serve.

Enjoy!

Phnom Penh Noodle Soup (Keiv Teav Phnom Penh)

Phnom Penh Noodle Soup (Keiv Teav Phnom Penh)

                Keiv Teav Phnom Penh is famous in Cambodia, a hot pork broth simmering with pork bone, dried shrimps, dried squids, and fresh daikon, grill onion, and spices are cook for hours or overnight to bring the best flavor for the morning breakfast for the Khmer people everywhere on the street or restaurant in Cambodia.  It is a lot of work you might have to make the broth the day before.

 This recipe make a lot if you don’t have many people to feed cut it in half.

For the broth you need the following ingredients

5 lbs of pork bone any bone will do

2 lbs of pork shoulder or pork butt or loin

2 onions cut in half and grill until it turns brown in color

1 small daikon radish cut to big bite size set aside

1/2 cup of dried shrimps soaks wash set aside

4 small dried squid’s soaks wash and cut to bit size set aside

2 piece of rock sugar or ¼ cup of white sugar

7 cloves of garlic smash

5 star Anise

1 t of black or white pepper corn

1 to 2 T of salt

1/4 cup of fish sauce

20 cups of water

For the meat

Cooked Pork shoulder sliced thin

Cooked Pork liver sliced thin

Cooked ground pork

Cooked shrimps

Quail eggs (make sure you put it in hot boiling for water or hot soup broth for a minute or so)

 Set all the meat aside ready to serve

To garnish the noodle bowl

Bean sprouts

Green onion

Saw tooth coriander (Jee Bunlar)

Cilantro

Lime wedges

Roman lettuce cut to bite size

For the flavor sauce and Garlic shallots oil

Minced Fry shallots and garlic’s with oil set aside (you need to have it ready before hand)

Sriracha hot chili sauce

Hoisin sauce

Black pepper

For the noodle you can use fresh or dried Phnom Penh noodle if you use dried noodle make sure you soaked wash and drain the water then cook in hot boiling water for a minute or so.  For Fresh noodle I also soak it for about 5 minutes in warm water so it cooks fast in boiling water.  Do use strainer with handle to cook the noodle in hot boiling water. (Don’t cook it until you ready to eat or else the noodle will stick together.)

To make the broth

You have to parboil the bone wash and clean. In a big soup pot bring enough water to boil then add pork bone.  Boil for 5 minutes on high heat then drain and wash the bone set aside, this will keep the broth clear, clean the pot.

Now put 20 cups of water in the soup pot and turn the heat on high until the water is boiling then add the bone, pork shoulder and the rest of the ingredients into the boiling pot.  Cook for 20 minutes on medium high heat then reduce the heat to low or simmer for 1 ½ hours to 2 hours.  Do adjust everything to your taste bud. (Make sure you take out the pork shoulder ahead of time if you cook it too long the meat will be very tuff to chew on)

When the soup is done take the bone out sliced any meat your want off the bone. Drain the broth and discharge everything else, put the clear broth back in the pot and set aside until ready to serve.

To serve the Phnom Penh noodle soup.

Turn the soup broth back to a boil then on low to keep the broth hot,

 Cook noodle in hot boiling water drain shake off the access water then put in  a large soup bowl add cooked slice pork meat, liver, shrimps, ground pork, quail eggs on top of the noodle then add the soup to cover the noodle,

Garnish with bean sprouts, cilantro, and green onion, saw tooth, lettuce, and flavor chili garlic oil, hoisin, chili sauce and squeeze of lime juice, sugar, black pepper to your taste bud.

Enjoy!

Stir Fry Morning Glory (Char Trokoun)

Stir Fry Morning Glory (Char Trokoun)

This recipe is easy and cheap, all you need is water spinach which is what it is call in America, it has long stem with pointed green leaves. In Asia it grows in the lake pond and any place that has water.

20 stems of water spinach or Trokoun cut to 1 inch long about 4 to 5 cups (keep stems separate from the leaves.
8 oz of minced pork, shrimp, chicken or tofu whatever you like
2 T of oyster sauce
2 T of fish sauce or soy sauce
1 T of sugar more or less up to you
1 to 2 T of Fermented soy bean
3 garlic cloves minced
2 T of vegetable oil

In hot wok heat oil add garlic stir fry until brown
Add pork, shrimp, or whatever you like to it cook until no longer pink
Add water spinach stems part only, cook until tender if needed add a bit of water
Now add soy sauce or fish sauce, sugar, oyster sauce, and soy bean, mix well,
(Make sure you add a T of everything at a time in case it is salty)
Now add the leaves and stir fry quickly, Water spinach cook very fast so be careful don’t overcook.
Taste and adjust turn the heat off.

Serve with cooked rice

Enjoy!

Lemongrass Fish (trout, tilapia, or any white fish)

Lemongrass Fish (trout, tilapia, or any white fish)

Lemongrass is one of the most flavorful herb and medicine use in Asia country. Lemongrass work for any kind of meat, fish or fresh salad, I use lemongrass for many of fish curry dish or just grill fish, and the flavor is very good with any kind of fresh pickle or salad.

1to 2 trout clean, cut shallow, diagonal slits on both side for the marinate to get inside the fish.

1 to 2 stalk of lemongrass thinly sliced, white part only,
3 cloves of garlic
3 shallots
1 to 2 Thai chilies for spicy (optional)
1 thumb size galangal, thinly sliced
3 lime leaves thinly sliced
1 T of sugar
1 to 2 T of fish sauce

In a mortar and pestle pound the lemongrass, garlic, shallots, galangal, chilies, lime leaves to paste

In a large bowl marinade the fish with the lemongrass paste add sugar fish sauce and marinated for few hours.

