Bread with Grilled Cheese

Bread with Grilled Cheese, this delicious dish is great for breakfast. Put more cheese and mayonnaise if you like your bread cheesy and mayonnaisy.

Ingredients:

• 2 slices bread
• 1 slice American cheese
• 1 tablespoon mayonnaise

Directions:

1. Heat a small skillet to medium.
2. Using a butter knife, spread half of mayonnaise onto one slice of the bread, place mayo side down in the skillet.
3. Top with cheese.
4. Spread remaining mayonnaise onto second slice of bread and place mayonnaise side up on top of cheese.
5. Cook 3 minutes, or until bread is toasty brown, turn and repeat.

Oven Baked Chicken Wings

When you go out for beer with friends, do you order chicken wings? I am sure many of you out there orders chicken wings as a snack while having a drink with your friends. If you are inviting your friends to your place for drinks and would love to cook for your friends oven baked chicken wings, here is a simple recipe that you may follow. 

Ingredients:

• 3 lbs chicken wings
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 1 cup honey
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Place chicken in a 9x13 inch baking dish. If you do not like cleaning, place a foil over the baking dish.
3. Mix together the oil, soy sauce, ketchup, honey, garlic, salt and pepper Pour over the chicken.
4. Bake in preheated oven for one hour, or until sauce is caramelized.

Potato Salad

Potato Salad - This salad is very easy to make and it is impossible to go wrong with it unless you have problem following these simple steps. This dish is great with grilled chicken and I hope that you and your family will enjoy it.

Ingredients:

• 10 slices bacon, diced
• 1 cup sugar (or less)
• 1 cup distilled white vinegar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
• 1 dash cayenne pepper
• 10 large potatoes, boiled
• 1 medium onion, sliced (optional)

Directions:

1. Dice and fry bacon.
2. In a small bowl, add eggs, salt, mustard, sugar, vinegar and cayenne pepper.
3. Beat well and pour into hot pan with bacon and bacon grease stirring till thickened.
4. Add diced cooked potatoes and sliced onion (or onion powder).
5. Serve hot.

Chicken Breast with Garlic

With so many recipes online, how do you decide on which to cook? More often than not, we ended up cooking the same thing over and over again even though we are tired of eating the same thing again and again. It is quite common for us to go back to what we already know rather than trying something new and different. If you are looking to cook something different today, just try any of the recipes in this blog.

Today, I am going to share with you how to cook chicken breast with garlic. You may substitute the chicken breast with pork chops or any other protein that you prefer. Enjoy.

Ingredients:

4 egg yolks, slightly beaten
6 garlic cloves, chopped
3 -4 boneless chicken breasts, cut into desired portions
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 cup unseasoned breadcrumbs
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper

Steps:

Firstly, combine the egg yolks, garlic, and chicken breast portions or pork chops into a zipper style plastic bag.
Then massage the bag to make sure the chicken pieces are all well coated with egg and the garlic is well distributed -then refrigerate it for at least four hours, up to overnight.
After mixture has marinated for at least 4 hours: Preheat the oven to 400°F Place melted butter in a sprayed 9x13 glass baking dish, tipping dish until bottom of pan is coated with butter.
In a small mixing bowl, combine breadcrumbs, cheese, parsley, salt and pepper.
Then dredge meat in this mixture so they are coated well on all sides.
Lay pieces in the baking dish in a single layer and pour any remaining egg mixture over the top.
Lastly, bake it for 30-40 minutes or until no pink remains in the chicken and the juices run clear.

Banana Bread

Banana Bread - Whether the banana bread turns out good or not, it depend very much on the banana you use to make it. For the best results, always use a smaller banana, preferably very ripe bananas. Bananas which have black skins makes the perfect banana bread as the banana are ripe and sweet. Just follow these simple steps and you are on your way to make the perfect banana bread.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 2 1/3 cups mashed very overripe bananas

Steps:

1. Firstly, preheat  the oven to 350°C.  Then lightly grease a 9 x 5 loaf pan.
2. In large bowl, combine flour, soda and salt.
3. In separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar.
4. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended.
5. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten.
6. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
7. Bake in preheated oven for 60-65 minutes until a toothpick inserted into center of loaf comes out clean.
8. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Chicken Tortilla Soup

Chicken Tortilla Soup - How to make a chicken tortilla soup from stratch. With the right ingredients and the correct step, you are on your way to making a good chicken tortilla soup. First, prepare all the ingredients as stated below and continue with the following steps.

