Stewed Pork Belly with Mui Choy (梅菜)

Mui choy is preserved mustard green.  There are 2 types of mui choy; salted and sweetened.  Do not underestimate this humble mui choy.  It is very delicious and you can prepare it anyway you like, be it steamed, braised, stewed or even for soup.  Most Chinese like to prepare it with pork or chicken depending on their preferences.

Stewed Pork with Mui Choy is a very common and popular dish among Chinese.  It is easy to prepare and yummy.  You can substitute pork with chicken and it is still yummy.

Ingredients :

- 1 strip of pork belly (washed, blanched and cut into bite sized, marinated with seasonings)

- 1/2 bowl salted mui choy (washed, soaked for abt 40mins to 1 hr, washed and cut)

- 1/2 bowl sweetened mui choy (washed, soaked for abt 30mins, washed and cut)

- 2  thumbsized ginger (crushed)

- 1 whole garlic (crushed)

- 3 shallots (chopped)

Seasonings for marinate : (to taste)

- salt

- soy sauce

- caramel sauce

- sugar

-1 tsp cooking wine (optional and not for marinate)

Method :

1)  Heat oil in a wok and saute ginger, garlic and shallots until aromatic.

2)  Stir in pork belly and mui choy and keep stirring for about 2 minutes.

3)  Add enough water, cover and cook at high heat for 5 minutes.

4)  Turn the heat to low and stew for about 40 minutes.

5)  Add cooking wine (optional) and mix well.

6)  Dish up and serve with steamed rice or Teochew porridge.

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Refreshing Old Cucumber Soup (老黄瓜汤)

Old cucumber soup is one of our favourite soups. The soup is clear and very soothing.  Old cucumber is actually matured cucumber which has brownish skin. It is said that the older the cucumber is, the better it tastes! Old cucumber is not only cooling for hot weather but is also good for our complexion. and even helps to prevent aging! Now that's enough reason for us to have old cucumber soup as often as possible! 

Old cucumber is usually used for soup and there are variety of soups you can try depending on your preferences.  For a start, this is a very simple soothing soup with minimal ingredients and almost every Chinese knows how to cook it.  No doubt it is very simple, it is very refreshing and yummy too..... :)

Ingredients :

- half free range chicken (cut and blanched)

- 1 large old cucumber (skin thoroughly scrubbed and washed, de-seeded and cut into chunks)

- 1/2 (or less) stalk ta tau choy (salted mustard green) (soaked and cut)-do soak longer as it can be very salty

- enough water for the soup

Method :

1) Boil enough water in a big pot.  When water started boiling, put in all the ingredients.

2)  Boil at high heat for 10 minutes and lower the heat to medium low.

3)  Simmer for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours

4)  Add salt to taste and serve hot.

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Super Easy and Quick Braised Tofu

This dish is super easy and quick especially for those who are rushing to get a meal ready.  Besides, it is also quite delicious and kids love it too especially with Teowchew porridge.

All you need is a canned of minced meat with bean paste, semi soft tofu and tomatoes.  Add red chilies if you like it spicier.  Put everything into a medium-sized pot and add 1/2 to 1 cup of water depending on your preference.   Let it braise for about 5  minutes.  

Add salt or soy sauce to taste.

This is so simple, isn't it?

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