Category: 工具及廚具 (Utensils and Kitchen Equipments)

Posted in 其他西餐 (Other Western cuisine), 強力及高速攪拌器 (High Speed/Powerful Blender), 抽真空機 (Vacuum Sealer), 低溫慢煮機 (Sous Vide cooker)

低溫慢煮豬仔脾配蘋果醬汁 (Apple-Braised Pork Shank – Sous vide method)

Posted on by 傑西

 

本以為這個寫好了的食譜不能出版，因為作者從馬來西亞回來後，在島內的超市沒有了豬仔脾，幸好前兩天返貨，這個食譜才得以出版。作者不清楚馬來西亞有沒有這種食材，所以本打算在離港前再看看，沒有這食材的話，就刪除這個食譜。

This recipe I have written before travel to Malaysia, however, when I back to Hong Kong, I can’t find any stock at supermarket in the island, I’m so disappointed, I wanna delete this recipe too.  Luckily, it have been restocked again these 2 days, so I can, finally, publish this recipe now.

 

最近作者所住的島內唯一超市發現新產品 – 豬仔脾，價錢又平，作者興奮到不得已，買回來後，用低溫慢煮做了一道菜式，簡單地配上薯蓉及烤西蘭花，已經係一道高級菜式了。在這篇中，作者只分享豬仔脾及醬汁的做法，其他簡單的配菜，我想不用再分享了。

Recently, I’m really happy that I’ve found a new product in the supermarket that I’m living, so I bought it back and cooked it using sous vide, served it with mashed potato and roasted broccoli.  Here, in this recipe, I will just only share the pork shank and sauce cooking.

 

我們做這個醬汁，需要大量蘋果汁，但作者不建議買來現成的，因為加工過，有其他化學物質，那麼是很不健康的，所以我們先來做個蘋果汁，讀者可以用慢磨機，這比較方便，如果用攪拌機，就得好像作者一樣，先過濾果渣，我們只需要蘋果汁。

For the apple sauce, we need apple juice, but I’m not recommend you to buy packed one since it is so many substitutes, better make fresh apple juice by your own.  If you have  juicer machine, it’s more convenient, because we just need the juice only; but if only have a blender, please use sieve to sift the juice out.

 

 

材料  (Ingredients)：

 

豬仔脾 (Pork Shank) – 4隻

 

蒜頭 (Garlic)  – 4瓣

 

蘋果汁 (Apple Juice) – 400ml

 

蘋果醋 /紅酒醋/白酒醋 (Apple cider vinegar/Red Wine vinegar/White) – 200ml

 

芥末醬 (Dijon Mustard) – 150g

 

原糖 (Cane sugar) – 100g

 

鹽 (salt)

 

油 (Oil)

 

黑胡椒 (Black pepper)

 

新鮮百里香 (Fresh Thyme) – 8支 (無新鮮可用乾的 – If you don’t have fresh, dried one also OK)

 

 

做法 (Method) ：

 

1. 預熱慢煮器到70度
Preheat your sous vide cooker to 70 degree Celsius

 

2. 豬仔脾先用鹽及黑胡椒調味
Seasoning pork shank with salt and pepper

 

3. 準備平底鍋，開大火，下油，把豬仔脾煎四邊至金黃色，盛起，備用
Prepare a sauce pan, add some oil, and sear the pork shanks until brown, then remove it and set aside

 

4. 先把蘋果打成蘋果汁
Blend your apple into apple juice

 

5. 把蘋果蓉隔開，只用蘋果汁 (如果讀者用慢磨榨汁機，這步驟就可以省卻）
Use a sieve to sift out the apple pulp, remain the apple juice only (If you are using pure juicer, you can skip this step)

 

6. 同一個鍋，加入蒜頭、蘋果醋、芥末醬及糖，用中火煮至醬汁收成杰醬，放涼一會
Use the same pan, add garlic, apple juice, apple cider vinegar, Dijon mustard and cane sugar and cook it under medium fire until becomes a thick sauce even glaze.  Let it cool down a bit

 

7. 準備真空袋，把豬仔脾，醬汁及百里香放入袋內並進行真空封密，然後放入慢煮器，進入24小時慢煮
Prepare a sous vide bag, put in pork shanks, sauce and thyme (If you are using dried one, better seasoning it first before put into the bag), then let it start cooking for 24 hours

 

8. 翌日取出後，準備小鍋，先倒出醬汁，把醬汁用中火再煮回杰醬
Next day, prepare a small pot, pour out the sauce after cooked, then cook the sauce again until thicken

 

9. 豬仔脾上碟後，把醬汁淋上就完成。
Served the pork shank and glaze the thick sauce in, finished.

