Hainanese Chicken

Ingredients:


Chicken:

• 1 whole Chicken, about 3 pounds
• 1 tsp. Salt
• 2 cloves Garlic peeled
• 4 slices Fresh ginger, peeled
• 4 pieces Scallion trimmed
• 12 cups  Water
• 2 tbsp. Sesame oil
• Sliced Tomato (garnish)
• Sliced Cucumber (garnish)
• Cilantro sprigs (garnish)
• Chicken Rice:
• 2 cups  Long –grain rice
• 2 tbsp. Peanut oil
• 5 pcs. Shallot, peeled and minced
• 5 cloves Garlic, minced
• 3-½ cups Reserved stock from Hainanese chicken
• ½ tsp. Salt

Procedure:

1. Wash chicken and remove excess fat. Rub the inside of the cavity with salt. Smash garlic, ginger and scallions inside the chicken cavity.
2. Bring the water to a boil in a pot large enough to hold the chicken. Add the chicken,  breast side down. Simmer, covered, 30-40 minutes, turning chicken halfway through the cooking process, until chicken tests done (juices from thigh should run clear when pricked with a fork).
3. Carefully remove chicken, draining liquid from body cavity back into the pot.
4. Reserve the stock to make chicken rice. Plunge the chicken into ice water for 5 minutes to stop the cooking process and tighten the skin. Drain, rub with sesame oil, and let cool to room temperature.
5. To serve, chop chicken into bite-size (the Chinese do this bone and all) and arrange on a platter. Garnish with sliced tomatoes, cucumbers and cilantro sprigs.
6. To make the chicken rice and drain into colander. Let stand ½ hour to dry.
7. Heat oil in a wok. Add the shallots and garlic. Stir-fry until fragrant. Add rice grains and stir-fry 3-4 minutes, until glossy and fragrant.
8. Transfer to a sauce pan. Add the chicken broth and salt. Bring to a boil over high heat and boil until the liquid level evaporates to the level of the rice and steam holes appear. Turn heat to low. Cover and simmer 40 minutes. Serve with Hainanese chicken.
9. Serve with Chili Sauce.

Magic Steamed Tofu with Shrimp Mousse

Ingredients:

• 300 grms. shrimp, shelled
• 1 tspn. chopped cilantro
• ½ cup water chestnuts
• 2 eggs
• 2 tspn. sesame oil
• 2 tbspn. cornstarch
• 1 tbspn. rice wine
• 1 8g sachet MAGGI MAGIC SARAP
• 3 blocks soft tofu, each block sliced into 5

Procedure:

1. Combine shrimps with MAGGI MAGIC SARAP in a food processor. Process ingredients until finely chopped.
2. Scoop out a small hole at center of each tofu slice but not all the way through. Fill with about 2 tspns. shrimp mousse. Transfer onto a dish that will fit the steamer and steam for 10-15 minutes.
3. Drain excess water from the dish and pour sauce over steamed tofu.
4. Sprinkle with chopped onions before serving.

To make sauce, combine following in small bowl until sugar dissolves:

1. 1 tbspn. soy sauce
2. 4 tbspn. water
3. 1½ tbspn. brown sugar
4. ½ tspn. sesame oil

Sweet Chili Wings

Good for 4-6 servings and perfect as pulutan together with your barkadas!

Ingredients:

• 500 grams Chicken wings
• 3 cups Oil for deep frying
• 1 pc. White onion diced

Marination:

• 1 tsp. Salt
• Dash of Sesame oil and pepper
• 1 tbsp corn flour

Sauce:

• 3 tbsp. chili sauce
• 1 tbsp. tomato sauce
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• 2 tbsp. water

Procedure:

1. Mix chicken wing with marinade and marinate for 30 minutes, deep frying hot oil until golden brown dish and drain.
2. Heat up 1 tablespoon oil and sauté onion until fragrant, add in sauce and bring to boil until thick. Add in fried chicken wings and mix well. Dish up and serve.

Magic Cheesy Chicken Rice Casserole

Recipe by Maggi

Ingredients:

• 2 cups rice
• 1 can diced tomatoes
• 1 cup cooked and cubed chicken breast
• 1 cup chopped onions
• 2 tbspn. chopped garlic
• ½ cup unsalted butter
• 3 8g sachets MAGGI MAGIC SARAP
• ½ tspn. pepper
• 4½ cups water
• ¾ cup grated Cheddar cheese

Procedure:

1. Combine first 9 ingredients in rice cooker. Cook until rice grains are tender, mixing occasionally.
2. Add cheese during the last 5 minutes and stir well.

Bistek Panini

According to Chef, this dish is one of Princess Diana's favorite.

Try one at home and feel like royalty!

Ingredients:

• 300 grams Tenderloin beef
• 1 pc. White onion
• 2 tbsp. Soy sauce
• 2 tbsp. Calamansi juice
• 1 pc. Egg
• 50 grams Corn starch
• 1 tsp. Salt
• 1 tsp. Crushed black peppercorn
• 1 pc. French bread Baguettes
• 100 grams Coleslaw

Procedure:

1. Flatten the tenderloin steak. Season with salt and marinate in soy sauce, calamansi juice.
2. Pan-grilled the steak as per guest desire the doneness of the Bistek beef. Set aside.
3. Cut into ring white onion, season with salt, then dredge into corn starch, wash into beaten egg, then deep fried until crispy. Set aside.
4. Cut into half French bread then fill with bistek beef. Place it on Panini for 10 Minutes.
5. Place on dinner plate, siding with coleslaw and onion ring.

Southern Chicken Wonder

You can do this together with kids and make most of your time

with them. Eating at the same time....Bonding!

Ingredients:

• 2 whole chicken legs, cut into serving pieces
• 1 egg
• ½ tsp. salt
• 1 tbsp. corn flour
• 1 tbsp. plain flour

For sauce:

• 4 tbsp. mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp. tomato sauce
• 2 tbsp. chili sauce
• 1 tsp. sugar
• 1 tsp. lime juice

Procedure:

1. Combine chicken with marinade and marinate for 30 minutes.
2. Deep fry in hot oil until golden brown.
3. Heat up 1 tbsp. oil. Put in sauce and chicken and stir fry until well mixed.
4. Dish up and serve.

Magic Crunchy Calamares

Recipe by Maggi

Ingredients:

• One half kg squid, cleaned and cut into rings
• 3 pieces calamansi, juiced
• 1 8g sachet MAGGI MAGIC SARAP
• One half cup all purpose flour
• oil for frying

Procedure:

1. Marinate squid rings in calamansi juice and MAGGI MAGIC SARAP for 5 minutes. Dredge in flour and deep fry in hot oil.

Garlic Dip:

• Combine the following:
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp freshly-squeezed lemon juice
• 1 8g sachet MAGGI MAGIC SARAP
• One half tsp white pepper

Fresh Tomato Sauce:


Ingredients:

• One fourth cup olive oil
• One fourth cup chopped onions
• 2 tbsp chopped garlic
• 1 cup chopped tomatoes, seeds removed
• 1 tbsp flat-leaf parsley
• One third cup water
• 1 8g sachet MAGGI MAGIC SARAP
• 2 tsp white sugar
• 2 tbsp olive oil

Procedure:

1. In a saucepan, heat olive oil. Saute onions, garlic and tomatoes until tomatoes are soft. Add parsley, water, MAGGI MAGIC SARAP and sugar. Simmer for 5 minutes.
2. Transfer into a blender and puree until smooth. Add olive oil and mix well.