Grill or fry the fish until golden brown take it out let cool
Serve with Khmer Jrouk Spey, green mango salad, green tomato salad and so on…with rice
Enjoy

Curry Noodle (Somlor Kari Num Banh Chok)

Curry Noodle (Somlor Kari Num Banh Chok)

For Curry noodle you can make any kind of curry to go along with the rice noodle, but for Khmer curry noodle is a bit different, we use fresh curry paste mix with some red or yellow curry paste or only fresh curry paste. I often mix with Thai red curry paste.

For the Kroeung Curry paste,

2 stalk or 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
1 T of shrimp paste

In a food processor or mortar and pestle pound everything to paste add shrimp paste last and set aside .

To make chicken curry for the noodle

1 can of coconut milk or cream
1/4 cup of homemade curry paste (you can add more if you like)
3 T of red curry paste
5 star aniseeds
Half of chicken cut to bite size (you can use any kind of chicken, but bone in chicken taste better)
2 T of vegetable oil
3 Potatoes cut to bite size
3 to 4 carrots to bites size
1 onion sliced
Sugar to your taste
Fish sauce to your taste
Water as needed
Note: if you like you can use bamboo shoots and long beans instead of potatoes and carrots all up to you.

In a big pot add oil turn to medium heat until oil is hot then add curry paste both homemade and store bought fry until fragrant then add star aniseeds half can of coconut milk stir until all mix and bubble
Now add the chicken stir and cook for 15 minutes add water enough to cover the meat and cook until the meat is tender

Add Potatoes and carrots, the rest of the coconut milk and more water to your desire enough to cover the potatoes and carrots cook until the chicken and carrots is soft add onion cook till the flavor come together.
Taste and adjust the flavor with sugar and fish sauce. Curry can take about 1 hour to cook for the best flavor.


For the vegetables,
As for any khmer Num Banch Chok you can add any vegetable you like
The best vegetables are
Cucumber
Long bean
Bean sprouts
Thai basils
Cabbage
Thai chilies
Banana blossom and so on

For the noodle you can use rice noodle for Num Banch Chock or sometime I use top ramen just boil the noodle drain and don’t use any of the seasoning packages.

To serve Curry noodle

Put the noodle in a large bowl
Spoon the curry soup on top then add the vegetables, chili, lime juice salt and sugar as desire.

Enjoy!

Banana Muffin Cake

Banana Muffin Cake

1 box of yellow cake mix
3 eggs
1/3 cup of vegetable oil
5 ripe bananas
1/4 cup of milk

Mix everything until smooth spoon in muffin pan (line with paper cup)
Bake at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes or until done

You can make any cream to go on top up to you.

Shepherd Pie

Shepherd Pie

I made Shepherd Pie all the time, but sometime I made it a bit different from most of the recipes. I use cream of chicken or cream of mushroom to cook the mixture for the pie; it gives creamy taste to the pie.

1 lb of ground beef
1 small can of cream of mushroom, or chicken, or celery.
1/2 minced yellow onion
1/2 cup of minced carrot or red pepper whatever you like for color
1/2 cup of frozen corn
1/2 cup of frozen pea
1/2 cup of chopped green onion or chive will give you a good flavor
3 T of butter
1 cup of shredded cheese (you can use any cheese you like) topping
Dash of salt and pepper to your taste
1 t of hot sauce (optional)
3 to 4 cup of mash potato (I cook fresh mash potato with some milk for flavor)

Cook ground beef set aside.

In a fry pan on medium heat melt the butter and sauté the yellow onion, carrot, or pepper, until tender then
Add corn, pea, green onion or chive to it

Add ground beef and cream of mushroom stir until well combined, season with salt, pepper and hot sauce turn the heat off. If the mixture is too thick you can add a bit of broth, water or milk to thin it down.

Spoon the mixture into deep pie baking dish or square baking pan, add mash potato spread it evenly on top then sprinkle with shredded cheese. Bake in the oven at 350 for 25 minutes or until the pie is hot and cheese all melted. If you have fry bacon top it with the cheese it will give the pie crispy flavor.

Enjoy!

Easy Coconut Egg Custard

Easy  Coconut Egg Custard

11/2 cup of milk
1 cup of coconut flake
4 eggs
1 t vanilla
1/2 cup of flour
4 T of melted butter
1 cup of sugar
1 t nutmeg to sprinkle on top

Mix everything except nutmeg in a large bowl for 3 minutes until smooth
Pour the mixture in a deep pie dish sprinkle with nutmeg on top
Bake at 350 for 50 minutes or until the custard firm
Take out let cool before serve

Enjoy!

Steam Rice Noodle with Egg (Khmer Mee Kalar)

Steam Rice Noodle with Egg (Khmer Mee Kalar)

This recipe is not stir fry noodle it is steam with combination of dressing and veggies. Not many region in Cambodia know how to make this recipe because it has too many steps to it and it is came from Battambang nearby Bor Pylen province which many khmer Thai live there. Good dressing is the main part of this recipe.

For the Noodle
2 packs of fresh Pho noodle soak for 1 hour wash, and color with thick soy sauce or mushroom soy sauce, then steam the noodle in the steamer for 5 minutes until it is soft and cook through. Mix with scallion oil right away so the noodle  won’t stick when it cool down. Set aside.

For the meat (you can use any meat you like even shrimp, but recipe call for pork and eggs)

1 lb of thinly slice pork
2 T of oyster sauce
1 t of sugar
1 T of chopped garlic or shallots
1 white onion sliced
2 T of oil for stir fry the meat
In a hot wok add oil until hot
Now add garlic or shallot stir fry until brown
Add pork and stir fry until no longer pink
Now add onion and oyster sauce, sugar, to it
Mix them all together and stir fry until the pork is done.
Let it cool down and set aside,

For the scallion oil
4 green onions chopped
1/2 cup of olive oil
Heat oil in a sauce pan until hot add green chopped green onion cooked for 1 minutes then turn the heat off let cool.

