Korean Seafood Hot Pot

This was a dish that my friends and I tried at a Korean restaurant one time and kept raving on about it and we decided to give it a try on the weekend.

The recipe calls for:

Anchovy stock

Chilli Pepper powder

All the seafood you want – mussles, crabs, scallops, prawns, etc etc

Choice of noodles – glass noodles, rice noodles, udon

The anchovy stock and chilli pepper powder were purchased at the korean grocery shop. They come in a loose powder form in a packet. But on closer inspection, the anchovy stock is probably similar to the ‘Knorr Ikan Bilis’ cube stock readily available in most Asian grocery shops.

I’ve tried the recipe twice and once with crabs and once without and I strongly recommend with crabs.  Makes the soup sweeter.

…  Jade Forest ….

Steamboat Night

A couple of weeks ago, we had steamboat at home. Another name for this is the hot pot. For those who are not familiar with this, simply put, it is the asian version of the fondue. Instead of the cheese sauce, we have stock inside the pot; instead of the little food pieces that gets dipped into the cheese sauce, we have uncooked meats, seafood, vegetables and they all go into the pot and we scoop it out from there. This meal is great for a winter night, where the soup would warm you up and a great meal with friends where you just sit, talk and cook and taking it easy. A new addition I tried to this steamboat night was that I made my own chilli sauce – in an attempt to have my sauce taste like the famous Coca Steambot Chilli Sauce. I think it almost tastes like the chilli sauce so here's the recipe:

Fresh Red Chillies (grind finely in food processor)

Sambal Chilli or Chilli Sauce

Coriander

Honey

Finely Chopped Garlic (optional)

Easy method – just mix the above ingredients to suit your chilli level.

… Jade Forest

Mee Bali

My brother and I were talking abt this dish one day. My granny introduced us to this dish and then it became a signature dish for my cousin's catering business back in the 1980s. However, we haven't eaten it for a long time and decided to give it a try. Here are the ingredients

• Laksa Noodles
• Chilli Paste
• Bean Sprouts
• Bean Curd
• Egg
• Chives
• Fish Cakes, Prawns, Crabsticks
• Garlic
• Soya Sauce to taste

Cut the bean curd into cubes and fry them lightly until brown all over and drain out the oil. Beat the eggs together and fry them omlette style. Slice omelette thinly. Fry garlic till brown, add chilli paste and add in fish cakes, prawns. Fry till the prawns are cooked, add in noodles, chives and bean sprouts and mix it well inside the wok. The idea is to leave the bean sprouts still crunchy so fry it really quick and serve.

… Jade Forest