Covid Notebook

Bread

I mixed in chocolate chips after I put the bread in the pan for baking.

Tartine Sourdough Country Bread

Warburtons crumpets(https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/07/warburtons-reveals-iconic-crumpets-recipe-can-make-home-12667902/?ito=social)

Savory

Crispy Pork Belly 🔥🔥

The easiest way to make crispy pork belly. This method is as simple as it gets. Doesn't require mountains of salt and you don't need to dry out the skin in the fridge for 12-24 hours like a lot of other recipes tell you to do.

Perfectly light & crispy skin pork belly everytime!

Things you'll need:

1~1.5kg fresh pork belly A little salt Pot with boiling water An air fryer

Method:

Fresh pork belly is best. Boil for 40mins, remove and rest. Pat belly dry and preheat air fryer at 200c.

Using a fork, poke a gazillion holes in the skin. When you think you have poked enough holes, poke some more.

Flip and cut a few slits 3/4 way through the meat. Season with salt and any other spices you want.

Flip back over and pat the skin as try as possible. Lightly season with salt and place in air fryer at 200c.

Roast for 40mins or until golden and crispy.

Rest for a few mins, portion up and enjoy!

A detailed video and step by step guide available here:

https://youtu.be/ge7spWPrPwE

Give this a go! Juicy and very crispy every time!

NOTE: forgot to mention in the video but make sure you place air fryer by an open window as the skin will pop causing fat to touch the heating element which will cause a little smoke. It's completely normal for it to pop, so don't be alarmed when it happens.

Creamy Tuscan Chicken

Sea Bass Cuban Style

Filipino BBQ Skewers

Har Gow

Banh Xeo

Glutinous Rice Dumplings

Swedish Meatballs

Hawaiian Takeout Meal

- Homemade Tonkatsu Sauce

- Hawaiian Macaroni Salad

- Chicken Katsu

Wagamama Katsu Curry

Original Panda Express Orange Chicken

Braised Brisket Martha Stewart

Artichoke and Sun Dried Tomato Ziti

1/4 LB of Ziti 3/4 C of Canned Artichoke Hearts, cut in 1x1 inch squares (approximately) 1/8 C of Sun Dried Tomato, roughly chopped Approx 16 fl oz Chicken Stock 2 t salt Black pepper to taste 1/8 C of Basil, roughly chopped 1/4 C Parmesan, grated

Put chicken stock, salt, and ziti in a saucepan or shallow pot. The ziti should basically be just covered, about 1/2 inch of stock above the ziti. Let boil for about 12 minutes, or until al dente.

Stir in the sun dried tomato and continue to let reduce until there is only enough liquid to coat the pasta. It should become a thicker liquid, but not too thick.

Then, stir in the artichokes and add the parmesan; keep stirring.

When the texture of the sauce feels right to you, add in the basil.

Taste, and adjust for flavor with salt and pepper and serve!

Teochew Chive Dumplings

One of my favorite Teochew dishes to eat for breakfast or as a snack. You can steam or pan fry them, but I prefer to pan fry them for the texture!

Ingredients & simplified steps are below.

Teochew w/ Chinese & English subs: https://youtu.be/lNnrKddllRs Vietnamese w/ Viet & English subs: https://youtu.be/RZfxqvwClg4

Ingredients: 1 cup rice flour ½ cup glutinous rice flour ½ cup tapioca flour ¼ tsp salt 1 cup boil water 1 lb chives ½ lb ground pork 2 tbs oil 1 tbs chicken stock ½ tsp black ground pepper 2 cloves of garlic

Simplified steps:

Mix ground pork with all the spices above
Cut chives and mix with the pork
Mix all 3 types of flour together with hot water to make the dough
Cut into 12 pieces and roll them out in wrappers
Fill the wrappers with 1 spoon of pork&chives filling
Steam for 10 mins
Pan fry for 3 mins
Enjoy :)

Asian Pork Skewers

Recipe: 1 lb pork shoulder, sliced thin (about 1/4 inch thick, 1 inch wide, 4 inch length) 2 tbs oyster sauce 4 tbs soy sauce 2 tbs hoisin sauce 2 tbs sugar 6 cloves garlic minced 1 tbs oil 1 tsp black pepper

Marinate overnight for best flavor or at least 4hrs. Skewer the shoulder in a zig zag accordion style onto a skewer. Cook on grill til charred with nice color.

Lemongrass Pork Skewers

Recipe: 1-1.5 lb pork butt 2 tbs fish sauce 2 tbs oyster sauce 2 tbs sweet soy sauce 2 tbs sugar 6 cloves garlic minced 2 stalks lemongrass minced 1 tbs oil 1 tsp black pepper

Marinate overnight for best flavor or at least 4hrs. Cook 18mins 375.