Saturday, September 16, 2006

A simple lunch

Several years ago, the Slim Lady got hold of a recipe for Chicken Stew from her doctor. It was pretty easy to cook, and both the boys and I love it.

Then we shifted house, and the Slim Lady lost the recipe. She also claimed that she couldn't recall how to cook it without the recipe, easy as it was.

Anyway, I'm feeling kinda adventurous today, so I googled and found some recipe for Chicken Stew. There was no better time to make guinea pigs out of my family. That's it! That would be today's lunch! The result? Well, not too bad really, but I still prefer the one from the Slim Lady's doctor though. I don't know what's missing.



Ingredients (for a family of 4)

  • 4 strips of carrots
  • 6-8 potatoes
  • 3 onions
  • garlics
  • 2 Knorr chicken cubes
  • oyster sauce (optional)

Method

  • Fry onions and garlic till fragrant
  • Add carrots and potatoes
  • Add chicken
  • Add Knorr chicken cubes
  • Add oyster sauces and fry the mixture for about 3 minutes
  • Transfer mixture to slow cooker and let it simmer for at least 3 hours on high heat.
  • After 3 hours, turn the heat to low, and the dish is ready to be served

Easy to prepare, economical (only $4.20 for all ingredients!) and yummy. *slurp*.

Category: Food

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

wah this is good!! my mum used to cook this b4 i was married. and now, i always cook it too. except mine's abit darker coz i added dark soy sauce & worcestershire sauce.

chris, u must do this more often. post more recipes to share mah :p i still havent forget yr mum's pumpkin noodle hor!

great job!

Victor said...

Very good, Chris. You can cook this chicken stew plus the pumpkin noodle for our forthcoming X'mas get-together. $4.20 only? So cheap? Liddat don't even have to share out the cost. :p

Chris Sim said...

Victor - Oopss... I forgot to factor in the chicken... which is about $4. You're absolute right, I have no head for figure!

Evan - yes I'll put up the recipe for the pumpkin noodle shortly. But what's worcestershire sauce ahh?

Anonymous said...

worcestershire sauce? umm, its a kind of sourish black seasoning sauce. some ppl call it lea & perrin sauce, example my dad. ring a bell? mayb the old, i mean, senior folks are more familiar with that name. anyway, this site has a detailed explanation of what it is :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestershire_sauce

oh so your wife got the recipe from her doc? not bad what, doc also can provide recipe. mayb nx time i go to my doc and see what he has. who knows, i might even get a recipe for kueh lapis or his grandma's homemade specialty :p

Chris Sim said...

Evan ah... you forgot the slim lady is a nurse. She chaperones different doctors, some nice, some not so nice and some downright nasty. It's one of the nice ones that share the recipe. U think suka suka can go GP and ask for recipe ahh? LOL.

bossacafez said...

u never say she's a nurse how i noe?? u think even if u mentioned b4 i go n read every word in your archive meh?

aiya pls lah, u think i really will ask recipes from GP meh? even if GP give me recipe, i oso must reconsider.

iml said...

Delicious and nutritious food are cheap and simple prepare. Hope that this is the beginning of your love for cooking. A weekend chef??

Chris Sim said...

Liling - yes... one of my passions is cooking, and only on weekend. Just don't ask me to do the dishes. Hee.

Evan - okok... my wife' a "missy" and has been since the day she left school.