 

食譜來源 ： https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/hearty-apple-braised-pork-shank

 

 

溫馨小貼士 ： 這個醬汁，亦可作為燒烤醬，作者試過用來烤豬肋骨，相比用BBQ醬無咁膩，酸酸甜甜好胃很多。
Tips : This sauce also can be replaced as BBQ sauce, it’s more healthy and more delicious.

 

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Posted in 泰國菜 (Thai Cuisine), 低溫慢煮機 (Sous Vide cooker)

簡單冬蔭豬頸肉湯米粉 (Simple Tom Yum Soup Rice Noodle with pork jowl / Tom Yum Kut Teh)

Posted on by 傑西

 

這個應該是作者在香港生活的最後一個食譜吧。 待作者在大馬生活穩定後，一定再為大家分享多些不同的食譜。

I think this is the last recipe I am sharing while living in Hong Kong.  I will share more special recipes later when I’m settled down in Malaysia.

 

作者一向認識的冬蔭湯也是用蝦及草菇煮成，所以我但在香港大多說冬蔭功，當中的「功」在泰文是 goong, 是蝦的意思, 一般只會說冬蔭。 但在泰國卻是很多配搭，可以是豬肉、雞肉或牛肉，亦有很多其他冬蔭做法，而主要材料也是香茅、南薑、檸檬葉、魚露、辣椒、青檸汁。至於冬蔭醬，其實當地人比較少用，他們主要用新鮮香料再加入一種辣椒醬，所以看上去是清湯的； 但在世界其他地方，冬蔭湯主要味道來源是冬蔭醬，因為味道比較濃及方便。

As I know like most of the people, Tom Yum only added shrimp and mushroom, we called tom yum goong, but the word “goong” means shrimp, so we should call tom yum only.  Actually, you can find Tom Yam with meats as well in Thailand household and variety kind of tom yum too.  The main ingredients for Tom Yum are lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, Chilli, fish sauce and lime juice, therefore, they are mostly clear broth instead red one.  Tom Yum paste only widely use outside Thailand, because it enhance flavour and more convenient.

 

作者所住的小島上，很多泰國人聚居，不時也有泰國人在島上開小餐館，因此認識了比較家庭式的冬蔭食法，不太似我們在城市裏的餐廳味道，但感覺很地道，配搭肉類也是不錯的。

In the island that I’m living, there are many Thai people living here too, sometimes they will open a small restaurant to serve localized Thai cuisine, some dishes are not famous in popular Thai restaurant, it’s not home cook style one, so I learn this from them too.

 

最近作者所住的小島又有泰國人開了新食品店，店主是泰國人，親自回泰國入貨的，所以介紹了一款冬蔭醬，她指餐廳也是用這個品牌; 當作者試過後，真的很不同，以前從超市買回來的冬蔭醬，只有鹹味，用一包也沒有冬蔭那種酸辣的味道，然而用了這個品牌，只需要2湯匙已經足夠一鍋2-3人份量的冬蔭湯底味道了。

Recently, there’s a Thai grocery store opened in the island, it’s also operated by Thai people and import goods themselves directly from Thailand.  She introduced a brand of Tom Yam paste for me which also widely used in Thai restaurants too.  After I tried, it’s really unbelievable taste too, compared with previously bought from supermarket, it’s only taste salty but without hot, spicy and sour character that Tom Yam should be, but this only use 2 tablespoons which enough flavour to serve 2-3 pax of soup.

 

這次真的簡單版，作者也只是買來超市預醃的泰式豬頸肉吧了，但用了低溫慢煮方法，肉質比較鬆軟。

This is very very simple recipe that I also bought a pre seasoned meat from supermarket, but using sous vide method that meats are tender and juicy.

