Chicken Cheese Balls 🧀

[Collaboration with Laughing Cow Cheese]
The littlest boy 👦🏼 loves laughing cow cheese and also loves chicken ! Combined these two to have Chicken Cheese Balls for his snack-time! 😊 Did the healthier version which is to airfry rather rehab deeply-fry! You can also deep-fry if you like.

For the month of October (whilst stock last), purchase any two boxes of The Laughing Cow 8 Portions to redeem a free The Laughing Cow dorayaki pancake (worth $2) from Bakery Cuisine.
#thelaughingcow #snackyourway

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Ingredients:

• 500g of minced chicken (you can use store-bought or use a food processor to mince chicken breast) 
• 3 stalks of spring onion (chopped) 
• 2 cups of flour
• 2 tbsps of milk (I used Meiji fresh milk) 
• 4 wedges of original Flavour (smooth & creamy) Laughing Cow Cheese 
• 1/2 tbsp of Baking powder
• 1 tsp of salt 
• 1 tbsp of garlic powder 
• 2 tbsps of olive oil 
• 2-3 packets of crackers/biscuits (use a rolling pin/ a cup to smash into crumbs before opening up and pour into a plate) 

Method:

1. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. 
2. Mix in minced chicken and one wedge of Laughing cow cheese with your hands. 
3. Add in garlic powder, olive oil and spring onion. Mix till well combined. 
4. Add in milk gradually and mix till it comes together like a dough. You might not use al the milk. 
5. Heat airfryer at 190 degrees for 5minutes.  
6. Slice the remaining cheese wedges into about 1cm size. 
7. Prepare a small bowl of water. Wet hands and take some chicken mixture and form into a ball. Use index finger to press into the middle to make a hole. Stuff a piece of cheese and roll into a ball. Coat chicken balls with biscuit crumbs. Set aside on a plate. 
8. Spray a piece of baking paper lightly with some oil. Place chicken balls on baking paper and spray some oil. 
9. Airfry chicken balls for 7-10 mins, timing depends on size of chicken balls. Flip at least once during airfrying. Serve hot with mayonnaise or chili sauce. 

Easy Fresh Fruits Agar-agar 🍓🍍

Ingredients: 

• A bunch of fresh longans
• A box of fresh strawberries
• A quarter of fresh pineapples (can replace with can ones) 
• 2 packets of agar agar powder 
• 400g of sugar 
• 4 pandan leaves (tear and tied in knot) 
• 2 liters of water 
• A mould 

Method: 

1. Diced and cut the fruits into smaller prices. I used about 1.5-2cups of fresh fruits each (estimation after cutting).  
2. Dissolve agar agar powder in water and heat over low heat with pandan leaves. At the same time, stir and dissolve 400g of sugar. You can adjust the amount of sugar accordingly to your taste. I didn’t follow the instructions on the packaging and used less sugar as the fruits natural sweetness will give the agar agar sweetness. 
3. Allow the mixture to cool for about 5-10mins. 
4. Pour agar agar mixture to about half of mould. Add the fruits into mould randomly. Allow to cool for about 5mins. After 5 minutes, use a spoon to stir gently to ensure fruits are evenly mixed. Let the mixture continue to cool down for next 3 minutes. 
5. Pour the rest of the mixture into the mould and add fruits randomly. Repeat the stirring for next 5 mins. By this time, agar agar will start to set. Chill in fridge to let it set. Un-mould agar agar carefully onto a plate when ready to eat. 

Soy Sauce Chicken / See Yau Gai

Ingredients:

• 1 spring chicken/ 4-6 chicken legs.
• 1 cup of light soya sauce 
• 3 tbsp of dark soya sauce
• 4 cups of water
• 10 cloves of garlic, skin on
• 4 slices of ginger
•  8 dry rose buds/ 2 tbsps of rose wine 
• 1 tbsp of rock sugar
• 3 stalks of spring onion 

Method:

1. Combine ingredients, except chicken into a pot and bring it to a boil for 10mins. 
2. After sauce is ready, hold chicken by the neck and gently dip into sauce for several time. You can also use a ladle to scoop sauce and drizzle over chicken to get an even color. Then gently place chicken into pot. 
3. Once sauce reboils, lower heat and continue to cook at low fire for 20mins. Ensure chicken is fully submerged in sauce during cooking. Off heat after 20mins. 
4. Remove chicken and let it cool off a little before chopping into pieces for serving. Set aside. 
5. Scoop some sauce into small saucepan. Heat saucepan. Once sauce boils, thickened sauce with potato or corn starch water to form a thick gravy. Off heat and drizzle gravy over chopped chicken.
6. For the remaining sauce, I added taupok, tau gua and hard boiled eggs and braised them as additional sides. Enjoy the yummy chicken! 😋

Note: You can keep the remaining sauce in the fridge to use for the next day. Add more ingredients for another meal for the next day.

