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When I ran out of fresh produce to cook soups and didn’t have time to pay the market a visit, I usually fall on cooking this soup. This is because I always have peanuts at home and it is good enough to make a delicious clear soup.

Peanut and chicken soup

Here’s the recipe:

Peanut and Chicken Soup

Ingredients

1/2 chicken and chicken feet, seasoned with salt

1 cup peanuts, washed and soaked

4 dried red dates, seeded

1 tbsp wolfberries (optional - I add this because of its nutritional values)

3 pods garlic

2 pc beancurd sheets

Instructions

1. Heat up a pot of water to boiling

2. Add in the chicken, peanuts, red dates, garlic and wolfberries.

3. Let it simmer for about 45 minutes over low fire.

4. Stir occasionally and add a large pinch salt. It is done when the peanuts are cooked and softened.

5. Add in the beancurd sheets. Stir and let it soften.

6. Best to serve hot.

This soup goes well with rice. It can also be eaten as is.

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I cook on most weekends and sometimes I’d be too busy to prepare complicated dishes so I’d usually cook something simple, easy and healthy too.

Simple stir-fried chicken

It is a very simple and easy recipe. Most important of all, it is healthy and tasty too. Here’s the recipe:

Simple Stir-fried Chicken

Ingredients

1 pc deboned chicken breast meat, sliced thinly into strips

1 stalk spring onion, roughly chopped

Half clove garlic, diced

2- 4 red chillies, cut and seeded (if you don’t want it to be too spicy)

1 small onion, peeled and chopped

Instructions

1. Season the chicken strips with some soya sauce and oyster sauce.

2. Heat up some cooking oil in a wok

3. Sautee the garlic and onion for a few minutes or till brown

4. Add the onions and chillies and sautee for a while.

5. Add the chicken.

6. Sautee until fragrant. Remove from heat and serve with rice.

Simple stir-fried chicken

Make sure you do not overcook or else the chicken will tend to be stringy and dry. Also, to soften the meat, use a meat tenderizer (the utensil, not the seasoning).

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