Monday, December 18, 2006

easy peasy chinese-y

Well, I had some nira (chives) and cabbage left from yesterday's "experiment"...so I bought some pork and added it to all these veggies. When everything was just about wilted and the pork was cooked through I added a tablespoon of cooking sake (rice wine), a dash of torigara soup (powdered soup that is made from the bones of the chicken), 2 teaspoons of oyster sauce, salt, pepper and some sesame oil.

As for a soup, I added a packet of the torigara soup to 3 cups of water, then added dried hotate (scallops). When everything came to a boil, I broke up the scallops and added green onions and stirred in a scrambled egg.

Preparation and cooking took a total of 30 minutes...fast, easy and delish!

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Kat,
Thanks for the encouragement, I so need that right now! More importantly, lots of thanks for posting yummy pics of what you've been cooking...a homecooked meal just can't be beat!

K and S said...

Glad to send some yummy pics your way, Rowena. :) Hope you get some down time soon!

Take care.
Kat

Jann said...

So, how did the bones of the chicken taste-you are so adventurous-that's a good thing! Looks delicious!!Happy Cooking!

K and S said...

Hi Jann,

It is powdered chicken bones that when added to hot water--makes a soup. It tasted great!

Take care.
Kat

ilingc said...

oohh the soup looks very refreshing!

The torigara sounds interesting... makes me wonder now what's really in the chicken stock powder/cubes that we get from the supermarket. at least your torigara tells you that it's made from chicken bones. (??)

K and S said...

Gosh Ilingc,
There must all kinds of "stuff" in chicken stock powder, I think the Torigara might have more than just the bones...

Take care.
Kat

Anonymous said...

Yummy - fast, easy, healthy and delicious! I need to do more of this kind of cooking :(

K and S said...

Hi Ellie,
I like fast, easy & not always healthy, especially when I'm feeling lazy to cook.

Happy Holidays!
Kat

ilingc said...

good point kat. i guess i just never thought about "what is" actually in stock powders until you mentioned torigara.

i always thought that it was just dehydrated liquid chicken stock.

i think i'll just pretend that this thought never occured to me (ever!). i use a lot of chicken stock powder in my cooking, might just have to pretend to be ignorant now.. lol

happy holidays. :)

K and S said...

Yup, pretend you don't know about it, Ilingc! I actually stopped using some of these powdered stocks when BSE (mad cow disease) and the Avian flu (affecting chickens) were found here in Japan.

Happy Holidays!
Kat