Molten Chocolate Cake Recipe From misstamchiak.com and cakeforone.com for Bookmarking

Going to try these 2 recipes out for making molten chocolate cake with my airfryer.
Just bought ramekins for this! :)

1. http://www.misstamchiak.com/brunch-philips-airfryer/
   
2. http://cakeforone.com/chocolate-cake-for-one-person/

Will serve with a side of vanilla ice cream and strawberries. Can't wait!
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http://www.misstamchiak.com/brunch-philips-airfryer/

Yields 6

Ingredients
Chocolate chips for baking 150g (melted)
Butter 150g
Sugar 70g
Eggs 2 pcs
Salt to taste
All-purpose flour 80g
Some blueberries and raspberries
Some icing sugar

Instructions
Combine melted butter and sugar with a mixer. Then add eggs and mix well until fluffy and creamy.
Add salt and flour and lastly, fold in the melted chocolate. Mix well.
Preheat the Philips Airfryer to 180 degree celsius for 3 minutes.
Place the mixture into mold (greased with oil and sugar) and put into Philips Airfryer bake for 3 minutes.
Carefully transfer to a serving plate, with blueberries and strawberries, top with icing sugar. Serve hot.

> 3 minutes for this only?
> Like the 2 egg 6 pax spilt and short timing.
> Maybe suitable for small dinner parties.
 

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http://cakeforone.com/chocolate-cake-for-one-person/

Yields 1

Ingredients
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp dark chocolate chips
1 small egg
4 tbsp all-purpose flour
2 tbsp cocoa
⅛ tsp baking powder

Instructions
Preheat oven to 180°C / 360 °F.
Butter and flour ramekin and set aside.
In a medium size bowl cream butter and sugar until soft.
Add your egg and whisk until lightly fluffy.
Melt chocolate chips slowly on a double boiler (alternatively use a microwave). Let cool a bit and mix with other wet ingredients.
Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder in your bowl, mix with a rubber spatula until smooth.
Spoon batter into ramekin and bake for 18 minutes.

> 18 minutes for this?
> Like how the recipe is for one serving. Great for some indulgent time.
> But 1 egg for 1 person?

Hmm will share findings.

Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe From RasaMalaysia.com For Bookmarking

http://rasamalaysia.com/chicken-rice/2/



So I tried this out the other day. Good recipe! Highly recommend!

It took me about 2 hours to prepare the:
1. Chicken
2. Soup
3. Rice
4. Chili Sauce
5. Special Soy Sauce

Basically you have to boil the chicken first and chill it and cool it down to room temperature.
Use the soup to make the rice and chili sauce.
Prep the soy sauce and cucumber to accompany the chicken.

Tasted really good. I replaced the required chicken with a smaller spring chicken and it turned out quite tender.

My kitchen utensils are not that big. So a smaller chicken is easier to control. Plus there won't be any leftovers with a smaller chicken.

I added extra carrots, leeks and celery to the soup to make it more tasty.
And also added fresh tomato next to the prepped chicken.
I guess you can buy some achar and this would also complement it.



So going to cook this again!

Will try the roasted chicken next time!

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Ingredients List From RasaMalaysia:

A. For the rice

3 cups uncooked washed rice
5 tbsp vegetable oil
4 cloves finely chopped garlic
4 finely chopped shallots
2 + 1/2 cups + 2 tbsp chicken broth
4-6 blades of pandan leave (screwpine leaves)
1 small thumb of ginger, cleaned and bruised
1 tbsp of the garlic and shallot oil
70g chicken fats
1+ 1/2 tsp salt, to taste

B. For the chicken

1 whole chicken, preferably free range organic chicken
1 small thumb of ginger, cleaned and bruised
5-6 stalks of scallion, washed
10 bowls chicken stock, adjust accordingly
4 blades of pandan leaves (screwpine leaves)
1 carrot, roughly chopped
2 + 1 tsp of salt
10 bowls of cold water
1 cucumber, peeled, halved and sliced diagonally

C. For the sauce

2 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp chicken broth
3 tsp sesame oil
3 tsp garlic and shallot oil

