Fish Soup

Ingredients
200g sliced batang fish fillet
some fish bone
1 tomato cut into wedges
Tofu cut into cubes(optional)
Local lettuce (optional)
spring onion chopped(optional)
Parsley chopped (optional)

Seasoning
2 tsp onion oil
500ml water
2 tbsp fish sauce/1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp chinese wine
pepper

Marinade
1 tsp salt
1 tsp corn flour
Sprinkle of pepper

Method
1. Marinade fish slices, leave aside.

2. When the water boil add in the fish bone. Turn to medium fire and boil the bone for 10min.

3. Remove the bone, add in onion oil.

4. Add tomato and when the water boils add in the fish slices.

5. Gently stir so that the slices do not stick together.

6. When the fish is 3/4 cooked, add in the fish sauce, chinese wine and sprinkle of pepper.

7. Let the water boil for 2 mins then switch off flame. Add in spring onion.

8.Serve hot with rice or pour on bowl of rice to make it into teochew type fish porridge.

Fried Hokkien Mee (No pork version)

This morning made hokkien mee （炒福建面）for breakfast. The whole process took me half an hour including cooking and cutting. For those people who do not know, Fried hokkien mee is a local delicacy. It is one hawker food you don't want to miss. Ok with no further ado, I will bring you the recipe.Ingredients( serves 4)
500g Thick Vermicilli
300g Yellow noodles
4 prawns or more deveined
1 squid cut into rings
1 fish cake sliced thinly
1/2 chicken breast sliced thinly
Chye Sim (optional)
1 garlic chopped
1 onion sliced thinly
1 egg beaten
1 bowl water/stock
3 tbsp oil
4 tbsp soya sauce

Marinade
Oyster sauce
Soya sauce
Pepper
1 tsp corn flour ( for chicken only)

Garnish
Chilli sliced thinly
Lime cut into half

Method
1.Marinade chicken with 1 tsp oyster sauce, 1 tsp soya sauce,pepper and corn flour. Marinade the squid and prawn with 1 tsp oyster sauce, 1 tsp soya sauce. Set the items aside for 5 mins.

2.Heat the oil and add the onion and garlic. Fry for 1 min, add in chicken and fry for 2 mins, add fish cake and fry for 1 min.

3.Add in the yellow noodles, then thick vermicilli. Add half a bowl of water and make sure the yellow noodles and vermicilli are well mixed.

4. Add in the prawn and squid and the other half bowl of water. Fry till all ingredients are cooked.

5. Add in 4 tbsp of soya sauce. Make sure the soya sauce are mixed well, make a well in the middle of the noodles and add the egg.

6. Scramble the egg and mix well with the noodles. Switch off flame.

7. The noodles can be served with some sliced chilli placed on top as garnish. The lime juice is to be added to the noodles before eating.


Note: The authentic hokkien mee version is not with chicken but with pork belly. But I decided to use the healthier version. This version of the recipe can be used by muslim considering it is cooked without pork.