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French Toast Recipe

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French Toast Recipe:

Ingredients:
Challah Bread             1 loaf
Eggs                            4 whole
Half and Half Cream    1.25 cups
Ground Cinnamon       1/2 tablespoons
Ground Nutmeg           1/4 teaspoon
Sugar                           2 tablespoons
Salt                              a pinch
Butter                           for rubbing the grill pan

Steps:

1. Cut challah bread into 1 inch pieces.

2. Mix the rest of the ingredients (except butter and bread) in a big bowl.3. Heat up a grill pan on medium high, rub a little butter on it.

4. Place bread piece one at a time into the egg mixture. Soak for 10-15 seconds on each side, let enough mixture soak into the bread.

5. Grill the bread for 1 minute on each side, or until it turns golden brown.

6. Add powder sugar or maple syrup as desired. Serve immediately.

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Tip:
1. Bread should be firm to touch when place on the grill. Don’t over soak it.
2. French toasts can be vacuum sealed and store for months.Reheat Method:
1. Place the french toasts on a baking sheets lined with foil.
2. Put french toasts on the middle rack in the oven while preheating the oven to 350F (about 10 minutes), leave it in the oven for 1 minutes after temperature reached. Done.

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Healthy Eat- Fusion Lettuce Wrap Recipe

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Fusion Lettuce Wrap Recipe

Ingredients:

Steamed Rice                           4 cups
Big Carrot (diced small)            1 carrot
Celery (diced small)                   3 stalks
Lettuce (halved)                         1 head
Green Onion (chopped)             1 cup
Garlic (minced)                           1 tablespoon
Parsley (fresh, finely chopped)   1/2 cup
Onion (diced small)                     1/2 cup
Ground Pork                                1 pound
Vegetable Oil                               2 tablespoons

Seasonings:
Salt                     1 teaspoon
Oyster Sauce     See recipe below

Oyster Sauce Recipe:
Oyster Sauce       1 tablespoon
Water                    3 tablespoons
Sugar                    1/4 teaspoon
Step: Whisk the ingredients until combined.

Marinade:
Salt                                1/2 teaspoon
Chicken Powder            2 tablespoons
Ground White Pepper    1/4 teaspoon
Vegetable Oil                  1 tablespoon

Steps:

1. Rinse and cut all ingredients. Halved the lettuce and separate the leaves carefully.

2. Cut Pork into small pieces. Process pork in a food processor with the seasonings, let it sit for 5-10 minutes.

3. In a LC 3.5 quarts round wide oven (also called Risotto), add vegetable oil and garlic over medium heat until fragrance. Add onion and cook for 1 minute.

4. Add celery, carrot and salt, cook until onion is transparent (about 3 minutes).

5. Add ground pork, lower heat to medium low, cook until pork are medium well.

6. Add oyster sauce, parsley and 1/2 cup green onion, stir well and cover for 2 minutes or until it cooked.

7. Put pork and vegetable, steam rice and green onion on lettuce leave, wrap it together and serve.

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Beef Rice Recipe

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Hubby bought a big steak and cooked it for dinner last night. It was way too big and we have a lot of leftover to use the next day. Instead of stir-fly it with some vegetables, I decided to make it into yummy beef rice. Hubby loved it and ate 2 full bowls of them, asking me to make it again soon.

Beef Rice Recipe (Serve 4)

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Ketchup Shrimps Recipe

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Ketchup shrimps is one of the most popular homemade dishes in Hong Kong. My mom used to cook this all the time and it would be gone long before any other dishes. It tastes better if you cook it with the shell on. You have to lick the sauce off the shell first, then peel the shell and eat the shrimp, don’t forget to lick your finger tips at the end. The thought of it make me so hungry.

Delicious Ketchup Shrimps Recipe

Ingredients:

Extra Virgin Olive Oil       1 tablespoon
Large Shrimps                1 pound
Garlic (minced)               1 tablespoon
Rice Vinegar                    1.5 teaspoons
Ketchup                           1/2 cup
Sugar                               1/2 teaspoon
Green Onion (chopped)   for garnish

Cookware:
Le Creuset 10-inch skillet

Steps:
1. Headed and deveined the shrimps, rinse and drain well, set aside.

2. In a skillet, heat up the olive oil on medium. Add ketchup, rice vinegar and sugar, cook for 1 minute (beware of the oil splash). Then, stir in the garlic and mix well.

3. Cook until sauce is thicken. Add shrimps and cover each shrimp with sauce. 

4. Spread the shrimps in a single layer, cook for 2 minutes.

5. Flip and cook for 1 minute, heat off immediately.

6. Sprinkle with green onion for garnish, serve and enjoy.


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Chu Hou Beef Rice Recipe

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Chu Hou Beef Rice Recipe

Ingredients:

Water                               enough to cover the beef
Bay Leaves                      3 leaves
Beef Shoulder                  1.5 pounds
Chu Hou Sauce                3 tablespoons
Rice                                  2 cups
Lettuce (Shredded)          1/3 head
Salt                                   2 teaspoons
Ground Black Pepper      1/2 teaspoon
Green Onion (Chopped)  for garnish

Cookware:
Le Creuset 4.5 quarts round oven
Pressure Cooker

Steps:

1. In a pressure cooker, add beef shoulder, water and bay leaves, cover with lid and press the beef button.

2. Pull the cooked beef apart and place in a large bowl. Stir salt and pepper in the broth.

3. Add rinsed rice and 2 cups of beef broth in pot, cover with lid and cook for 4 minutes over medium-high heat. Open lid and stir, cover again and cook for 2 minutes over medium heat. Lower to medium-low heat, slimmer for 14 minutes. Heat off, remain cover for 5 minutes.

4. Stir the beef, chu hou sauce and 1 cup of broth together.

5. Sprinkle lettuce on cooked rice evenly, add chu hou beef and green onion on top, cover for 3 minutes. (Attention: keep the chu hau beef stock)

6. Add a spoonful of chu hau stock and sprinkle some green onion on top of rice. Serve and enjoy.

Tips:
If you don’t have a pressure cooker, use a regular pot to cook the beef shoulder (preferably fresh beef) with same ingredients and amount.
First, bring it to a boil, then lower to medium-low and cook for at least 4-6 hours, follow the rest of the steps. (If the water evaporate too much, add hot water into pot until the beef is covered)


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