 

材料 (Ingredients) ：

 

泰式豬頸肉 (Thai style pork jowl) – 1包 (1 pack)

 

冬蔭醬 (Tom Yam paste) – 2湯匙 (2 tablespoons)

 

冬蔭香料包 (Tom Yam herbs pack) – 1包 (1 pack)

 

蝦皮/蝦殼 (Shrimp shells) – 8-10 隻 (8-10 pieces)

 

雞湯 (Chicken stock) – 1公升 (1 Liter) [做法參考 ： http://mykitchen.jessieshare.com/?cat=98]

 

番茄 (Tomato) – 1-2個 (1-2 pcs)

 

魚露 (fish sauce) – 適量 (as taste)

 

青檸汁 (Lime jucie) – 適量 (as taste)

 

菜油 (Vegetable oil) – 少許 (little)

 

椰奶/淡奶 (coconut milk / evaporated milk) – 適量 (as taste)

 

泰國米粉 (Thai Rice noodle)

 

草菇/蠔菇 (straw mushroom / oyster mushroom)

 

芫茜 (Coriander) – 適量 (for garnish)

 

 

 

做法  (Method)：

 

1. 先預熱低溫慢煮器為68度
Preheat your sous vide circulator at 68 degree celsius

 

2. 把豬頸肉放入真空袋並開始煮2.5小時
Put the meat into vacuum bag and start cooking for 2.5 hours

 

3. 香茅扁切斷、紅蔥頭切片、南薑切片 (如喜歡比較辣，可以把辣椒切段)
cut lemongrass into 2cm pieces, shallots and Galangal cut into small pieces (If you wanna more spicy, you can also add some chilli pieces too)

 

4. 準備一個鍋，下油，放入香茅、紅蔥頭、南薑炒香
Prepare a pot, add some oil, put lemongrass, shallots and Galangal, stir fry a while

 

 

5. 加入蝦殼再炒香
Add shrimp shells and stir fry until fragrance

 

6. 再加入番茄及冬蔭醬，再炒至冬蔭醬出味
Add tomato and tom yum paste, and stir fry again

 

7. 入雞湯，並把檸檬葉用手撕碎與草菇一起放入湯內, 煮10分鐘，先關火
Add chicken stock, kaffir lime leaves and mushroom into the pot and let it boil for 10 minutes and set aside

 

8. 米粉先用水浸軟，備用
Soak the rice noodle into a water until soft and set aside

 

9. 回到豬頸肉，把煮好的豬頸肉汁倒回冬蔭湯內
Back to the meat, pour the excess sauce into the pot

 

10. 豬頸肉用焗爐或火槍或平底鍋，煎至表面少許焦就可以了
Either sear the meat in the sauce pan or use blow touch to seal the surface until brown

 

11. 放涼一點後切片備用
After cool down, cut into small pieces

 

12. 再次煲滾冬蔭湯後，關火，加入魚露及青檸汁, 最後加入椰奶, 伴勻，試味，就可以了
Back to tom yum soup, boil it again, add fish sauce, lime juice and coconut milk, mix it well and taste it

 

13. 米粉煮5分鐘就可以了。
Boil a pot of water, and cook the rice noodle for 5 minutes

 

14. 準備好碗，放入米粉，把豬頸肉放上層
Prepare a bowl, put the rice noodle in and put the meat on the top

 

15. 小心地倒入冬蔭湯底，加入芫茜就完成了。
Pour the tom yum soup in and garnish with coriander, finished.

 

 

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Posted in 磨粉機 (Grinder), 醬汁 (Sauce), 風乾機 (dehydrator), 小食 (Snacks)

[原創食譜 Original Recipe] 咖喱雞味薯片/爆谷/shake shake薯條 (Curry Chicken flavour potato chips/popcorn/French fries)

Posted on by 傑西

 

咖喱味薯片相信很多人也吃過，但咖喱雞味又多了些肉香味，又是另一番風味。清楚作者作風的人都知道，作者是不喜歡浪費的，今次是前兩天煮馬來西亞咖喱雞，剩下了少量咖喱雞汁，於是作者把汁過慮後，加入生粉水，煮成一個濃汁，風乾後磨成粉，就可以用於不同的小食，一款口味，多款小食。

I think many people tried curry potato chips, but curry chicken flavour will more fragrance.  Therefore, I don’t want to waste any leftover food, so I tried to make flavouring powder myself by using leftover curry chicken sauce.  This is just use sieve to sift the food, then let the sauce thicken, dehydrated it and grind it into powder, but this is a healthy flavouring snack as well.

