Ingredients: 450g Pork fillet or same amount of chicken breast or thigh Marinade: 2 tbsp Light soy sauce 1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry 2 tbsp Finely chopped garlic 1 tsp Freshly ground black pepper 2 tsp Sesame oil 1 tsp Sugar 2 tsp 5 Spice powder Salt Dipping sauce: 1 tbsp Groundnut […]
Method: Toast the sesame seeds in a dry pan for a few minutes until they are golden brown. Shake the pan gently so they don’t catch. Tip out into a mortar and crush them with the pestle. Set aside. Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan (one with a lid). Brown the […]
Ingredients: 1/2 tsp each Fennel, cumin and coriander seeds 3 tbsp Oil 1 Leek, thinly sliced 2 Carrots, grated 2 Red onions, thinly sliced 2 Bay leaves 6 Cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 Red or green chilli, sliced 1 tbsp Chopped ginger 1 x 400g Can coconut milk 200g Red lentils 2 Chicken breast fillets, […]
Ingredients: 250g Pork mince Pinch of salt 1 Clove of garlic, crushed 3 tablespoons Chicken stock Pinch of white sugar 3 tbsp Lime juice Pinch of chilli powder (or chilli flakes) 1 tbsp Fish sauce 1 sml Red onion Handful of mint and coriander leaves To serve: Steamed rice or baby gem lettuce leaves Method: […]
Ingredients: 275g can Sweetcorn 2 Garlic cloves 1 or 2 Shallots or 3-4 spring onions Small bunch coriander 1 tsp Caster sugar 1 tbsp Thai fish sauce 1 tsp Salt 1 tsp Black pepper 100g (half a cup) Plain flour 2 Large eggs 2-3 tbsp Groundnut oil for frying 100ml Sweet chilli sauce (bought or […]
Ingredients: Groundnut oil for deep frying 1 Egg 225ml Ice cold water 100g Plain flour 1/2 Tsp bicarbonate of soda 350g Cod fillet, skinned and thinly sliced 25g Seasoned plain flour 4 Tbsp dark soy sauce 1cm Grated ginger 1 Spring onion, finely sliced Method: Half fill a deep pan or a fryer with the […]
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp groundnut oil 1 Medium onion, chopped 50g Ginger, grated 3 Cloves garlic, chopped 1 Red chilli, chopped 1 Stalk lemongrass, chopped 400ml Chicken stock 400ml (1 tin) Coconut milk 400g White and dark crab meat Juice of 1 lime Dash or 2 of soy sauce to taste Handful of fresh coriander, chopped […]
Ingredients: 2 Large duck legs (approx. 500-600g)* 2 tsp Salt 2 tsp Ginger, grated 100g Peanuts, roasted and roughly chopped Half a cup coriander leaves, roughly chopped 8 Spring onions, finely sliced Spring roll wrappers 300ml Soy sauce 50ml Cider vinegar 50ml Runny honey Groundnut oil for deep-frying Method: Put the duck legs into a […]
Ingredients: Spice paste: 2 Dried red chillies 3 Black peppercorns Half tsp turmeric 1 Clove garlic, crushed 1 tsp Fresh ginger, grated Quarter tsp cumin seeds Half tsp sugar 1 tsp Tamarind paste (dissolved in 1 tbsp boiling water 1 sml Red onion, finely sliced 1 tbsp Groundnut oil One third of a cup tinned […]
Ingredients: 250g-300g White fish fillets (eg haddock, pollock), chopped 2 Cloves garlic, peeled and roughly chopped 5cm Ginger, peeled and chopped 1 Stalk lemongrass, outer leaves removed and white part chopped 3 Spring onions, finely chopped 1 Red chilli, roughly chopped Fresh coriander 1 tbsp Groundnut oil 3 tsp Fish sauce Half a tsp salt […]