Sing qua, oyster & straw mushrooms with beef and pork meatballs

Yeah, we like sing qua and beef meatballs. Sometimes a dish is created based on what we have at home, you can use any combination of your choice of veggies and meat.

Ingredients for this dish: sing qua, king oyster mushroom, straw mushroom, beef meatball and pork meatball.

Sing qua - peel and cut diagonally. King oyster mushroom - clean and cut. Drain and rinse a can of straw mushroom.

Heat up pan with a drizzle of oil, brown the meatballs first then add sing qua, followed by straw mushroom then king oyster mushroom. Add a drizzle of soy sauce and stir fry another minute, add sugar, oyster sauce and a bowl of water mixed with corn starch. Cover pan with lid, turn heat off when it heats up again.

long bean w/ ground pork and egg

This is another simple soul food. My version has meat because my hubby likes it. Also, it adds a bit more flavor and substance to the dish.

Ingredients: long bean, ground pork and egg

Long bean - cut into 1/4 inch pieces. Ground pork - marinate. Eggs - add a sprinkle of salt and a dash of egg and beat.

Heat pan w/ a drizzle of oil. Brown ground pork then add long bean. Stir fry it for couple minutes then season w/ a little soy sauce, white pepper and sugar. Stir in egg and *let it brown on one side then flip to brown the other side.

*another option is mix and stir and treat like scramble

tomato beef w/ egg

This is a very homey dish and one of my hubby's favorites. It's very simple to make and tastes great over rice.

Ingredients: ripe tomatoes, beef and eggs

Cut tomatoes into 2" cubes, depending on which kind you buy (roma - cut into quarter or 6-8 pieces depending on size). Beef - use anywhere between 1/2 to 3/4 pound. I normally buy flank or skirt steak - slice thinly and marinate. Eggs - use 6-8 depending on size, beat it w/ a sprinkle of salt and a dash of milk.

Heat up pan with a drizzle of oil. Add beef, stir fry to add flavor - when medium cooked, add tomatoes to pan and stir then put lid on. When it heats up, press and flatten tomatoes - add sugar and a sprinkle of salt to taste. Add egg and swirl around until mixed, swirl everything around to ensure eggs don't stick to pan. When eggs has a nice soft scramble consistency, turn off and remove from heat.

sugar snap peas w/ beef tendon meatballs

Sugar snap peas are in season so take advantage of it! Unlike snow pea, the sugar snap pea is full and puffy and as the name indicates - it's sweet : )

This is a very simple dish. Only ingredients are 1 pound of sugar snap peas, make sure to peel the end and side or you'll end up chewing them or spitting them out. A bag of beef tendon meatballs*, go ahead and cut them in half. Heat up the pan with a drizzle of oil then add the beef tendon balls - stir fry it for 3-5 minutes to get them a little brown and heated up then add the sugar snap peas. Stir fry the two together for another 3 minutes, drizzle a little soy sauce, sprinkle a little white pepper and a teaspoon of sugar and add a bowl of water w/ a dash of corn starch to create a little gravy. Put the lid on until it heats up then stir around a little and turn off heat.

*You can substitue the beef tendon balls with beef meatballs, pork meatballs or any kind of meat or seafood.