 

薯片製作 (Potato Chips making) ： http://mykitchen.jessieshare.com/?p=293

 

爆谷製作 (Popcorn making) ：

把粟米乾放入爆谷機，開機後等待爆谷出來。
Just put the dried corn into popcorn maker, wait and let it pop out.

 

 

做法  (Flavouring making method)：

 

1. 準備一個小鍋，先用篩過慮出咖喱雞汁
Prepare a small pot, use a sieve to sift out the leftover food and reserve the sauce only

 

2. 開中火把咖喱雞汁煮滾
Open medium file, boil back the curry chicken sauce

 

3. 把生粉水或粟粉水少量少量地加入咖喱雞汁內並不停攪拌, 煮至咖喱雞汁成為一個濃汁
Use any kind of starch to cook the sauce until thicken

 

4. 準備風乾機層架，把煮食紙四邊摺成一個小盒子，以防止咖喱汁溢出
Prepare the dehydrator tray, cover with baking paper, and better fold up edges a bit to avoid overflow

 

5. 風乾後磨成粉就可以了。
After finished dehydrated, then grind it into powder

 

6. 在爆谷上倒入少量菜油，加入咖喱雞粉及少量鹽，伴勻就可以享用了。
Glaze some vegetable oil into popcorn, then add the curry chicken powder and little bit salt, mix it well and enjoy.

 

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Posted in 雞類 (chicken), 越南菜 (Vietnamese Cuisine), 低溫慢煮機 (Sous Vide cooker)

[原創食譜 Original Recipe] 越式雞肉河粉 – 低溫慢煮版 (Vietnamese Chicken Pho/Pho Ga – Sous vide version)

Posted on by 傑西

 

繼越式生牛河後，作者來個比較簡單的越式雞肉河粉，香料及做法也是一樣，但煮湯的時間短很多，適合假日或週末休閒地做著。

Chicken Pho/Pho Ga is much easier than Beef pho, using same spices and same cooking method, but it’s only take 2.5 hours, it’s good to make it during weekend.

 

材料 (Ingredients):

 

雞湯底 (Vietnamese chicken stock)  ：

 

全雞 (Whole chicken) – 1隻 (1 whole)

洋蔥 (onion) – 1個 (1 pc)

薑  (ginger) – 1件 (1 pc)

芫茜 (coriander) – 1-2條 (1-2 strigs)

茴香籽 (Fennel seeds) – 3湯匙 (3 tablespoons)

芫茜籽 (Coriander seeds) – 3湯匙 (3 tablespoons)

草果 (Black Cardamon) – 2個 (2 pcs)

桂皮 (Cinnamon) – 4片 (4 pcs)

八角 (Star Anise) – 5個 (5 pcs)

熱水 (Boiled water) – 1500ml

冰糖 (rock sugar) – 10-15g

魚露 (fish sauce) – 4湯匙 (4 tablespoons)

 

湯河材料 (Vietnamese noodle ingredients) [份量隨個人喜好 –  potions depends on personal preference]

 

越南河粉/金邊粉 (Vietnamese noodles)

雞肉 (chicken meat)

芽菜 (bean spouts)

洋蔥 (Onion)

金不換 (Thai basil)

薄荷葉 (Mints)

蔥 (spring onion)

芫茜 (Coriander)

辣椒 (Chilli)

鵝芥 (Culantro/Thai Coriander)

青檸 (Lime)

 

做法 (Method) ：

 

1. 先準備湯底材料 ：洗淨雞後，先用鹽擦勻全雞的內外，備用
Prepare chicken stock first : wash the chicken, then use sea salt to massage the whole chicken, set aside

 

