Baked Salmon with Garlic and Parsley

Baked Salmon with Garlic and Parsley

I have shared a Salmon Recipe before, this time round, instead of Grilling, I baked it instead with Garlic and a longer marinating time. Enjoy!

Ingredients

1. 1 Salmon Fillet
2. 1 tablespoon of Garlic
3. 4 tablespoon of Olive Oil
4. 2 teaspoon of Fresh or Dried Parsley (eg. Brand Masterfood)
5. 1 teaspoon of Course Black Pepper
6. 1/2 teaspoon of Salt
7. 1/3 Lemon (Squeeze into Juice, do not throw away the skin)

Preparation

1. Mixed Ingredients No. 2 to 7 (with the lemon skin) and use it to marinade the salmon for approx 2 hours in a fridge

Steps

1. Place Salmon with all the marinade on baking tray, adding the Lemon Skin on the Salmon. Cover Salmon with a Aluminium Foil.
2. Put Salmon into Pre-heat Oven, 220 Degree Celsius for approx 15 minutes.
3. After 10 minutes, check if Salmon is cooked and adjust the timing if required to.

Serve while Hot!

Good as a Main Course with a side dish or go with Rice.

Cereal Prawns (Simplifed Version)

Cereals Prawns (Simplifed Version - with prawn's head)

Cereal Prawns (Simplified Version - Deshelled)

Today, I have think for a long time on how to cook my prawns and finally I decided to try out Cereal Prawns with just Cereals, Prawns and Butter. This is definately not the best way to cook a good Cereal Prawns dish, but I have to say with only 3 ingredients, it does taste not bad though.

I have added another photo with Prawn's head, my 2nd try. If this is to be served in an event, it is best to keep the prawn's head to look better.

Ingredients

1. 12 Tiger Prawns (Devein & Deshell - Optional)
2. 30g Butter
3. 8 to 10 tablespoon of Cereal. (eg. Brand Nestle)
4. 4 tablespoon of Cooking Oil 

Steps

1. Add Cooking Oil in hot pan
2. When Oil is hot, add prawns one at a time. Turn the prawns when one side is cooked.
3. Take out the prawns and keep it aside for later use
4. Wipe out the oil on the pan or use a clean pan
5. Add Butter on hot pan
6. Once melted, add prawns and stir-fry to mix well with butter
7. Turn to low heat, add Cereal and stir-fry to mix well with prawns. Once cereals turn golden brown, it is done. Remember not to burn the cereal. 

Serve while Hot to maintain to crispiness of the cereals!

Good to serve with Rice, a bowl of Chinese Soup, and 2 more Chinese Dishes.

 Tips and Comments:

• Big Prawns are recommended though I am using small tiger prawns as they are easily found in my fridge
• It is better not to deshell the prawns as in the 1st step, it will force out the sweetness mainly from the prawns head. I have chose to deshell as it will be easier to eat later.

Stir-fry Baby Kailan with Garlic (Qing Cao)

Stir-fry Baby Kailan with Garlic (Qing Cao)

Previously, I have shared another recipe on Stir-fry Baby Kalian with Oyster Sauce. This time round, it is also Baby Kalian, but a totally different Baby Kailan, in term of the look and the taste. I prefer this Kailan as it tastes better. And cooking it just plainly with Light Soya Sauce and Garlic is sufficient to taste the greenie at it's freshest!

Ingredients

1. Baby Kailan (Washed)
2. 1 Tablespoon of Chopped Garlic
3. 1/2 Tablespoon of Light Soya Sauce
4. 1 Tablespoon of Water
5. 2 Tablespoon of Cooking Oil

Steps

1. Add Oil on hot pan
2. Add Garlic and stir-fry until fragrant (before it turned brown)
3. Add Kailan and stir-fry until 70% cooked
4. Add Light Soya Sauce and Water and stir-fry until Kailan is cooked and mixed well with sauce

Serve while Hot!

Good to go with Rice, a bowl of Chinese Soup and 2 more Chinese Dishes.

Tips and Comments:

• Stir-fry vegetables on high heat so that it will cook fast and the nutrients will not reduce too much. 

Grilled Portobello Mushroom with Garlic, Butter and Parsley

Grilled Portobello Mushroom with Butter, Garlic and Parsley

Today is a "Western" Meal day. I have cooked a few Sides/ Finger Foods and surprisingly, they are quite filling. My dinner for two pax comprised of 8 Cod Fish Fingers (bought from the frozen department in Supermarket, brand Bird's eyes), 9 Grilled Scallops Wrapped with Bacon, and 9 Grilled Portobello Mushrooms. I have prepared to bake a loaf of garlic bread, but well, the above is too filling that I have to leave the garlic bread in the fridge instead.

Fish Fingers are easy to cook as all you need is to bake it or deep fry it. I usually deep-fry it as the bread crumbs will taste better that way. The recipe for Grilled Scallops Wrapped with Bacon has been posted before. Only Grilled Portobello Mushroom is new, and hence, I am going to share the method of cooking in this post.

This recipe is almost similar with the first Grilled Portobello Mushroom recipe that I have posted, except that this dish is softer and all the mushrooms are tenderised with the savoury taste of Butter, Garlic and Worchestershire Sauce with the freshness of Parsley Leaves. I can't make up my mind which one do I love more. Try both recipes and tell me your choice. =)

Ingredients

1. 9 Portobello Mushrooms (approx 6cm in diameter)
2. 40g Butter
3. 1 tablespoon of Garlic
4. 1 1/2 tablespoon of Worchestershire Sauce
5. 1/2 teaspoon of Coarse Black Pepper
6. 1/3 teaspoon of Salt
7. 1 teaspoon of Parsley (you can use dried parsley too. Eg. Brand Masterfood)
8. 1 1/2 tablespoon of Olive Oil
9. Olive Oil for greasing baking tray

Steps

1. Melt Butter on hot pan
2. Add Garlic and fry for approx 1 minutes (before it turns brown)
3. Turn to medium to low heat to avoid burning the garlic
4. Add Worchestershire Sauce and stir to mix well, approx 1 minutes
5. Turn to low heat, add Olive Oil and stir to mix well, approx 1 minutes
6. Scoop out mixture
7. Grease baking tray and place mushroom on it
8. Spread Mixture evenly on the mushroom
9. Sprinkle Black Pepper, Salt and Parsley on the mushroom

Put it into a preheat Oven, Grill Function for approx 15 minutes.
At 12 minutes, checked if mushrooms are cooked, and adjust timing accordingly.

Serve while Hot!

Good to serve as a Side and go with Steak or a Main Course.