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Ipoh Steamed Chicken with Bean SproutSekinchan Boy just commented that I have put on so much weight. Well, no thanks to home cooked food, seriously. I can’t help it if my mom cooks like a kitchen goddess. I think everyone’s mother has each of her own special dishes.
Well, after seeing my mother cooking up a storm for our daily lunch, Mei suggested that we open a restaurant – called Kar Heong or something. My mother is 63 years old this year. I doubt she would ever want to slog in the kitchen anymore. She is comfy enough in her own little kitchen, cooking for her family with love.
I ought to be ashamed of myself that I do not know how to cook – if you consider boiling water for instant noodles and frying eggs ARE cooking – then, okay, I can cook some. I am quite hopeless in kitchen; whenever I tried to be the good filial daughter helping out at the kitchen (on very rare occasion), my mom or aunt would shoo me off; saying they are better off doing things without me. Yeah. I suck big time, and boy! They hurt my feelings.
I guess I would not let this be a hindrance of sharing my mother’s best kept secret dishes from public.
For those who don’t really have much time cooking; but hope to get more variety in your daily home cooked food, well, good news. From today, as and when I pleased, I will share with you some of the simple dishes that would not break your bank or your kitchen but probably you have to get your blood test after trying it.
Today, I would like to introduce my mom’s version of Ipoh Steamed Chicken with Bean Sprout.
For the chicken:-
Clean a whole chicken (medium sized) properly.
Put it in the rice cooker, filled with hot water. (Do not cover the whole chicken. Leave about an inch of the chicken, not covered in water.)
Add a pinch of salt into the hot water. Let it slowly cook for 45 minutes.
Strain the chicken. Rub some salt all over the body of the chicken, while it’s hot.
For the broth:-
Use the water from the boiled chicken. Add some oyster sauce, soya sauce, sesame oil and sugar to taste. (Agak-agak lah.. that is what my mom told me).
For the bean sprout:-
Boil the bean sprout sparingly (just "lok lok" lah you know?).
Fried some finely chopped onions to brown.
Garnish with some spring onions. (I love spring onions!!)
Voila! You have your own home cooked Ipoh steamed chicken.
Well, after seeing my mother cooking up a storm for our daily lunch, Mei suggested that we open a restaurant – called Kar Heong or something. My mother is 63 years old this year. I doubt she would ever want to slog in the kitchen anymore. She is comfy enough in her own little kitchen, cooking for her family with love.
I ought to be ashamed of myself that I do not know how to cook – if you consider boiling water for instant noodles and frying eggs ARE cooking – then, okay, I can cook some. I am quite hopeless in kitchen; whenever I tried to be the good filial daughter helping out at the kitchen (on very rare occasion), my mom or aunt would shoo me off; saying they are better off doing things without me. Yeah. I suck big time, and boy! They hurt my feelings.
I guess I would not let this be a hindrance of sharing my mother’s best kept secret dishes from public.
For those who don’t really have much time cooking; but hope to get more variety in your daily home cooked food, well, good news. From today, as and when I pleased, I will share with you some of the simple dishes that would not break your bank or your kitchen but probably you have to get your blood test after trying it.
Today, I would like to introduce my mom’s version of Ipoh Steamed Chicken with Bean Sprout.
For the chicken:-
Clean a whole chicken (medium sized) properly.
Put it in the rice cooker, filled with hot water. (Do not cover the whole chicken. Leave about an inch of the chicken, not covered in water.)
Add a pinch of salt into the hot water. Let it slowly cook for 45 minutes.
Strain the chicken. Rub some salt all over the body of the chicken, while it’s hot.
For the broth:-
Use the water from the boiled chicken. Add some oyster sauce, soya sauce, sesame oil and sugar to taste. (Agak-agak lah.. that is what my mom told me).
For the bean sprout:-
Boil the bean sprout sparingly (just "lok lok" lah you know?).
Fried some finely chopped onions to brown.
Garnish with some spring onions. (I love spring onions!!)
Voila! You have your own home cooked Ipoh steamed chicken.
Comments
Ann | 08.11.06 – 2:24 pm | #
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walau weh..! expert la u! lol.
well, considering yr mom is such a kitchen goddess, the more u need to inherit from her. dont let this advantage of yours goes to waste!
it is never too late! m waiting for the perfect gina-arena’s meal.
takeshi | 08.11.06 – 4:24 pm | #
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can replace the chicken with seafood?
VJ | 08.12.06 – 5:36 pm | #
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that is lovely….
foodcrazee | Homepage | 08.12.06 – 9:31 pm | #
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Are you sure the chicken’s boiled in the rice cooker? Mine switches off automatically when the rice is done – presumably when it reaches a certain temperature. I don’t think I could get it to cook for 45 minutes!
Jay | Homepage | 08.16.06 – 12:43 am | #
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Ann: Yeah. It looks easy.. but who knows? It might not work out – like any other recipe books. heh!
takeshi: I will never be found in the kitchen – doing things other than eating.
VJ: Err.. I don’t think so. But you can try.
foodcrazee: Indeed it is.
Jay: Not really. As long as the water is inside, it won’t switch to auto. It will still be on “cooking”. I guess my home rice cooker is one of a kind – since it has been with us for the past 30 years.
Gina | Homepage | 08.16.06 – 2:37 pm | #
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hey Gina…
that looks pretty good… still nothin’ comes close to ipoh’s Lou Wong for the original.. hadta do a review about it seeing your beansprout chicken post…
paradoxx | Homepage | 08.18.06 – 3:07 pm | #
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Paradoxx: I heard from my cousin who sampled 3 types of Ipoh bean sprout chicken and she said, my mom’s cooking boleh fight with the one in Ipoh leh! Haha.
Gina | Homepage | 08.18.06 – 4:59 pm | #
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Mmmm smart move of using the rice cooker to cook chicken. I think it’s easy and you don’t have to worry about the temprerature…
You will discover that you can cook other stuff with your rice cooker other than rice and chicken. Soup also can Hehe…
WY | 08.27.06 – 10:54 pm | #