(Healthy recipe)Shrimp & vegetables

(Healthy recipe)Shirmp & vegetables 

Ingredients: 

8-10 shrimps

1/2 cup chopped carrots

1 cup peas

1/4 cup corn

1 cup celery

1 tbsp soy sauce

Fresh group black pepper

3 tbsp olive oil 

(Soy sauce contains salt, so I didn't use any, if you use low sodium, you can add some salt)

Directions:

Add 1 tbsp olive oil into a pan, cook the shrimp for couple minutes until the color changed. Take out the shrimps, add the rest olive oil, cook carrots first for couple minutes then add celery, cook for another  2 minutes. (I like the carrots little soft, but if you prefer it crunchy you can cook all the vegetables together.) Add the rest vegetables and stir-fry for few minutes until the peas and corn are soft, add the shrimp and stir well, seasoned with soy sauce and pepper. ( 2 servings) 

Lazy-simple governor's chicken

Governor's chicken 

Ingredients:

Chicken breast 

Some grounded fresh Pepper

One egg 

1 cup of corn starch(depends how much chicken breast you use) 

Vegetable oil

Governor's chicken sauce

Directions:

Cut the chicken into whatever shapes you would prefer, I cut it into wide strips, you know it's called LAZY governor's chicken, you can do whatever you think it's the easiest way. 

Then seasoned with pepper and mix well with one beated egg. Let it sit for 10 mins. 

Get a large bowl, put cornstarch into it. Then add seasoned chicken into it, mix well, shake off the excess cornstarch before you fry them. 

The first time looks like this. And you gotta fry twice. And it will looks nice golden brown. 

Now, get another pan, pull the sauce into it. I add some vinegar(it's oppotional).

Stir well the chicken& sauce. 

When all the chicken coated with sauce, it's time to garnish.

Oh well, I don't know why, but I sprinkled some sesame seeds on it. Now it looks like sesame chicken.  But who care, lol, I like it, my husband loves it! And it's supper simple.You can garnish with boiled broccoli or some green onions. It's perfect for people who wants to make a good dinner, but feeling lazy at the same time. Besides this, I also made sautéed Napa cabbages, served with rice. I would say it took me around 45 mins and I've got  everything done. :) 

Roasted Honey&garlic chicken thighs with potatoes (双汁酱烤鸡腿土豆）

Roasted Honey&garlic chicken thighs with potatoes (双汁酱烤鸡腿土豆）

Ingredients:

• 2 chicken thighs
• 2 large potatoes
• 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 8 gloves garlic chopped
• 1/4 cup of honey
• Olive oil
• 1 tbsp garlic powder
• 1 tbsp salt for chicken another 1 tbsp for potatoes
• 1 tsp pepper for chicken another 1 tbsp for potatoes
• 2 tbsp paprika pepper powder
• 2 tbsp cumin for potatoes (optional) 

Direction:

Cut the potatoes into cubes, seasoned with salt&pepper,garlic powder, paprika pepper and cumin, add 3-4 tbsp of olive oil stir well and pull into a baking pan, you don't want your potatoes too dry after done. Now season the chicken thighs, get a bowl, add dark soy sauce, soy sauce, sugar, fine chopped garlic, salt&pepper and half honey, mix them well, and give your chicken thighs a good massage with those sauce. Don't forget put some under the skin. (It's better let them sit for 2 hours before you cook.) Pull the rest sauce into the potatoes. 

Now preheat the oven 425 F, bake for 45 mins-1 hour (or even longer, depends how big the chicken thighs are), brush on some honey after baked 30 mins to make the chicken skin and put it back to oven until done.   

Dry-fried potatoes (干煸土豆丝)

Dry-fried potatoes(干煸土豆丝)

Ingredients: 

• 2 large potatoes
• 5 dried red chili pepper
• few Sichuan peppercorns
• 1 green onions chopped
• 1 tbsp fine chopped ginger
• 2  fine chopped garlic
• 3 tbsp cumin powder 
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup of corn starch
• Vegetable oil

Direction:

I left potato skin on, but if you want to peel the skin it fine too. Cut the potato into 4mm-5mm strips, soak into the water for 5 mins, then rinse them couple times and drain the potatoes.  Meanwhile, pull the oil into the pot, then coated potatoes with corn starch evenly. Deep fry until golden and crispy. Or fry twice (that's the ancient secret, it makes potato fries extra crispy).

Add some oil into a pan, low heat, when the oil just start warm, add dried red chili pepper, peppercorn, ginger and garlic, stir well, don't let them burned. When you smell the garlic and chili pull over the potato fries. Quick stir fry evenly for 2-3 mins, then add salt and cumin powder, sprinkle the green onion. Stir evenly another 1 min, now it's ready to serve. :) Enjoy!!!

Steamed Chicken&chili sauce(口水鸡)

Steamed Chicken&chili sauce(口水鸡)

Ingredients:

• 2 large chicken thighs (2 servings)
• 1/2 cup pepper powder (I used Korean chili powder, color looks bright and nice, and not too spicy)
• 1/4 cup Sichuan  peppercorns (optional if  you can't eat too spicy, but I would recommend)
• 1/2 cup crushed peanuts
• 1/4 cup white sesame seeds
• 4-5 garlic chopped
• some green onions chopped or cilantro chopped
• 1/4 cup of cooking wine
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp vinegar
• 1 tbsp sesame oil 
•  ice water
• 1/2-1 cup oil depends how big the chicken thighs

Directions:

Add cooking wine in the boiling water, and cook the chicken thighs for 8-15 minutes, depending how big is the chicken thigh. Turn off the heat and let it sit for another 15 minutes. Meanwhile, you can prepare the sauce. Heat the cooking oil in the pan, turn off the heat before the oil gets smokey. And let it sit for 2 minutes. Get a large bowl, put the chili powder, Sichuan peppercorns, garlic, sesame seeds into the bowl, and add the oil in there. Stir well then add salt, sugar, soy sauce and vinegar. 

Now take the chicken out and put them into the ice water, let it chill for few seconds, then chop them into half inches, or any bite sizes you prefer. Put them on the plate and pull over the sauce, sprinkle the crushed peanuts and green onions or cilantro. Enjoy! :)

Sweet&sour pork(糖醋里脊)

Sweet&sour pork （糖醋里脊）

Ingredients: 

• 1 pound   pork (I prefer either tenderloin or fillet, but any part is fine too)
• 1  large egg white
• 1 tbsp  ginger juice
• 1 tbsp black pepper
• 1 tbsp  salt
• 1 1/2 cups corn starch or potato starch 
• 1 belt pepper (optional) 

Sauce:

• 1 cup ketchup
• 2 tbsp sugar
•  1/2 cup vinegar
• 1/4-1/2 cup of water if sauce is too thick

Directions:

Cut the pork into half inches wide long strips, seasoned with salt, pepper, ginger juice and one large egg white. Stir well, let it sit for 15 minutes. Then gently coat the pork with corn starch, and shake off the excess corn starch before you fry them.  When the pork look light golden color take them out and wait like 15 second, then put them back and fry the second time. It will make the pork more crispy. When the pork look golden, take them out and put on the plate with papertowel.   

Now it's time to make the sauce, leave about 2 tbsp of oil in the pan, add ketchup, sugar and vinegar in there, stir well until the sauce start boiling, if it's too thick,  add some water little by little until gets the consistence you want. ( not too thick or thin is the best) When the sauce start boiling, pull the belt pepper and pork into sauce and stir well. Sprinkle some cooked sesame seeds on top.(optional) Enjoy!