Ingredients:

• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 medium jalapeno pepper, chopped
• 1/2 medium green pepper
• 4 small boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 2 cups frozen corn
• 1/2 cup dry white wine or 1/2 cup water
• 2 teaspoons cumin
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 4 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth
• 2 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce

Steps:

1. First, sauté the onions, garlics, jalapeños and green peppers with olive oil in a large pot.
2. Then, add the rest of the ingredients into the pot and bring it to a boil.
3. After about 15 minutes, remove the chicken breasts and shred.
4. Then return the shredded chicken to the pot and simmer an additional 45 minutes.
5. Lastly, serve the soup with crushed tortilla chips if desired.

Penang Char Kway Teow

Char Kway Teow is one of Malaysia's best food and Malaysians are very proud to introduce and recommend this dish to anyone who visits Malaysia. Even though this dish looks very easy, but it is in fact a very difficult dish to master. The main thing about this dish is not only the ingredients but also the heat of the wok which plays an important part too. As such, even though there are many char kway teow cooks out there, only a hand few are very good. If you would like to try the best of char kway teow, I would strongly recommend you to try those in Penang itself.

As for Malay char kway teow, the one in Kampung Sungai Penchala is very good too. They call it kway teow "basah" / wet kway teow.

If you would like a DIY char kway teow, you may try this recipe. I hope you will like it.

Ingredients:

• 500 g kway teow
• 3 cloves chopped garlic
• 3 tablespoons cooking oil
• 300 g prawns, shelled but leave the tails intact
• 150 g cockles, scalded and shelled
• 150 g bean sprouts
• 100 g chives, cut into 3cm lengths
• chili paste
• 2 eggs
• water

Seasoning

• 1 tablespoon light soya sauce
• salt and pepper
• 1 tablespoon chili paste
• dark soya sauce

Directions:

1. Mix seasoning ingredients in a bowl.
2. Heat wok with 3 tbsp oil until hot and fry chopped garlic until light brown.
3. Add prawns and cockles.
4. Push all the fried ingredients to one side and add in kway teow.
5. Stir-fry the kway teow quickly and add seasoning and chili paste.
6. Sprinkle with a little water and mix in all the fried ingredients together.
7. Spread all the ingredients around the wok to create an empty space in the centre, then crack an egg into it and add a little more oil.
8. Cover the egg with all the ingredients and stir-fry evenly.
9. Add beansprouts and chives and stir well.
10. Do not overcook.
11. Remove the dish to a plate and serve hot.

Cheese Fondue

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs cheese (Gouda, Emmentaler or Gruyà Æ' re, or a mixture)
• 4 cups dry white wine
• 1 tablespoon fine flour
• 1 tablespoon kirschwasser
• lemon juice
• freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 -2 loaf ready-to-use baked pizza crust, fresh white French bread cut into cubes
• mushroom, halved (optional)
• raw vegetables, lightly steamed

Directions:

1. Grate the cheese. Rub the fondue pot with the garlic clove. Warm 2 cups of wine in the pot and add the cheese, one handful at a time, stirring while it melts. Keep stirring or the cheese may clump.
2. Stir the flour into the Kirschwasser, then add it slowly to the pot. Even if the cheese is clumping a bit, this addition should help smooth it out. Add a little lemon juice (less than a tablespoon) and add pepper and freshly grated nutmeg to taste. Add more wine as necessary, to thin the fondue until it coats a piece of bread, but doesn’t take half the pot with it.
3. Take the fondue pot to the table and place in on its stand with a lighted Sterno can under it.
4. Eat the fondue by stabbing the bread cubes or vegetables with a fondue fork (a long handled, 2-prong, skinny fork with barbs so the bread doesn’t fall into the pot). Dip the bread into the cheese and swirl a bit to coat. Let it cool a few seconds before eating.

