Showing posts with label Herbal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Herbal. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Claypot Fish Caput Inwards Huiji Waist Tonic 汇集砂锅红烧鱼头



Claypot dishes are hither to rest inward Asian families. As Chinese, nosotros are but in addition to thus used to the benefits of claypot cooking. The wet in addition to flavours are ofttimes optimised, resulting inward many fragrant in addition to delicious claypot dishes.  This Claypot Fish Head inward Huiji Waist Tonic 汇集砂锅红烧鱼头 is around other favourite alongside my work solid unit of measurement members. 

The conditions has been unpredictable lately in addition to many people that I know (including myself) are falling sick. In promise of boosting the immunity in addition to issue energy marking of my loved ones, I had deliberately incorporated Huiji Waist Tonic inward this claypot dish. This would allow me to convey the best of both worlds - fragrance, flavours in addition to wellness benefits. I was sold past times the ingredients that were used to brand this non-alcoholic herbal tonic. Being 100% vegetarian, the bottle of goodness include cordyceps (虫草), ginseng  (人参), du zhong (杜仲), dang gui (当归), he shou wu (何首乌) in addition to jujube  (大枣). This seat me at ease every bit they're the commons ingredients I operate for brewing Chinese tonic soups. I knew they would produce goodness my family. Moreover, the gustation in addition to flavour of my Claypot Fish Head inward Huiji Waist Tonic 汇集砂锅红烧鱼头 had been interestingly enhanced, which came every bit a pleasant surprise to me! Can yous run across how the Huiji infused sauce beautifully caramelised the fish head? I didn't convey to add together much saccharide to the dish...just 1 teaspoon. The natural sweetness from the jujube inward the Huiji tonic did it all!


Ingredients (enough for iv pax with rice) :
  • 1 fish caput of nigh 1 kg (I used a ruddy grouper fish head. Song fish caput is likewise recommended.) 
  • 8 pcs dried mushrooms (soaked)(keep the mushrooms H2O for cooking use)
  • 4 pcs tau pok (cut into triangular halves)
  • 2 pcs tau kwa/beancurd (cut into quarters)
  • 1 carrot (chopped to chunks)
  • 100 gm broccoli 
  • a handful of chopped saltation onions (for garnishing)
  • a handful of coriander (for garnishing)
  • 40 ml Huiji waist tonic (to endure blended into seasonings when cooking)
  • 40 ml Huiji waist tonic (to endure added before serving; later on cooking)
  • 1/3 loving cup shaoxing cooking wine 
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 2 tbsp low-cal soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp nighttime soy sauce
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 ikan bills stock cube
  • a dash of pepper
  • 8 sparse slices ginger
  • 5 cloves garlic (pressed)
  • 1 coriander root
  • 2 tbsp tapioca flour
  • cooking oil

(tsp = teaspoon; tbsp = tablespoon) 

Method :
  1. Carefully rinse in addition to construct clean fish head. Rub with a footling tabular array salt in addition to travel out to drain.
  2. Coat fish caput with tapioca flour. Be careful to exclusively coat it thinly such that it would non larn starchy when braised.
  3. Heat wok/pan with oil. Fry fish caput till golden chocolate-brown in addition to gear upward aside.
  4. Fry tau kwa (beancurd) till golden chocolate-brown in addition to gear upward aside.
  5. Heat ii tbsp cooking crude inward claypot at medium heat. 
  6. Saute ginger slices, garlic in addition to coriander beginning till aromatic.
  7. Fold inward tau pok, carrot chunks, mushrooms in addition to give it a quick stir fry.
  8. Toss inward fried tau kwa (beancurd).
  9. Use chopsticks to blend all seasonings in addition to xl ml Huiji Waist Tonic inward a bowl. 
  10. Pour seasonings mixture into claypot.
  11. Fold inward iii cups H2O (use the mushroom H2O used to soak mushrooms earlier)(adjust H2O inward accordance to your pot size).
  12. Add 1/2 pc ikan bills stock cube into claypot in addition to allow to simmer for ii minutes.
  13. Taste exam to your satisfaction. Adjust seasonings inward accordance to your pot size.
  14. Place fried fish caput on overstep of ingredients inward claypot.
  15. Spoon sauce onto fish head. 
  16. Cover lid in addition to simmer for 15 to xx minutes (subject to claypot size) inward depression heat.
  17. Meanwhile, stir tike broccoli separately in addition to gear upward aside.
  18. When time's up, withdraw lid in addition to conform cooked broccoli into claypot. 
  19. Garnish with chopped saltation onions in addition to coriander.
  20. Serve claypot at dining table. Pour around other xl ml Huiji Waist Tonic over fish caput in addition to ingredients.
  21. Serve whilst hot with rice. 

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If yous had observed the photos closely, yous would realise how beautifully the fish caput had been caramelised past times the Huiji infused seasoning mixture. This Claypot Fish Head inward Huiji Waist Tonic 汇集砂锅红烧鱼头 is for sure a keeper for my family. 

