Wealthy Bowl (Poon Choi)
10 Servings
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Recipe Description
Delicious signature Chinese New Year meal with a combination of scrumptious ingredients in a wealthy bowl for your beloved family enjoyment!
Set Dish
Steps to Assemble the Wealthy Bowl (Poon Choi):
- Combine and strain braised sea cucumber sauce, braised Chinese mushroom sauce, braised fish maw sauce and canned abalone sauce. Simmer and mix well.
- Use a wide heat proof container, arrange Chinese cabbage and fried yam at the bottom of the container.
- Arrange steamed chicken drumsticks, braised mushroom, prawn balls, fish maw, dried oyster, fried prawn, sea cucumber, broccoli and canned abalone in the container.
- Pour in the combined sauce.
- Braised the Poon Choi for 5-10 minutes and ready to serve.
Braised Sea Cucumber
Ingredients
600 g | Sea cucumber, pre-soaked |
5 tbsp | Cooking oil |
10 g | Ginger, sliced |
10 g | Shallots, chopped |
10 g | Garlic, chopped |
1 liter | Water |
300 g | Chicken carcass, cut & blanched |
300 g | Vegetarian abalone slices |
1 tsp | Oyster sauce |
½ tsp | Sugar |
Method
- Wash and cut sea cucumber into pieces.
- Heat oil in pot, stir-fry ginger, shallots, garlic until golden brown.
- Add in sea cucumber, stir-fry for 5 minutes.
- Add water and mix well.
- Add chicken carcass, abalone slices and season with AJI-SHIO® Flavoured Black Pepper, oyster sauce and sugar.
- Cover and simmer for 45 minutes over medium heat Stir every 5 min for even cooking.
- Once ready, set aside.
Tips
- Use sea cucumber with thick flesh for better texture.
- May opt to use frozen sea cucumber for easy process. Pre-soaked is not required, just defrost the sea cucumber before cooking
- The recipe can be prepared in advance and keep chill in fridge. Simply warm up before serving.
Braised Chinese Mushroom
Ingredients
150 g | Dried mushroom, soaked overnight |
5 tbsp | Cooking oil |
10 g | Ginger, sliced |
10 g | Shallots, chopped |
10 g | Garlic, chopped |
1 liter | Water |
300 g | Chicken carcass, cut & blanched |
3 tsp | Rasa Sifu™ All in One Seasoning |
1 tbsp | Fish sauce |
1 tsp | AJI-SHIO® Flavoured Pepper |
1 tbsp | Sugar |
Method
- Rinse the mushroom and cut the stem.
- Heat oil in pot, stir-fry ginger, shallots, garlic until golden brown.
- Add in mushroom and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add in water and mix well.
- Add in chicken carcass and season with Rasa Sifu™, AJI-SHIO® Flavored Pepper, fish sauce and sugar. Mix well.
- Cover and braised for 1 hour over low heat. Stir the braising every 20 minutes for even cooking.
- Once ready, set aside.
Tips
- Use dried mushroom with thicker flesh for better texture.
- This recipe can be cooked and chill in advance. Simply warm up before serving.
Braised Fish Maw
Ingredients
100 g | Dry fish maw, soaked and cut into pieces |
4 tbsp | Cooking oil |
10 g | Ginger, sliced |
20 g | Shallots, chopped |
15 g | Garlic, chopped |
1 liter | Water |
200 g | Chicken carcass, cut & blanched |
50 g | Dried oyster, washed & soaked |
1 tsp | AJI-NO-MOTO® |
½ tsp | Salt |
1 tbsp | Light soy sauce |
Method
- Blanch the fish maw in hot water until soft, drain and set aside.
- Heat oil in pot, stir-fry ginger, shallots and garlic until fragrant.
- Add in fish maw, stir-fry for 5 minutes.
- Add water, stir well.
- Add in chicken carcass, dried oyster and season with AJI-NO-MOTO®, salt and light soy sauce.
- Cover the pot and simmer for 1 hour over medium heat. Stir the braising every 15 minutes.
- Once ready, set aside.
Tips
- Good fish maw fried or dried, will have even yellow color and choose with fairly thick for better bite-feel
- This recipe can be cooked and chill in advance. Simply warm up before serving.
Steamed Chicken with Wolfberries
Ingredients
10 | Chicken drumstick, washed and drained |
5 g | Wolfberries, washed and drained |
1 ½ tbsp | TUMIX® Chicken Stock |
10 ml | Ginger juice |
1 tsp | Sugar |
1 ½ tsp | Corn flour |
Method
- In a bowl, mix TUMIX® Chicken Stock, ginger juice, sugar and corn flour.
- Marinate chicken drumsticks with the mixture for minimum 4 hours
- Before steaming, sprinkle wolfberries on top.
- Bring water to boil and steam for 20 min over low heat.
Tips
- May marinate the chicken drumsticks in the fridge overnight for better taste
- If the chicken drumstick is marinating in the fridge overnight, let them set in room temperature for ½ hour before steaming.
- Steaming over low heat will make the chicken tender and juicy.
Deep Fried Prawns
Ingredients
10 pcs | Prawns |
1 tbsp | Seri-Aji® Anchovy Fried Rice Seasoning |
2 cups | Cooking oil |
Method
- Clean and wash the prawns. Let it dry.
- Sprinkle with Seri-Aji® Anchovy Fried Rice Seasoning.
- Toss and make sure they are well coated. Marinate the prawns for 20 minutes.
- Heat the cooking oil and fry them about 8-10 minutes until golden.
- Drain the excess oil.
Prawn Meat Balls
Ingredients
200 g | Prawn paste |
4 stick | Crab filament, cut into small diced |
1 tsp | Corn flour |
1 ¼ tsp | AJI-SHIO® Flavoured Black Pepper |
¼ tsp | Sugar |
Some | Sesame oil |
Method
- Mix all ingredients in a bowl until well combined.
- Bring water to boil and scoop the paste in to boiling water.
- The prawn balls will float to the surface, indicate that it is cooked.
- Remove from the pot and set aside.
Substitute: Use ready-made prawn balls for less preparation time
Assorted Vegetables & Additional Condiments
Ingredients
500 g | Chinese cabbage, cut into 2-inch-wide |
200 g | Broccoli, cut into floret |
500 g | Yam, skin removed and cut into ½-inch-thick |
Enough | Cooking oil |
Enough | Water |
2 tbsp | Cooking oil |
1 tsp | AJI-NO-MOTO® |
1 can | Abalone |
Method
- Bring water to a boil, add cooking oil and AJI-NO-MOTO®.
- Add Chinese cabbage and broccoli, cook for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove from pot and drain.
- Heat the cooking oil, fry yam until golden.
Product Used for the Recipe
AJI-NO-MOTO® Recipes
AJI-SHIO® Flavoured Pepper Recipes
AJI-SHIO® Flavoured Black Pepper Recipes
Rasa Sifu® Recipes
Seri-Aji® Anchovy Flavour Fried Rice Recipes
TUMIX® Chicken Stock Recipes