Wanna have 3 dishes for 3-4 persons at HK$30? OK, let's go buy some spare ribs at HK$15-18, 2-3 pieces of tofu at around $4-6, 1 catty of veggie at HK$4-6.
1. Tofu panfried with shrimp paste and pork fat. When you buy the spare ribs, cut out the fat parts from the ribs and use it for pan frying of the tofu. I would first chop the fat with some raw sea salt to make the burning more aromatic. Also with some chopped garlic. After the tofu get brown, put the shrimp paste and burn it a bit. Then put some water and little sugar to make it taste. If you prefer it more salty, put some soy sauce. I personally don't prefer using soy sauce as I like the light shrimp taste. 2. Put black beans, chopped garlic, chili if you can take it or very little chopped ginger if you can't take chili., soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, very little oyster sauce, cornstarch and little oil. Put it inside the rice cooker for steaming. The rice aromatic steam makes it very nice. Besides, it's more energy saving. Then you just concentrate cooking the tofu and stir fried veggie. I would let the tofu pan fried while rinsing the veggie. 3. This time, I bought lettuce and stir fried it with sea salt and ginger/garlic. Suggest to choose a lighter taste of veggie and not deep green veggie so as to balance the heavy taste of the other 2. Besides, deep green veggie would have certain chemical reaction with tofu, and not good for digestion.
8 comments:
OMG, u show these yummy home cooking dishes again, making me so hungry and u r very devil ..
For the very first time, finally there is something cheap in HK.
$4 below for 3 dishes is a very very good price considered HK's high cost of living. Even in LA I cannot do this price.
I have to tell Lily Mo Chef to read this post(she just went back to France on Sat).
Yes, tofu cannot go with spinach for some chemical related reason.(As informed by Chris.)
Stella, there are many ways of cooking more economically. If we can cook it right, it can taste better than any lobster or steak...etc.
Yes, good meal may not need to be expensive; and expensive meal may not equal to good meal.
be aware that people who like steak or lobster is because of its texture and taste, not because of its price
Anonymous, yes, I know what you mean, but just my example is given as a contrast. Of course, I like lobster and steak too. I did meet some people who eat for prices or if you tell them it's good for health or longevity. :)
I think Sea just want to say to people who eat cheap. They can cook some cheap food to good taste.
Yes, good food and good taste is not related to price. There are good food that are cheap. And there are lousy food that are expensive.
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