For the dressing, do adjust to your taste (Tuk Trey)
Boiling Water or 1 can of Coco Rico Soda (12oz)
Vinegar or lime juice (1/4 cup)
Fish sauce (1/2 cup)
Sugar (6 T spoon more or less up to you)
2 Shallots minced
2 Thai chilies minced
Mix everything taste and set aside, it is best to do the dressing a day before for flavor.

6 hard boil eggs cut to quarter or half, set aside

For the topping
cooked Pork skin thinly slice (sell at the Asian market ready to use)
1/2 cup of dried baby shrimps soak wash and pound to powder set aside
1/2 cup of crush roasted peanut
Bean sprouts
Cucumber sliced thin
Thai Chili sauce
All kind of herbs like Thai Basil, Vietnamese mints, mints, cilantro ect….

To serve the noodle
In a serving plate or a large bowl
Put the amount of steam noodle you like then top with 1 T each of stir fry meat, cooked pork skin, crush peanut, dried shrimp, few slice of hard boil eggs, then add bean sprouts, cucumber, and herbs to it, drizzle with dressing and squeeze of lime juice and chili sauce.

Enjoy!

Stir Fry Curry Crabs

Stir Fry Curry Crabs

3 cooked or raw Dungeness clean cut crack the shells, set aside

Stir fry sauce
1/2 can of coconut milk, (if you like coconut milk you can add a bit more for the sauce)
2 T of red curry paste
2 T of sugar
2 T of oyster sauce
2 T of fish sauce
1/2 t of Chinese 5 spices
Mix everything in a bowl set aside

1/2 white onion slice
2 green onions cut to 1 inch
1/4 cup of thinly sliced ginger
1 Jalapeño slice
2 garlic cloves mince
2 shallots mince
3 T of vegetable oil for stir fry

Heat 3 T of oil in a wok until hot
Add minced garlic and shallots, ginger and Jalapeño stir fry until aroma
Add crabs if it is cooked crab it won’t take long but if you use raw crabs do add some water a bit to steam the crabs cooked until the raw crab turn pink,
Now Add stir fry sauce and you have to toss or stir it few times to make sure the sauce and crabs is all mix together (this is why you have to crack the shell so the flavor will go inside) taste and adjust the spice.
Add white onion and green onion mix well, turn the heat off,

Serve stir fry curry crabs with rice.

Enjoy!

Nacho or Taco Pie

Nacho or Taco Pie

In the picture I put Nacho Cheese on top before baking (optional).

1 bag of chip
1 lb of ground pork cooked with taco seasoning set aside
1 package of taco seasoning
1 roasted onion
1 roasted red bell or green bell pepper
2 roasted jalapeño pepper (more or less up to you)
1 cup of chopped olive
1/2 cup of chopped green onion
2 chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup of chopped cilantro
2 cup of Mexican cheese (more or less up to you)
Sour cream to serve with

Spray 9x13 baking dish, lay half of chip on it
Lay half Taco meat on it then sprinkle
With half of roasted onion, bell pepper, jalapeno, olive, green onions, and tomato
Sprinkle 1 cup of cheese on it (this is first layer) you can stop here or do the second layer the same
Start the second layer by add chip, meat and so on like the first layer.
On the top add the 1 last cup of cheese and sprinkle with cilantro
Bake in the oven at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes until the cheese melted

When ready to serve you can add sour cream on top or serve it as Nacho by drizzle with Nacho Cheese.

Enjoy!

Khmer Num Krok (Cambodian rice cake)

Khmer Num Krok (Cambodian rice cake)

This recipe is often made and sells on the street of Cambodia and Thailand. In order to make this cake you need to have the right cake pan don’t use muffin baking pan it will not work well. I bought mine in a kitchen store somewhere I can’t remember. Thai food import on line also sell this cake pan in cast iron is one of the best. I have 2 recipes for you.

Recipe I
31/2 cup of coconut milk
1/2 cup of water (do add water little by little in case the batter is too thin)
1/2 cup of coconut flake grind to powder
3 T of uncooked rice, grind to powder
2 cup of rice flour
1 t of salt
1/3 cup thinly sliced green onion or chives

Mix all the batter ingredients in a large bowl set aside.

For the coconut topping
1 ¾ cup of coconut cream
1/4 cup of sugar
2 T of tapioca starch
Mix them all together in a small bowl set aside

Recipe II
2 1/2 cups of coconut milk
1/4 cup of 2% milk (milk is to thin the batter)
1 cup of rice flour
1 cup of Glutinous rice flour
1/2 cup of cooked cold rice (left over rice work well)
3 to 6 T of sugar (if you like sweet add up to 6 and it is just like sweet cake)
1/4 t salt
2 green onions chopped
 Mix everything together until smooth then add the rice last. If the batter is too thick add a bit more of milk, but be careful if the batter too thin it  will take long time to cook. You don't need coconut cream on top for this recipe.

Coconut sauce for the cake (this is for 2 serving)
3 T of fish sauce
2 T of sugar (more or less up to you)
3 T of boiling water
2 to 3 T of lime juice
1 clove of garlic
1 Thai chili mince
1 to 2 T of coconut cream
mix everything in a bowl set aside until ready to serve

Heat the cake pan on medium heat until hot, brush with oil each time you put the batter in, spoon the batter mixture into each hole cover and cook until the cake is almost thicken then drizzle the sweet coconut cream on the top let it cook a bit longer until the batter is thicken, flip it over and cook the other side cook until the batter and cream is done. Take it out let it cool on a serving platter.

