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FOR this Kentucky fried chicken recipe, you can use lard, crisco (shortening), or one of the vegetable oils. You can also add butter, if you choose, skimming off any foam that rises to the top while heating the oil. You can toss in chunks of ham or bacon to add flavor. Crucial are the skillet or pan, and the temperature of the oil. On my first try the oil was too hot; the result was burned, undercooked chicken. Oil that is not hot enough will not deliver crisp chicken. IDEAL frying temperature is about 365 degrees F (185 C) - ascertained with a frying thermometer or by dropping a 2" square of bread in the hot oil - it should turn golden brown in about 60 seconds. WHEN you have the right temperature, add the pieces slowly, one by one, and do not crowd them. Be patient and do two or more batches, if you must. Ingredients 1 good chicken (Kosher or 'natural' chickens are usually best), cut into serving pieces, or use 8 to 10 leg pieces (drumsticks and thigh...

Wonton is the delicious and unique Chinese Food taste very perfect with the compliment of asparagus . From the chinese recipe asparagus used as ingredients for many type dishes . Here's a delicious Asparagus Wonton Recipe suitable for light breakfast or snack . Ingredients : Oil for deep frying 1 Envelope vegetable soup mix 1 cup Asparagus, finely chopped 1/4 cup Water chestnut, finely chopped 20 Won Ton wrappers (about 3" square) note : Buy package at stores or see link " Wonton Wrappers Recipe " for home making Soy sauce, (optional) Cooking Directions: Heat a saucepan till hot Meanwhile, in medium bowl combine 1 envelope Instant Spring Vegetable Soup Mix, asparagus, and water chestnuts. Place 2 teaspoonful of the mixture on the center of each Won Ton wrapper. Moisten corners with water, fold wrappers in half to form a triangle, and press edges to seal. Form Wonton by bringing together two opposite points and overlapping Moisten overlapping points and press to ...

Tuna Fish Tacos is one various Tacos recipe . Tacos is an original Mexican Food is a delicious aromatic food for whole family and guests . Always interesting serving this food recipes in any occasions . Fish is a healthy food ingredients in any type of dishes and surely testeful . Combine with the aromatic herbs this tacos becomes more full taste dish Tuna Fish Tacos Recipe Ingredients : 1/3 cup sour cream 1/4 cup chopped red onion 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro 1 teaspoon minced canned chipotle chilies* 1 8-ounce ahi tuna steak, cut into 3/4-inch pieces 1 tablespoon taco seasoning mix 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 4 taco shells Cooking Direction : Mix the sour cream , red onion , chopped cilantro , and the chipotle chilies in a small bowl. Place tuna in another medium bowl, sprinkle with taco seasoning. Heat oil in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add tuna; sauté to desired doneness ( about 3 minutes for medium. ) Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in sour cream mixture. C...

Wonton is one type of Chinese Food which are familiar to some countries in America, Europe, or Asia. Wonton / Wontons is a bite-size small parcel made up of a paper-thin wheat-based sheet wrapped around a filling of minced meat with a variety of complementary ingredients. Now days there are so many various fillings of wonton which creatively made or combine between one, two or even more than three types of ingredients . Here's a special Lobster and Crab Wonton Filling Recipe which can be eaten as itis or can be used as ingredients for another type of dish Wonton Recipes . Lobster And Crab Wonton Filling Recipe Ingredients : 8 oz. lobster meat 8 oz. crab meat 1/3 cup onion, finely diced 1/3 cup celery, finely diced 1/3 cup carrot, finely diced 1 cup Napa cabbage, finely diced 2 tablespoonful soy sauce 2 tablespoonful cilantro, finely chopped 2 tablespoonful oyster sauce 1 tablespoonful fish sauce 1 teaspoonful cayenne pepper Cooking Directions : Combine all ingredients i...

Tuna Fish Tacos is one various Tacos recipe . Tacos is an original Mexican Food is a delicious aromatic food for whole family and guests . Always interesting serving this food recipes in any occasions . Fish is a healthy food ingredients in any type of dishes and surely testeful . Combine with the aromatic herbs this tacos becomes more full taste dish Tuna Fish Tacos Recipe Ingredients : 1/3 cup sour cream 1/4 cup chopped red onion 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro 1 teaspoon minced canned chipotle chilies* 1 8-ounce ahi tuna steak, cut into 3/4-inch pieces 1 tablespoon taco seasoning mix 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 4 taco shells Cooking Direction : Mix the sour cream , red onion , chopped cilantro , and the chipotle chilies in a small bowl. Place tuna in another medium bowl, sprinkle with taco seasoning. Heat oil in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add tuna; sauté to desired doneness ( about 3 minutes for medium. ) Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in sour cream mixture. C...

