Cooking with Philips Airfryer

Hi Everyone!! A belated Merry Christmas and an impending happy new year to all of you!!
Time flies and in a few days time, it will be the end of year 2014 already. Been neglecting this blog because I was busy and through time, simply lost the urge to write. Even while I'm typing now, it feels so weird. Lol. That being said, I'm still active on my facebook, Maybe age is catching up haha, I've been pretty much into cooking as well as making desserts, mainly with my Philips airfryer, Aerogaz Slowcooker or 3 tier Playbear Steamer. Sometimes I post recipes too, therefore feel free to follow me. =)

 

Chicken Cordon Bleu with honey ginger apple glaze

Vanilla Soufflé

Blueberry Chessecake

Chocolate Lava cake

Chinese Herbal Chicken Soup

All the dishes above(except the soup, by Slowcooker) are prepared using Philips Airfryer. =D If you're interested for the recipe, can drop a comment. I've been trying to eat healthier and no doubt, the airfryer can really reduce the amount of oil used. Previously I've been plagued by very persistent and bad cough which always come at night. Thanks to the haze. I've spent alot on medical bills. During 1 gathering, my friend recommended me this ready packet of chinese herbal ingredients for making soup. It was really yummy and I've noticed drinking it really stops my cough! If you're interested to know then can leave a comment ya.

Lastly......taken from my facebook

"At the vet. Saw a male doggy who wanted to befriend her, Vickki immediately sat down and act 淑女, with her paws(hands) closed together infront of her. Imagine how shocked we are(it's super unlike her, we voiced out aloud at the same time) "

Philips Air Fryer Recipe: Clams and mushroom cheese baked rice!! Super yummy!!! =P

I was simply hunting for ingredients to cook in all my cupboards and fridge, and finally I realized I can make this!

I have to share this recipe as well as posting it here so that I'll remember how to cook it again in future. It tastessssss SO GOOD!! I'm not kidding you! Initially Jy cooked this(she used chicken instead of clams though) and shared on her FB so I asked her for the recipe when it looks so good. And after sharing with me, she also said this one thing, "This is super nice and super easy! After you tried this, you wont even order this in restaurant anymore."

I simply thought, wow, okie it must be good. But I didnt expect it's thattttt good! I think it's even better than Swensen's! Okie, enough of the ramblings. I did alter many things from Jy's recipe because I only have canned clams and canned mushrooms at home. HAHAHA! Thank god I have Campbell's soup and some cheese slices though!

                                                                                                                                                                               

 

Ingredients: (Serves 1, male's portion)

Uncooked rice, 3/4 cup

Narcissus brand, Canned mushrooms, sliced, half a can 

New Moon brand, Canned razor clams(贵妃鲍贝), half a can

Campbell's 1/4 canned soup paste, chicken & mushroom flavour

McCormicks, ground black pepper

White pepper

Light Soy Sauce

Chesdale, herb & garlic cheese(comes in packet of slices)(2 slices)

Method:

1) Cook 3/4 cup rice in rice cooker(I'm using Philips), adding slightly more water than needed to cook it normally. Place it in a bowl once it's cooked immediately, which should be a little moist.

2) Marinate clams with 1 teaspoon of light soya sauce and lots of white pepper

3) Boil Campbell's soup(around 3 heaped tbspoons of paste) to a thick consistency. It comes up to around 70% cup of soup

4) Sliced the mushrooms and retaining some of it's mushroom water, stir-fry them with light soya sauce and black pepper. Put aside

5) Get a aluminium foil bowl(I make one from aluminium foil) that can fit into the Philips Airfryer. Pour 1/3 of the soup at the base

6) Add the rice, which should be slightly damp. Placed mushrooms on it evenly, followed by the raw clams. Pour the rest of the soup all over it. Dash some black pepper over

7) Place 2 pieces of cheese to cover the whole dish. Dash some black pepper.

8) Airfry it with Philips Airfryer at 160degrees for 9-10minutes. Not any longer. And serveeeeee~

This dish is extremely healthy as no oil/butter and salt is used throughout(altered from Jy's recipe). Well, maybe just the cheese. =D

The clams tasted great, just the right degree of chewiness and the rice is just full of flavour without being too salty and not too dry or hard. I hate hard rice. 

Love love love this!~!~ Do try out!

Alternatives and Notes:

- If you wish to replace clams with others, feel free to. Just take note for ingredients that need a longer time to get cook, for e.g, chicken, you'll need to semi-cook them before you airfry the whole dish. On the other hand, seafood which needs less time to be cooked, you can cook it in the same way as the clams.

-  The flavour of soup and type of cheese can be altered to your preference too. 

- If you need to reduce the quantity of rice because you're on a carbo diet, you can reduce to...say 1/4 cup. But if you reduce the quantity of rice, you'll need to reduce the quantity of other ingredients too as well as the quantity of soup(else the baked rice will be too "wet"). 

