Easy broccoli and chicken stir-fry

This easy stir-fry chinese style brocolli serves up to 2 people.

Ingredients

1. 1 chicken breast (sliced to thinner pieces)

2. 1 bulb of garlic(chopped finely or minced it)

3. 1-inch piece of ginger (sliced thinly)

4. 2 tablespoon of soy sauce

5. 1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon of cornstarch

6. 1 1/4 teaspoon of salt

7. 3 tablespoon of dry sherry or shaoxing cooking wine

8. 2 tablespoon of sesame oil 

9. 1/2 cup of water

10. 3 tablespoon of olive oil

11. 1 floret of broccoli

12. 1/2 big carrot

13. 2 tablespoon of oyster sauce or hoisin sauce

14.1 teaspoon of black pepper

Method:

1. Marinate chicken with half of the chopped garlic and ginger, soy sauce, 1 teaspoon of cornstarch, 1 teaspoon of salt, sherry/shaoxing wine and sesame oil and leave it for at least 15 minutes.

2. Heat the non-stick frying pan over high heat and add a tablespoon of oil. Add in the remaining garlic and ginger and fry until fragrant. 

3. Add in broccoli stems and carrots and stir-fry for about 30seconds. Add in the remaining florets, 2 tablespoon of water, 1/4 teaspoon of salt and season with black pepper. Stir-fry for about 2 minutes until brocolli is bright green but still crisp. Set aside.

4. Heat the frying pan again and 2 tablespoon of oil. Add in the marinated chicken and stir-fry until a little brown for about 2 minutes. Add in oyster sauce/hoisin sauce and return the brocolli and carrot into the pan. Also stir in mixture of 1 tablespoon of cornstarch dissolved in 1/2cup of water into the pan.

5. Stir-fry for another 1 minute or until the sauce thicken. Serve while hot with steamed rice !

Easy Chinese Chicken Soup

This soup is very easy to prepare, not only a healthy choice of soup but also low in calories for those who are looking after their diet. I remember my mum always cook this soup for supper whenever we were close to exam period during the school days. 

Ingredients:

1. 1 kampong chicken (you can also use mixed breed or ordinary chicken but its better you have their fatty skins removed)
2. 1/2 tsp of salt
3. Dried chinese mushroom (soaked and soften)
4. Chopped gingers
5. Red dates (Fung Zhao)
6. Wolfberries (Kee Tzu)
7. Water (Enough to cover chicken)

Method:

1. After cleaning the chicken, chop it to bite sizes and place the chicken meats in a bowl. Evenly rub the chicken with salt.
2. Sprinkle ginger on top of it. Add in the red dates, wolfberries and dried mushroom.
3. Bring some water (enough to cover chicken) to boil.
4. Carefully transfer bowl with chicken to the pot and cover tightly.
5. Boil at low fire for 1 - 2 hours depending on how soft you want the chicken to be and flavourful the soup to be. Normally people boil up to two hours if they are adding Yok Choy or chinese herbs which is optional for this recipe.
6. If you want a quicker one, you can also steam it for 30 minutes.