Satay is a common street food in some Asia countries, such as Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Satay is best grilled on a barbecue but can also be grilled under the broiler. Satay recipe is basically a marinated meat which arranged into a bamboo skeewer and grilled on barbecue to cook . Satay can be using chicken meat, beef meat or lamb meat . Here's an Indonesian Satay Recipe made from chicken, which easy recipe and quick prepare lihat link " Resep Sate Ayam " (bhs Indonesia) Indonesian Chicken Satay Recipe Ingredients : 1 large skinless and boneless Chicken Breast, cut into 1 inch cubes 1 large Shallot, finely chopped 4 cloves Garlic, finely chopped 2 Fresh Chillis, seeded and finely chopped (or 1 tsp chili paste) 2 tablespoonful Fresh Ginger, finely chopped 1 tablespoonful Fresh Coriander, chopped 1 teaspoonful Sesame Oil, 2 teaspoonful Dark Soya Sauce (kecap manis) 1 tablespoonful Fresh lemon juice 1/4 cup Coconut Milk 1/4 cup Water Cooking Direction : Pu...

Kimchi or Korean Cabbage Pickle is a national Korean Food . Kimchi Recipe develop with many variations such as kaktugi, based on radish and containing no cabbage . And the other variants are Baechukimchi, Gotkimchi, Backimchi, Kkakdugi Kimchi (Daikon pickle) , and so on Want to know more about Kimchi . Including the many health Benefits of Kimchi see this link " Kimchi " Baechu Kimchi Recipe / Korean cabbage pickle Recipe ( Makes about 2 quarts ) Ingredients : 1 head ( 2 1/2 to 3 pounds ) Chinese cabbage, outer leaves removed, cut into 1-inch squares 1/2 cup Kosher or sea salt 4-6 Scallions, finely chopped 2-4 cloves Garlic, minced 1 tablespoon ful Ginger, minced 4-6 tablespoonful Korean chili flakes 1 tablespoon ful Sugar Cooking Direction : Put the cabbage and salt to a large bowl and toss together well with clean hands. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside for 2-5 hours. Place the cabbage in a colander. Rinse out the bowl and then rinse the cabbage well with ...

Cooking for a family can be difficult, as you have to satisfy a range of different needs and tastes. How can you reduce the amount of fat in your daily diet? What does it mean to make healthy choices? If you frequently asking yourself above questions, then the recipes in this 101 Healthy Easy Food Recipes website will help to translate all the confusing advice into real food and well-balanced meals. The art of cooking is by nature a very personal things. What I find intriguing about cooking isn't so much the cooking itself, but the science behind the cooking - the cooking styles that you can actually tweak to cater for individual tastes and needs, the ratio of the ingredients that do the magic to your finished dish, the heat control that ultimately gives the wow factor to the dish. The most important factor besides this "oomph" factor is you are liberal to add a "healthy" touch to your piece of culinary art! Try these easy, low-fat, low-carb and low calories re...

Char Siew Pau ( Chinese barbecued pork or ???) is one of the signature dishes prevalent in Chinese dim sum restaurants.The mound of Char Siew  fits snugly into the soft and fluffy little steamed bun, and is often gone in a few gulps. It's a stomach filler, to help those needling hunger pangs early in the morning or before the next meal in the evening. Video below shown the making process of Char Siew Pau by Mrs. Tan from Kepong featured in Star online. You can see how the dough is deftly kneaded with the heel of the palm, and then set aside to rest for a few minutes or until it is doubled in size, before cut into pieces of about 40g each. She then invert each pieces of dough before flattening it with a rolling pin to make a 3� flat round shape. Then place a heap teaspoon of Chinese barbecued pork filling in the middle, wrap and pleat the dough to seal. Enjoy! Source More on  Healthy Easy Food Recipes 

Home-cooked Vegetables Gingko In Belachan A twist to our traditional and contemporary ways of preparing kai lan (a.k.a Chinese broccoli or Chinese kale). Instead of having kai lan stir-fried with ginger and garlic, or boiled (or steamed) and served with oyster sauce, a little of local flavor and piquancy thrown in by introducing a bit of Malaysian shrimp paste ( belachan ) and chilli boh (blended chilli paste). This Malaysian Chinese home-cooked dish is speckled with tiny dices of red chilli peppers (cayenne peppers) and dried shrimps whilst Chinese cabbage (a.ka.a Napa cabbage) serves to mellow it all out. Sweet snow peas (or alternatively sugar snap peas) add some deletable crunch, vibrantly delicious flavor, wonderful texture and packed with a wealth of health-promoting nutrients. To round out the dish with more nutrition, fresh ginkgo nuts which is touted and well recognized for its postive effect on brain functioning, are added in. Below is the how-to recipe for home...

