Eggplant Noodles

Slice one onion and sauté in vegetable oil
Add 1 sliced leek
1 eggplant cut into cubes
1 block of tofu cut into cubes
Place 50gms of dried chanterelles in hot water for 15 minutes
Add the mushrooms and the liquor to the pan

Add shredded Chinese cabbage
finish with oyster sauce and singapore noodles

Spicy beef stew

This is a simple dish that packs a real punch.

Saute in oil
Dice one brown onion
Slice a tender cut of steak into strips

Meanwhile in a blender combine
1 tin tomatoes 400gms
2 garlic cloves
4-5 chillies
Pinch of cumin
Pinch of smoked paprika
Salt and pepper

Combine all the ingredients and simmer gently for 15 minutes

Serve with rice

Spicy Chicken

This is a spicy Korean style chicken dish. Perfect for left over chicken and a Sunday night tea.

Marinade:

2 tsp minced garlic
2tsp minced ginger
1 tsp chilli flakes
2 thinly sliced spring onions
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup Mirren
2 tbs sesame oil
2 tbs Chilli sauce ( more if you want it really hot)
Add diced chicken thighs

Add oil and heat

Place in 1 sliced red onion
Cook until softened and add the marinade
Reduce until chicken is cooked

Top with grated  Chinese cabbage

Wrapped Chicken

Our local chicken shop does these really nice wrapped chicken with garlic butter. When Im being lazy I buy it to put in the oven but really its simple to make at home. I do the photo looks like it came from a 70s cookbook.

Take 2 boneless chicken thighs and cut in half
Wrap in bacon
Add a teaspoon of garlic butter (blend butter with minced garlic)
Oven bake at 180c

To accompany hassleback potatoes
Cut potatoes in half and boil (I microwave)
Slice a number of cuts close together but do not cut all the way through
Place on baking tray and drizzle liberally with olive oil

Oven bake at 180c until golden

I serve this with seasonal vege

Spicy Beef Stirfry

In a hot wok
Add
Sliced onion
Pak Choy stems
Lotus root

Marinate the beef strips in
Fish sauce
Lime juice
Diced shallots
Brown sugar
Diced birds eye chilli
Garlic or galangal
Kecap Manis

Finally add in the beef and marinade

Eggplant Rollup

This is a simple recipe which can have any number of variations, use your imagination and have fun.

Slice two eggplants thinly
Spray with olive oil and oven bake until golden.

Saute 1 diced onion
1 diced bunch of spinach or silver beet

Allow the eggplant to cool a little
Spread with ricotta
Top with the onion, spinach mix
Roll and place in a baking tray

Cover with pasta sauce
Sprinkle liberally with grated cheese

Oven bake until golden

Tonkatsu

Tonkatsu (豚カツ, とんかつ or トンカツ, pork cutlet), is a Japanese food made of cutlet. It consists of a breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet one to two centimeters thick and sliced into bite-sized pieces, generally served with shredded cabbage and/or miso soup. Either a pork fillet (ヒレ, hire) or pork loin (ロース, rōsu) cut may be used; the meat is usually salted, peppered, dredged lightly in flour, dipped into beaten egg and then coated withpanko (bread crumbs) before being deep fried.<sup>[1] ( This was from wikipedia)

I have always loved this delicious pork dish and this is my attempt to cook it at home.

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Season with salt and pepper

Flour

Run through a battered egg wash

Coat with panco bread crumbs

I shallow  fried the pork until golden 

Serve on rice with vegetables and the tonkatsu sauce (bought from an asian grocer)

Thai Grilled Chicken

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
• 1 to 2 tablespoons chopped Thai chilli pepper
• Diced  chicken thighs
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1/2 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon sweet soy sauce 
• 1/3 cup chicken stock or water
• 1/2 cup  basil 
• Salt
• Steamed jasmine rice

Directions

Heat the oil in a  wok at high heat. Stir in the chopped garlic and cook until it is golden brown. Add the Thai chilli  and stir well.

Add the chicken and cook it just halfway done. Reduce the heat to medium and add the fish sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, sweet soy sauce, and chicken stock. Mix well.

When all the ingredients are cooked.  Serve over steamed jasmine rice.

Braised Eggplant

Oven Bake at least one large eggplant until softened
Allow to cool and cut into pieces

In a frypan heat some olive oil and add
1 sliced onion
1 can crushed tomato
2 sliced garlic cloves
Add the eggplant
1tbs tomato paste
1tbs Sherry vinegar
1tsp ground cummin
1tsp ground coriander

Serve with rice

Jamie Olivers Pork Belly

This recipe is adapted from delicious magazine for this month.
Ingredients

5 spring onions

2tbs allspice
2 cm ginger
2 birds eye chilli
3 tbsp white wine vinegar
Grated zest & juice of 1 lime
1 bunch coriander
1/2 bunch thyme
1 - 2 tbsp vegetable oil
750 g pork belly, skin scored



Method

In a food processor blend all ingredients except oil and pork with 1 tsp salt and ground black pepper. Slowly add oil  until you get a thick marinade.

Place pork in a snug, non-reactive dish with marinade and turn to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and marinate in fridge overnight.

Preheat oven to 200C.  Cover with foil and cook pork in the oven for 90 mins or until cooked and juicy.

Uncover. Cook pork for 10-20 mins until skin is crisp and is charring in places. Serve with rice and coleslaw. or a selectiom of vegetables.

Green Beans

A simple but tasty side dish.

In olive oil saute
1 diced red onion
A handful of cherry tomatoes
Whole baby beans
Frozen edame
2 crushed galic cloves
1tsp harrissa paste

I served this with hassleback potatos