Tofu cook with Beijing Style.

Level of difficulty: Low
Level of complicated-ness: Low
Time of preparation: +/- 15 minutes
Time of cooking: +/- 15 minutes

Ingredient:

• Half Pack of Medium firm tofu
• 1/4 Cup of all purpose flour
• 1 Egg
• 1/2 Cup of Chicken stock
• 1 Green Onion (Diced)
• 2 cm of Ginger (Diced finely)
• 1 t. sesame oil
• 1 t. cooking wine
• 1/2 t. salt

Direction:
1. Cut the Tofu accordingly, dip it into the flour, and then dip it into beaten egg, fried over medium heat, using 2 Tablespoons of cooking oil for 1 minute. Turn on the other side and add 2 tablespoon of oil, fried over 1 minute.
2. Sprinkle green onion and ginger on the top of the tofu, and then add the chicken stock, salt, and sesame oil.
3. Pierce the tofu with fork, so the liquid of chicken stock could absorb well, turn the heat low and cook till the stock reduce.

note: I'm using chicken broth from carton not the cube, if you are using the cube chicken stock, skip the salt.

Stir Fried Chicken with Dried Chili Pepper

Level of difficulty: Low
Level of complicated-ness: Medium
Time of preparation: +/- 15 minutes
Time of cooking: +/- 10 minutes


Ingredient:

• 300 gr Chicken breast meat (diced)
• 3 dried hot chili pepper (diced)
• 1 green onion (chopped)

Marinate sauce:

• 1/2 T. cooking wine
• 1 T. soy sauce
• 1 T. cor starch

Mix the chicken with the marinate sauce, marinated in the fridge for over 5-10 minutes.

Sauce:

• 1/2 T. Cooking wine
• 2 T. Soy sauce
• 2 T. Water
• 2 t. sugar
• 1 1/2 T. white vinegar
• 1 1/2 T. corn starch

1. Deep fry the chicken using 1/2 cup of cooking oil, before frying add 1 Tbsp. cooking oil in the marinated chicken, so the meat could easy separated during frying. Set aside the chicken.
2. Heat the wok, and add 1 T. oil, fry the dry chilli pepper on the low heat until fragrance, this process take around 3 minutes, add the chicken, green onion and the sauce, turn the heat to the high and quickly stir fry, remove and place it in the serving dish.

serve with steamed rice.

Glossary:
T. = Tablespoon
t. = teaspoon

*cooking wine bisa diganti dengan sherry, jangan beli rice cooking wine, itu beda dengan cooking wine.
*could add cashew for the restaurant feel, hohoho...