Chicken Wonton Noodle Soup

Been wanting to try this out for ages! Finally plucked up the courage to. 

To make the wontons

Mix chicken mince, salt, crushed black pepper, chopped spring onions, crushed chilling, soya sauce and chopped coriander and a dash of olive oil. Cover and let it marinate in fridge for about half an hour. 

To make the soup. 

Braise a chopped onion with cinnamon sticks, star anise, garlic and ginger. Once the onions start to brown, add a box of chicken stock 300 ml and extra water ( about two cups) Add two table spoon fish sauce, juice of half a lime, soya sauce,salt, chilli, 3 tsp sugar. Boil for half hour. Strain and then add extra seasoning to taste. Fish sauce and salt

To assemble wontons

Place about half a teaspoon on a wrapper. Seal with water. Boil wontons for 3-5min. Remove with sieved spoon and immerse in cold water to stop cooking process.

Prepare egg noodles or rice noodles. 

To assemble 

In each bowl, add noodles, wontons, broth. Top with lots of chopped coriander, sprouts, chopped spring onion and red chillies. Add sauces like hoisin and chilli to taste.

Definitely worth all the effort 

Cherry milkshake

Whizz together some fresh cherries, vanilla ice cream, cherry syrup and a bit of milk. 

Home made dim sum

Steamed lemon chicken and spring onion coriander wontons:

Season chicken with , salt, curry paste and ginger. Add a pinch of Tumeric for color. Cook chicken and set aside to cool. Crumble chicken and add chopped spring onions, coriander and squeezed lemon juice. 

Place filling in centre of wonton wrapper and then wet two adjacent sides with water. Fold into a triangle and the fold over two corners to one. 

Steam wontons in a bamboo basket until wrappers are translucent. 

Serve with different dips- soya sauce mixed with fish sauce, sweet chilli sauce or plain chilli sauce

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Next time you throw some chicken on  the braai, bake some potatoes too. Shred chicken once cooked. Assemble spuds by adding mayonnaise, grated cheese, tomato onion salsa, chilli sauce , chicken and more mayonnaise. 

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Spicy salmon, avo and sesame seed salad

Happy 30th to hubby

Exactly the same as my henna cake except the middle frosting is fresh cream caramel treat and peppermint crisp 

Funghi Bianco

Melt two table spoons butter in a wok

Add two teaspoons crushed garlic (less if you prefer)

Add 1 tablespoon cake flour

Ensure its not too dry. If it is add a bit more butter. Should make a paste.

Cook until it just starts to brown

Add about two cups coarsely chopped mushrooms and coat in flour mixture 

Add seasoning, salt, black pepper, origanum, crushed chillies and Italian herb mix. Continue  stirring on high heat for another  3- 5 minutes and but avoid mushrooms burning.

Add half a cup of fresh cream and about a cup of low fat milk. You can add more milk if you prefer more sauce.

Bring sauce to the boil and keep stirring. 

Add al dente cooked pasta ... Linguine works well. Coat in sauce and dimmer for about 3 minutes. 

Add fresh coriander or parsley. Serve with slices of Parmesan cheese.