Happy Call Pan Recipe - Salmon with Lemon Caper Sauce

After a long day at work, I will often look forward to a sumptuous home-cooked dinner at home. Then again, I am too tired to wash up all the pots and pans that I've decided to come up with yet another 'one-pan recipe'. Using my trusted Happy Call Pan, I've easily cooked up a fish, an accompanying sauce and even grilled vegetables. I used broccoli here but you can always replace it with any vegetables (suitable for grilling) as you please! There! Simple, easy and only one pan to wash up after the meal!

Serves 1
Ingredients:

1 piece                             salmon fillet
1/2 tablespoon                 capers, rinsed and drained
1 tablespoon                    butter
1 tablespoon                    lemon juice
1 tablespoon                    parsley leaves, chopped
1 cup                                broccoli florets, washed and drained
                                         sea salt and black pepper to taste

Method:

Heat the happy call pan on medium high heat. Season the salmon fillet with sea salt and black pepper.

Place the salmon on the pan skin side down. Close the pan and lock it. Flip over after 2 to 3 minutes and cook for another minute or so. The salmon should still be slightly pink in the middle. Remove and set aside.

With the fish oil in the pan, add in 1 tablespoon of butter, 1/2 tablespoon of capers and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Cook for a minute or two, add in the chopped parsley and pour the sauce over the salmon fillet.

With the same pan, add in the broccoli and close the pan, locking it. Cook for a minute and flip over and cook for another.

Serve the grilled vegetables with the fish and sauce.

Happy Call Pan Recipe - Kimchi Pancake

My brother has been pestering me to cook up something fancy for him since he return from Perth a month ago. I've sadly been proscratinating. Feeling a little guilty, I have decided to cook up something a little special for him today. Unfortunately I do not have much ingredients in the chiller this week but I do have a HUGE tub of kimchi which I've recently bought, so Kimchi Pancake it shall be for lunch today.

Serves 2

Ingredients:

1 cup                             kimchi, chopped
1/2                                 onion, minced
1/2 cup                          plain flour
1/2 teaspoon                 sea salt
1/2 teaspoon                 sugar
1/4 cup                          water
1 tablespoon                 cooking oil

Method:

Mix all the ingredients except for the oil, together.

Heat the happy call pan on medium high heat with 1 tablespoon of oil.

Pour in the prepared batter and spread them evenly on the pan. Close and lock the pan for 2 minutes.

Flip over the pan and fry for another 2 to 3 minutes or until crispy. Serve hot.

Happy Call Pan Recipe - Pan-Fried Fish with Soy Sauce

I give in to desire and temptation easily, and today's dish was no exception. While strolling down the aisle at the supermarket today, I had a sudden craving for a simple pan fried fish. Needless to say, I turned my shopping trolley around and headed towards some fresh fish marketing. I wanted to buy a red snapper initially but today's threadfin fillet was just too fresh to resist. Be it a whole fish that you prefer or a simple fish fillet, this recipe works wonders for either. The fish can be fried in a normal frying pan but I'm using the happy call pan today just so that I'll have that little lesser mess to clear up thereafter.

Serves 2
Ingredients:

1                            fish fillet or medium sized whole fish
2 tablespoon         cooking oil
1 stalk                   chilli, seeded and thinly shred
2 stalks                  spring onion, thinly shred
5 slices                  old ginger, thinly shred

Sauce mixure:     
2 tablespoons      light soy sauce
1 tablespoon       dark soy sauce
1/2 tablespoon    sugar
dash                    sesame oil
1 tablespoon       chinese wine
4 tablespoons     water

Method:

Heat the frying pan or happy call pan. Add in 2 tablespoons of cooking oil and the fish.

If using happy call pan, close the cover but do not lock it. Fry it for 3 minutes each side or until crispy. Lock the pan only when turning the fish. Always unlock the pan as the steam created in it will prevent the fish from being crispy.

Remove the fried fish onto a clean plate, leaving the oil behind in the pan.

Add in the shredded ginger and fry till golden brown. Add in the sliced chilli and fry for another 30 seconds before pouring in the sauce mixture. Bring to boil and reduce slightly.

Pour the sauce over the prepared fish and top with the spring onion.

Happy Call Pan Recipe - Okonomiyaki (Japanese Pancake)

I have not stepped into the supermarket for more than a week now and had to make do with what's left behind in the fridge. With only potatoes, carrots and some left over cabbage in the kitchen, I couldn't think of a more ideal time to make an okonomiyak for dinner! An okonomiyaki is a typical Japanese pancake made using whatever ingredients you have or would like to include! Seafood, meat, mushroom, vegetables, you name it. What I have here is a super simple vegetarian version but please feel free to experiment, appropriately of course!

Serves 4
Ingredients:

2                             eggs, beaten
2 cups                     flour
1/2 head                  round cabbage, shredded
1 large                    carrot, shredded
1 large                    potato, shredded
1 teaspoon              sea salt
1 to 2 cups              water
                               Japanese mayonnaise to taste
                               Worchestershire sauce to taste

Method:

Mix all ingredients together. Heat the Happy Call Pan on high heat for a minute.