Home-cooked Crispy Juicy Chicken ????? Too often, we extol the virtues of the posh restaurant even as we eventually give the thumbs up to our favourite local hawker's stalls or home-cooked meals, when we have to choose. Admittedly, it's less painful on our wallet as sometimes we can whip them right out of our own kitchen without breaking a sweat and savor a simpler but equally exquisite western fare. Dunk this succulent chicken cubes which is wrapped in crispy skin in the savory sauce before shovelling into your mouth, each bite is simply palatable. This is the how-to home-cooked recipe for you to recreate this easy-to-prepare crispy chicken morsels at your own abode. Ingredients : 1/2 chicken, deboned and cut into few large chunks some tapioca flour Marinade : 1 egg Dash of sugar Dash of salt Some rice wine (???) Seasoning : 1/2 tbsp sour plum sauce (???) 2 tsp light soy sauce 2 tsp sugar Some sesame oil 1 tbsp Lea & Perrins sauce (?????) 1/2 tbsp chilli ...

Star 8 filter, a photography accessory? Yeah, you read it right, above title deviated from my usual line-up of topic on culinary. I interrupted my regular recipe-sharing and interspersed with bits and pieces of photography in between. For me, food writing and  photography should go in parallel, good photography skills is required to justify good food. I think this explain why the provocative term food porn  has become particularly prevalent in food-related blogs, as both elements above boast a spectacular visual presentation of cooking or eating. Well, before I digress further into food porn , I must admit I am a rookie at photography. As a self-confessed noob cook and budding photographer, I picked up some fundamental skills from my hubby and constantly made some progress on my photography learning curve. Photography accessory is not a necessity but sometimes it does contributes some intoxicating effects that exceeded what you are anticipating. At other time, I...

Remember tangy Thai Tom Yam (Tom Yum) fish , a clear, spicy and sour soup? Well, the lingering aftertaste was haunting me and my big cravings was kicking in early this morning - I still remember how's the creeping chilli hot awaken my lethargic appetite that day. Whilst it's still early to whip up a dish at the crack of dawn, I just scoured the video from YouTube hoping to find a good Tom Yum soup recipe to satiate my gluttonous mind, at least. And voila! I found this Tom Yum soup video with a nice and rejuvenating background song - "Right Here Waiting" by Bryan Adams ( Written by : Richard Marx) . Enjoy! Ingredients : Chicken stock or chicken powder 1 stalk lemongrass 4 kaffir lime leaves (sold fresh or frozen at Asian food stores) 12 medium or large raw shrimp, trim off shrimp head, rest intact 1 white meat fish (any type, e.g. black pomfret et cetera), cut across into 2 or 3 portions 3 tbsp of tom yam paste (or...

As Penang asam laksa (spicy noodle soup from Peranakan culture, usually served with thick rice noodles) top my food craving list, I always scout for this recipe online and today I am ecstatic to find this Penang asam laksa  video from YouTube which traces its origin back to trymasak.my. Since the recipe was written in Malay, I translated it into  English for a wider reach. There're two variants of laksa , namely curry laksa and asam laksa . Curry laksa ( coconut-based curry soup with noodles) is more commonly known in Kuala Lumpur or Singapore whilst asam laksa (sour fish-based soup with noodles) is more popular in Penang . Between the two, I'd veer on the latter version which acquires the sour taste from tamarind (or asam in Malay ) which right away aroused my taste buds bringing forth a subtle drool. Having said so, I'm going to feature this Penang asam laksa recipe from TryMasak here in no time. Ingredients : 1 packet of dried la...

Vietnam-style Fried Shrimp Paste Chicken ("Har Jiong Gai") ??? Fried chicken goes global. From Korean -style garlic fried chicken, Japan -style toriniku tatsuta-age, Indonesian -style ayam penyet, Thai -style fried chicken to Vietnam -style "har jiong gai ???" (fried shrimp paste chicken), the crispy skin and moist white meat literally make the world go round. I used to have belachan (stinky but luscious Malaysian shrimp paste) fried chicken in Super Tanker hawker centre situated in Penang Lip Sin garden and the acquired taste resembled this home-cooked Vietnam -style fried shrimp paste chicken, with a very distinctive pungent and briny shrimp paste flavor. The secret of this flavorful fried chicken relies heavily on the shrimp paste marinade, a brownish-grey-colored condiment made from fermented shrimps (scroll down to see shrimp paste photo). You have to let it marinates for minimum 2 hours and long enough to allow the mixture of strong salty taste of th...

