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• Smoked Chicken Caesar Salad with Polenta Croutons
  on Jun 2, 2013 in American butter Cuisine American golden loaf Medium mustard pancetta pepper poached Salad Serve Place Type Salad vegetable white
  Cooking time: More than 1 hour Cuisine: American Serves: 4 Type: Salad Ingredients 2½ cups water 1 cup instant polenta ½ cup finely grated parmesan 40g butter Sea salt & black pepper 2 anchovy fillets 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1 small garlic clov...
• Onion Bhaji
  on Jun 2, 2013 in Appetizers Bhaji coriander Eggs Flour golden Indian Onion vegetable
  Homemade onion bhajis are well worth the effort, they’re great as a starter for an Indian feast. Less than 30 mins preparation time Less than 10 mins cooking time Serves 4-6 Ingredients 2 free-range eggs 3 onions, sliced 120g/4oz plain flour 1...
• Lobster and Rice Noodle Rolls with Green Onion Oil
  on Jun 1, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia Cuisine Vietnamese green noodle noodles rice roll Rolls sauce sheets soft Vietnamese
  Cuisine: Vietnamese Serves: 4 Ingredients Rolls ¼ cup peanut oil 4 green onions, green part only, finely chopped 1 large shallot, finely chopped 2 shiitake mushrooms, finely chopped 300 gm Chinese cabbage, finely shredded 1.5 kg cooked lobster, me...
• Ginger and Beer Steamed Crab
  on Jun 1, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia blue coriander Cuisine Vietnamese Ginger green rice sauce Vietnamese white
  Cuisine: Vietnamese Serves: 6 Ingredients 4 (about 700gm each) raw blue swimmer crabs, cleaned and halved lengthways 750 ml lager 2 tbsp oyster sauce ¼ tsp sesame oil 1 clove of garlic, chopped 2 tbsp ginger, cut into julienne 4 green onions, cut...
• Vietnamese Lemon Grass Beef and Rice Noodle Salad
  on May 31, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia Cantonese cucumber Cuisine Vietnamese Malaysia Malaysian noodle noodles pepper pound rice Salad sauce Type Salad Vietnamese wedges
  Cuisine: Vietnamese Serves: 6 Type: Salad Ingredients 2 golden shallots, finely chopped 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 stalks lemon grass, finely chopped 80 ml (1/3 cup) fish sauce 450 gm beef sirloin, cut into strips 2 small red chillies, finely...
• Vietnamese Prawn and Papaya Salad
  on May 31, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia coriander cucumber Cuisine Vietnamese green roasted sauce Thai Vietnamese
  Cooking time: Less than 60 minutes Cuisine: Vietnamese Healthy options: Low carb-Low cholesterol-Low fat-Low GI-Healthy Serves: 4 Type: Easy-Salad-Seafood Ingredients 1 cup bean sprouts 1 cup green papaya (peeled and flesh julienned) 1 small cucumber...
• Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls
  on May 30, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia barbecue coriander cucumber Cuisine Vietnamese pepper pork rice roll sauce sheets soft spring vegetables Vietnamese white
  Cooking time: Less than 60 minutes Cuisine: Vietnamese Serves: 6 Ingredients 1kg pork neck ½ cup oyster sauce 1 teaspoon ground white pepper 1 teaspoon anise powder 4 pink radish, julienned 1 lebanese cucumber, skin on, seeds removed and julienned...
• Lemongrass Pork with Rice Noodles
  on May 30, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia barbecue coriander Cuisine Asian Vietnamese noodles pork pound rice sauce vegetable
  Cooking time: Less than 15 minutes Cuisine: Asian-Vietnamese Serves: 6 Type: Family-Budget-Easy Ingredients Pork 4 large cloves garlic, peeled 3 stalks lemongrass, lower 10cm only (tough layers removed), chopped 2 brown shallots, roughly chopped 1 he...
• Prawn and Green Papaya Rice Paper Rolls
  on May 29, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia Prawn
  Cooking time: Less than 15 minutes Cuisine: Asian-Vietnamese Serves: 6 Type: Family-Budget-Kids-Easy-Seafood Ingredients 2 tablespoons fish sauce, plus 2 teaspoons 2 tablespoons lime juice, plus 2 teaspoons 2 tablespoons sugar 1 (about 750g) green pa...
• Soft Rice Paper Rolls with Orawns and Pork (Gui Cuon)
  on May 29, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia chives Cuisine Vietnamese Goi Cuon noodles Nuoc Tuong Ngoc pork rice roll sheets Vietnamese
  Cooking time:  Less than 60 minutes Cuisine: Vietnamese Serves: 6 Type: Kids-Seafood-Family Ingredients 80g dried rice vermicelli noodles 18 sheets 22cm rice paper 18 cooked small peeled prawns, sliced in half 120g cooked pork neck, finely sliced...