Note: If the pan is too hot the cake will cook fast on the outside but the inside batter is raw so make sure the heat is on low all the way after few round of cooking the cake batter.



Serve Num Krok or Khmer hot cake with coconut sauce above.

Vietnamese Steam Rice Cakes

Vietnamese Steam Rice Cakes

This is Vietnamese recipe of steam rice cakes, you can do it 2 ways, to steam it or cook it in hot cake pan (Thai KaNum Krok pan) in Vietnam this recipe is steamed on a large steamer with many tiny bowls inside the steamer. I did it a bit different because I don’t have tiny bowls to steam. I mix everything according to the package then I use Num Krok pan to cook it, it works well.

To make the filling
1/3 cup of dried shrimps (you can also use fresh shrimps) soaks wash set aside
1/2 cup of yellow monk bean soak for few hours then steam until it is cooked
1/4 cup of minced preserved turnip
2 minced shallots
2 minced green onions or chives
Dash of sugar and msg up to you
2 T of oil



To make the sweet fish sauce (1 to 2 serving)
3 T of fish sauce
2 T of sugar (more or less up to you)
2 to 3 T of lime juice
3 T of water
1 garlic clove, minced
1 Thai chili minced
Mix and adjust the flavor to your taste.


Heat oil on medium heat until hot; add shallots stir fry until golden color
Add dried shrimps, and turnip, stir fry until hot
Add green onion, monk bean, sugar, msg mix well turn the heat off
Take the filling mixture out and set aside


For the batter
You need 1 bag of Bot Banch Beo Vietnamese rice cake and mix with 4 cup of water (direction is on the package) what I did with my recipe is I used 3 cup of water and 1 cup of coconut milk.

Heat up the Num Krok cake pan on medium heat until hot brush with oil inside each hole. Spoon the cake batter into the holes cover and cook for 2 minutes or until the batter is a bit thicker,

Now add 1 t of filling to each batter and drizzle 1 t of cake batter on top so the filling will stick with the cake, continue to cook until the batter is done. Take each cake out put them on a serving platter. Repeat the remaining batter and filling.

To serve the rice steam cake all you have to do is drizzle the sweet fish sauce on the top of the cake and enjoy!

Stir fry Dried Wheat Noodle

Stir fry Dried Wheat Noodle

You need to find dried Mi Chay brand noodle sell at the Asian grocery store.

4 small bundle of Mi Chay dried noodle (boil in water according to the package direction)
Drain set aside
1 cup of minced pork or small shrimps
Half red bell pepper
2 cup of bean sprouts
2 green onion or ½ cup of chopped chives
1 t black pepper if you like spicy noodle
3 cloves of minced garlic or shallots
3 T of oil for stir fry
You can use any vegetable you like

Stir fry sauce
3 T of soy sauce
2 T of fish sauce
1 T of oyster sauce
1 T of dark soy sauce or Mushroom soy sauce
1 T of sugar (more or less up to you)


In hot wok heat oil until hot add garlic stir fry until brown but not burn
Add ground pork or shrimps stir fry until the meat is done and shrimp turn pink
Add red bell pepper stir fry until tender
Now add noodle and sauce stir fry until the noodle is hot turn the heat off
Add black pepper
Add bean sprouts and green onion mix it well

Serve hot with lime juice and chili sauce.

Enjoy!

Salted Fish with Minced Pork Steam Trey Prama Sach Jrouk

Salted Fish with Minced Pork
Steam Trey Prama with Ground Pork

For this recipe you need trey Prama or Trey Bra. Because these kinds of fish are hard to mince I steam it first then minced it with ground pork. You can steam or fry trey Prama.

1/3 cup of minced trey Prama
1/2 cup of ground pork
1 to 2 eggs scramble
4 garlic cloves mince (or 2 garlic 2 shallots)
Thai chilies as much as you like
1 t of sugar (more or less up to you)
1/2 t of msg (up to you)


On a clean cutting board mince all the ingredients together (except the eggs) to tiny pieces.
Put it in a bowl now adds crumble eggs to it, mix it well.

Steam the mixture until it is done.
If you fry it put 3 T of oil in a fry pan then form a flat mixture of trey Prama put in hot oil fry each side until golden and the ground pork is cooked.

Serve Trey Prama with any Thai crunchy vegetables or steam broccoli with a squeeze of lime juice on it.

Enjoy!

BBQ Chicken

BBQ Chicken

I made this BBQ chicken with half store bought spice and half homemade BBQ sauce, it turns out pretty good. It is very simple recipe.

2 ½ lbs of chicken drumsticks
1 pgk hickory bbq seasoning mix from the store (1.6 oz McCormick brand)
Mix and marinate the chicken with the seasoning package for few hours, I did it over night.

Homemade BBQ sauce
2 cups ketchup
1 cup of brown sugar
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/8 cup of liquid smoke

Put all the ingredients in the sauce pan and stir on simmer for 15 minutes, turn the heat off let cool. Keep left over in the refrigerator for a month or longer. This BBQ sauce taste much better than sweet baby ray because it is not too sweet.

Grill or bake your chicken until it is done, if you bake it at 350 for 30 minutes or so.
When the chicken is done brush with homemade bbq sauce and serves with any side dish.

Deep Fried Wonton

Deep Fried Wonton

1 pkg of Wonton wrapper

1/2 lb of ground Pork
1/2 lb of minced shrimp
1 T of soy sauce
1 T of oyster sauce
1 T of minced ginger
2 T of minced bamboo shoots
2 T of minced onion
1 T minced garlic or shallots
1 t of sesame oil
1 t of sugar (optional)
2 green onions minced
1 T of cornstarch

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl set aside
Take one piece of wonton skin lay on a flat surface
Spoon one teaspoon of the meat put in the middle seal edge with water
Then fold it into triangle shape, repeat the remaining

Heat 3 cups of vegetable or canola oil on medium heat in a wok until hot then drop few pieces of wonton into hot oil deep fry until golden brown take it out and drain. Make sure the oil is not too hot or else it will burn the outside of the wonton skin and the meat won’t cook.

