Honey Garlic Pork Tenderloin

ingredients:
- 1 pound pork tenderloin

- salt and pepper for seasoning

- 2 tsp olive oil

- 1/2 cup no salt added chicken broth (or water)

- 1/8 cup soy sauce

- 1/8 cup water

- 6 - 8 cloves minced garlic

- 1 slice ginger

- 1/4 cup honey

- 2 tsp cornstarch

- 1 tbsp water to dissolve the cornstarch

1. Seasoning the pork with salt and pepper.

2. Heat the olive oil in the Pressure Pot on sauté mode.  Brown the pork 2-3 minutes per side. Remove it from the pot.

3. Pour the chicken broth and use a spatula to scrape up the browned bits on the bottom of the pot.

4. Add the soy sauce, garlic and ginger to the pot.  Place the pork back.

5. Cook at High pressure with 4 minutes, and wait the pressure auto release finish, about 15 mins.

6.  Remove the pork from the pot, add honey and cornstarch water to the sauce.  Use sauté mode to cook the sauce until it's thick.

7.  Cut the pork tenderloin and pour the honey garlic sauce on the pork.

8. Enjoy!!

ref: https://kristineskitchenblog.com/instant-pot-pork-tenderloin/

glutinous red beans rice cake 紅豆燒餅

ingredients:

- 135g glutinous rice flour (糯米粉) or mix with mashed sweet potatoes 

- 120ml water

- 25g sugar

- pinch salt

- 180g sweetened red beans(optional)

- 10g corn syrup

1. Heat water, sugar and salt until boil.

2. Add the hot sugar water to glutinous rice flour.  Mix it until it turn to a dough.

3. Separate the dough to 6 pieces.

4.  Wrap in red bean paste.  And flatten them carefully into a pancake shape.

5.  Pan fry them with low heat until both sides are golden color.

ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nidyYn1LXkI&t=675s

Chinese beef balls

ingredients:
- 250 g ground beef

- 15g corn starch

- 5g baking powder

- 3g slt

- 5g fish sauce

- 1.5g white pepper powder

- 1g black pepper

- 25ml chicken stock

1. Put the frozen ground beef in the refrigerator over night to defrost a little.

2. Use food processor mix everything together.

3. Store in the fridge for an hour.

4. Use two spoons or hands to make meat balls.

5. Cook them in boiling water until it folding. Done.

Notes:

Beef ball congee:

1. Use pressure pot make congee until it's auto release.

2. During cooking with saute, add the uncooked meat balls to the congee, keep cooking until the congee and meat balls are done.

ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLd0RgTBB9U&t=527s

dorayaki (Japanese red bean pancake)

This one without red bean paste.

ingredients:
- 4 large eggs

- 50 g sugar

- 2 tbsp honey

- 160 g all-purpose flour

- 1 tsp baking powder

- 1 - 2 tbsp water

- 520 g red bean paste (optional)

1. Whisk eggs, sugar and honey until fluffy.

2. Sift flour and baking powder.

3. Mix the flour and batter together.  Keep in the fridge to rest for 15 minutes.

4. Stir in 1 to 2 tbsp water to the batter and stir it until the batter is a little lighter than ribbon flow.

5. Heat a non-stick frying pan over low heat.  Wipe a lightly coat of oil on it with paper towel.  Then remove the oil before pour the batter.

6. Pour the batter on the pan and cook each side until lightly brown.

7. Make sandwich with red bean paste.  Done.

8. The left over dorayaki can use plastic wrap wrap it and store in a Ziplock bag in the the freezer for up to a month.

Ref: https://www.justonecookbook.com/dorayaki-japanese-red-bean-pancake/