Golden Honey Pheonix

Hey guy, have you figure out what to cook for this coming 'Chap Goh Meh', this Sunday ? 'Chap Goh Meh' is a Hokkien dialect which means 'Fifteenth Night' and it also means final day of the Chinese New Year celebration. And it also turns into an annual event to celebrate the Chinese Valentine's Day. In older days, 'Chap Goh Meh' was the only night of the year that the unmarried women were allowed to meet up or went on a date with their sweethearts. So, aren't we lucky! One of the most popular event for those unmarried men & women on that day is tossing or throwing mandarin oranges to the river or sea with the wish to find a good spouse. Hey, it's only meant for the unmarried one huh! hahaha....

Ingredients :

1 whole boneless chicken breast, half frozen

300gm homemade fish paste

1 tspn roasted sesame

1/2 cup corn starch

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Marinade Seasoning :

1/2 tbsp vegetarian oyster sauce

1 tspn light soy sauce

1 tspn sugar

ground pepper to taste

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Ingredients for golden honey gravy :

1 tbsp honey

1 tbsp orange mandarin oil/extract

1 tbsp sugar

* thickening : 1 tspn tapioca starch + 2 tbsp water

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Method :

- slice the half frozen chicken breast about 1cm thickness.

- slightly flatten the meat by a meat tenderizer.



- marinade each meat with the marinade seasoning mixture.

- then chill for 1/2 hour (so that the meat became dry and easier to handle).

- spread a spoon of fish paste onto each meat slice, then roll them up like a Swiss roll.
- make sure the meat stick in one piece.

- preheat frying pan with enough oil for frying.
- roll the meat over corn starch and place them to the frying pan.
- fry the meat over low heat untill golden brown, leave aside.

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- remove excess oil from the frying pan.

- simply stir in all the honey seasoning and simmer over medium heat.
- add in all the fried meat into the frying pan, once the gravy became thicken.

- stir to mix well and add in the roasted sesame.
- and serve hot.

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Ta...da.... here's the classy Phoenix meat! haha.... Eventually, chicken meat would be called as Pheonix because they both under the category of birds. So, remember to chew slowly huh! No blaughing, you really need to chew slowly to feel the differences between the tender chicken meat and the spongy fish meat. Oooo... absolutely yummm..... So... think of Honey Pheonix think of me, right! haha... By the way, I'm a rooster! Nope, I'm a Pheeeeonix! ^_^