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Chilled batter jam muffins ~ 草莓果酱玛芬

  The batter for these muffins was chilled overnight in the refrigerator as I wanted to experiment with achieving taller muffins.  They were baked in a jiffy and ready for breakfast.  The muffins were soft, moist, crumbly and deliciously infused with some strawberry jam.  Chilled batter jam muffins       Ingredients 286 gm plain flour 80 gm caster sugar 40 gm brown sugar 2 'L'eggs 1/2 tsp salt 1 Tbsp baking powder 1 cup buttermilk (milk + 1 Tbsp white vinegar or lemon juice to make up 1 cup) 113 ml oil 1 tsp vanilla Strawberry jam or other jam as desired Method Sieve and whisk the plain flour, baking powder, salt, caster and brown sugar into a mixing bowl.  Set aside. With a ball whisk, whisk the eggs, buttermilk, oil and vanilla till well combined.  Pour this into the dry ingredients.  Mix till just combined. Cover with cling wrap and chill in the fridge for a few hours or preferably overnight. Next day, divide the batter into the paper lined muffin pan.   With an ice cream sc

Emperor Herbal Chicken ~ 药材皇帝鸡

    Chinese New Year marks the beginning of the lunar new year and for 2023 it is the year of the water Rabbit which falls on Sunday 22nd January.  Sumptuous food is served in Chinese households and I believe that this Emperor Herbal Chicken dish can be added to your menu of glorious food. Emperor Herbal Chicken   ~  药材皇帝鸡 Ingredients 600 gm (1/2 a full range chicken) 8 seedless red dates 2 pieces Dang Gui (angelica root) 2 pieces Bei Qi 15 gm Huai San 15 gm Dang Shen 20 gm Yuk Zhu 5 gm wolfberries (to add on after chicken is cooked) 2 Tbsp Shaoxing wine 1 Tbsp sesame oil 1/2 Tbsp seasalt 1 tsp light soya sauce Method Rub the chicken with seasalt and a bit of light soya sauce.   Place the chicken on 2 pieces of parchment paper. Wash the red dates, dang gui, bei qi, huai san, dang shen, yuk zhu and  spread them on the chicken.   Pour in the Shaoxing wine and sesame oil. Wrap the chicken and place it on a plate. Heat up a steamer and steam the chicken on boiling water for about 20 mins.,