Thursday, December 24, 2009

Chilli Grenouilles (Chilli Frogs)


















Grenouilles - frogs in French. One of their favourite dish. Not all people take frogs, but frogs are good in Chinese saying it helps clean our blood. Its good to have it when your body feels heaty.

Ingredients:

5 Cleaned Frogs, cut into pieces

2 Onions, cubed

1 Stalk Spring Onion,cut into 3cm length

5 Slices Ginger

1 Tsp Salt

1 Tsp Cornflour

1 Tbsp Shaoxing Wine

2 tbsp Sugar

100ml water

3 Tbsp Oil

Small bunch of Thai basil leaves

5 Dried Chillies,cut into pieces,remove seeds


Sauce:

1 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce

1 tbsp Oyster sauce


Method:

Marinate Frogs with cornflour for 30mins

Heat up oil,saute onion, ginger and dried chillies.

Then add the frog, sauce, sugar, salt, water and cook for 3mins

Add spring onion,shaoxing wine, basil leaves and mixed together

Dish out and serve on the plate

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