4Cs Soup (Corn, Carrot, Cranberry Beans & Chicken) and Braised Spare Ribs with Bittergourd

Soup: 4Cs Soup (Corn, Carrot, Cranberry Beans & Chicken)Preparation Time: 15 min
Cooking Time: 1o to 15 min
Special Utensil: Thermal Magic Cooker
Serves: 2

Ingredients:
1 Cob of Corn
1/2 Carrot, peel and dice
1/2 bowl or 100 g of Cranberry Beans
2 Red Dates
4 to 6 pieces of Chicken Parts or Chickens Wings (Sectioned), wash in cold water
1 to 1.5 tsp of Chicken Stock without MSG (I used powder form)
6 cups of Water

Instructions:
1.  Boil water in thermal cooking pot.
2.  Add all ingredients and bring to boil.
3.  Cook for 10 minutes and add in chicken stock.
4.  Stir and boil for another min and keep it in the thermal magic cooker.
P/s: You need to turn to low heat and simmer for 2 to 3 hrs if you are not using the thermal magic cooker.

Dish: Braised Spare Ribs with Bittergourd
Preparation Time: 5 min
Cooking Time: 15 min
Special Utensil: Happy Call Pan (HCP)
Serves: 2

Ingredients:
1/2 Bittergourd, soak in salt water and cut into thick slices
1/2 Can of Stewed Spare Ribs, with 3 Tbsp of the Sauce
1/4 tsp of Dark Soy Sauce
1/2 Cup of Water

Instructions:
1.  Heat up the sauce and add in the bittergourd.
2.  Stir-fry and add in the spare ribs.
3.  Add in the water and dark soy sauce.
4.  Simmer it for about 10 minutes or till sauce is almost dried up.

Vegetable Broth with Fusili and Tomato Chicken

Soup: Vegetable Broth with Fusili
Preparation Time: 5 min
Cooking Time: 25 min
Serves: 2

Ingredients:
20 g Fusili, soak
1 Carrot, peel and dice
1 Potato, peel and dice
1/2 Yellow Onion, peel and slice
2 tsp Chicken Stock without MSG (I use powder form)
Dash of Pepper
6 cups of Water

Instructions:
1.  Heat up a little oil in a pot and stir-fry the onion till fragrant. 
2.  Add in diced carrot, potato, chicken stock and water and bring to boil for 10 minutes.
3.  Add in fusili and bring to boil for another 15 minutes.
4.  Dish up and sprinkle with pepper.  Serve.

Dish: Tomato Chicken
Preparation Time: 15 min
Cooking Time: 15 min
Serves: 2

Ingredients:
1 Large Tomato or 2 Small Tomatoes, wash and cut into quarters
6 Chicken Wings, chop into parts and wash with cold water
1 Tbsp Tomato Sauce
1/2 tsp Sugar
1/4 Cup of Water

Marinade
1 tsp Dark Soy Sauce
1 tsp Oyster Sauce
1 Tbsp Tomato Sauce
Dash of Pepper
1/8 tsp Sesame Oil

Instructions:
1.  Marinade the chopped chicken wings for 10 minutes.
2.  Heat up oil in the frying pan. 
3.  Pan fry the marinated chicken wings till half cooked.
4.  Add in the diced tomato, tomato sauce and sugar and stir-fry evenly.
5.  Add in water and simmer till sauce thicken.
6.  Dish up and serve.

American Ginseng Chicken Soup and Stir-fry Cai Xin

Soup: American Ginseng Chicken Soup
Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 1o to 15 min
Special Utensil: Thermal Magic Cooker
Serves: 2

Ingredients:
1 Stick of American Ginseng (花旗参), cut into thick slices
1 Carrot, peel and cut into thick slices
1/2 Chicken, cut into parts
2 Candied Dates
6 cups of Water

Instructions:
1.  Scald and rinse chicken parts in cold water.
2.  Boil water in thermal cooking pot.
3.  Add all ingredients and bring to boil.
4.  Cook for 10 minutes and keep it in the thermal magic cooker.
P/s: You need to turn to low heat and simmer for 2 to 3 hrs if you are not using the thermal magic cooker.

Dish: Stir-fry Cai Xin
Preparation Time: 5 min
Cooking Time: 5 min
Serves: 2

Ingredients:
1 packet/1 bunch of Cai Xin, wash and portion
2 Shitakke Mushrooms, soak and slice
1/4 Carrot, peel and slice
1/2 tsp Minced Garlic
1 to 1.5 tsp of Oyster Sauce

Instructions:
1.  Heat up oil and stir-fry garlic till fragrant.
2.  Add in mushrooms and stir-fry.
3.  Add in carrot and stir-fry.
4.  Add in cai xin and stir-fry.
5.  Add in the oyster sauce and 1 to 1.5 tbsp of water and stir-fry till well combined and cooked.
6.  Dish up and serve.
P/s:  Washing vegetables in salt water will remove sand and pests.