Most popular Chinese Soup - ABC soup

Most of us grew up with this homely soup. It is easy to prepare with just a few easily available ingredients. 

ABC Soup Recipe : 

Ingredients : 

4 Chicken thigh / 200g lean pork / 300g pork ribs - cleaned & cut into large pieces. 

2 carrots - cut chuncks

2 large potatoes - cut chucks 

2 brown onions - cut chuncks

1 big tomatoes - cut chuncks 

1 sweet corn (optional) - cut 4 

Salt & pepper to taste. 

2L water

Preparation steps : 

1. Blanch & wash the meat and set aside. 

2. In a large soup pot, bring water to boiling point add in the meat & bring to boil again. 

3. Add in the remaining ingredients.  Bring to boil & smimmer until meat is soft, water reduced & soup thinken. 

4. Season with salt & pepper. 

5. Serve hot.

Bon appétit !

Chin's notes: 

1. Normally takes 2 - 3 hour to brew on medium to low heat on the stove. 

2. Using Thermos pot / magic pot / pressure cooker can reduced the cooking time greatly. Use lesser water, as the water will not evaporate much. 

Fried French Beans with Fish Balls

French beans, is one of our favourite vegetables. We prefer baby French beans. We like them crunchy & not over cooked. I'd always cooked French beans with minced pork or dried shrimps. This is the first time I tried with fish balls.

Fried French Beans with Fish Balls Recipe : 

Ingredients : 

500g French beans, cleaned & cut about 3 inches long. 

1 pkt / 15 fish balls , halved or whole. 

3 cloves of garlic smashed / chopped. 

1 thumb size ginger - thinly sliced / chopped.

1 small carrot - thinly sliced like match sticks size. 

1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine

1 1/2  tbsp oyster sauce 

Salt to taste (optional) 

A dash of sugar (optional) 

2 tbsp cooking oil

Preparation steps : 

1. Heat up the oil in a wok on high heat, add in the garlic & ginger. Fry until fragrant, then add the fish balls, fry until it is slightly brown. 

2. Add in the French beans & carrots. Fry for a few minutes. 

3. Pour in the cooking wine, give a few good stir & cover with a lid for a few minutes (approx. 2 mins). Until the French beans looked brighter green. 

4. Add in the oyster sauce, salt & sugar, give a few good stir until the all the French beans are evenly coated with oyster sauce. 

5. Dish out onto a plate. Serve hot with steamed rice. 

Bon appétit ! 

Chin's notes: 

1. Oyster sauce is a little salty, I will normally not add salt to the cooking. Hence it may be a bit bland to some. Just add a little salt if you prefer a little more seasoning. 

2. Sprinkle with a little sugar brings up the flavour of the vegetables. 

3. I also like to use ginger to cook my vegetables because I think they make the vegetables taste better. 

Deep Fried Tomyum Chicken

Trying out a new dish today, surprisingly the combination turned out quite well. I marinated the chicken overnight. Deep fried them the next day.

The chicken taste yummy!!! They were tender & has a tangy tomyum spices. It is not very spicy but I will try to add some chili flakes / powder in the future. 

Deep fried tomyum chicken recipe :

Ingredients :

4 chicken drumsticks

1 tbsp of tomyum paste. I used HollyFarms Original Tomyum Koong

2 pieces kafir lime leaves - finely sliced 

1 lemongrass - thinly chopped 

1 egg 

Chili powder / flakes to taste ( optional )

1 tbsp corn flour

Oil for deep frying 

Methods :

1. Clean chicken & pat dry.

2. Marinate chicken with tomyum paste, kafir lime leaves, lemongrass, egg & chilli flakes.  Best to marinate them overnight or at least 3 hours.

3. Coat chicken with corn flour before frying. 

4. Heat up oil & deep fried chicken until cook. 

Bon appétit !! 

A picture of the tomyam paste that I used.