Grab Your Chopsticks!

Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Difficulty: Medium
Serves: 2

Teppanyaki

Ingredients

300g beef
300g pork
300g lamb
1 green pepper
1 red pepper
6 spring onions
2 open brown mushrooms
100g snow peas
4 patty pans (baby squash)
100g baby corn
1 slender egg plant

Method

1. Cut the meat into thin slices.
2. Cut the pepper into slices long ways.
3. Cut the onion into pieces about 7cm in length.
4. Cut the patty pans in half.
5. Cut the baby corn in half or leave whole.
6. Cut the egg plant into strips.
7. Fry all of the ingredients in a flat pan. Searing the meat until cooked through.
8. Server neatly on a plate.

Result

Traditionally this dish is served in restaurants by a specialised Teppan Yaki chef who not only knows exactly how to cook the food, but also knows how to tantilise the ‘audience’ by his culinary chef ‘act’.

It is unlikely that you will be able to provide the show, but you can provide the food, and not only does it taste good, it is amazingly easy to prepare.

Serve with Japanese soy sauce.

I didn’t use the lamb by the way, that’s why you can’t see it in the picture. Don’t worry if you can’t get the exact ingredients as you can substitute as much as you want.

Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Difficulty: Easy
Serves: 4

Special Fried Rice

Ingredients

2 cups rice
2 spring onions
meat (whatever you want. Prawns, shrimps, ham, pork etc), chopped into small pieces
salt, pepper
3 eggs
2 tsp ginger
2 tsp light soy sauce
2 tbsp oil

Method

1. In a saucepan bring water to the boil and add two teaspoons of salt. Add the rice gradually so that the water does not stop boiling and cook for 10-15 minutes.
2. Drain rice in a colander and run under cold water to remove excess starch. Drain well.
3. (Optional) Leave rice overnight to dry.
4. Add the meat ingredient and add the egg, salt and pepper.
5. Heat oil in the wok and fry the mix. While frying add the soy sauce.

Result

Very nice, for a better egg taste, fry up the eggs before hand, or make a plain omelette then add to the mixture as normal.