Baked Potato Soup

Ingredients:

• 4 large baking potatoes
• 2/3 cup butter
• 2/3 cup flour
• 8 cups milk (you will probably need more to thin)
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 cup sour cream
• 6 green onions, chopped
• 14 slices bacon, cooked till crisp and crumbled
• 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, grated

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350F and bake the potatoes until fork tender, about 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes. (You can bake the potatoes beforehand).
2. Melt butter in a medium saucepan. Slowly blend in flour with a wire whisk until thoroughly blended. Cook the roux (flour in butter) until a very pale golden. Gradually add milk to the roux, garlic and season to taste, whisking constantly.
3. Cut potatoes in half, scoop out the interior and set aside. Chop up half the potato peels and discard the remainder.
4. When milk mixture is very hot, whisk in potato. Add green onion and potato peels. Whisk well, add sour cream and crumbled bacon. Heat thoroughly. Add cheese a little at a time until all is melted in .
5. Note: You can set aside a bit of the bacon, green onions and cheese to sprinkle on top for a nice appearance.

Pancakes Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions:

1. Beat egg until fluffy and add milk and melted margarine.
2. Then add dry ingredients and mix well.
3. Heat a heavy griddle or fry pan which is greased with a little butter on a paper towel.
4. The pan is hot enough when a drop of water breaks into several smaller balls which 'dance' around the pan.
5. Pour a small amount of batter (approx 1/4 cup) into pan and tip to spread out or spread with spoon.
6. When bubbles appear on surface and begin to break, turn over and cook the other side.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

Ingredients:

• 1 chocolate cookie pie crust (store bought or make your own)
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese (softened)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 (12 ounce) container whipped topping
• 1 (11 3/4 ounce) container hot fudge

Garnish

• 2 tablespoons hot fudge
• 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
• 2 small ziploc bags

Direction:

1. In bowl beat the peanut butter, cream cheese and sugar together.
2. Then fold in 3 cups whipped topping and smooth mixture into pie shell.
3. Then cover mixture with layer of hot fudge and refrigerate until serving.
4. Then spread the rest of whipped topping over top of hot fudge.
5. Take 2 tablespoons hot fudge in bag and knead until soft (easy to dribble over pie).
6. Do the same with 2 tablespoons peanut butter.
7. Cut corner of fudge bag and drizzle over pie.
8. Repeat with peanut butter.

Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1 (12 ounce) bag fresh cranberries
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup orange juice or 1 cup water

Directions:

1. Firstly, mix all ingredients in a med sauce pan.
2. Bring to boil; simmer until berries pop.
3. Chill until ready to serve.

Egg Recipe

Ingredients:

• 6 large hard-boiled eggs
• salt and black pepper
• 2 tablespoons Miracle Whip (I prefer Miracle Whip) or 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard
• 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish
• paprika

Directions:

1. Firstly, peel shells off cooled hard-boiled eggs; slice into halves lengthwise.
2. Remove yolks from whites and place in a small round bowl. Mash yolks with a fork into fine pieces.
3. Then add 2 heaping tablespoons Miracle Whip salad dressing, yellow mustard, sweet pickle relish, and salt and black pepper to taste.
4. Stir mixture until creamy.
5. Spoon mixture into a zip-lock sandwich bag; seal bag and snip off one corner of the bag.
6. Squeeze mixture out of corner of bag into egg white halves.
7. Sprinkle tops of filled deviled eggs with paprika.
8. Chill in refrigerator 1 to 2 hours or until cold before serving.

Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs, well beaten
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups oatmeal
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans

Directions:

1. Firstly, combine the eggs, raisins and vanilla and let it stand for one hour.
2. Then, cream together butter and sugars and add flour, salt, cinnamon and soda.
3. Mix it well and then blend in the egg-raisin mixture, oatmeal, and chopped nuts.
4. Drop by heaping teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet, or roll into balls and flatten slightly.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.