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.