This morning when I woke up, I decided to cook for my dinner. After an extensive recipe research (ceilah) in google, I came to decision on making this simple yet pretty dish: Lemon Honey Ginger Chicken with Seared String Beans.
 |
| Lemon Honey Ginger Chicken with Seared String Beans |
Lemon Honey Ginger Chicken
Preparation time: 30-60 minutes
Cooking time: about 20 minutes
Ingredients
To marinate:
two cuts of whole chicken thighs, each divided into upper and lower thigh (you will get 4 cuts)
 |
whole chicken thigh, cut into upper and lower
courtesy of google.com
|
 |
salty soy sauce, I used exactly that brand
courtesy of google.com
|
1 cm of minced ginger
half teaspoon of pepper powder
 |
minced ginger
courtesy of google.com
|
half teaspoon of pepper powder
 |
white pepper powder
courtesy of google.com
|
Lemon Honey Ginger Sauce:
two cloves of sliced garlic
two cloves of sliced garlic
 |
sliced garlic
courtesy of google.com
|
a slice of lemon
 |
| lemon slice, use only one because the taste is so strong courtesy of google.com |
40 ml of honey or two sachet of Madurasa
 |
| honey, yes I used that brand courtesy of google.com |
1 cm of sliced ginger
 |
sliced ginger
courtesy of google.com
|
two tablespoons of margarine or butter
 |
| margarine, yes I used that brand courtesy of google.com |
three tablespoon of salty soy sauce
 |
| salty soy sauce, I used exactly that brand courtesy of google.com |
salt as needed
 |
salt
courtesy of google.com
|
Cooking Steps
1. Marinate chicken: mix all marinate ingredients in a bowl, make sure that the seasoning has been evenly spread on the chicken. Keep this marinade for 30-120 minutes, the longer the better as it gives the seasoning well permeated.
2. With high heat, fry chicken on a pan, drain when it is half-cooked.
3. With low hear, fry margarine, sliced garlic and sliced ginger until the aroma comes out. Add honey and soy sauce. Put the half-cooked chicken and add water if necessary. Add salt and put the lemon slice in the end. Cover and let the mixture caramelised.
4. Serve the chicken.
Seared String Beans
Preparation time: about 10 minutes
Cooking time: about 15 minutes
Ingredients
three ounces of string beans, cut the edges
a tablespoon of lemon juice and lemon zest
a clove of minced garlic
1. Marinate chicken: mix all marinate ingredients in a bowl, make sure that the seasoning has been evenly spread on the chicken. Keep this marinade for 30-120 minutes, the longer the better as it gives the seasoning well permeated.
 |
| an example of chicken marinade courtesy of google.com |
2. With high heat, fry chicken on a pan, drain when it is half-cooked.
3. With low hear, fry margarine, sliced garlic and sliced ginger until the aroma comes out. Add honey and soy sauce. Put the half-cooked chicken and add water if necessary. Add salt and put the lemon slice in the end. Cover and let the mixture caramelised.
4. Serve the chicken.
Seared String Beans
Preparation time: about 10 minutes
Cooking time: about 15 minutes
Ingredients
three ounces of string beans, cut the edges
 |
string beans
courtesy of google.com
|
a tablespoon of lemon juice and lemon zest
 |
lemon juice and lemon zest
courtesy of google.com
|
a clove of minced garlic
 |
| minced garlic courtesy of google.com |
a tablespoon of salty soy sauce
|
| salty soy sauce courtesy of google.com |
a tablespoon of sugar
 |
| a tablespoon of sugar courtesy of google.com |
a teaspoon of pepper powder
 |
| white pepper powder courtesy of google.com |
a tablespoon of margarine/butter
 |
| margarine courtesy of google.com |
Cooking Steps
1. With low heat, fry margarine and garlic until the aroma comes out.
2. Put green beans on the frying pan, add water if necessary.
3. Season the green beans: add pepper, lemon juice, lemon zest and sugar.
4. Cover the mixture and let it caramelises itself.
5. Serve the seared green beans.
Nah you can try this for your own. Any adjustment in seasoning can be tried to advance the taste hehehhe. Let's cook!
No comments:
Post a Comment