Serve warm with Thai sweet and chili sauce.

Enjoy!

Alfredo Veggie and Hot Dog Pizza

Alfredo Veggie and Hot Dog Pizza

When I don’t have sausage or meat at home all I have is hot dog to create this pizza with my left over Alfredo sauce.

Half can of Alfredo sauce
1/2 cup of broccoli floret
1/2 cup of red bell pepper slice
1/2 cup of mushroom slice
1/2 cup of white onion slice
1/2 cup of chopped hot dog
1/2 cup of 4 cheeses
Green onion for topping (optional)
Pizza dough of your choice, I bought it from Winco

Get the dough flat ready to lay sauce and topping
Spread few spoonful of sauce on pizza
Lay the veggies all over the pizza
Then hot dog and sprinkle cheese on the top

Bake in the oven at 425 degree for 18 minutes or until crush is done

Enjoy!

Vietnamese Chicken Salad with Lime Dressing

Vietnamese Chicken Salad with Lime Dressing

This is very simple and quick for leftover chicken all you have to do is mix with lime dressing and toss to serve.

2 full cups of leftover roasted chicken (you can boil 2 breasts if you don’t have left over) shredded

1/3 cup of sliced red or white onion
1/3 cup of shredded carrot
1/3 cup of julienne red bell pepper


Dressing (do adjust to your taste)
4 T of fish sauce
1 ½ lime juice
1 T of sugar
1 T of minced shallots
1 t of minced garlic
2 T of minced Thai Chilies
Mix the dressing in a bowl for half an hour for flavor.

Herbs
1/4 cup of chopped mints
1/4 cup of cilantro
1/4 cup of basil
1 to 2 T of Roasted peanut divide

When ready to serve mix chicken with dressing and onion, carrot, bell pepper, mix well
Then add 1 T roasted peanut and herbs toss to combine, spoon on to serving dish if needed drizzle a bit more dressing on top and garnish with the rest of the peanut.

Enjoy!

Stir fry Sugar or Snap Pea with Chives

Stir fry Sugar or Snap Pea with Chives

8oz of sliced pork
2 cups sugar pea or snap pea
2/3 cup of chopped chives
2 Thai chilies for spicy (optional)
3 cloves of minced garlic
3 T of oil for stir fry

Stir fry Sauce
2 T of oyster sauce
1 T of soy sauce
1 T of fish sauce
1 t of sugar
1/3 cup of chicken broth
1/2 t of black pepper
Mix everything in a bowl set aside

In a hot wok add oil until hot then add garlic stir fry until brown
Add pork stir fry until the meat no longer pink
Now add sugar pea stir fry for a minute then add stir fry sauce stir fry until sugar pea is tender then add chives, mix well turn the heat off.

Serve hot with cooked rice

Enjoy!

Easy Beef or Pork Broccoli Stir fry

Easy Beef or Pork Broccoli Stir fry

There are many kinds of stir fry beef and broccoli, in Chinese restaurant they deep fry the beef first then stir fry so the meat taste crunchy. When I don’t have time I do it the easy way all I have to do is add the broccoli and call it good. Pork tastes as good as beef for stir fry broccoli.

1 lb of good sliced beef or Pork marinate with
2 T of Chinese Rice wine or any cooking wine
2 to 3 T of oyster sauce
1 T of sugar
2 T of soy sauce
2 T of low sodium beef or chicken broth

Marinate the meat at least 2 to 3 hours for flavor.

3 cloves of minced garlic
2 T of oil for stir fry
4 cups of broccoli
2/3 cup of chicken broth mix with 1 t of corn starch if you like your stir fry juice thicken

Heat oil in a wok on high heat until hot
Add garlic fry until brown
Add meat and cook until no longer pink
Add broccoli and chicken broth, if needed you can add more broth.
Stir fry the broccoli until tender and meat is cooked according to your liking
Turn the heat off.

Serve hot with rice

Enjoy!

Peanut Sesame Noodle Salad

Peanut Sesame Noodle Salad

This recipe is very easy you can use store bought dressing or you can make it your own. Winco sell Kraft Asian toasted Sesame dressing that you can use with this kind of salad or any Peanut dressing will do all you have to do is add toasted sesame seeds or sesame oil to it. I did not measuring exact amount of everything, but you can mix and taste.

You need small box of spaghetti cooked according to package direction
1 cup of Napa Cabbage
1/2 cup of red bell pepper
1/2 cup of red onion
1/2 cup of cilantro
1/2 cup of mints

Store bought dressing (because store dressing is so sweet I add a bit more soy and lime to it)
1/2 cup Kraft Asian toasted Sesame dressing mix with
1 T of soy sauce
1 T of lime juice
1 T of toasted Sesame seeds
Mix the ingredients together set aside

Homemade Sesame dressing
3 T of rice vinegar
2 T of brown sugar
3 T of soy sauce
3 T of hoisin sauce
5 T of olive oil
1 t of sesame oil
1 t of minced ginger
1 t of garlic
1to 2 T of smooth peanut butter (more or less up to you)
Mix everything together half an hour ahead of time for flavor

Mix spaghetti with the dressing (add and taste as you mix) and vegetables
Toss with herbs mix well and Serve.

Happy Asian Noodle Salad

Enjoy!