D. For chicken rice chilli sauce

90g red chilies (you may add in some bird’s eye chili)
15g garlic
50g ginger
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
50ml chicken broth
60ml lime juice, to taste

Please visit their site for method:
http://rasamalaysia.com/chicken-rice/2/

Air Fried Roast Chicken Recipe From BudgetPantry.com For Bookmarking

Tried this 3o minute recipe from

http://budgetpantry.com/airfried-rosemary-spring-chicken/#more-3969




Was surprised how tasty and moist the chicken turned out.
Coz sometimes when I use the air fryer to cook stuff, they turn out really dry.

Modified Chicken Marinate:

1. Some sprinkling of Salt and black pepper
2. 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
3. 2 teaspoon dried rosemary
4. Minced garlic

I eliminated the bay leaves and colored peppers.
Marinated it overnight in the fridge in a tupperware.




Next evening, I just have to pop the chicken in the airfryer and dinner is ready!
I steamed some potatoes, broccoli and baked beans as sides.
Added some salt, pepper, honey mustard and butter to the potatoes and that's it.

Modified Method:

1.  Preheat airfryer at 200 Degrees for 3 minutes
2. Airfry Chicken for 6 minutes at 200 Degrees
   (Sear and seal)
3. Airfry for 10 minutes at 180 Degrees on one side.
4. Airfry for 10 minutes at 180 Degrees on other side.
5. Coat chicken with 2 tablespoon of honey
   (Don't do this earlier or it will become dark and bitter)
6. Airfry for 3 minutes at 200 Degrees
   (Char, Caramel, Wok Hei & Glaze)

Macaroni & Cheese Recipe From Kraft For Bookmarking

So we were shopping around in Mustafa and chanced upon this pack of Instant Mac & Cheese from Kraft. 

It comes with a pack of Dry Mini Macaroni and Cheese Powder inside.

Back home, I was able to whip up this dish in under 15 minutes. And it tasted great. Like those sides you get to eat at Astons or Kenny Rogers.

Liked how easy the instructions were:

ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS:

1. 6 Cups of Water
2. 3 Tablespoon of Margarine
3. 1/2 Cup of Milk


METHOD:
1. Boil water and add in dry macaroni to cook until tender.
    Stir occasionally. Drain the Macaroni Dry.

2. Add in Additional Ingredients + Cheese Powder
    to the Cooked Macaroni


3. Stir, Taste, Adjust and Eat!

WHAT THIS MEANS:
If you're not able to buy this Instant Mac & Cheese and have a craving in the middle of the night,
you can replicate it by replacing it with your own pasta and adding in fresh Cheddar cheese or cheese or your own liking to adjust.

Going to try this out one day!

Choc Chip Biscuits Recipe Via recipecommunity.com.au on Air Fryer For Bookmarking

http://www.recipecommunity.com.au/baking-sweet-recipes/choc-chip-biscuits/257123

My friend gave me a pack of her cookies as a gift. It was so good that I thought it was from Famous Amos!


She revealed that it was very easy to make it and passed me this recipe link to follow.

I don't have the Thermomix (Pricey!), but I just substituted it with a regular Cake Mixer and my handy Air Fryer.

First Try: Turned out a bit rock hard but still so delicious!

Will try again with more butter.

Air Fryer Char Siew Recipe Via amybakingdiary For Bookmarking

Have tried Amy's recipe once. It was delicious!

http://amybakingdiary.blogspot.sg/2013/09/char-siu.html

Loved the yummy sauce and the easy to follow recipe.
Easy steps. Marinate overnight and just pop it in the Air Fryer!
Fuss Free!

But my char siew came out too charred. Will reduce the first 200 Degree Timing to 10 mins to try again.

Char Siew Marinade & Sauce Ingredients:
4 tablespoon of Soy Sauce
2 tablespoon of Tomato Ketchup
3 tablespoon of Hoisin sauce
2 tablespoon of  Hua Tiao Wine
2 tablespoon of honey
2 tablespoon of brown sugar

Modified Method

1. Marinate Meat With Lee Kum Kee Char Siew Sauce with
   some Minced Garlic overnight in fridge.
   
   Or you can just use Amy's sauce. I like to use 2 different sauces for depth.
   Sometimes I"m just lazy to premake the sauce during the marination time as well.
   
