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Light and Healthy Recipes

Teriyaki Chicken Rice

Teriyaki Chicken Wings (Inspired by Changi Airport)

Chicken that is smoked to golden brown perfection on the outside, juicy and tender on the inside. The flavours of the sugarcane and brown sugar are infused into the chicken through the smoking process, resulting in a rich, layered flavour profile!

Sugarcane Smoked Chicken

Japanese Steamed Cakes (Mushi-Pan) - Super Soft and Cottony!

Cottony Soft Japanese Steamed Cake (Mushi-pan)

Portrait photo of Cantonese Cabbage and Mushroom Rice on a blue antique plate

Cantonese Cabbage Rice

Beef with Ginger and Spring Onions

Beef with Ginger and Spring Onions (姜葱牛肉)

Braised Claypot Tofu with Assorted Vegetables (红烧砂锅豆腐)

Napa Cabbage / Wongbok Chicken Soup: This simple and healthy one-pot dish boasts rich umami flavours due to the addition of dried Chinese mushrooms, Chinese ham and preserved duck gizzards, and goes perfectly with just a bowl of steaming hot jasmine rice as a complete meal. 

Napa Cabbage (Wong Bok) Chicken Soup

These Watermelon Christmas Trees are so easy to do and will add loads of festive cheer to the upcoming joyous Christmas season when we celebrate God's love and gift of new life to people all over the world!

How to Cut Watermelon Christmas Trees

Steamed Minced Pork in 4 Styles: Learn to cook this well-loved traditional home-cooked dish in 4 different styles with just one easy recipe! Your 'go-to' recipe to satisfy the different tastebuds in your family!

Steamed Minced Pork (蒸猪肉) with Dong Cai / Mei Cai / Water Chestnut / Salted Fish

Steamed Meatballs in Chilli Oil

30-minute Teriyaki Chicken Don: Instead of heading to a Japanese restaurant, why not make this easy Teriyaki chicken rice bowl at home? The homemade Teriyaki sauce uses just 3 ingredients and gives a beautiful glossy caramelised finish to the chicken thighs. Serve with a bowl of Japanese rice for a complete meal!

How to Make a Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowl with Homemade Teriyaki

Pork Meatball Congee With Scallops: Don't you simply love the thick, creamy consistency of the congee served at top-notch Cantonese restaurants? Today I will teach you how to make this sweet and flavourful pork meatball congee at home, without the hours of simmering / slow cooking typically needed to achieve such a texture.

Pork Meatball Congee With Scallops: How to get the perfect congee texture

Tender Steam-Grilled Stuffed Squid: The steam-grill method gives you the best of both worlds - the extra moisture and flavour infusion from steaming, and the smoky bbq flavours from grilling! This delicious squid dish is literally packed with surprises inside out!

Tender Steam-Grilled Stuffed Squid

Wonton Noodle: Wonton-making can be a fun family activity that even young children (age 3 and up) will enjoy! Freeze up a batch for Wonton Noodle - they will come in real handy on those days when you need to whip up a fast, easy & healthy meal!

Wonton Noodles (Wanton Noodles/云吞面)

Egg Tofu with Nai Bai (Milk Cabbage) and Enoki Mushrooms: Here's another fun way to eat egg tofu. After frying the egg tofu until golden brown, pile on top of a bed of milk cabbage and top with delicious enoki mushrooms - all in just 30 minutes!

Egg Tofu with Nai Bai (Milk Cabbage)

Napa Cabbage (Wong Bok) with Dried Scallops: A light healthy dish of sweet cabbage and prized dried scallop braised in a umami-rich gravy made by first caramelising the natural sugars of the cabbage and then deglazing the wok with the essence of the dried scallops.

Braised Napa Cabbage (Wong Bok) with Dried Scallops

Chilled Silken Tofu with Crispy Garlic on plate

Cold Silken Tofu Recipe with Crispy Garlic

Stir-fried Garlic Dou Miao Recipe

Stir-fried Garlic Dou Miao (Pea Shoots) in Superior Stock

Korean Ginseng Chicken (Sangyetang) Recipe

Korean Ginseng Chicken Soup (Sangyetang)

Chap Chye (Braised Mixed Vegetables) come in many styles - Nyonya... Hokkien... Cantonese... each with their own unique flavours and favourite ingredients. Which style is your favourite?

Chap Chye Recipe (Braised Mixed Vegetables)

Traditional Soy Milk Recipe

Traditional Soy Milk Secret Recipe

Salted Egg, Century Egg and Pork Congee

Century Egg and Pork Congee (皮蛋瘦肉粥)

Papaya and Snow Fungus Dessert in a glass bowl

Papaya and Snow Fungus Sweet Soup (Tong Shui)

The Burning Kitchen | Lotus Root Sweet Soup with Figs

Lotus Root Sweet Soup With Figs and Honey Dates

Sliced Fish Mee Sua

Sliced Fish Mee Sua (Wheat Vermicelli)

Lotus Root Soup

Lotus Root with Pork Rib Soup (莲藕汤)

East-meets-West Pork and Prawn Macaroni: 