Ground Pork with Coconut milk (Khmer Prohok Khtis)

Ground Pork with Coconut milk (Khmer Prohok Khtis)


This is my second recipes of Prohok Khtis with lemongrass in my blog.
 2 T of lemongrass paste 
2 cups of ground pork
1 T of oil
1/2 cup of coconut milk
2 T of sugar (more or less up to you, but this recipe need to be a bit sweet because the prohok is salty)
1/4 cup of tiny pea eggplants and 5 to 6 red Thai chilies (fry it with oil first so it won’t taste bitter)
1 big rice spoon of good Khmer Prohok


In a pot or fry pan heat oil until hot
Add lemongrass paste fry for a minute or so
Add ground pork stir fry with lemongrass until pork is no longer pink
Now add coconut milk, sugar, and Prohok.
Mix them all together let it boil and the pork is cooked (it it is too thick you can add a bit of water to it)
Now add tiny eggplants and chilies mix it well, let it cook for few minutes
Taste and adjust the flavor according to your liking

Serve Prohok Khtis with rice and any young vegetables you like

Enjoy!

Thai or Khmer Stir Fry Pork with Holy Basil

Thai or Khmer Stir Fry Pork with Holy Basil
(Thai Pad Ka Prow Moo, Or Khmer Char Sach Jrouk Mreas Prov)

This is very simple dish in Thailand and Cambodia you can use chicken or pork to cook this stir fry.
You can use ground pork or ground chicken or slice pork or chicken. The most importance is to find Holy Basil (Mreas Prov) do not use regular Thai Basil it won’t taste the same. Thai use long beans for vegetables, but I use all kind of color vegetables

1 lb of ground pork or chicken or sliced meat
4 cloves of minced garlic mix with
4 minced red chilies (more or less up to you for spicy)
2 cups of fresh holy basil (deep fry 1 cup and leave 1 cup fresh to garnish)
3 T of oil for stir fry

1 Fried egg to put on the top of the stir fry when ready to serve

For the vegetables
1/2 cup of long beans cut to 1 inch long
1/2 cup of red bell pepper
1/2 cup of yellow pepper


For the stir fry sauce
2 T of oyster sauce
2 T of golden mountain soy sauce
1 T of fish sauce
1 T of brown sugar or palm sugar
1 to 2 T of lime juice

Before you do anything put enough oil to deep fry 1 cup of holy basil in a hot oil for few second then take it out drain it on paper towel set aside for garnish.

In a hot fry pan add oil until hot
Then add garlic and chilies (it will make your cry) cook until garlic is brown
Add ground pork or sliced pork stir fry until meat no longer pink
Now add all the vegetables stir fry until tender
Then add stir fry sauce mix it well,
Last add basil to the stir fry mixture mix well and turn the heat off

When ready to serve spoon the stir fry on to a plate then garnish with deep fry basil and fried egg serve with rice.

Enjoy!

Thai or Khmer Salmon Salad

Thai or Khmer Salmon Salad

You need fresh salmon to do this salad for the best taste. As many Asian make fish salad they usually make it raw by squeeze it with lime juice, but I am not a raw fish eater so I do it my way :) Do not mix the salad until you ready to eat, you can make everything ahead of time and refrigerate but as soon as you mix the salad you have to eat it. This recipe needs to be salty sour and very spicy.

Half of small fresh salmon no bone thinly slices set aside in a bowl
Bring a pot of water to a boil then pour it over the salmon let it sit just for 50 second drains the water out set aside. (Make sure you handle the salmon gently or else the meat will be mushy.)

Julienne the following vegetables
1/4 cup of red bell pepper
1/4 cup of yellow bell pepper
1/4 cup of red or white onion
1/4 cup of cucumber or Thai round eggplant

2 T of Roasted Rice
2 T of minced lemongrass with kaffir lime leaves (this is optional sometime I do without)

Herbs for the salad, you can mix any kind of herb you like
1/2 cup of mints
1/2 cup of cilantro
1/2 cup of Vietnamese mint
1/2 cup of Thai Basil

For the dressing (do mix according to your taste)
1 T of minced shallots
1 T of minced garlic
2 limes juice
4 to 5 T of fish sauce
1 T of sugar more or less up to you
5 fresh Thai chilies minced
Mix the dressing half an hour ahead for the flavor

When ready to serve put the salmon and sprinkle roasted rice and lemongrass in a salad bowl then add half of the dressing to it
Next add all the vegetables and more dressing if needed (do handle it gently when you mix the salad)
Garnish with herbs mix and serve.

Enjoy!

Stir Fry Pork with Ginger and Chives

Stir Fry Pork with Ginger and Chives

8 to 10 oz of pork thinly slice
2 garlic cloves mince
1 big rice spoonful of julienne ginger
2/3 cup of chopped chive
Thai chili or Jalapeño pepper thinly slice
Half white onion thinly slice

Stir fry sauce
1 T of oyster sauce
1 T of Thai soy sauce
2 T of fish sauce
1 t of sugar (more or less up to you)
1/4 cup of chicken broth
Mix all the stir fry ingredients together in a bowl set aside

Heat oil in fry pan on medium high until hot
Add garlic and ginger stir fry until garlic turn brown
Add pork stir fry until the meat no longer pink
Add chili or Jalapeno pepper and onion stir fry until tender
Add sauce mix well, taste and adjust the flavor to your liking.

Serve hot or cold with steam rice

Enjoy!

Thai or Khmer Stuffed Chicken Legs or Wings

Thai or Khmer Stuffed Chicken Legs or Wings

This recipe takes a bit of time to do. Many Khmer Thai cook stuffed chicken in many ways and the filling also difference from region to region. In order to stuff the chicken you need to remove the inside bone by taking a sharp knife and circle around the bone and peel the chicken meat backward until you get the bone out to make a hole inside the chicken leg or wing. You can steam and Pan fry or bake like any chicken.