2. Preheat Air Fryer at 200 Degress for 3 mintues
   
3. Prepare thin aluminium foil to hold meat in air fryer
   
4. Place Marinated Meat in Air Fryer on top of foil at 200 Degrees for 8 Minutes
   
   > I think this helps to sear the top layer of the meat with high heat and keeps the reat of the meat moist inside
   
5. Flip Meat to Reverse Side and coat it with the Sauce
6. Place Marinated Meat in Air Fryer on top of foil at 180 Degrees for 8 Minutes
   
   > Slow cooking the meat on an overall lower heat
   > Slowly coating the char siew with the sweet sauce to give it a charred taste
   
7. Flip Meat to Reverse Side and coat it with the Sauce
8. Place Marinated Meat in Air Fryer on top of foil at 180 Degrees for 8 Minutes
   
   > Thorough coating for whole meat
   
9. Flip Meat to Reverse Side and coat it with the Sauce
10. Place Marinated Meat in Air Fryer on top of foil at 200 Degrees for 3 Minutes
    
    > Most important step to get the POWEFUL BBQ flavor 
    
11. Lightly boil left over sauce and drizzle some over the sliced meat on plate
    
12. Serve sauce, sliced meat with sides of rice and chilled sliced cucumber.
    

TIPS

1. After slicing the cucumber, chill it in a bowl of water with ice-cubes in the fridge. Serve cold when ready to eat. It helps to balance the sweetness of the meat with it mild taste and crispy texture. 

2. Choose a mix of lean and fatty meat for this recipe. The fatty parts are melt in the mouth worthy. And lean parts are for health conscious folks. A mixture is great.


http://amybakingdiary.blogspot.sg/2013/08/bbq-meat-char-siew.html

Pai Ku Wang Spare Rib King Recipe via RasaMalaysia.com

My nephew loves to eat Pai Ku Wang everytime we visit the Zhi Char Store (chinese stir fry cafe). From coffeshops to Paradise Inn Restuarant. It's widely available even in those Economy rice stalls.

Of course, the ones that you taste at the resturant are much nicer as it's piping hot and they probably used a better cut or grade of meat.

Pic source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/avlxyz/4956297285/

I find the pricing of the dish kinda high for this dish ($12 to $20). And I think it's possible to replicate the restaurant taste from cooking it at home.  So it's time to do research and testing!

This is my favorite recipe so far from RasaMalaysia.com.

It's simple, fast and straightforward. Taste really good too!
I did not add any Worchester sauce as I did not have it in my kitchen during testing. But it turned out okie. :

 
Marinade:
1 egg
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon Shaoxing wine
1/2 teaspoon salt

Sauce:
1 1/2 tablespoons tomato ketchup
1/2 tablespoon plum sauce
1/2 tablespoon chili sauce
1/4 teaspoon sweet bean sauce, or Hoisin sauce

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons black vinegar
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar

small pinch of Chinese Five Spice powder, optional
2 tablespoons water

Method:

1. Marinade the pork for at least 30 minutes.

2. Prepare the sauce and set aside.

3. Deep fry pork and set aside.

4. Heat up sauce and coat deep-fried pork with it

5. Optional: Sprinkle some toasted sesame seeds on top

Research & Sources:
http://rasamalaysia.com/peking-pork-chops/2

Simple Chocolate Cake Recipe using a Toaster Oven and No Kitchen Weighing Machine - Just Cups and Spoons measurement

Just gotten a Morries Toaster Oven for free via Credit Card Redemption Points from Citibank.

Decided to try to make a cake with it without using any Weighing equipment. I don't have any weighing machine currently. I am all for shortcuts!

So I used measurement cups/spoons that looks something like this that I bought a while ago at a store:

Did some searching and found a simple recipe via Liz Aziz's YouTube Channel.
She's cooking it via the Philips AirFryer though.