This is the original Chicken and Mushroom cheese baked rice recipe Jy had: You can try too!

Ingredients
(Serves 4-6)

- 1 1/2 cups uncooked rice, rinsed and drained
- Water to cook rice
- 5 garlic cloves
- 200g (white or brown) button mushrooms, sliced
- 200g chicken fillet, cubed
- 15g butter
- a few tablespoons uncooked Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup
- Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
- Shredded Cheddar Cheese (I use mild red cheddar)
- Salt & Pepper
- Parsley (garnishing)
Directions

1. In a heated wok or saucepan, melt the butter. Add the sliced mushrooms and cut chicken pieces, stir-fry for a few minutes until the surface of the chicken pieces is white.
2. Add the washed uncooked rice, salt and black pepper to taste. Stir well. Transfer contents of wok/pan to a rice cooker. Add the garlic cloves. Add water to cook rice (I use slightly more than 1 1/2 cups of water – adjust the water amount according to your cooker).
3. When the rice is cooked, portion out the rice into individual oven-safe baking dishes (or use a 20cm x 20 cm square alumnium tray) until about half the height of the dish. ( I use oven safe bowl that can fit in airfryer)
4. Spread some mushroom soup sauce ( Campbell brand) on top of the rice, and topped with a layer of shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese.
5. Airfry it at 180degrees for 10minutes. Garnish with parsley.

Wow hers sure looked more complicated. Lol. I seldom have fresh ingredients in my fridge because I cant be sure when I have the time to cook so I dont buy and store in my freezer; for fear of them getting not fresh. So mine are usually canned food. =( But I'm still very glad that my dishes turned out nice. Of course I still love cooking fresh food too like chicken, pork and especially fish. But I think I can only cook them when I have half a day free. 

Aglio Olio with black pepper smoked duck

Aglio Olio with black pepper smoked duck

Yesterday I cooked this and I was so surprised it turned out so tasty and declious despite I lack of much fresh ingredients. I thought, it tastes quite as good as what was served outside in restaurants, and interestingly, dearie remarked out loud the same thought which I didnt say out.



These are the staple ingredients! All available from NTUC.

As I said, I lack of fresh ingredients like garlic which is essential in making aglio olio.

Awwww.......but thankfully I found replacements in my fridge; as per the above picture. Hee.

Ingredients:

Duck Chef, ready-cooked black pepper smoked duck breast

Masterfoods, garlic powder

McCormick, pure ground black pepper

JJW, fried garlic with oil

Spaghetti

Salt

Chillipadi(1 piece for portions of 2)

Method:

1) Boil the spaghetti(2 person share) in water for 15minutes with some salt and little olive oil(if you like al dente style then cook it for 10-12minutes)

2) Remove the spaghetti from the boiling water and run it under the tap(cold water), sieve the water away and put it aside

3) Remove the ready-cooked black pepper smoked duck from it's packet(after leaving it outside for around 10mins after taking out from the freezer) and seared it on pan for few minutes on both sides, flipping it time to time.

4) Sauce/juice will ooze out from the duck. Remove the duck and place it aside to cool

5) (No need oil) Use the sauce to cook the pasta, stir-frying it together with 1 tbspoon of fried garlic(without the oil), some salt, black pepper, 1 tbspoon garlic powder and the little chillipadi(halved, removed the seeds with gloves) for few minutes.

6) Slice the smoked duck. If it's still hot, use tongs to hold it. It might be cold in the middle(as we seared it when it's frozen). Place the sliced smoked duck onto aluminium foil and airfry in Philips Airfryer at 200degrees for 3-4 minutes(If you dont have Philips Airfryer, just microwave it for 1min or so)

7) Serve pasta on plate, arranged sliced duck on pasta. Both served hot.

The above recipe is mild spicy, serves 2.

FAQ

1) Why sear the smoked duck when it's frozen, because cooking will definitely be uneven(cold in the middle)

Because I defrosted the duck before searing it before(for my smoked duck salad with mandarin oranges) and it yields almost no sauce/juice. I need the sauce to cook the pasta.

2) Can I sear the frozen duck for more than a few minutes so that the inside will be hot as well?

But if this way, the outer of the duck will definitely be overcooked and will be tough. So it's better to sear it on the outside(just to get it's juice) and then later airfry/microwave it when it's sliced, to get a better texture overall. Also to warm it up to serve it together with the pasta, as it would be chilled while we cook the pasta.

Alternatives:

Fresh garlic, sliced(maybe half a cup or lesser) can be used in place of the fried garlic and garlic powder. The latter 2 is good to store in your fridge as they will not go bad so fast like fresh garlic.

Oh yes, I've gotten my Philips air fryer! Have cooked using it and it was AWESOME. Will post recipes/pictures/review soon!