House Special Alaskan King Crab Legs

This dish is a speciality in almost all the Chinese restaurants here. The other day I found some Alaskan King Crab legs on sale and I bought it and kept in the freezer. Since today is Father's day it seemed to be the best reason for me to cook this house special dish, my style.

Ingredients

1 lb Alaskan King Crab legs defrosted
1 shallot, chopped finely
1" ginger chopped finely
3 cloves of garlic, chopped finely
1 green chilly sliced thinly
some green scallions, cut into 2" pieces
1 tablespoon cooking oil

 for the sauce. mix together

1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
1/2 teaspoon of soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon crushed black pepper
1/2 teaspoon curry powder
3 tablespoons of water

slurry to thicken the gravy

1 teaspoon corn starch, mixed with 1 tablespoon of water.

Directions

1.  Wash the crab legs and cut them into 2" pieces. 
3.  In a wok heat the cooking oil on medium high heat. When the oil is hot add the finely 
     chopped garlic, ginger and shallots and stir fry until it is aromatic. Add the sliced green 
     chilly and give it a stir.
3.  At this stage add the crab leg pieces and stir well.
4. Add the sauce mix, stir well and cover the wok. Let the sauce come to a boil and reduce 
    slightly.
5. When the sauce has reduced, pour in the corn starch slurry and mix well. When the sauce 
     thickens, add the scallions and stir it well.
6. Dish up and serve with hot steamed rice.

Simple Salmon Fried Rice

I saw this recipe from Nami of Just One cookbook one morning. This is such a simple and easy recipe with the ingredients just within reach but the taste is out of this wold. Simple but yet so tasty. I fixed the kids lunch in a jiffy. Thank you so much Nami, you recipe helped me a make a quick and delicious and also healthy lunch for my kids. I tweaked the recipe a little based on what I had in my refrigerator.

Ingredients 

some left over teriyaki Salmon, cut into medium sized cubes
2 cups day-old cooked rice (I used the Korean medium grain rice)
1 green onion, chopped
1 red chilly, sliced thinly
1 tsp soy sauce
1/4 tsp salt or to taste
1/4 tsp white pepper powder
2 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoon vegetable oil.

Directions

1. In a hot pan, heat 1 tablespoon of cooking oil. Pour the beaten eggs into the hot oil and quickly scramble the eggs. Transfer the eggs to a bowl.
2. In the same pan, heat the remaining oil and fry the chopped green onions and red chilly.
3. Once the green onions and chilly are slightly wilted and aromatic, add in the teriyaki salmon and stir well.
4. Next add in the cold rice and scrambled eggs, salt, white pepper powder and soy sauce and mix well. Stir fry the rice until all the ingredients are well mixed.
5. Dish the fried rice and serve.