I'm adapting her recipe by using the Toaster Oven (no temperature setting!) at 20 minutes.



Recipe from Liz:

Wet Ingredients:
1/2 cup melted butter
1 egg (hmm 1 egg only?)
1/3 cup milk or chocolate milk

Dry Ingredients:
1 cup plain flour
1tsp baking powder
3/4 cup fine sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
  
Method: 
Step 1:  Mix the wet ingredients together

Step 2:  Add in all the dry ingredients.

Step 3:  Pour into the pan.

Step 4:  Bake in the toaster oven for 20 minute

Step 5:  Poke the centre of the cake with a satay stick to see if its sticky or dry.
If it's sticky, it's not fully cooked yet. Try cooking it for another 5 to 10 minutes and test again till your satay stick is dry. 

Results:
It was pretty good. I made 2 small cakes with this using those metal thin foil type of disposable baking bowls. I lined it with butter before I poured in the cake mix. The oven managed to cook both cakes at the same time as it was quite spacious.

Going to try to make a plain version and maybe add other flavors like pandan or marble for fun.

Love the simple recipe! Fuss Free! Thanks Liz!

I did everything in like under 30 mins. And the kitchen had a really nice chocolatey smell while it was baking.  And as you can see, the cake had been devoured before I remembered to take a photo!




Research & Sources:
Liz Aziz's - Philips Airfryer - Bake a cake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmWApOFUnrU

Garlic Soy Chicken Recipe From Seonkyoung Longest

There are Korean Fried Chicken Wings Restaurants springing up all over Singapore recently.
"CHICKEN UP", "4 WINGS" and "Kko Kko Nara" are just a few of the current household names.

But it' really kinda expensive to eat Korean Fried Chicken Wings at restaurants frequently (We rack up about S$20 to $60 bucks each time ), so I decided to learn how to replicate the same taste.

I think cost wise, I only ended up spending $4 to $15 per time when I cooked this dish.

First time was more expensive coz I had to buy Mirin and Tempura Flour. Subsequently I did not have to re-buy those items when I cooked. And chicken wings only cost around $2 to $9 from the supermarket.

It's really not that difficult actually. My favorite flavor is "Garlic Soy Chicken Wings" from "Kko Kko Nara". So I hit Google and chanced upon this recipe by Seonkyoung Longest:



I couldn't get the exact tempura flour or soya sauce brand that she recommended. So I used those I could find locally.

After a few attempts at her recipe, in the end, I skipped the tempura flour and simply coated the chicken with a little corn flour before deep frying it. It tasted much lighter and not as "thick". The tempura flour I used was too thick and really tasted like there was too much "flour".  It also made the chicken a bit "rock-hard" and "too crispy".

The best thing that I learned from her recipe is how to make the sauce! It's Delicious! Would Highly recommend you to try it out!

Wonder if its the same sauce they use to make for Pepper Rice. Since it's "Garlic Soy"? Hmmm.. to be tested.

Modified Recipe:
Prep the sauce. Fry the wings. 
Mix it together when you're ready to eat!

Step 1: Prepare the Sweet Garlic Sauce and set aside
(Remember to sift garlic out after boiling the sauce)

Step 2: Marinate the chicken with salt and pepper for about 20 mins

Step 3: Lightly coat the chicken with corn flour before deep frying

Step 4: Only add sauce to fried chicken just when you're about ready to eat it, or it'll get soggy and lose it's crispness.

Sweet Garlic Sauce
    2 Tbs. Finely chopped garlic
    3 Tbs. Soy sauce
    3 Tbs. Sugar
    1/3 cup Mirin





Fried Wings:
    6 Full chicken wings or 2 chicken leg/thighs cut into bite-size pieces
    3 Tbs. Corn Flour
   Salt and pepper to taste

Made this over and over again. Becoming one of our favs!


Research & Sources:
Seonkyoung Longest's Korean Fried Chicken Wings with Sweet Garlic Sauce:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlndZUqDKk4