Food Allergy

If you note any food allergy reaction whenever you or your love ones ate certain food ... from rashes, cough to asthma and anaphylactic reaction ... confirm it with an allergy test ... besides taking food allergen off the recipe and menu ... you need to ensure that there are no cross contamination from the worktop to equipments used ... read labels of packaged products ... unsured don't use ... it can be life threatening for someone with severe allergy and anaphylactic reaction.

Braised Chinese Mushroom

Ingredients: (serve 10)
  • 20 dried Chinese mushrooms
  • 500 ml chicken stock
  • 5 dried scallops
  • 500 gm green vegetable (green leafy / broccoli)
  • 1/2 tsp dark soy sauce
  • 10 small cubes rock sugar
  • 2 tsp cornstarch mixed with water


Procedures:


  1. rinse and soak mushrooms in hot water till soft ... reserved soaking water for use ... remove stem and set aside
  2. rinse and soak scallop in hot water till soft ... reserved soaking water for later use ...
  3. in a pot add add chicken stock, reserved water, mushroom, scallops ... bring to a boil, simmer till soft ... add water if almost dry ...
  4. add dark soy sauce, rock sugar, simmer  ... ticken sauce with corn starch mixture ...
  5. blanch green vegetable with boiling water with a little oil added into the water ... set aside
  6. serve vegetable with mushroom and sauce nicely arrange in a serving plate ...


Note:
  • my family favourite vegetable dish during Chinese New Year or Pot Luck Dinner