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You are here: Home / Archives for Recipes / Recipes by Cooking Style / Kid-Friendly Recipes

Kid-Friendly Recipes

Snowskin Mooncake

Snowskin Mooncake (冰皮月饼)

Traditional Mooncake

Traditional Baked Mooncake (传统烘月饼)

Singa the Lion

Chicken Karaage (Inspired by Singa the Lion)

Teriyaki Chicken Rice

Teriyaki Chicken Wings (Inspired by Changi Airport)

Dragon Playground Bubur Chacha 16x9

Homemade Bubur Cha Cha (Inspired by the Dragon Playground)

Shrimp Paste Chicken 9x16

Shrimp Paste Chicken (Har Cheong Gai/虾酱鸡)

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

Cottony Soft Japanese Steamed Cake (Mushi-pan)

Home made bak kwa and Feng He Garden sauces

Bak Kwa (Chinese Barbecued Pork Jerky) & Feng He Garden Sauces

Christmas-themed Thai Mango Sticky Rice in white, green and red

Mango Sticky Rice (Khao Neow Ma Muang)

Soft and Fluffy Pork Floss Buns (Tangzhong/Autolyse Method)

Kai Lan Done 2 Ways on white plate

Kailan Done in 2 Ways (Yin Yang Kailan / 阴阳芥蓝)

Deep Fried Prawn Roll (Hei Zho): Hei Zho is a Teochew and Hokkien favourite dish served during the Chinese New Year. It is similar to Ngor Hiang except that it contains more prawn and is in the shape of beads, wherea Ngoh Hiang resembles sausage. 

Deep Fried Prawn Roll (Hei Zho)

Homemade Pineapple Tarts (凤梨挞 / 黄梨挞): These highly addictive pineapple tarts are made from scratch using homemade chunky spiced pineapple jam, which sit atop a tart pastry that is buttery and crumbly. One piece will not be enough!

Highly Addictive Homemade Pineapple Tarts (凤梨挞 / 黄梨挞)

Homemade Pineapple Jam (Pineapple Tart Filling): Nothing beats homemade pineapple jam where you can take ultimate control to get your preferred texture, sweetness level and spiced flavour. This recipe teaches you how to make your own pineapple jam from scratch using 5 ingredients: fresh ripened honey pineapples, sugar, cinnamon, cloves and star anise, and it is super duper delicious and very satisfying to make!

How to Make Spiced Pineapple Jam for Pineapple Tarts

Kueh Lapis on wooden cutting board

Steamed Kueh Lapis (Jiu Ceng Gao / 九层糕) and Panasonic Cubie Oven Review

Thai Red Ruby in Fresh Coconut Milk (Tub Tim Grob): If you love Thai desserts like Mango Sticky Rice, you will probably love this refreshing and and vibrantly coloured dessert with its ruby-hued crunchy water chestnuts coated in tapioca jelly, swimming in a soup of freshly squeezed coconut milk. We like to call this the Thai version of bubur cha cha! 

Thai Red Ruby in Fresh Coconut Milk (Tub Tim Grob)

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

Slow-cooked Mexican Beef Stew Recipe: Chunky beef tendon slow-cooked in a hearty tomato-based gravy for 4 hours until the meat is so tender and succulent that it almost melts in your mouth.

Home-style Mexican Rice with Slow-Cooked Beef Stew

Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee (Fried Hae Mee / 炒福建虾面)

Thai Pineapple Fried Rice: With a plethora of flavours and textures ranging from sweet, savoury, spicy, crunchy to fluffy, this one-pan crowd-pleaser rice recipe has it all! Made using fresh pineapple and served in a beautiful pineapple boat.

Thai Pineapple Fried Rice (Khao Phad Saparod)

Sticky Chinese Honey Pork Ribs (蜜汁排骨): This may well be the most succulent, melt-in-your-mouth, fall-off-the-bone pork ribs you have ever tasted. The secret lies in first braising the pork ribs for over an hour to tenderise the meat, and then grilling it at high heat briefly to achieve that sticky shiny glaze and smoky aroma!

Sticky Chinese Honey Pork Ribs (蜜汁排骨)

Tonkotsu Ramen with Pork Belly Chashu: Even though it takes a while to prepare everything from scratch, nothing beats the satisfaction of sitting down for a family meal of home-made MSG-free Japanese Chashu Ramen in a collagen-rich pork bone broth.

Tonkotsu Ramen with Pork Belly Chashu

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

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

steamed tapioca cake coated in grated coconut on white plate with accompanying chinese tea cup and pot

Steamed Tapioca Cake (蒸木薯糕 / Kueh Ubi Kayu)

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

Crispy Chinese Money Bag Fritters: One of my childhood favourites, the distinctive money bag shape of these juicy golden meat dumpling fritters is deeply nostalgic of an era long past when Chinese people used to keep their money in little pouches like these!