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Sunday, October 21, 2018

Cny Steamed Herbal Crayfish Deluxe 新年如意虾婆



It's fourth dimension of the twelvemonth to start thinking close reunion dishes for Chinese New Year's Day (CNY). Have you lot started planning for yours? For many years, it's almost sure that we'll accept Treasure Pot (aka Basin Dish 盆菜) on the commencement two days of CNY. Hence, I'll simply demand to brainstorm dishes for our reunion dinners on CNY's eve.  As I accept to railroad train numerous dishes, I'll demand to multi-task inwards my one-woman-operation kitchen. Trust me, you'll meet me using my air fryer, oven, steam oven together with stove tops all at the same time. This year, the Chinese New Year's Day Steamed Herbal Crayfish Deluxe 新年如意虾婆 would most probable endure the dish occupying my steamer inwards that crucial hr before the reunion dinner starts.

I e'er include a steamed dish inwards the bill of fare equally I accept aged parents together with it's the to the lowest degree troublesome to cook. Simply toss the ingredients into the steamer and that's it! I could movement on to railroad train together with railroad train other dishes. The exclusively tricky part's to lookout out on timing. I e'er ensure that I accept a timer to warning me. I've chosen Chinese New Year's Day Steamed Herbal Crayfish Deluxe 新年如意虾婆 this twelvemonth because crayfish meat's bountiful together with it's easily cooked inside a brusk bridge of 10 to fifteen minutes should I demand to direct a brusk cutting method on the actual day. 

I adore the persuasion of preserving the tenderness of the meat through steaming. In this instance, I steamed the herbs for an hr till the smell together with flavours exuded. Crayfish were together with then added to the herbs to endure steamed for some other fifteen minutes. Lastly, I drizzled herbal tonic over to brand the dish infused amongst more intense flavours. This handy layering of flavours actually give the dish an extra punch!

Of course, if I'm inwards a rush, I would simply apply the brusk cutting method past times steaming the crayfish inwards herbal tonic instead of existent herbs! To me, this method industrial plant good too! Except, I create non accept the actual herbs to layer the dish inwards presentation. 

Either way, it's notwithstanding slowly cooking together with would for certain whet one's appetite! More importantly,  this is healthy consume for my household unit of measurement inwards the festive season!


Main Ingredients (for two to four pax amongst other dishes) :
  • 4 pcs fresh or frozen crayfish (thawed, cleaned together with cutting to halves)
  • 3 pcs Huai Shan (Dried Chinese Yam) 淮山 
  • 3 pcs Dang Shen (Codonopsis Root) 党参 
  • 3 pcs Bei Qi (Radix Astragali) 北芪
  • 3 pcs Yu Zhu (Solomon's Seal) 玉竹
  • 3 pcs Big Red Dates 大红枣 (deseed together with cutting to halves if ruddy dates are huge)
  • 3 pcs Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica Root) 当归
  • 3 pcs Chuan Gong (Sichuan Lovage Rhizome) 川芎
  • 2 tsp Wolfberries 枸杞子
  • 2 tsp Codyceps Flowers 虫草花 (optional)
  • 1/2 pc ikan bilis stock cube (break into few modest pieces)
  • 2 cups hot boiled water 
  • 4 to five tbsp Huiji Waist Tonic 
  • 1 to two tsp tobiko roe 
  • coriander (for garnishing)

Refer to my Chinese Emperor Herbal Chicken postal service to banking venture tally out how the respective herbs await similar if you're unfamiliar.

Method : 
  1. Rinse together with build clean the herbs first. Then transfer all herbs into i bowl together with add together hot boiled water.
  2. Steam herbs & H2O for 1 hour. Remove bowl from pot when the herbs emit herbal smell together with flavours.
  3. Get ready a big slice of foil together with similar size baking/cooking paper. Lay the baking/cooking newspaper on exceed of the foil. Insert a tray underneath to preclude H2O from overflowing/spilling.
  4. Arrange together with business the crayfish onto the baking/cooking paper. 
  5. Spread steamed herbs to a greater extent than or less the crayfish pieces together with pour the herbal H2O (from steaming the herbs earlier) onto the cooking/baking paper. Toss inwards ikan bills stock cube pieces.
  6. Wrap or comprehend the baking/cooking newspaper together with foil over the ingredients inwards a secured manner.
  7. Send to steam inwards high oestrus for commencement five mins. Then switch to low-medium oestrus for some other 10 minutes.
  8. Remove from steamer/pot when time's due together with bring out carefully at the top.
  9. Drizzle Huiji Waist Tonic over crayfish to instill stronger flavour together with aroma. 
  10. Cover dorsum amongst baking/cooking newspaper together with foil. Allow to residual for five minutes.
  11. Dish out, exceed amongst tobiko and garnishings. Serve whilst hot.

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