Simple Lunch Idea 1: Fried Rice with sausages and broccoli

Simple Lunch Idea 1: Fried Rice with sausages and broccoli

This is one simple lunch recipe that has all the nutrients in it.

I used broccoli, eggs and sausages as I have leftover rice from last night.

You can change the recipes according to what you see in your fridge. 

Ingredients:

Broccoli – 1 (remove the skin and cut into bite size)

Eggs – 3 (put in a bowl, marinate with soy sauce, white pepper and sesame oil; all in moderation)

Cooked rice – I had about 1 big soup bowl of it

Big onion – 1 (cut into small pieces)

Garlic – 3 cloves (chopped finely)

Oil – 3 tablespoons

Marinade:

1 tbsp of soy sauce

1 tsp salt

Portion for 3 adults

Instructions:

(1)  Heat oil up in frying pan.

(2)  Fry the egg and cut up into small pieces as you fry them.

(3)  Stir fry the onions. When they are soft (not brown), add in the garlic and stir fry for 3 mins.

(4)  Add in the broccoli and fry for another 4 – 5 mins. Add the rice in with the marinade. Fry till the marinade is evenly coated on rice.

(5)  Add in the sausages and eggs.

(6)  Fry for another 6 mins.

(7)  Dish up and serve.

You can also easily transform this dish into baked rice. Continue doing the following.

(1) Place the fried rice in a baking dish.

(2) Use mushroom soup (Campbell or here in Finland, they have Knor) and spread it on top of the rice; similar to spreading jam on bread.

(3) Put a thick layer of grated cheddar cheese, mozzarella and some paramesan on top and pop it into the oven.

(4) Bake at 170 degrees celcius until the cheese turns brown.

Hope this can become a good idea for leftover fried rice.

Cheers,

Gillian

Chinese Fish Maw Soup

Fish Maw is a Chinese ingredient that is beneficial for the human body. My husband grew up eating fish maw as his uncle was a fish maw producer in the past and they get free supplies of it throughout the year. Unfortunately for me, the uncle has stopped doing this business and so I must buy the fish maw. This soup is listed as one of my hubby and son’s favourites.

Ingredients

Fish Maw - 3 pieces about 20cm long each

Chicken - Half

Chinese mushrooms (rehydrated in water) – 8 pieces

Chinese cabbage (大白菜) – half

Carrots – 2 pieces

Dried scallops – 2 pieces

Dried oysters – 3 pieces

Chicken breast – 1 piece

2.3 litres of water

Portion for 4 adults

Instructions

(1)    Soak the fish maw in water and squeeze out the oil when softened. Cut into 4cm pieces.

(2)    Chop the chicken into big pieces.

(3)    Remove the stem of the mushrooms that have been soaked in water previously.

(4)    Cut the Chinese cabbage into large pieces (10cm)

(5)    Cut the carrot into 5cm pieces.

(6)    Wash the dried scallops and oysters in water and set them aside for use later.

(7)    Cut the chicken breast into strips.

(8)    Use hot boiling water to scald the chicken. Make sure the skin has turn white and the water is not bloody. Drain the chicken and use cool water to rinse through the chicken.

(9)    Place the chicken from step (8), along with the dried scallops and oysters into a soup pot. Use high heat to boil the soup. Once the soup starts boiling, turn the flame down to medium heat and continue boiling. Continue boiling for the next hour. If you have more time, use small heat and boil for 2 hours.

(10) Add the carrots into the boiling soup and continue for 1 hour.

(11) Add white cabbage and mushrooms. Continue boiling for 40 minutes.  

(12) Add salt and soy sauce to soup. Taste and adjust to your family’s taste.

(13) Remove the chicken pieces from the soup. Discard.

(14) Add the chicken breast and fish maw to soup.

(15) Boil for another 30 minutes or until the fish maw becomes transparent. Remember not to over-boil as some poor quality fish maw will dis-integrate into gluey stuff.

(16) Serve the soup with hot white rice.