Episode 3

Entrée: San Choy Bao

These turned out very well. The pork mince was very tasty and the lettuce was nice and crunchy. Certainly whet the appetite sufficiently.

Ingredients

1 tbsp oil (peanut oil if available)

2 garlic cloves, crushed

2cm piece ginger, finely grated

250g lean pork mince

1 tbsp oyster sauce (increase or decrease to taste)

1 tbsp soy sauce

3 green onions, thinly sliced

1/2 lime, juiced

1 tbsp sesame oil

1 cup beansprouts, roots trimmed

1/4 cup fresh coriander leaves, chopped

12 large butter lettuce leaves (or any crunchy salad leaves like cos or iceberg)

1/4 cup chopped roasted peanuts

Method

1. Heat wok over high heat until hot. Add peanut oil and swirl to coat. Add garlic, ginger and onions until soft. Add pork, stir-fry for 2-3 minutes or until pork changes colour.
2. Add oyster sauce and soy sauce, 2 tpsb of lime juice and sesame oil to wok,. Stir-fry for 3 minutes or until pork is cooked through. Stir in bean sprouts and coriander.
3. Spoon pork mixture into lettuce leaves. Sprinkle with peanuts.

Main: Chicken Noodle Soup

Cold, wintry night, hot, flavourful soup... ahhhh (made from MC's own recipe)



Dessert: Oatmeal Raspberry Pancakes with Berry Compote

Flippin' pancakes ain't as easy as it sounds. End product was quite delicious though. The berry compote was not too sweet and gave just the right amount of tartness to go with the fluffy pancakes.



Cooking Highlights

Stock vegetables to get a good flavour into the soup

Too many cooks?

Berry nice

First batch of pancakes... yeah, not so successful