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GRILLED CHICKEN THIGH WITH BALSAMIC AND ORANGE MARMALADE

TBH when i ate it idk it lacked something butttttt it was still nice and tasty. I ate this with some left over broccoli aren’t I so healthy.

INGREDIENTS (ROUGHLY):

Chicken thigh, nice big cuts because they shrink when you cook it

1tsp  Sweet Paprika powder

1 tsp  Coriander powder

1 1/2 tbsp  Sweet soy sauce

1/2 tsp  5 spice powder

3 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar

1 small lime (i used 5 calamansi)

5 chopped garlic cloves

3 tbsp Olive oil

2 tbsp sugar

BEFORE GRILLING:

Marinate the chicken thigh in the lime/calamansi (i know they say that it’s better if you keep it marinated longer buuuuut i didn’t, i just kept it there for a short while; maybe that’s why it lacks a bit of taste)

On another bowl put the following ingredients (in order) olive oil, balsamic, sweet soy sauce, sweet paprika, 5 spice, coriander, sugar chopped garlic mix mix mix mix mix

put the chicken and the newest mixed thing together and make sure the chicken is coated nice and good

Use a grilling pan and set temp on high heat (add a bit of oil)

grill the chicken when the pan starts to smoke a bit (it’s okay if some parts of the chicken turn black, it’s the sugar)

yay chicken time

IF THERE’S EXTRA SAUCE FROM THE MARINATE:

put the grilling pan on low and add the sauce (all the chicken is done)

add a tsp of corn starch to make it thicken

yay sauce

~eat veggies because it’s good for you~

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SPECIAL ASIAN VEGGIE STIR FRY SAUCE

Again, this is for me to remember what i’ve cooked.

I love this sauce with bok choi or broccoli with some garlic chips on top. Yum.

In a bowl mix: (roughly - though i don’t know i just mix them all up)

2 1/2 tpsn oyster sauce

2 1/2 tbpn sweet soy sauce

pepper

1 tspn olive oil

2 tpbs special stir fry sauce or hoi sin sauce

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Buttered Garlic Prawns

I’m not even going to mind my wording, grammar, and flow of what i’m writing. I just type what i think i remember, and post to remember.

Ingredients: (roughly)

Olive oil

A bag of prawns

6 tbs of butter (OR MORE)

chilli flakes (optional)

1 medium onion chopped

1 medium garlic chopped

half a cube of prawn seasoning

2 tbs sweet soy sauce 

oyster soy sauce (add after sweet soy to balance)

pepper

~COOKING TIME~

Place pan on high heat

Grease pan with a bit of olive oil then place the butter. Wait for the butter to bubble. 

Onion then garlic. wait for the garlic to turn brown or when you can smell how strong they combination are together. Smells really good.

Place the prawns and mix mix mix, then let it settle for a bit (don’t mix it that much beCAUSE HOW WILL IT COOK?)

Put pepper and chilli flakes. Basically the amount of intensity you want (I like mine INTENSE) then add the cube of prawn seasoning.

Mix some more, and when you THINK it’s cooked (prawns are slightly pink) add the sweet soy sauce. 

Taste it, if you think it’s too sweet add some oyster sauce to balance it out.

Cook for a few more minutes, the sauce would have been gone but while you continue mixing it would make the prawns more flavourful (think stir-fry).

Serve and devour.

Yum.