Memorial Day BBQ...

, nSo it was memorial day and of course we needed to do a bbq to bring in the summer.

We were blessed with a gorgeous day and wonderful people.

Of course we had a big menu and was so excited to go shopping and prepare the food. This gave us a peek of what it would be like if we started a catering company. We had a party of around 25 people and started the night before. The menu was: Glazed bbq wings, mini burgers, corn salad, and orzo salad.

We started out with marinating the wings the night before and here are the ingredients:soy sauce, sweet soy, honey, sriracha, rice wine, sesame oil, and garlic. Mixed it all up in the wings an

d stick it in the fridge overnight.

The next day we started out around 1pm to prepare the rest of the food. My sister, Annie was a little nervous on the time, wondering

if we were able to prepare and have the food ready by 6pm

for 25 people.

But the Ng team were

determined to make it happen and rolled up our sleeves and got down and dirty. First we prepare the mini burgers. We mixed beef and pork with onions, portabella mushrooms and a few dry spices. Then we took the wings out of the fridge and roasted them in the oven. Next we worked on the salads. The corn salad is our signature dish and I feel like we may have posted about it before but I included a picture of it anyway. I created the orzo salad as another veggie option for our fellow vegetarians. It consist of orzo, olives, pim

ento peppers, walnuts, parsley, and balsamic vinegar. Most of the ingredients are raw so it's a good dish for people who are into raw foods.

After the salads were done, we grilled the mini burgers and wings and it all turned out to be a beautiful spread!

So in the end we finished on time.....even with a little extra time to make ourselves pretty for our guests ;0)

Steamed Chicken with Bitter Melon and Jujube

Our family loves Bitter Melon with Chicken stir fried with black bean garlic sauce.

I decided to do something different this time, I've added jujube ( red dates) and steamed instead of stir fry.

Ingredients:

1 lb - chicken drums + wings

1- bitter melon

Handful - jujube -red dates

garlic

ginger

scallion

Marinade: 

soy sauce

black bean sauce ( LKK )

cooking rice wine

cornstarch

sugar

white pepper

water

* mix marinade together, taste to your liking then add to chicken

Put all ingredients together, mix well.

Marinate for an 1-2 hours or overnight.

When ready, steam for 30-40 minutes.

Steaming was a very good idea. All the flavors came together really well.

 Can you see the delicious sauce!

Ginger and Egg Fried Rice

Have any leftover rice in the fridge?

Here is a very simple way to bring it back to life.

This is one of my favorites with the nice fluffy eggs and heat from the ginger.

Let's fry some rice!

Ingredients:

eggs

ginger

scallion

leftover rice ( it's best to use day old rice to avoid mushy texture result)

Seasoning:

soy sauce

white pepper

fish sauce

Oil a well heated wok, add ginger and scallion for a few second to flavor the oil then add the rice and toss well, breaking the clumps of rice at the same time.

Move rice to the side of wok and add the eggs, let it cook while stirring it slowly.

When eggs are half way cook, toss with rice.

Add the seasonings and toss all evenly.

Tasty and simple.

It is light enough to pair with another dish or as is with some garlic chili.

Enjoy!

Mother's Day's Menu - Late Post

" Happy belated Mother's Day to the all the Mommies out there!! "
Sorry for the late posting.

Our Sunday Grillathon Menu for Mama Ng

Grilled Beer Infused Marinated Dancing Chicken
Marinated with Chinese marinade overnight, open your favorite beer and drink half,
insert the rest of the beer can in the bird
place on heated grill, covered and let it cook!

Grill Prosciutto Wrapped Sardines

seasoned with lemon juice

drizzled with truffle oil

Grill Baby Bak Choi

Grilled Young Red Snapper with

ginger, scallion, sesame oil, salt and pepper

look at them sizzle**

Great Purchase -

Charcoal Companion Grill Basket

Snow Crab Legs

We also had Steamers

Lemon always handy when it comes to grilling seafood

It was great night, Mom loved each dish.

She even cooked us some Chinese wine chicken which I did not have a chance to snap a picture

Ended the feast on a sweet note *

Creamy Chestnut Cake with fresh fruit

Hope you enjoyed this :)

Mama's Oxtail Tail Soup

How about a nice pot of soup....

and tonight we have one of our childhood favorites ..

" Mama's Oxtail Soup "

Went to my local butcher,

selected a tail in whole and had them slice it to preferred size

Basic soup ingredients

Ingredients:

• oxtail
• tomato
• celery
• corn
• potato -waxy ( starchy ones seems to just fall apart and thicken the soup)
• garlic
• salt + white pepper
• sour cream
• oyster sauce

1. Heat water in stock pot, bring to a boil

2. Par-boil oxtail for 2 minutes then rinse with water

3. Add all ingredients to the boiling water, bring it back to a boil then simmer on med-low heat for 1 1/2 - 2 hours- now isn't that easy!

Look at this bowl of goodness!

Each spoonful of hearty vegetables just melts in your mouth

and the oxtail meat almost falls off the bone.

Had oyster sauce for dipping on the side and a dollop of sour cream-yum!

This soup gets better the next day, add some rice and you 'll have a stew like soup.

My appetite just perked up from posting this !