Kimchi Fried Rice (볶음밥) Easy Recipe

ABBEY: Wilma is still infected by the ‘kimchi bug’ so I cooked this for her.

Ingredients:

5-6 strips of bacon (fried then diced)

Medium carrot (julienned and chopped)

Shiitake mushrooms (sliced lengthwise)

Garlic (minced)

Scallions (chopped)

Kimchi (chopped)

Cooked rice

Sunny-side up fried eggs

Salt and pepper

Chili flakes

Zucchini (optional)

Sauté garlic and carrots with the oil from the bacon. Then add the mushrooms, half of the scallions, and kimchi.

Put the bacon and rice. Stir until well incorporated. Season with salt and pepper. Serve the rice and top with egg. Garnish with scallions and chilli flakes.

Kimchi Fried Rice (볶음밥) Easy

VERDICT
WILL: While eating a whole plate of Kimchi Fried Rice at one of the restaurants at Orchard, without thinking, I convinced Abbey that cooking the dish will be an easy-peasy for him. 

I was astounded after around 2 weeks he surprised me with that spicy and sour kimchi fried rice. 

The verdict? What else? Kimchi's aroma and spiciness overpwowered my not-so-good mood that night. So imagine that! Your brain can give you happy hormones just eating this Kimchi Fried Rice. :)

Pho Ga (Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup) Easy Recipe

ABBEY: Wilma loves noodles and this Pho Ga is long overdue. Here it is:

Ingredients:

Whole medium chicken / thigh part, wings, breast

3 pcs star anise

7 pcs cloves

3 tbsp coriander seeds

Ginger

Medium Onion

Fish sauce

Pho noodles / rice noodles (pre cooked)

Mint

Basil

Bird eye chili

Lime

Chicken broth

Roast the star anise, cloves, and coriander seeds for a couple of minutes until fragrant and put in a pot.

Slice the ginger crosswise as well as the onion and grill in open flame and place in the pot.

Clean the chicken/chicken parts and put in the pot. Fill it with water until all is submerged.

Bring it to a boil and lower the heat. Let the flavour come out of the chicken for 1 hour. Make sure to add water as necessary.

Let it cool and remove the chicken then shred the meat.

Once the chicken is removed, bring the stock to a boil again. Put fish sauce as to your preference.

You can also put chili or put it later in the bowl.

Have a serving of noodles in the broth and let simmer for a couple of minutes. Strain it and place in a bowl.

Scoop broth into the bowl. Put shredded chicken.

Garnish with mint and basil along with chili, black pepper or more fish sauce. Squeeze a slice of lime.

Welcome to Vietnam! Enjoy.

Pho Ga (Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup)  Easy 

VERDICT
WILL: This is the Vietnamese' soup that I kept on pushing Abbey to try to cook for a year. And after those begging (haha) he finally done it! 

How was Pho Ga? Gosh! It tasted like that we bought it at one of Vietnamese stall. The minty and herbally soup fantastically complemented the chicken stock. 

My conclusion is that we can open up a food store. Haha! Go Abbey!

Nutritious Bopis Filipino Recipe

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo chicken gizzard (boiled and diced)

1/2 kilo chicken liver (boiled and diced)

Medium carrot (diced small)

Red and green bell pepper (diced small)

Garlic (minced)

Onion (diced)

2-3 Hot chilli (chopped)

3/4 cup vinegar

1/4 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup fish sauce

2-3 pcs bay leaf

Salt and pepper

Annato for coloring

Sauté onion and garlic then add the gizzard and liver. 

Add vinegar and let it simmer for 2-3 minutes.

Add annato, soy sauce, fish sauce, bay leaf and black pepper. 

Add a cup of water, then put carrots and hot chilli.

Simmer for another 3 minutes.

Add bell pepper. Serve with hot rice.

Easy Bopis Filipino

VERDICT
WILL: One of my colleague opened up her lunchbox and I saw "bopis". I didn’t dare to try even a spoon because she told me that there are too much ginger and chilis in it. I got home, I blurted out to Abbey that I want to eat "bopis" and days after it is in front of me. Ha! 

Do you know how healthy option to have "bopis" on your plate? It is packed of iron and protein. A vaiand that will not fail to nourish you and your taste buds! 

Thanks Abbey for learning new food to cook!