Sweet and Sour Fish

Bonsoir,

Sweet and sour fish or chicken is a popular dish in Asia and easy to find almost in all Chinese restaurant. I cooked these dish sometimes when we feel we wanted to eat chinese food, so sweet and sour fish is the choice. They are easy to prepare and the taste is good.

Others types of fish will work in this recipe either whole or in fillets. I used whatever fish and ingredients I have on hand so any kind works really. Below is the recipe of simple sweet and sour fish.

SWEET AND SOUR FISH

300g fish fillets
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 bell pepper, cut chunk
1 tomato, cut chunk
1 onion cut chunk
1 clove garlic, chopped
4 tablespoon tomato ketchup
4 tablespoon white vinegar
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1/2 cup water
Salt, pepper and sugar to taste
Oil for frying

METHOD:

- Toss fish and coated with cornstarch, Fry fish until cook and set aside.
- Heat little oil in pan and fry garlic until aromatic.
- Add onion and bell pepper and fry for a minute.
- Add  ketchup, vinegar, soy sauce and water and bring to boil and simmer for 5-6 minutes.
- Once the sauce has slightly thickened, add tomatoes and taste with salt, pepper and sugar.
- Remove from heat and pour the sauce over fish.
- Serve hot with rice.

Enjoy the sweet and sour fish.

Penne Arrabbiata with Fresh Tomatoes

Buonasera!

Cooking pasta is simple and obviously there are many type of pasta and there are all kinds of flavors we can add to pasta. One of the famous Italian recipe is penne arrabbiata, a spicy sauce for pasta but it's easy and quick to prepare.

For the arrabbiata sauce, I'm using only basic ingredients that I have at home. There are as many recipes for tomato pasta sauce and we can use most any kind of pasta with any kind of sauce. Let's have a look of my penne arrabbiata recipe below.

PENNE ARRABBIATA WITH FRESH TOMATOES

Ingredients: (2 serving)

250g penne
1 tomato, diced
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 dry chillies, chopped
1 teaspoon dried parsley
Salt and pepper to taste
Olive oil

METHOD:

- Cook penne according to package direction.
- Heat up a little olive oil in pan and fry garlic and chillies until aromatic.
- Add tomato and a little water and simmer for a few minutes.
- Once the tomato becomes soft and the sauce has reduce, add in penne.
- Season with salt and pepper and parsley. Mix well until penne is coated in the sauce.
- Serve hot and spinkle with grated cheese.

Buon appetito!

Peanuts with Spicy Cornflakes

Bonsoir à tous,

Nuts are popular in Asia either they are eaten plain as snacks or mashed into other food or cooked as a peanut sauce. Peanuts probably one of the most common snacks and it can be enjoyed at any time. J'aime beaucoup les cacahuètes. Peanuts are one of my all time favorite snacks.

There are many interesting and creative ways to enjoy peanuts and one of the recipe that I liked is peanuts with spicy conflakes. They're sweet, salty, a little spicy and crunchy. Let's have a simple snack and enjoy this spicy peanuts.

PEANUTS WITH SPICY CORNFLAKES

Ingredients:

250g peanuts
50g anchovies (optional)
2 cloves garlic
1 shallot
1 tablespoon chilli powder, mix with little water (can use fresh chilli paste)
2-3 tablespoons butter
2-3 tablespoons honey
3 cups cereal corn flakes
Salt and sugar to taste
Oil for frying

METHOD:

- Heat the oil and fry peanuts until golden brown. Drain and set aside.
- Fry anchovies until golden brown and set aside.
- Pound or chopped garlic and shallot.
- Heat butter in a frying pan and fry garlic and shallot until fragrant.
- Add the chilli paste and simmer for a minute.
- Add in honey, salt and sugar, keep stirring for a few seconds.
- Turn of the heat and add in peanuts, anchovies and cornflakes, mix well until they are well coated.
- Allow nuts to cool before serving.

Bon appetit! C'est parfait pour l'apéritif.

Pan Fried Fish with Lemon Butter Sauce

Bonjour et bon dimanche à tous,

Fish, potatoes ans sauce are really perfect and simple food either for lunch or dinner. Fish can be cook in many ways and one of the recipe that I made few days ago is a pan fried fish with lemon butter sauce. Sometimes, the food that we prepared at home much better than restaurant food even the tastes of it.

So, let's start with some simple, yet tasty pan fried fish fillet.

PAN FRIED FISH WITH LEMON BUTTER SAUCE

Ingredients:

2 large or medium fish fillet (snapper or any fish fillet)
1/2 tablespoon cornflour
50g butter
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 lemon zest
2 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon dry parsley
Salt and pepper to taste
Oil for frying

METHOD:

- Season the fish with salt and pepper and dust with cornflour.
- Heat 1 tablespoon butter and 2 tablespoon oil in a frying pan and friy fish until half or over cooked. Set aside.
- Heat the butter and add the garlic until fragrant. Add the lemon zest and lemon juice.
- Taste with salt and pepper and add dry parsley.
- Serve the fish with baked potatoes and spoon the lemon butter sauce over the fish.

C'est tout, bon appetit!

Fudgy White Chocolate Brownies

Coucou,

C'est Octobre maintenant, it's amazing how fast time flies by and sometimes we don't even relize it. We are less than 2 months before Christmas day and what will be new event will pop up nex year? There are many possible things that can happen in the future but we really hope the good things happen. "Life is a one way street, no matter how many detour we take, none of them leads back, so enjoy life every single day".

I've made white chocolate brownies this afternoon and they are really good. It's really easy and what can I say, they turned out nice and gooey. At the same time, they are buttery, chewy and I'm addicted to this cake now. Actually I'm not really a white chocolate lover but when it's come to this brownies, they become an irresistible. I like the fudgy brownies and these cake texture really meet my taste.

FUDGY WHITE CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter
200g white chocolate bar or white chocolate chip
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanila extract
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup all purpose flour

METHOD:

- Preheat oven 180° and prepare grease baking pan and line with parchment paper.
- Melt butter and white chocolate in a saucepan over a medium heat.
- Remove from heat and whisk in the sugar.
- Add the eggs, salt, vanila and whisk until combined.
- Stir in the flour and baking powder and mix until well combined.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake for 25-30 minute.
- Remove from oven and cool completely.

Voila, enjoy!