Pineapple Fried Rice

I first tasted Pineapple Fried Rice in Singapore at the hawkers beside Esplanade, and for dinner today, I finally got around to making it. Based on my research and personal taste, here is how I made pineapple fried rice (good for 2-3):

Ingredients

• Left over fried rice (4-5 cups)
• 1 can pineapple chunks with juice
• 3 medium sized shrimp (cut into little pieces)
• 1 and a half chinese chorizo (sliced)
• a bunch of cilantro (dried or fresh)
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 egg
• 1-2 tsp shrimp paste
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tbsp soysauce
• 2 chili pepper sliced (more or less depending on how spicy you want it to be)

Directions

1. In a wok, saute chorizo, garlic, chili, shrimp paste in a little oil
2. When chorizo's cooked, add the shrimp
3. When shrimp is pinkish, add in the rice
4. Mix it all together in the wok then add in the contents of the pineapple chunks can (including the juice)
5. Keep mixing the rice and then put in the contents of the egg
6. Mix, mix, mix, and when the rice isn't too wet anymore, add in the chopped cilantro
7. Mix, mix, mix, then add fish sauce, soysauce
8. Mix, mix, mix, and then serve! :)

Katsudon

First of all, I would like to thank the 1000+ people who have visited my food blog! Knowing my blog has been visited by so many people makes me very happy. Thank you!

Here is a recipe to celebrate! It's very simple, but I read online that Katsudon is usually eaten before a big test as "katsu" is a homophone of the verb 勝つ katsu, meaning "to win" or "to be victorious". And well, I don't have any tests or anything (my 1st term in senior year of college has just ended actually), but I hope to continue to feel victorious in the sense that people will continue to visit my blog.

Anyway, enough of me blabbing! Here is the recipe for one serving of Katsudon:

Ingredients:
1 Tonkatsu cooked and ready! A chicken fillet can also be used as substitute instead of pork (chicken katsu is called Torikatsu, if I'm not mistaken).
1 egg
1/4 leek sliced diagonally
1/2 onion sliced
50ml water
1/5 tsp powdered dashi (I use Ajinomoto brand dashi found in most Japanese sections of the grocery. Market Market in the Fort has many varieties of powdered dashi)
1 tbsp kikkoman soysauce
1 tbsp mirin
1 tsp brown sugar
1.5 cup of rice put in a rice bowl big enough to fit your Tonkatsu

Directions:

1. Mix water, dashi, soysauce, mirin, and brown sugar and put in heated pan
2. When mixture begins to be hot, add onion
3. When the mixture is boiling and onion has begun to be transluscent, add your Tonkatsu
4. Beat egg lightly and pour over mixture and tonkatsu
5. Put some of the leeks on the Tonkatsu
6. Cover the pan for about a minute, or until your egg has reached your desired consistency.
7. Slide everything onto a bowl of rice.
8. Serve and eat while hot! :)

*Thanks to the Cooking with Dog show for some tips!

Kimchi Fried Rice

I first encountered Kimchi Fried Rice at Kaya Restaurant. It's great with flavorful dishes because the spice in the rice can balance it out, and it's actually really easy to make!

Ingredients:
1 small bottle kimchi
2-3 cups of rice
2 eggs

Directions:
1. Heat some oil in a frying pan or a wok
2. Sautee some of the vegetables from the kimchi bottle
3. Add rice, mix together in pan
4. After a few minutes, pour in the remaining kimchi juice
5. Mix until it is not too wet
6. Crack the eggs onto the rice and mix until cooked together

Voila! :D