Pour in the mixed batter and close the lid, locking it.

Unlock the lid, leaving the lid partially open. Cook for another 8 minutes.

Close and lock the lid again, flipping the pan over.

Unlock the lid and leave the lid partially open. Pan fry for another 10 minutes.

Cut into pieces and serve with Japanese mayonnaise and Worchestershire sauce to taste.

Happy Call Pan Recipe - Teriyaki Chicken

My mum wanted me to cook some chicken using the Happy Call Pan this evening and so I obliged with a Teriyaki chicken dish for her. I prefer to grill the chicken first before pouring in the sauce but you can always marinate the chicken in the sauce and cook it together if you wish. Easy and mess-free, she enjoyed this dish so much that she even asked for the recipe from me.

Ingredients:

1                     boneless chicken leg
1 teaspoon      salt
1/3 cup           rice wine
3 tablespoons  light soy sauce
3 tablespoons  mirin
2 tablespoon   sugar
2 tablespoon   water

Method:

Rub the chicken leg with salt all over and let it rest for about 5 minutes. Rinse the chicken using the rice wine.

In a bowl, mix 3 tablespoons of light soy sauce, 3 tablespoons of mirin, 2 tablespoon of sugar and 2 tablespoons of water.

Heat the happy call pan on a medium high heat for a minute. Place the chicken leg on the pan, skin side down. Close the pan and lock it.

Flip over after 4 minutes and pour in the sauce ingredients. Close the pan and lock it. (I open the pan a couple of times to ensure that the chicken is cooked in the sauce but that's up to you)

Flip the pan over after 2 minutes and cook for another 2 minutes. Dish up and serve with the remaining sauces in the pan.

Happy Call Pan Recipe - Omelette Galore

If you are a porridge fan just like me, I'm sure you will be pretty familiar with those wonderful variations of omelette that goes divinely with it.  I wanted to experiment cooking omelette using the Happy call pan since no oil are used. It turned out to be surprisingly moist and fluffy as the omelette was in a way 'steamed' when the pan is closed (locked). For those omelette lovers out there, I've listed my favourite combinations here in this post for your reference. Enjoy.

Serves 2
Ingredients:

4                    eggs, beaten
1 tablespoon   light soy sauce
1 dash             white ground pepper

Mix all ingredients together. This is the base for the omelette.

Omelette Combinations:

Chai poh omelette
- 1 clove of minced garlic, 2 tablespoons of chai poh, 1/2 tablespoon of sugar

Prawn & onion omelette
- 1/2 sliced yellow onion, 6 shrimp sliced half lengthwise

Onion omelette
- 1 sliced yellow onion

Long beans omelette
- 1 clove of minced garlic, 1 cup of thinly sliced long beans

Oriental omelette
- 2 chinese mushrooms thinly sliced, 1/2 lup cheong thinly sliced, 1/2 sliced yellow onion

Minced meat omelette
- 100g minced pork

Foo yong omelette
- 1 tablespoon of chopped char siew, 1/4 cup of beansprouts, 1 stalk of sliced scallion, 1/4 sliced yellow onion, 1 tablespoon of chopped shrimp, 1/2 sliced chilli

Method:

Heat the Happy Call Pan on medium-high heat for a minute. Add in the ingredients and lock the pan for two minutes. Lock for 4 minutes if you are cooking the long beans and 6 minutes if you are cooking the minced meat.

Open the pan and pour in the prepared egg mixture. Close and lock for two minutes.

Flip over and cook for another minute. Open and serve.

Happy Call Pan Recipe - Grilled Rosemary-Thyme Chicken with Broccoli

I've recently acquired the much acclaimed double-sided Happy Call Pan from Korea and couldn't wait to try it out. The verdict: I loved it! The skin was crispy and the meat tender and succulent. The best part of it all, it's oil splatter free! At the end of the meal, all I needed to wash was just one pan and a plate. I used dried herbs in this recipe but if you are fortunate enough to possess the fresh stuff, do increase the amount to 1 tablespoon instead.

Serves 1
Ingredients:

1                        boneless chicken leg with skin
2 cloves              garlic, minced
2 tablespoons     olive oil
1/2 teaspoon       dried rosemary
1/2 teaspoon       dried thyme
1 tablespoon       lemon juice
1 teaspoon          sea salt
1/2 teaspoon       black pepper
5                         broccoli floret stalks

Method:

Pour 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a resealable bag. Add in 1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme, 1/2 teaspoon of dried rosemary, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of sea salt, 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper, 2 cloves of minced garlic and mix well.

Add in the chicken leg and refigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Heat the happy call pan on the stove on medium-high heat. Add in the chicken leg skin side down. Close the pan and lock it.

Flip the pan over after 4 minutes and cook on the stove for another 3 minutes.

Remove the cooked chicken, leaving the juices behind. Add in the broccoli florets and close the pan, locking it. Flip the pan over after 1 minute and cook on the stove for another half minute. Open and serve the broccoli with the chicken.

Note: You can also cook this dish using a normal frying pan. You'll probably need 4 minutes on the skin side and another 5 minutes on the other. Do use a cover though as you'll want the juices to remain in the pan for the broccoli.