• Homemade Fish Fingers
  on May 28, 2013 in Appetizers butter Egg Fish Fingers golden haddock homemade pepper season white
  Serve with tomato ketchup and plenty of bread and butter. Less than 30 mins preparation time 10 to 30 mins cooking time Serves 4 Ingredients 3 tbsp plain flour 1 large free-range egg, beaten 50g/1¾oz golden breadcrumbs (if not available, substitut...
• Vietnamese Chicken Rolls
  on May 28, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia coriander Cuisine Vietnamese green light Pheasant Farm poached rice sauce vegetables Vietnamese white
  Cuisine: Vietnamese Serves: 8 Ingredients 8 small bread rolls, halved 120 gm good-quality pâté such as Pheasant Farm 1 cup each (loosely packed) coriander and mint leaves ½ cup (loosely packed) Vietnamese mint leaves 2 green onions, thinly s...
• Vietnamese Chicken Salad
  on May 27, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia basil Cuisine Asian Vietnamese light Salad sauce Type Salad
  Cooking time: Less than 15 minutes Cuisine: Asian-Vietnamese Serves: 6 Type: Salad Ingredients 1 bought roast chicken, skin removed, flesh coarsely shredded 1 iceberg lettuce, shredded 250g carrots, julienned ½ cup thinly sliced red radish 2/3 cup...
• Seafood Vol Au Vents
  on May 27, 2013 in Fish and Seafood butter golden green mustard sauce Type Easy Seafood white
  Cooking time: Less than 60 minutes Serves: 2 Type: Easy-Seafood Ingredients 2/3 cup milk 30g butter 1 tablespoon plain flour 1 tablespoon lemon juice ½ teaspoon mustard 150g skinless, boneless firm white fish, cubed 4 green prawns, peeled, deveine...
• Vietnamese Grilled Beef and Noodle Salad with Lemongrass
  on May 26, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia barbecue coriander cucumber Cuisine Vietnamese Asian Lemongrass noodles pepper rice Salad sauce steak Type Salad white
  Cooking time: Less than 60 minutes Cuisine: Vietnamese-Asian Serves: 6 Type: Salad Ingredients 500-600g skirt steak or brisket 250g vermicelli rice noodles marinade 5 shallots, peeled and finely sliced 3 cloves garlic, peeled 2 sticks lemongrass, pee...
• Squid with Ginger and Garlic Sauce
  on May 24, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia butter coriander Cuisine Vietnamese Ginger pepper pound sauce season vegetable Vietnamese
  Cuisine: Vietnamese Serves: 4 Ingredients 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1kg squid, cleaned and sliced 1 tbsp fish sauce Juice of 1 fresh lime Ginger and garlic sauce 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 small knob garlic, peeled and grated 1 tsp sugar 2 tbsp fis...
• Vietnamese Chicken Coleslaw
  on May 24, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia breast Cuisine Vietnamese DRESSING green Healthy Low rice sauce Type Easy Salad Vietnamese
  Cooking time: Less than 30 minutes Cuisine: Vietnamese Healthy options: Healthy-Low fat Serves: 4 Type: Easy-Salad Ingredients 250g chicken breast fillets 3 cups finely shredded Chinese cabbage 2 carrots, peeled, julienned 2 cups snow-pea sprouts, tr...
• Grilled Eggplant Salad
  on May 23, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia coriander Cuisine Vietnamese green pepper pound Salad sauce season spring Type Salad vegetable Vietnamese
  Cuisine: Vietnamese Serves: 4 Type: Salad Ingredients 2 tbsp vegetable oil 6 long eggplants, pricked with a fork 4 shallots, unpeeled 5 garlic cloves, unpeeled 2 ong green chillies 3 spring onions (including green tops), finely sliced 3 tbsps fish sa...
• Lemongrass Chicken with Rice
  on May 23, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia coriander Cuisine Vietnamese green pepper rice sauce season thighs vegetable Vietnamese
  Cuisine: Vietnamese Serves: 6 Ingredients 500g chicken thighs, skin and bones removed 2 tbsp vegetable oil 3 cloves garlic, finely sliced 3 shallots, sliced 3 lemon grass stalks, crushed and chopped 1 green chilli, deseeded and sliced 1 red capsicum,...
• Deep Fried Ice Cream
  on May 22, 2013 in Chinese cream Cuisine Chinese Ginger golden pound roll vegetable
  Cuisine: Chinese Serves: 6 Ingredients 4 egg yolks 150 gm caster sugar Scraped seeds of 2 vanilla beans 810 ml milk 150 ml pouring cream 1 egg 150 gm (½ cup) plain flour 110 gm (1½ cups) panko crumbs For deep-frying: vegetable oil Black sesame...