Stir Fry Crab with Garlic & Fermented Soy Beans

Ingredients :

• 1 dungeness crab (cut into pieces)
• 1 tbsp fermented soy beans
• 2 tbsp chopped garlic
• 3 green onion (chopped)
• 1 tbsp red pepper flakes (bird chilies will be even better)
• sugar
• chicken soup

Heat the wok with oil, then add fermented soy beans, chopped garlic, green onion and red pepper flakes until fragrant. Then add crab, stir fry until it’s hot. Sprinkle some wine. Then add some chicken soup. Keep stir frying until the crab is cooked and all the liquid is absorbed. Sprinkle some seasoned salt (淮鹽) on top and then serve.

Spaghetti with Mussels

1. Boil the spahetti until al dente.
2. Clean and debear the mussels
3. Cut bacon into small strips
4. Heat the wok with extra virgin olive oil. Add bacon and chopped garlic.
5. Add mussels when bacon is done. Cover the wok.
6. Once the mussels start to open, add spaghetti and one tbsp of butter into the sauce.
7. When the  mussels are fully opened, add chopped italian parsley. Stir well and serve hot.

Shrimps with Rice Vermicelli

1. Clean the shrimps. Marinate with salt and pepper. Then cook until it turns pink.
2. Soak the rice vermicelli in water until soft.
3. Heat the wok with oil, ginger and chopped garlic. Add vermicelli, some water and oyster sauce.  Stir well.
4. When the vermicelli is done, add the shrimps back and chopped green onion.  Ready to serve.

Lobster Feast – Sashimi, Broiled Lobster Head, Stir-fry with Efu noodle

We bought a 5.5 lb lobster and had a 4-course lobster feast with just the 2 of us. The leftover is sufficient to feed us for 4 extra meals including lobster sandwiches. For the sandwich, add some mayo and grounded black pepper to the lobster meat. Go with some lettuce and/or cucumber. They are heavenly delicious.

The lobster tail is used for sashimi course. Freezing the tail for easy peeling of the shell. Cut the meat into little pieces and serve it cold with wasabi soy sauce. The meat is oh so crunchy and the wasabi soy sauce helps to bring out the sweetness of the lobster meat.

The claws and legs are then stir fry with E-fu noodle (ginger and green onion flavor). Cook the noodle until almost done and then set aside. Then heat the wok with oil, add in 5-6 large pieces of ginger and 3 green onion chopped in length. When the fragrant comes out, put the lobster claws and legs in. Add some broth into the work and cover it with wok. Occasionally turn the claws and legs until they are almost done. Stir in the E-fu noodle and then cover the wok again. Stir the noodle well after 3 min and test for doneness. Serve hot.

The lobster head is cut into 2 halves. One have chopped garlic, extra virgin olive oil, black pepper and salt, the other one has some cheese (good cheese) on top. Then broil until it’d done.

蛤蜊絲瓜 Luffa with Clams

1. Cut 絲瓜 into pieces. Soak rice vermicelli in cold water until it’s soft.
2. Add some ginger and crushed garlic into hot oil, then add 絲瓜.
3. Pour in some cooking wine and stir for about 3 min
4. Add the clams and some broth (chicken broth or seafood broth). Then cover the wok.
5. When the clams start to open, add rice vermicelli into the wok and stir. Cover the wok again.
6. When the clams are widely open, they are done. Don’t overcook it.

Crab with Rice Cake

1. Clean the crab and cut into pieces
2. Cut the rice cake into pieces and soak in hot water till soft
3. Heat wok with oil, add lots of ginger and green onion.
4. Add crab and some cooking wine. Stir fry the crab pieces couple of times.
5. Add dark soy sauce, tiny bit of light soy sauce and sugar to taste.
6. Add rice cake and keep stir-frying the crab until it’s done.

Fried Oyster Cake

Ingredients :

- 1 bag of frozen oyster (thaw before use). Add some cornstarch and wait for 10 min. Rinse it. You can chop up the oyster or have it whole.
- a few springs of cilantro, chopped
- 2 green onion, chopped
- 2 eggs
- a handful of chopped sweet turnip
- 2 tbsp sweet potato starch
- fish sauce
- white pepper powder

Mix the ingredients together. Don't overmix. Pan-fry or deep-fry the mixture until it's done.

Clams in Butter Herb Sauce

First course for our anniversary dinner - clams in butter herb sauce. I bought the clam from Trader Joe's and cook them frozen. I add some butter and italian parsley to give it flavor.

Uni Don

Uni in San Diego is really really good.... so fresh, so sweet, really delicious.

Shrimp with Tomato Garlic Sauce

I use Lee Kam Kee's tomato garlic sauce which is recommended by my father-in-law.

- Peel shrimps and marinate with some white pepper and salt in the fridge
- Pan fry the shrimps
- Add the sauce once the shrimps turn pink. Don't overcook the shrimps.

Tomato Basil Crab