12 chicken legs, drumsticks or wings or half legs half wings (take the bone out clean and set aside)

For the filling you need

2 1/2 cup of ground chicken or Pork, or shrimp
1 egg
1/2 cup of green onion minced
1/2 cup of minced carrot
1/2 cup of minced dried mushroom (soak wash)
1/2 cup of minced onion
1/2 cup of minced bamboo shoots
1/3 cup of roasted crush peanut (optional)
1/4 cup of mix lemongrass paste (optional but Khmer people like it)
1 bunch of bean thread noodle (soak wash mince)
1 T of oyster sauce
1 T of soy sauce
1 t of sugar more or less up to you
Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl set aside. (if you don’t like oyster sauce you can put any kind of seasoning you like or just salt and pepper)

Take one piece of chicken leg or wing by packing it down to the bottom. It should make a fat little drumstick or wing.



To cook stuff chickens it is best if you steam the chicken first for 30 minutes
In a steamer lay lettuce leave or spray the bottom of the steamer incase it is stick to the pan
Dust each piece of stuffed chicken (you can dust or steam without dusting) with flour then lay them in the steamer and steam for 30 minutes (repeat the remaining chicken) when it done take it out to cool before you do the next step.

Next roll them in 2 beaten egg wash, and then in panko bread crumbs slightly seasoned with salt and pepper
Pan fry until golden brown then take the chicken out lay on paper towels to absorb excess oil.

Serve as appetizer or main dish with Thai sweet and chili sauce or sweet fish sauce with lime juice and chilies garlic.


Enjoy!

Ham and Egg Fried Rice with Celery

Ham and Egg Fried Rice with Celery

There are many kind of fried rice and you can cook it anyway you like. Ham and egg fried rice with celery leaves give very good flavor to the rice and you don’t need to add cilantro like most of fried rice recipe call for.

4 cups of cold left over rice
4 cloves of garlic (or 2 small shallots and 2 cloves of garlic) minced
1 cup of chopped celery leaves along with the tip of the celery stalk
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 stalk of chopped green onion
1 cup of chopped ham
3 eggs beaten
3 T of vegetable of oil for stir fry


Stir fry sauce
3 T soy sauce (if ham is salty try 2 T first) I use Thai seasoning soy sauce
1 T sugar more or less up to you
1 T sesame oil
Mix everything together in a bowl set aside

Turn the heat on to medium high add oil until hot
Add garlic and shallots and chopped onion stir fry until golden brown
Push the garlic, shallots, and onion aside then add beat eggs crumble and cook until firm then mix with garlic mixture
Add rice to fry pan and combine with egg mixtures, stir fry until rice is hot
Add stir fry sauce to the rice and stir fry until everything heat through
Now add celery and green onion to the fried rice, mix well taste and adjust flavor to your liking.
Turn the heat off

Serve hot with black or white pepper and lime juice.

Enjoy!

Fried Mozzarella String Cheese

Fried  Mozzarella String Cheese

This is a handy snack when you make ahead and freeze it for few weeks. I fry my string cheese and it tastes really good, dip with any pizza sauce, ranch, or any sauce you like.

16 to 20 Mozzarella String Cheese (peel and set aside)
1/2 cup of flour
1/2 t seasoning salt (any kind you like)
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup Panko bread crumbs
1 T Italian seasoning flakes or any herb you like

In first plate beat milk and eggs
In the second plate mix flour with seasoning salt
In the third plate mix Panko with Italian seasoning

Take a string cheese dip in egg then roll it in flour
Dip again in egg  then roll it in panko bread crumbs
If you want the thickness of the bread crumbs you dip
it again in egg  then roll back in bread crumbs



Lay each string cheese on baking tray and freeze it for 1 hour (I made 50 string cheeses at a time and freeze it for later)

Put enough oil in fry pan heat oil on medium heat until hot drop few pieces of string cheeses and fry each side until golden brown turning one, take out and drain on paper towel.

Bake at 400 degree for 5 minutes each side until brown make sure you keep checking it depend on the oven.

Let it cool serve with any sauce you like even salsa as appetizer

Note: you have to freeze it for 1 hour before you fry them or else the bread crumbs will not stick to the cheese.

Enjoy!

Coconut Chicken with Thai sweet and Chili Sauce

Coconut Chicken with Thai sweet and Chili Sauce

You can bake or fry coconut chicken. The best way is to fry it the color and taste is better. You can serve with any kind of sauce like honey mustard, sweet and sour ect...

2 lbs of chicken tender or breast
1 ½ cup of panko or bread crumbs
1 ½ cup of coconut flake
3 eggs
Salt and pepper or any seasoning you like
1 to 2 cups of oil to fry the chicken


Mix the bread crumbs and coconut flake together on a big plate, beat egg
in another bowl.

Seasoning your chicken with salt and pepper or any seasoning you like
Dip chicken into egg wash and then in coconut panko crumbs lay on a baking sheet
Refrigerated for 30 minutes so the chicken and coconut will stick together better for baking and frying
If you bake the chicken use foil and spray with cooking spray so it won’t stick in baking pan.

Add oil on medium heat until hot, fry few pieces of chicken at a time until golden brown then turn to the other side (coconut flake burn fast if the oil is too hot turn the heat down)
Drain on paper towel.

Bake at 350 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes; do not over bake the chicken.
Serve as appetizer with sweet and sour,  honey mustard whatever you like.

Enjoy!

Easy Khmer Chicken Soup

Easy Khmer Chicken Soup

This is very simple chicken soup you can cut up chicken or leg or wing up to you. You have to adjust the water and chicken. It is good for cold season.

