Get the Year of the Rooster off to a bright, prosperous start with these CNY reunion recipes that use auspicious ingredients to usher in luck, prosperity and wealth to your life.
BLACK MOSS FOR ABUNDANCE
FORTUNE CLAYPOT VEGETABLES WITH STEWED BLACK MOSS By McDonald Eng, chef instructor, At-Sunrice Global chef Academy
Serves 4
INGREDIENTS
4 tbsp vegetable oil + more for deep frying
10g sliced ginger
2 cloves garlic, chopped
100g carrots, peeled and sliced thinly
16 snow peas
8 shiitake mushrooms
20g black moss, soaked for 2min
2 tsp salt
350ml chicken stock
2 tbsp sesame oil
1 tsp ground white pepper
200g egg tofu, cut into 1cm slices
60g enoki mushrooms, stalks removed
2 tbsp cornstarch, mixed with
2 tbsp water
2 tsp fried shallots
2 sprigs coriander leaves
2 red chillies, julienned
DIRECTIONS
1 Heat 4 tbsp vegetable oil in a pot over high heat, then stir-fry the ginger and garlic until fragrant. Add the carrots, snow peas, mushrooms and black moss, and stir-fry for 30sec. Add 1 tsp salt to taste. Set aside.
2 In a claypot, combine the chicken stock, sesame oil, white pepper as well as 1 tsp salt, and bring to the boil.
3 In the meantime, deep-fry the egg tofu and enoki mushrooms for about 20sec. Transfer to the claypot along with the carrots, snow peas, mushrooms as well as black moss, and simmer for 5min.
4 Add the cornstarch mixture to the claypot, stirring constantly, to thicken the stock.
5 Garnish with the fried shallots, coriander leaves and red chillies, and serve.
FISH FOR ABUNDANCE
CANTONESE-STYLE STEAMED FISH
By McDonald Eng
Serves 4
INGREDIENTS
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