Kitchen confidential unveiled! I stumbled upon these kitchen tips from food & travel magazine and found them noteworthy. We might never thought of some ordinary kitchen regulars could boost such an extraordinary fix-it powers hidden inside. Have a good read! Below are the some common products that can work wonders in your home, from polishing silverware to shining your shoes. Lemon Try this refreshing lemon trick to remove the eyesore of tough food stains on your light wood and plastic cutting boards. First, slice the lemon in half, squeeze and rub against the soiled surface. Let it stand for about 20 minutes and rinse. With this, you'll get a clean and citrusy-smelling board. Baking Soda With this highly versatile kitchen regular, you can polish your silverware to blinding shininess. Start the polishing regime by washing the items and then placing them on aluminium foil in the bottom of a large pot. Drop this baking soda solution of 1/4 cup baking soda, a few t...

Steamed Ginger Paste Fish For those who adore ginger and seafood, here's another gingery treat for you when your big cravings kicks in, besides fried prawn with ginger sauce .  It doesn't matter if your gluttonous mind rules your belly or the other way round, as long as your taste buds being titillated, your spurts of cravings being satiated and you're inundated with intoxicating steamed fish treat at the end of your day! Make sure your fish slabs are uber fresh and steamed until its texture is soft but not mushy, then every spoonful you'll be delighted with meaty sweetness of the fish and pungency of the ginger, making it a blissful meal of the senses. Here's the how-to recipe for you to steam ginger paste fish at home. Enjoy your home-cooked dish! Ingredients : 2 thick slices fish fillet (any meaty fish) Gravy : 80g finely chopped matured ginger 2 tbsp ginger marinade Seasoning : 1 tbsp oyster sauce 2 tbsp sugar (or to taste) 1/2 ...

Home-cooked Braised Chicken in Fragrant Sauce Remained unrivalled in taste, this dish is reminiscent of " Bak Kut Teh ", a nourishing herbal soup that Malaysian proclaim as our national fare. The rich broth is flavorsome with mishmash of aromatic herbs and spices essence, dominated by sweet licorice aroma of the star anise and licorice (or liquorice).  This hodgepodge of sweet-woody fragrance of cinnamon stick, pungent-sweet aroma of cloves, aromatic-astringent aroma of cardamons, bitter taste of dried tangerine peel, citrusy-earthy aroma of the galangal, spicy heat of white peppercorns, unique lemony aroma of Szechuan peppercorns are nicely imbued with sweet touch of rock sugar, are all harmonized into a distinctive taste which is perfectly subtle on the tongue, providing a lingering after-taste. The chicken is falling-off-the-bone tender and has been soaking up all the herbal goodness from the broth. Simply nourishing! Here's the recipe for braised chick...

Home-cooked Braised Spare Ribs with Chinese Sausage and Yam When there're moments of brain drains of what to cook for the next meal, sometimes rehashing what's worked before is a good idea, without breaking a sweat or slipping out of a comfort zone. This spare ribs dish is an alteration of previous poultry dish, clay pot chicken with chinese sausage , with different pairing ingredients to go with Chinese sausage ( lup cheong ). There's something just so delectable about biting into sliced lanky Chinese sausage (or lup cheong as it's locally called) which is slowly braised with spare ribs, dried prawn and fried yam in a sweetish (with a hint of salty) sauce, predominantly redolent of Shaoxing wine. Not absolutely for the health-conscious, these waxy sausage render the unique umami flavors that carries hints of sweetness and smokiness to the dish as a whole. Yam pieces, on the other hand, bearing a taste and texture contrasting to Chinese sausage, ar...

Home-cooked Fried Prawn with Ginger Sauce (????) What a gingery indulgence! For those who adore pungent, spicy, sweet gingery aroma, you'll find this dish intriguing. As counterpoint to plumpy, opulent sweetness of prawns trapped inside the shell, the outer coating which is concocted from juicy ginger puree and biting bird's eye chillies, is hot enough to make you experience more than a tingling tug at your taste sensation! Here's some trick to perfect this shrimp treat! Oil must be hot enough during deep-frying to ensure prawns are thoroughly cooked to preserve its juiciness and crispiness. Then under deft fire control, coat the fried prawns with ginger puree and bird's eye chillies mixture briskly and dish up in no time, to prevent them from over-cooked. Here's the how-to recipe for you to cook fried prawn with ginger sauce (????) at home. Ingredients : 500g medium sized prawns 5 cups oil for deep-frying 150g young ginger,...