Simple steamed chicken drumsticks 🍗

Ingredients: 

• 4 chicken drumsticks 🍗 
• 3 tbsp minced garlic 
• 4-5 slices of ginger 
• 2 tbsp light soya sauce
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce 
• 1 tbsp ginger juice 
• 1 tbsp cooking wine 

Method: 

1. Cut at the joint to divide into two pieces. Rub chicken drumsticks with salt and rinsed off. Marinate chicken drumsticks with seasonings and minced garlic for at least 4 hours. 
2. Remove from chiller 30mins before steaming. Top with sliced ginger and Steam at high heat for about 20 mins (depends on how many pieces of chicken you have. Off heat and leave in steamer for 5 mins. 
3. Garnish with spring onion before serving. ☺️

Sardines Sushi Rice Cake 🎂

Happy 14th birthday to my gal! 👧🏼🥰🥰🥰 Mama has no time to bake a birthday cake for you so made a sardine sushi rice cake instead 😁😁 (since sardines is one of your favorite food! 🤪) Ah gal happily packed the sushi cake to celebrate with her friends 👫! 😅😅

Stand a chance to be one of the 5 winners to walk away with $100 NTUC Vouchers by participating in Ayam Brand’s Bento Contest! Simply prepare and post an image of a bento using Ayam Brand Sardines (120g). Hurry, contest ends 22 September! Ayam Brand is also having the same contest that is open to the public. You can participate by simply reposting your submission on your personal page! Remember to tag them @ayambrandsg and hashtag #ayambrandbento and you will also be in the run to win a 3D2N staycation at Shangri-La hotel (Themed Family Suite), worth $3,000! Visit Ayam Brand Singapore to find out more! #ayambrandsg #ayambrandbento

Ingredients:

• 1 can of Ayam Brand Sardines (120g)
• 1 medium-size tomato (chopped)
• 1/2 Japanese cucumber (sliced)
• 3 tbsps of ebiko (optional) 
• 1 cup of Japanese sushi rice (cooked and stir in a tbsp of sushi vinegar when it’s hot)
• 3 shallots (chopped)
• A round shaped cutter or a round deep Medium-size bowl 
• Seasonings - 1 tbsp of ketchup, 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce, 1/2 tsp of sugar and pinch of salt. 

Method:

1. Remove sardines and placed in a bowl. Used a fork and break sardines into smaller pieces. 
2. Heat up a tbsp of oil in a small saucepan. 
3. Add chopped shallots. Sauté till fragrant. Add sardines and add all the seasonings. Mix well. Also add in the remaining sauce in sardines can. Off heat. 
4. Assembling the sushi cake: Brushed a thin layer of oil on the round cutter. Placed round cutter on a plate. Add 1/2 cup of rice to form the base. Use a spoon to press and even out the rice. Add chopped tomatoes and the sliced cucumbers. Add 1/2 cup of rice again and press down using a spoon. Add cooked sardines. Then top with last layer of rice. Topped with Ebiko. Slowly remove the round cutter. Served. 

Simple Sardines Wrap

Stand a chance to be one of the 5 winners to walk away with $100 NTUC Vouchers by participating in Ayam Brand’s Bento Contest! Simply prepare and post an image of a bento using Ayam Brand Sardines (120g). Hurry, contest ends 22 September! Ayam Brand is also having the same contest that is open to the public. You can participate by simply reposting your submission on your personal page! Remember to tag them @ayambrandsg and hashtag #ayambrandbento and you will also be in the run to win a 3D2N staycation at Shangri-La hotel (Themed Family Suite), worth $3,000! Visit Ayam Brand Singapore to find out more! 

Ingredients: (portion for 2 wraps) 

• 1 can of Ayam Brand sardines in tomato sauce
• 2 wraps 
• 3 pieces of lettuce
• 6 slices of tomatoes 🍅 
• 8 slices of cucumbers 
• Some breadcrumbs and cornflour 
• A pinch of salt and pepper and mayonnaise 
• Side-dishes: sliced apples and steamed corn with salted butter 

Method: 

1. Drained sardines of sauce. Sprinkle a pinch of salt and pepper over sardines. Lightly coat sardines with some cornflour and coat with breadcrumbs. 
2. Heat up about 2 tbsps of oil in medium heat. Panfry sardines till breadcrumbs are crispy and brown. Set aside on kitchen towel. 
3. Lightly toast wraps on another pan/ in toaster. 
4. Assemble wrap in order: lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and sardines. Optional: Top with mayonnaise or sauce from sardines can. You can use any other vegetables for your preference. Wrap it up by folding the sides and into a roll. I used a  piece of aluminum foil to secure it. 
   
   

Grilled Pork & Chicken Fajita Skewers withavocado dip

[McCormick Mexican Vegana Cooking Contest] 🇲🇽 

Grilled Pork & Chicken Fajita Skewers with Avocado dip 

New attempt! Mexican cuisine 😅 Surprisingly, all three kids munching their way through the skewers and gave 👍😄 Did 2 versions of the skewers, pork and chicken and both tasted great! 

#McCormick Brings Passion to Flavour

#MexicanFlavor #FlavorForcast2019

Ingredients: 

• 400g pork belly (remove skin) 
• 2 pieces of boneless chicken thighs 
• 1.5 tbsps garlic powder
• 1.5 tbsps onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1/2 tbsp sea salt
• 1/2 tbsp black pepper
• 2 Tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 red bell pepper cut into 1 inch cubes
• 1/2 yellow bell pepper cut into 1 inch cubes
• 1/2 green bell pepper cut into 1 inch cubes
• 1/2 onion cut into 1 inch cubes

Avocado Dip: 

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 Avocado (mashed) 
• 3 garlic cloves (minced finely) 
• 1/2 cup parsley (minced finely)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• juice of 1 lime

Instructions: 

1. After rinse and pat dry pork belly, remove the skin and sliced into 1 inch cubes. Do the same for boneless chicken legs. 
2. In a bowl add pork cubes, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, paprika, sea salt and black pepper. Toss until coated evenly. Add olive oil and mix well. Do the same for chicken. 
3. Thread pork and chicken cubes with the peppers and onion alternately on skewers.
4. Heat up grill pan for five mins. Brush some oil on pan. (I used my Happycall pan to panfry skewers) Grill for 8-10 minutes, flipping to ensure that skewers are cooked on all sides. Remove from the grill and serve with avocado dip. Serve hot. 
5. To make the avocado dip: Mashed avocado with a fork. Add the olive oil, garlic, parsley, salt, pepper and lime.