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Happy Cooking with LG SolarDOM: Steamed Gindara fish with soy sauce

2013-05-23T11:29:00.000+07:00

The time for me to play with my LG SolarDOM again ^^, and yes, I still didn't use all the functions!
The steamer function in the LG SolarDOM microwave is interesting, with the steamer set, cooking with steam can be easy and relaxing. All you have to do is pour the water into the steamer bowl, place a plate, cover it and select the function.
The time is shorter too, because rather than boiling the water before steaming food, the water is boiling and the food is cook at the same time.
And what kind of food that brings out the best of using steamer, well I can't think about anything but Chinese, hehe.
Today I make Steamed Gindara fish with soy sauce. With this microwave, you don't need to use the stove, all can be done on the counter top (and thinking about hot weather like now in Thailand, stay away from the stove is a blessed cooking time, haha).
Serve this delicious fish with a bowl of cooked rice is very suggested ^^.

Ps. Gindara fish has many names, it can be called black cod or sablefish too, it has white and soft flesh.
The steamer function in LG SolarDOM is preseted, so I press the stop bottom to stop the function and reset the timer, with this method you have better control of the result, because fish will be less delicious if over cooked.

Steamed Gindara fish with soy sauce

serve 2

1 ............................. Slice of Gindara fish (about 400-500g)
3 ............................ Spring onions, thinly sliced
1/8cup .................. Ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
3 ............................ Dried shiitake, soaking in water and thinly sliced
1 ............................. Red goat pepper, seed removed and thinly sliced
30ml ...................... Vegetable oil (I use rice barn oil)
-Seasoning sauce
1/2cup ................... Water
1tsp ........................ Brown sugar
1 1/2tbsp ............... Soy sauce
1/2tbsp .................. Cooking sauce (Maggi)
1/2tsp ..................... Shaoxing wine
1/2tbsp ................... Double dark soy sauce

Mix the seasoning sauce ingredients together in a microwavable cup.
Put the oil in the microwavable cup.

Place the fish on the deep dish, set aside.
Pour 300ml of water into the steam water bowl.
Place the fish dish on the steam plate, and cover with the steam cover.
Choose Thai Auto menu, tc29 and press start.
dailydelicious note: If your fish is 500g you can use the setting time (15 minutes), but if your fish is 400g or lower, press start and then press stop ( so you can reset the timer) and reduce the time to 13 minutes.

When the fish is done, take the steamer out of the microwave.
Remove the cover and put the sliced spring onion, the sliced ginger, the shiitake, and red goat pepper over the fish. Cover with the steamer cover.
Put the seasoning cup and oil cup in the microwave, select the microwave function, use 900w of power, and turn dial knob to 1 minutes and press start.
When the seasoning is ready, open the steamer cover, pour the seasoning sauce and oil over the fish, serve immediately.

Happy Cooking with LG SolarDOM: Steamed Gindara fish with soy sauce

Happy daily bake: Macadamia Crumbles

2013-05-21T16:21:00.000+07:00

Baking, or cooking, I don't know why I can't stop them for even 1 day, haha.

May be I have too much energy, ^^, but at the end of the day I always said "I'm tried", my brother told me that I should stop and take a rest, oh it's hard for me.
Baking or cooking make me feel happy, like I'm the magician, hehe, use my whisk as a magic wand to turn the simple ingredients into something delicious (ok, sometimes they didn't turn out good, haha, so I have to practice my magic more,^^). Each day, I look at the cookbooks, imagine, think about what I want to make, the taste that I want and the happy moment when I can finally eat it.
This time I adapted the recipe from the walnut crumbles, instead of using walnut, I use macadamia nut. I always love the taste of macadamia, it's light but unique, with rich flavor. You can use other kinds of nut for this recipe too, choose the one that you like and enjoy your own lovely cookies.
Serve this cookie with a cup of tea, the buttery taste of the cookie goes well with hot tea.

Macadamia Crumbles

Makes 24

100g ................................ Unsalted butter
100g ................................ Granulated sugar
40g ................................... Light brown sugar
1/4tsp .............................. Salt
1 ........................................ Egg
1/2tsp .............................. Vanilla extract
250g ................................. Cake flour
1tsp ................................... Baking powder
90g .................................... Macadamia nuts, lightly toasted, chopped

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Line 2 baking sheets with baking paper.
Sift the flour together with the baking powder, set aside.

Cream the butter with 2 kinds of sugar and salt until light in color, add the egg and vanilla extract and beat to combine.
Pour the flour and macadamia nuts into the bowl, mix until combine.

Divide into 24 pieces and roll into a ball, place on the prepared baking sheets.
Flatten with fork to make a pattern.
Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the cookie firm to touch, the color will be light.

Happy daily bake: Macadamia Crumbles

Easy Minestrone Soup

2013-05-19T13:05:00.000+07:00

Simple food is not only good for saving time, but it makes you feel relaxing too. You don't need to prepared anything much, something in your fridge and your cupboard is enough.

Like this soup, it's very easy to make, and all the ingredients are easy to find. You can choose the vegetable that you want to eat more courgette, or less pepper everything depends on you. For the stock, if using stock cubes you may need to taste before adding salt because most of them have salty taste.

Have this soup for relaxing lunch or light dinner, when you don't want to eat anything much, it's the best choice for me ^^.

Easy Minestrone Soup

Serve 4

2tbsp .............................. Olive oil
1 ....................................... Onion, chopped
2-4 ................................... Bacon rashers, diced
2 ....................................... Garlic cloves, crushed
2 ....................................... Celery sticks, finely sliced
200g ................................ Mix vegetable (anything from your fridge, such as courgette (zucchini), carrot, red pepper, small leek, etc.)
750ml .............................. Hot vegetable stock (or water with bouillon cube (stock cubes))
750g ................................. Tinned chopped tomatoes
75g .................................... Spaghetti or linguine, broken into small pieces (or any small pasta)
........................................... Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
For serving
........................................... Green pesto (optional)
........................................... Freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat, add the onion and bacon, and cook for 5 minutes until the onion softened. Stir in the garlic, celery and any chopped vegetables and cook for 5 minutes.
Add the stock (if using stock cubes, add water and the stock cubes), tomatoes and pasta, bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to medium and leave to simmer for 10 minutes, or until the pasta and vegetables are tender. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
Ladle the soup into the bowls, top with a spoonful of pesto (if using), and sprinkle with grated Parmesan.

Easy Minestrone Soup