It's all about the food!

Breakfast this morning...

Wheatbix with apples, plums and plain yogurt drizzled with honey

I became a butcher today and got myself a tiny blister on my right palm! I really salute the poultry seller in the wet market in Malaysia! They make skinning chicken look so easy! So if they charge you few cents more, don't kira-kira la...it's a tough job!

The chicken costs 5pounds for two boxes and hence, I bought two boxes but obviously I wouldn't be able to finish it on time before it turns bad. So I usually freeze my chicken and two boxes can last me a month. No joke! Anyway, I always skin the chicken when I want to cook it and sometimes I debone it too depending on what I am cooking. Instead of skinning and deboning it every time I cook, I decided to skin and debone all before freezing it.

The box of chicken thighs I skinned and deboned!
The box of drumsticks I skinned which gave me a blister!
When the skin reaches the bottom bit, it gets stuck and super hard to pull the skin off! Ish!

I manage to do it because Ben&Jerry's cheered for me =p

LOL! I was eating while skinning...Hard work owh-kay!

The bones from the chicken thigh and the lump of chicken skin!

If I weigh that lump of skin, I think I could get two more chicken drumstick! The skin is heavy!

Dinner tonight:

I tried my dad's fried chicken in fruity sauce* and it was a great success! Delicious! Oh and my all time favourite, steamed egg but instead of minced meat I used cabbage =D LOL!

I thought I could boil barley in rice cooker so I tried...but it didn't turn out well =p The rice cooker was cooking for ages and it doesn't turn off! I think I know why now...it was trying to dry up all the liquid! LOL! So I turned it off because the liquid was turning brown. No rock sugar so I used a little honey =p Doesn't taste like barley water at all...but edible la =p

*Recipe for Fried chicken in fruity sauce.

Chicken strips

1 cup Self-raising flour

2tbsp Corn flour

Coarse pepper

Salt

Water

Oil

Sauce:

2 part Tomato sauce

1 part Mayonnaise

1 part Water

1. Marinade chicken strips in pepper and salt.

2. Batter: Mix both flour and a dash of salt. Add in water and mix well.

3. Heat oil in pan. Dip chicken strips in batter and fry till golden brown.

4. Sauce: Discard excess oil from the pan and mix one part of mayonnaise with two parts of tomato sauce and one part of water. Heat for 3minutes while stirring to combine well. Pour over fried chicken and enjoy! =)

*Credits: Recipe from dad and fried chicken batter from Aunt Janet.