How To Cook Easy Chicken Vegetable Soup

 

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 large onion, diced
• 1 large carrot, diced
• 2 celery stalks
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 chicken drumlettes or any bone-in chicken pieces)
• 2 bay leaves
• salt & pepper to taste 
• 4 cups low sodium chicken broth. Alternatively, I used 1 sachet of Japanese Dashi)
• 4 cups of water

Instructions

1. In a large pot, heat oil on medium-high.
2. Add in the carrots, onion and celery. Saute it for a few minutes. Toss in the garlic and stir it untill fragrant about 30 seconds.
   

   
   
   
3. Add in the chicken pieces, bay leaves, salt and pepper to taste, broth and water. 

   

   
   
4. Bring it to a boil and then reduce the heat to low to simmer. Cover the pot and let the soup cook for 1 hour. 

   
   
5. Remove the bay leaves from the pot. Taste the soup and adjust the salt and pepper (if necessary) 

   
   
6. Serve it hot!

How To Cook Oyster Sauce Vegetables in Garlic Sauce

 

Ingredients

• 200 grams baby bok choy (Xiao Bai Cai)
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• water

Garlic oil

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 8 cloves garlic, finely chopped

Oyster sauce mixture

• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 1/2 tablespoon hot water
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar

Instructions

1. Heat olive oil in a small pot on medium-high.
2. Add in the chopped garlic and stir it frequently with a spatula.
   
   
   
3. Once the garlic starts to turn light brown, transfer it to a small bowl.
4. Heat a pot of water with 1 teaspoon vegetable oil. When the water boils, add baby bok choy and blanch it for 10 seconds. 

   

   
   
5. Trim the ends of the blanched greens and then cut it into shorter sections (if preferred).
6. Assemble the blanched vegetables on a serving plate. Drizzle the garlic oil and oyster sauce mixture over the vegetables.
7. Serve it!

How To Cook Bittergourd and Egg Soup

 

Ingredients

• 300 grams bittergourd (thinly sliced)
• 100 grams minced meat
• 4 eggs (whisked)
• 2 cups of stock or 1 sachet Japanese Dashi

Marinade for Minced Pork

• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon cornflour
• 2 teaspoons light soy sauce

Seasonings

(Only if you are not using Japanese Dashi)

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar

Instructions

1. Add marinade to the minced pork and mix well. Set it aside. 
   
   
   
2. Cut bittergourd into thin slices.
3. Put the marinated minced pork and bittergourd slices into the bowl of whisked eggs. 

   

   

   
   

   
   
4. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil untill hot.
5. Pour half of the egg mixture into the wok to make an omelette. Flip over and fry the other side. Once both sides are golden brown, dish up.

   

   
   
6. Repeat the process with the other half of the egg mixture to make another omelette. 

   

   
   
7. Pour the Japanese Dashi stock and water into a pot and bring it to a boil. 

   
   
8. Add in the egg mixture and let boil for 5 minutes. 

   

   
   
9. Add in the seasoning (salt & sugar) if you are using it. 

   
   
10. Dish up and serve it hot.