2. 湯底香料先用平底鍋，不用下油，炒至所有香料出味，放涼後，放入一個茶袋，備用
Use a sauce pan, put all the spices into it and stir it until smell fragrance, then let it cool down a bit and put all the spices in a tea bag, set aside

 

3. 洋蔥及薑再平底鍋煎至焦香，如果讀者用明火，可以把直接放在爐上燒至焦香就可以了
Use the same sauce pan, roast the onion and ginger until brown; if you are using open fire, you can put the the whole onion and ginger directly into the fire and grill until brown

 

4. 預熱低溫慢煮器至75度
Preheat your sous vide cooker for 75 degree celsius

 

5. 準備好低溫慢煮袋，把之前所有準備好的湯底材料放入袋內，倒入熱水，小心地用anylock鎖好，再用真空機封口
Prepare a large thick layer sous vide bag, put all the ingredients in, pour in warm water, secure the bag using anylock, then seal it well

 

6. 到75度後，放入湯袋，開始慢煮2.5小時
When the water reach 70 degree Celsius, put the bag in and start cooking for 2.5 hours

 

7. 把河粉用水浸至軟身
soak the dry noodle until soften

 

8. 芽菜摘走根部，浸水備用
Take off the root of bean spouts, soak in water and set aside

 

9. 洋蔥切薄片，浸水，備用
slice the onion into thin slice, and soak into water, set aside

 

10. 芫茜、蔥及辣椒切碎，備用
chop the coriander, spring onion and chilli, set aside

 

11. 回到湯底，煮好後，準備一個湯鍋，先把湯小心地倒出，湯料用另一個大碗盛著, 慢慢地分出最上層的肥油
Back to the stock, carefully pour out the stock into a pot, then put the ingredients into a bowl, trim off the fat on the top layer

 

12. 把全雞浸凍水一會，然後用手撕開雞肉或切成雞件
Soak the chicken in cold water for a while, then shred the chicken meat using hand or cut into pieces

 

13. 先滾起湯底，加入芫茜、魚露及冰糖攪拌至冰糖溶化，試味後保溫備用
Take the stock boiling again, add coriander, fish sauce and rock sugar, mix well and taste it, then keep the stock warm

 

14. 用滾水煮好河粉，放入碗內
On the other hand, use another pot to cook the noodle until soft, then put it into a bowl

 

15. 用同一鍋水，灼芽菜，放在河粉上
Use the same pot and cook the bean spouts for a short while, then put at the top of the noodle

 

16. 再放上雞肉
Put in shredded chicken meat

 

17. 洋蔥及辣椒也放上
Then put the onion slices and chilli as well

 

18. 小心地倒入雞湯
And pour in the chicken stock

 

19. 最後放上金不換、薄荷葉、蔥、芫茜及鵝芥就完成了。
Finally, put the thai basil, mints, spring onion, coriander and culantro for garish, finished.

 

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Posted in 磨粉機 (Grinder), 風乾機 (dehydrator), 基本材料 (Basic Ingredients), 湯底 (Stock)

[原創食譜 Original Recipe] 自家製健康雞粉 (Homemade Chicken Bouilion Powder)

Posted on by 傑西

 

雞粉 – 在香港人的生活中已成為廚房的必須品，可是我們在市面上買到的雞粉，其實只是味精的代名詞，當中可以說是沒有真正雞的成份，所有也是配製的產物，所以食用後對健康不好。雖然作者在網絡上也看到不少分享雞粉的做法，但依作者所見，大部份也只是用雞胸焗爐烤好，加入其他乾配料，就磨粉，或者是煮湯後過濾，雪凍，風乾再磨粉，所以沒有保留太多營養，然而作者這個方法卻最不浪費又保留所有營養的做法，值得大家去參考。

Chicken Bouilion Powder is the most usual powder in Chinese kitchen, unfortunately, the one we bought in market, is not made from real food, it’s just a MSG, it’s bad for our health.  However, I also found some blogs that sharing how to make real chicken powder, but as my understand, they are just using chicken breast and put it into the oven and add some other dry ingredients, then blend it into powder, or some just cook the soup, then filter the ingredients, put it into refrigerator, dehydrate and blend into powder, but this is not remain too much nutrition.  I’m swear that my own method is the most waste-less and remain the most nutrition for the powder, it’s worth to get reference for you.