Crispy Chinese Money Bag Fritters

Traditional Clay Pot Rice with Chicken

Traditional Claypot Chicken Rice: How to Get that Crispy Golden Layer of Rice

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

Steamed Rice Cake (白糖糕 Bái Táng Gāo or Pak Tong Gou in Cantonese) is a traditional sweet Chinese steamed rice cake made with rice flour and white sugar.

Steamed Rice Cake (白糖糕 Bái Táng Gāo)

Sticky Chinese BBQ Pork (Char Siew): This is Mum's Char Siew recipe with no MSG and no food colouring. Look how juicy and succulent the Char Siew is! My absolute favourite are the little sticky glazed bits with a slightly charred, smoky flavour. Simply heavenly...

Grilled Char Siew (Sticky Chinese Roast Pork)

Crispy Wonton with Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce

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)

Shrimp and Pork Dumpling (Siew Mai): This all-time favourite Dim Sum dish is healthy, tasty and easy to make at home! Wrap our versatile meat mix stuffing recipe with wonton skin, and top with fresh shrimp roe and pop into the steamer for a quick snack!

Siew Mai (Shrimp and Pork Dumpling)

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

Crispy Egg Tofu with Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce: You can make this super delicious, easy finger food in 15 minutes with just 5 ingredients! The outcome: Crusty golden outside, silken smooth inside - So good, you can even eat it on its own!

Crispy Egg Tofu with Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce

Blue Ginger Fried Chicken Wings: These ultra juicy, flavour-packed chicken wings are marinated overnight in freshly extracted blue ginger juice, then fried to golden perfection. Top with cilantro, chilli flakes and Thai sweet chilli dressing, and serve piping hot!

Blue Ginger Fried Chicken Wings

Crispy Pork Belly is probably everyone's favourite Cantonese roast meats! The skin is so crispy golden you can hear the crunch as you bite into it, and the meat is so moist and succulent. Its so yummy, I guarantee you won't be stopping at just one!

How to Make Ultra Crispy Pork Belly (Siu Yuk)

Chilled Silken Tofu with Crispy Garlic on plate

Cold Silken Tofu Recipe with Crispy Garlic

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

Papaya and Snow Fungus Dessert in a glass bowl

Papaya and Snow Fungus Sweet Soup (Tong Shui)

Braised Pork Buns (Kung Bak Pao)

Braised Pork Buns (Kung Bak Pao 扣肉包)

Soft and Chewy Gingerbread

Soft and Chewy Gingerbread

The Burning Kitchen | Sweet and Sour Pork (Ku Lu

Sweet and Sour Pork (Gu Lou Yok)

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

Vegetarian_Bee_Hoon_Zai_Mi_Fen

Vegetarian Bee Hoon (Zai Mi Fen)

Mango Sago with Pomelo Recipe

Mango Sago Pomelo Dessert (杨枝甘露)

Steamed Garlic Butter Prawns

How to Make Steamed Garlic Prawns Without Them Drying Out

Fried_Chee_Cheong_Fun_Recipe_And_Step_By_Step_Photo_Tutorial

Fried Chee Cheong Fun (Rice Rolls) Recipe

Teochew Steamed Chinese Pomfret – Version 2

Teochew Steamed Pomfret (Dao Chior)

Ultra Crispy Fried Pomfret on lettuce on white plate with chilli sauce at the side

How to Make Ultra Crispy Fried Pomfret

Potato_Carrot_Soup

Potato, Tomato and Carrot Soup (ABC Soup)

Warm Potato and Squid Salad

Warm Squid, Potato and Chorizo Salad

Rosemary Lamb Cutlets with Mint Sauce

How to Pan-Fry Rosemary Lamb Cutlets in 30 Minutes

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

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

Fish Perkedel (Indonesian Croquette)

Begedil / Perkedel (Fried Potato Patty with Fish)

Singapore style hainanese chicken rice with accompanying sauces and chicken soup

Hainanese Chicken Rice

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

Ngoh Hiang cut into pieces on a white plate

Ngoh Hiang (五香 / Lor Bak)

Chinese_Spinach_with_Three_Eggs

Chinese Spinach with Three Eggs (三蛋菜)

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Yang Zhou Fried Rice (扬州炒饭)

Chinese_Fried_Rice_Prawn_Egg_Fried_Rice_Recipe

Prawn and Egg Fried Rice (虾仁蛋饭)

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)

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

Hainanese Pork Chop: My own re-creation of Yet Con's old-school juicy, tender, crispy pork chop drizzled in piping hot savoury sauce, as fondly remembered from my childhood days.

Old-School Hainanese Pork Chop Recipe

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

Japanese_Chashu_Ramen_Recipe

Ramen Egg (Japanese Soft Boiled Egg)

Crispy Cereal Butter Prawns (麦片虾 Mai Pian Xia): Juicy king prawns fried with butter, crispy cereal, curry leaf and a little chilli padi. This hawker favourite is served at almost every Zi Char stalls around Singapore, is a favourite dish among many Singaporeans.

Crispy Cereal Butter Prawns (Mai Pian Xia 麦片虾)

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Easy No-Bake Strawberry Trifle 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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