Flapjacks

When my guests are Asians, i know what to serve for breakfast but what do you serve American Guests for breakfast besides leaving the boxes of cereals and milk on the table? Flapjacks are the easiest to dish up. I made some smaller and fill with red bean paste and they were the best Dorayaki ever.


Ingredients:

2 c. unsifted all purpose flour

2 tbsp. sugar

2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

2 c. milk

6 tbsp. butter, melted

4 lg. eggs, separated at room temperature

Vegetable oil for frying

Butter, optional

Method:

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.

Beat together milk, butter, and egg yolks.

Stir into flour mixture just until moistened.

In small bowl with electric mixer beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.

Fold into flapjack batter.

Heat a large non-stick skillet (i use Cusinart Griddle) over medium heat and rub lightly with oil.

Spoon batter about 1/2 cup at a time into skillet to make 5 1/2 inch rounds. For Doriyaki, spoon 1/4 cup or less to make 2 - 2 1/2 inch rounds.

Fry until surface appears dry and bubbles form around edge. Turn and fry on other side until done 2 to 3 minutes on each side.

Serve with butter and maple syrup and for Doriyaki, sandwich with red bean paste

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Yau Kai Lan

Foodbuzz has a research program on and i have opted-in and promised to try and post 5 recipes in a week for a month. Boy, do i know what i am getting myself into? Well, a promise is a promise and i will try. This is the first recipe of the week and do come back and look for the next.


Ingredients:

1 lb kai lan aka chinese broccoli
2 tbsp oyster sauce
4 tbsp garlic oil


Method:

Clean kai lan by removing the hardy outer stem using a vegetable peeler.

Wash and drain

Make garlic oil, by chopping up several cloves of garlic, put them in a bowl and top with cooking oil. Microwave a minute at a time until garlic is slightly golden. The garlic will continue to cook in the hot oil, so do not wait until the garlic turns brown)

Put water to boil, add 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar and 2 tbsp cooking oil.

When the water is in high boil, add in the kai lan.

Cook until the kai lan turns green and tender.

Remove and drain well.

Add in the oyster sauce and garlic oil.

Bon Appetit

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