5 to 6 cups of water (do adjust water to your chicken)
1 stalk of lemongrass cut in half and bruises in the back of the big knife
3 to 4 kaffir lime leaves torn to pieces
3 cloves of garlic smash then mince
1 piece of galangal bruises
1 pkg of wonton soup mix (this is optional but makes soup taste good)
Fish sauce or salt and MSG to flavor your soup

Herbs to garnish the bowl,

Saw tooth coriander
Cilantro
Or Thai basil
Green onion
Lime juice
Thinly slice cucumber (this is optional but it is good)
Fish sauce if needed
Minced Chilies to go with fish sauce
Often I made fish sauce, chilies and lime juice in a small bowl when I serve


In a pot add lemongrass, kaffir lime, garlic, and galangal water bring it to a boil for 2 minutes
Then add chicken part to it cook until the chicken is done depending on what part of chicken you use
Now add fish sauce, wonton soup, salt or MSG to the soup according to your taste.
Turn the heat off when chicken is cooked

When ready to serve add herbs and lime juice, sliced cucumber and serve hot with rice,

Enjoy!

Microwave Caramel Marshmallow Popcorn

Microwave Caramel Marshmallow Popcorn

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
10 big marshmallows
12 cup Popcorns

In a big large bowl melted brown sugar and butter in the microwave for 2 minutes stir well, and then add 10 Marshmallows to it, put back in the microwave for 1 ½ minutes or so until all the marshmallows are melted stir and pour over the Popcorn mix well while it is still hot.

Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Apple Cinnamon Muffins

1 ½ cup of whole wheat flour
1/2 cup rolled Oats
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
2/3 cup milk
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
2 cups chopped apple (2 apples)

In a large bowl stir together dry ingredients flour, oat, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt
In another bowl mix the wet ingredients, milk, oil, eggs and vanilla
Make a well in the center of dry ingredients and add wet ingredients stirring just to combine, stir in chopped apple.

Spray the muffin pan, spoon the batter into prepared muffin cups
Bake at 400 degree for 15 minutes or until the toothpick come out clear.

Enjoy!

Microwave Chocolate Chip Cookies

Microwave Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ok this recipe is for one person only in case you are hungry for chocolate chip cookies in the middle of the night with milk. It is quick and easy, but not tastes as good as the real one. Serve hot or warm don’t keep it too long.

1 T of butter melted
1 T of brown sugar
1 T of white sugar
3 drops of vanilla extract
Dash of salt
1 egg yolk
1/4 cup of flour (make sure do not pack the flour or else the cookie is too thick)
1 to 2 T of mini chocolate chip or regular chocolate chip

Melt the butter in a small microwave bowl, and then mix B and W sugar vanilla, salt, egg yolk
Add the flour mix it well, then add the chocolate chip to it

Put in the microwave for 60 second (my microwave only take 50 second) take it out
Serve right away with vanilla ice cream.

Enjoy!

Bean Thread Noodle Salad (Yum Mee Sur)

Bean Thread Noodle Salad (Yum Mee Sur)

This is healthy salad you can use any kind of meat seafood or vegetable you like and verity of herbs. The dressing is also refreshing with fresh lime juice, fish sauce, and garlic.

3 small bundle of bean thread noodle soak in warm water for 15 minutes take out drain set aside
1 cup of cooked peel shrimps
1/2 cup of cooked pork belly (optional)
1 cup of thinly sliced Cabbage or Nampa Cabbage
1 shredded carrot
1 small cucumber julienne
1/2 onion thinly sliced
1 tomato thinly sliced
1/2 red bell or yellow bell pepper thinly sliced
Basil, cilantro, mints for herb
Roasted peanut for garnish

Dressing (make it double noodle salad need more dressing)
You can adjust dressing according to your taste
2 small cloves minced garlic
1 shallot minced
4 T of fish sauce
1 to 2 T of sugar
1 big juicy lime
2 Thai chilies minced
Mix everything for 30 minutes adjust the flavor to your taste

In a pot boil enough water to cook the noodle, when the water is boiling turn the heat off and put the noodle in let sit for 1 minute drain under cold water shake the water off set aside.

In a large salad bowl put the noodle, shrimps, pork belly, and all the vegetables except herbs.
Add the dressing to the salad mix well and taste it, the salad should be salty, sour, a bit sweet and spicy.

When ready to serve add herbs and garnish with roasted peanut.

Enjoy!

Mochi or Sweet Rice Cake

Mochi or Sweet Rice Cake

This is Japanese and Korean sweet and it is very easy to make. You need to buy one box of Mochiko Sweet Rice Flour (Blue Star Brand from Asian store) and one can of Sweet Red Bean Paste (sometime I made my own red bean paste but it is easy to buy it)

1 cup of Mochiko rice flour (this only give about 8 Mochi)
3/4 cup of water
1 T of sugar (if you like it sweet add more sugar)
1/4 t of salt
1 drop of any food coloring you like

Red Bean filling

Take a 1 T of red bean paste and roll it to a small ball set aside do as many as you like.

Mix and combine all the ingredients in a bowl to paste, cover and microwave for 3 minutes
Take it out mix it again to make sure all part of four is cooked through
Now put in back in the microwave for 1 minute, when it is done knead it with a wooden spoon until you
See the elastic kind of dough

Flour working surface with potato flour (sometime I use regular flour) enough to handle the sticky dough knead and divide the dough into 8 equal parts, then flat the dough in the palm of your hand place the red bean filling in the center and roll it to a round ball shape dust it with potato flour place it in a baking paper cup.

You can also dust it with shredded coconut flake on the outside it tastes good.

This Mochi Sweet Rice Cake is also good for gift by putting it in a nice cake box.

Enjoy!