East-meets-West Pork and Prawn Macaroni

Thai Smoked Lemongrass Fish

Thai-inspired Smoked Lemongrass Fish

Black fungus chicken with wine on teal plate

Chicken in Chinese Wine with Black Fungus and Golden Needle

Black chicken soup in white bowl with chopped chilli with soy sauce in the background

Double Boiled Black Chicken Herbal Soup Recipe

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Vegetarian Bee Hoon (Zai Mi Fen)

Chinese Spinach with Abalone Recipe

Chinese Spinach (Phuay Leng) with Sliced Abalone Recipe

Teochew Steamed Chinese Pomfret – Version 2

Teochew Steamed Pomfret (Dao Chior)

Braised Chinese Shitake Mushroom Recipe – Version 2

Chinese Braised Shiitake Mushrooms (Men Dong Gu)

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Potato, Tomato and Carrot Soup (ABC Soup)

Hainanese Tang Hoon with Chives and Dried Cuttlefish Recipe

Cold Crab Salad in Citrus Dressing

Crab Claw and Avocado Salad in Citrus Vinaigrette

Homestyle Creamy Mushroom Soup: My favourite creamy mushroom soup recipe by far - creamy but not overwhelmingly so, not starchy, full of earthy mushroom flavour and a beautiful texture and mouthfeel!

Home-Style Creamy Mushroom Soup

Crispy Roast Chicken with Drip-Tray Vegetables

Crispy Roast Chicken with Drip-Tray Vegetables

Old Cucumber Soup in porcelain bowl with chopsticks at the side

Old Cucumber Soup Recipe(老黄瓜汤)

Mini_Meat_Omelettes_Pouches – Version 2

Mini Omelette Pouches (Hor Pow Tan) Recipe

Salted Vegetable Duck Soup (咸菜鸭汤 or Kiam Chye Ark): This savoury Chinese soup cooked with salted mustard green and fresh whole duck is very popular during festive occasions and special gatherings - it is a must for my family every Chinese New Year!

Salted Vegetable Duck Soup (咸菜鸭汤 Kiam Chye Ark)

Do you know the secret to restaurant-style, perfectly-steamed fish? Follow this simple guide to nail this Chinese home-cooking staple every single time!

Perfecting the Technique for Preparing Chinese Restaurant Steamed Whole Fish

How NOT to Cook Sago - 3 Common Mistakes People Make: Does your sago turn out more gluey or starchy that you like it to be? You may be making some of these mistakes!

How NOT to Cook Sago – 3 Common Mistakes People Make

Dim Sum Steamed Cabbage Roll with Minced Pork: If you love Dim Sum and are a bit of a health nut, you will love these adorable mini cabbage rolls masquerading as Dim Sum, giving a new interpretation to a nostalgic childhood food.

Steamed Cabbage Roll with Minced Meat

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Chinese Spinach with Three Eggs (三蛋菜)

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Stir-fried Beef with Bitter Gourd Recipe

watercress pork rib soup in white bowl with chopsticks at the side

Chinese Watercress and Honey Date Soup (西洋菜汤) Recipe

Egg Mayo Toast Cups: quick and easy snack of egg mayo salad in toasted bread cups with ingredients you already have in your kitchen!

25-Minute Egg Mayo Toast Cups Recipe

Silken Smooth Chinese Steamed Egg with Minced Meat (Zheng Sui Tan 蒸水蛋): The secret to silken smooth steamed eggs revealed. Say goodbye to craters, dimples and pothole steamed eggs!

How to Prepare Silken Smooth Chinese Steamed Egg with Minced Meat

Plate of stir-fried hairy gourd with glass noodles

Stir-fried Hairy Gourd with Glass Noodles (毛瓜冬粉)

Ah Ma's Sweet Potato Leaves in Fermented Beancurd

Ah Ma Sweet Potato Leaves in Fermented Tofu Sauce

The Burning Kitchen | Loofah Prawn Omelette

Luffa Prawn Omelette

Sweet Corn Pork Rib Soup Recipe: Sweet corn pork rib soups belongs to the 煲汤 (Po Tong in Cantonese) class of soups, which are more elaborate and take more than 2.5 hours to simmer. Kids love this soup for its natural sweetness and beautiful colours!

Sweet Corn Pork Rib Soup

Chunky Chicken Salad in Toast Cups

30-minute Spinach, Mushroom and Cheese Casserole: These no-fail cheesy treats use only 4 ingredients and are chock full of green leafy spinach and mushrooms for your daily dose of vitamins, iron and calcium! A quick, easy and yummy way to get kids to eat their greens!

30-Minute Spinach, Mushroom and Cheese Casserole

Emperor Herbal Chicken cut in half, with wolfberries and other herbs on top

Emperor’s Herbal Chicken

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Ramen Egg (Japanese Soft Boiled Egg)

Cantonese Stir-fried Prawns in Orange Sauce (Har Lok) Recipe

Cantonese Style Dry-fried Prawns (Gon Jin Har Lok) Recipe

Eight Treasure Celestial Duck 八宝鸭: This 'melt-in-your-mouth' stuffed duck takes 6 hours to cook over a charcoal stove, and is an elegant dish fit for a king - the perfect centrepiece dish for special occasions like birthdays and Chinese New Year!

Celestial Eight Treasure Duck 八宝鸭

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