Showing posts with label Cindy's Homemade Food-Breakfast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cindy's Homemade Food-Breakfast. Show all posts

Egg Wrap with Chinese Pork Floss - ????

Posted by kenny Wednesday, February 9, 2011 0 comments
Egg wrap is one of the Chinese traditional breakfast items,
Usually you can find the wrap in Chinese grocery store, maybe around frozen food isles,
If not, you can always substitute with Mexican soft tortilla shells,
Well, there's one other way - make it yourself,
But since my lazy mode is on, we'll save that for later ( ^ _.< )b


Ingredients (for one)?

1 Chinese flour wrap or soft tortilla shell
2 eggs
Some Chinese pork floss
Some toasted sesame seeds
Some olive oil
Some salt
Some freshly ground black pepper
Optional: soy sauce

How?

Drizzle just enough oil to evenly coat the surface of the pan, turn to high heat,
Add in the wrap or tortilla shell,
Cook till one of the sides turn slightly brown then remove the wrap for later use.

Here's the premade frozen wrap I got from the grocery store -


Add in more oil or butter, bring to high heat,
Beat 2 eggs together with a small pinch of salt and pepper,
Pour the beaten eggs onto the pan,
You can also add some chopped scallion to the egg mixture to bring up the aroma,
But my premade wrap actually comes with scallion inside, so I omitted this step.

Cook the egg till 60% doneness,
Evenly sprinkle some Chinese pork floss and toasted sesame seeds.

Now take the pre-seared wrap and put it on top of the pork floss,
Remember, the already seared side down,
Use a spatula to press down the whole thing,
The semi-cooked egg will help binding all the ingredients together.

Carefully flip the whole thing so the other side of the wrap can be cooked,
The dish is ready when the color of the wrap turns slightly brown.


Starting from the edge and fold the round shaped wrap into a tube shaped wrap,
Well, just like a burrito!


Cut into small pieces,
You can even drizzle some soy sauce to add some moisture to the dish,
Especially for tortilla shell since it tends to be dryer compared to Asian wrap.

I usually add some cheese on top of the eggs during the cooking process,
Unfortunately there was no cheese in sight,
Otherwise it'll taste even better,
Of course, everything tastes better with cheese!

Cindy's Rating: 7

A Simple Twist for Your Everyday PB&J

Posted by kenny Monday, December 27, 2010 0 comments
PB&J?
You mean...peanut butter and jelly? Yes that's right!

My first PB&J was way back then, when I started to live in the states,
Believe it or not,
There's no such thing in Asia (well, at least not as common and most of the time, it can be a rare find).

Who would have thought mixing peanut butter together will fruit jam can create such a balanced and addictive flavor profile,
So I, once a little Asian girl, fell in love with it right after that very first bite.

And here's my take on PB&J,
The basic taste remains, but in a cuter/rounder form.


Ingredients?

Minimum of 2 slices milk toasts/white toasts/or whole wheat toasts
Creamy peanut butter
Strawberry and guava jam (or any other kind of preferred jam)
Chocolate sauce

How?

Just like how you make peanut butter and jelly,
Let's spread the peanut butter on one toast, jam on the other,
Stick them together with the peanut butter and jam sides in the inner part. 

With a medium round-shaped cookie cutter,
Or you can substitute with any circular shaped objects,
Guess what did I use?
Wine glass!

So press the cutter down,
You might want to twist it around in order to cut through the toasts.
Now you have a perfectly round shaped, semi-finished PB&J,
Go ahead and seal the edges by pressing the toasts down with your fingers.

Once done, heat up a skillet and toast both sides of the bread for a wee bit,
Before serving, simply transfer the tiny PB&J to the plate,
Drizzle some chocolate sauce over to make it even better!


Please enjoy.

Cindy's Rating: 7

4 Ingredients Chocolate Pastry with Step-by-Step Pictures

Posted by kenny Friday, November 5, 2010 0 comments
This recipe is perfect for kids,
Actually, you can have a little fun and make it with them,
Only 4 ingredients are required...well, if you count water as one,
All you need to do is chop, fold, brush, and bake,
Voila!



Ingredients (for 4)?

1 sheet of puff pastry
1 bar/4 oz of 60% bittersweet chocolate
1 egg
1 tablespoon of water

How?

Thaw the frozen puff pastry according to package instruction,
(I simply left it at room temperature for at least 30 minutes)
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit,
Line the parchment paper on a baking sheet,
It'll save some cleaning work for you later on.

Chop up the chocolate bar into smaller pieces,
You can definitely substitute that with chocolate chips -


Unfold the puff pastry,
You might need to roll it out a couple times if the surface is uneven,
Cut into 4 large pieces -


I'll use one of the square pieces as demonstration,
Put the chocolate pieces along the top and bottom parts of the pastry -


Fold the top and bottom edges and seal them nicely -


Here's the side view so you know what I'm talking about -


Fold that in half and put the sealed side down -


Side view picture,
You might want to pat it down and make it flatter than the one shown here,
That way you'll get a nicer, more rectangular shaped pastry -


Beat one egg together with one tablespoon of water, that'll be the egg wash,
Brush evenly on the pastry surface,
Transfer them to the oven and back for 18 to 20 minutes,
Or until the top turns slightly golden brown.

Here are the final products again,
I cut one of the pastries in half so you can see the goodies in the center,
Look how flaky the pastry turned out to be,
What a nice and easy afternoon treat.


Better eat it while fresh off the oven,
Otherwise, warm up the pastry in the oven again before serving,
Don't use microwave! It'll make the whole thing soggy ( > _.< )/

Cindy's Rating: 7