 

大家都知道，作者是個不喜歡浪費的人，可是每次做完烤雞後，雞殼也會用來做湯底，煮完後整個雞殻最後也是送到垃圾桶去，而煮剩下的蔬菜卻又要迫自己吃，老實說，煮完後的蔬菜味道及質感也不好吧；所以作者想了又想，如何可以一點也不浪費而又可以保存作日後之用；幸好作者在2016年生日的時候，愛人以1.5折買來二手強力攪拌機，所以作者用這機器著手，在網上找到可以強力得把雞骨也粉身碎骨，這消息真好，作者嘗試做過成功後，在這裏分享給大家，希望對大家有用處吧。

Well, as you all know, I hate wasting food, but everytime I made roast chicken, although I still keep the chicken bone for cooking stock, however, after cooked stock, the whole bone still throw away to trash and I have to ate all excess veggies, honestly, it’s really not taste good, therefore, I try to think another way to save all the food and store it for later use; I’m lucky that my beloved one bought me a 2nd hand vitamix blender in the 95% off on my birthday last year, so I tried to search on the internet see whether this blender can help me to blend chicken bone, finally, it’s good news for me, so I tried once and successfully made what I’m imagined, so now I wanna share this method to you.

 

由於雞粉只是中國人的東西，所以今次在煮雞湯的材料會加入中式材料。

Well, chicken bouilion powder mostly use in Chinese dishes, so we have to add some Chinese ingredients on it.

 

材料 (Ingredients) ：

 

雞殻  (Chicken bone) – 1個 (1 whole)

冬菇水 (Mushroom water) – 200ml (讀者可以用真冬菇代替, 太約2-3隻就可以了) or you can use real mushroom, 2-3 pcs is enough

金華火腿 (Chinese cured ham) – 50g

薑 (ginger) – 2片 (2 slices)

蔥 /大蔥 (green onion or leek) – 1 條 (1 pc)

蒜頭 (garlic) – 2瓣 (2 cloves)

芫茜 (cilantro/coriander) – 2條 (2 pcs)

洋蔥 /紅蔥頭 (onion / shallot)- 1個 (1 whole) （如果用紅蔥頭，就要2-4個) if you use shallot, use 2-4 pcs

紅蘿蔔 (carrots) – 1個 (1 pc)

西芹/香芹 (celery / wild celery) – 2條 (2 pcs)

水 (water) – 800ml

 

 

做法 (Method) ：

 

1. 準備一個大鍋，把所有材料放入鍋內，水量蓋過材料就可以了
Prepare a big pot, add all the ingredients and fill water over all the ingredients

 

2. 待水滾後，轉細火，煮1小時
boil it until bubbling, turn to small fire and lid on, cook for 1 hour

 

3. 煮好後先看看水量，如果水量只剩下1/3就可以了，如果湯水過多，可以用另一個器皿留下，待涼後用冰格存放在冰箱內，或可以用大火再煮至收湯，那麼湯水會更加濃郁芳香
When cooked, check the water level, better just remain 1/3 otherwise it’s too watery when blending, you can either take out some excess stock, let it cool and frozen it or you can turn the heat on, and let it cook on high heat until water evaporated until 1/3, it will more delicious.

 

4. 把所有材料連湯水放入強力攪拌機內，由慢速到快速，打至一個濃醬就可以了
Put all the ingredients and soup into blender, blend it from low to high until it’s becomes a paste form

 

5. 然後在風乾機盤上放上烘焙紙，把濃醬倒上，慢慢地分佈滿薄薄一層
Prepare some baking paper on the dehydrator tray, pour the paste into the tray and spread it into thin layer

 

6. 風乾後是脆的，小心地放入磨粉機磨成幼粉，
Dehyrated it until all dry out, it’s depends on your dehydrator settings, after dry, then you can grind it into fine powder.

 

7. 把磨好的粉過篩，這個步驟很重要，不然就會一舊舊了。
After grinded, use the sieve to sift the fine powder, this is the very important step, otherwise the powder will stick together.

 

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