Friday, April 9, 2010

Chicken Alfredo sauce




Pasta Alfredo sauce has become famous in America for Italian-American cuisine. In Italy and Europe the name Alfredo sauce is basically unknown.

Alfredo is the name of the Italian guy created menu fettuccine al burro( with butter and Parmesan cheese)

For more favor,I add sundied tomatoes. For less fat, I reduced butter and cream.

Ingredient:

  • 1 cup Left over baked chicken, diced
  • 1/2 cup of cream
  • 1/2 cup of milk
  • 1/4 cub grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1/4 cub grated asiago cheese or Romano cheese
  • 2 table spoon olive oil or buttor.
  • 2 clove of garlics, smashed
  • 2 table spoon chopped parsley
  • 1/3 cub sundried tomatoes in oil
  • chili flake optional
  • (1/2-lb.) package pasta, cooked according to package instructions :
Directions:

  1. heat oil in medium high heat, add garlic cook until golden brown,take the garlic out.

  2. Add chicken,sundried tomatoes, stir well.

  3. Add cream and milk, when sauce is boiling, turn the heat to low , add cheese.

  4. Add cooked pasta in the sauce pan, add parsley ,stir and cook for 45-60 second.

  5. Serve warm, top with grated Parmesan cheese if desire.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Baked fish with Ginger Soy

Cuisine: Thai-Chinese * Adapted from steamed fish with soy sauce
Preparing time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 Minutes

Ingredient:

• 1 whole striped bass 600-700 grams (1 ½ Lbs) cleaned.
• ¼ cup Thai soy sauce with mush room or regular soy sauce
• ½ cup Ginger, julienne * use the younger part
• 1 table spoon ginger and garlic minced
• 1-2 table spoon canola oil
• 1/3 Sweet red bell pepper, julienne
• 1/3 Green onion, julienne

Ingredient Suggestion:

Fish-Striped bass, Sea bass, pink snapper, and red snapper
Thai soy sauce with Mushroom is different flavor from regular soy sauce

Method:


• Preheat Oven to 400 F.
• Heat oil in small pan, add garlic and ginger minced cook 1-2 minute, with out browning. Add soy sauce simmer for 2 minute. Set a side
• Add fish in baking glass pan. Top with ginger and bell pepper julienne. Add sauce on top. Cover with aluminum foil. Bake for 20 minutes.
• Open the cover and add green onion, cover and bake another 10 minutes or until fish is cook.

Note: If using fish fillet reduce cooking time to 15-20 minutes depend on thickness of fish.

Serving Suggestion
: Serve warm with steamed jasmine rice