Singapore-inspired spices
The huge Chinese influence in Singapore is particularly obvious in the food. Some recipes have been adapted to allow for locally available ingredients, but they are all recognisable to the Western palate.
Lemon Chicken must be on everyone’s list for a take-away! Tangy and sweet at the same time, it works in perfect tandem with a simple egg fried rice, which handily uses the egg yolks not required in the batter!
Wonton soup is a popular street food in Singapore and elsewhere. Use our recipe for wontons, and then create a simple soup with chicken stock and pak choi.
Enche Kebin is a Nonya fried chicken recipe, inspired by both Malaysian and Chinese cooking. It combines Malay spices with coconut milk and soy sauce, and is simply served with cucumber and rice,
This fabulously simple Chinese pork with potatoes recipe has so few ingredients it is hard to believe it could be so tasty! Using very lean meat and cooking the potatoes from raw in the liquid both add to the flavour of the sauce.
Chinese chicken with mushroom and bamboo shoots is a very simple recipe, but you will be amazed at the richness of the flavours from such a short list of ingredients! Substitute the chicken for tofu if you want a vegetarian/vegan option.
This Chinese stir fry is lifted above the ordinary by the inclusion of chilli bean paste and shrimp paste (both readily available online or in Asian supermarkets and they last for ever in the fridge!).
The Chinese use a lot of pork in their cooking, and we have made a delicious curry using our Auntie Ang’s Chinese spice blend with dried mushrooms.
Szechuan pork with green beans, or Gan Bian Si Ji Dou, is a full-flavoured stir fry with pork mince and fine green beans from the Szechuan (or Sichuan) province of China.
Nothing is more evocative of the flavour of street food in South East Asia than the following recipe…
Egg Foo Yong, a simple prawn omelette, is a Singapore hawker dish of Chinese origin. It is very quick to make and delicious served with a tangy salad.
This tofu and mushroom stir fry is so simple that you will not believe it could be so tasty! Particularly good served with egg fried rice, but still delicious with plain rice.
Use the sauce in this recipe to create your favourite noodle dish! Have it wholly vegetarian, or stir in a little chicken or a few prawns. You can also use different types of noodles - each variation produces a completely different dish!
This delicious meal for used up leftover char sui but you can make a vegetarian version. Egg goes particularly well with the sauce and rice!
At Bit Spicy we eat a lot of fried rice - left over from all the curry we eat! The only ingredients needed are rice (obviously!), eggs, peas and spring onions, with soy sauce and chilli sauce to add flavour. So here is our basic recipe and quantities…
We have used our Malay Kuantan Dipping Chicken blend, and the sauce is delicious drizzled over plain rice and a simple salad
A very quick and easy noodle recipe using traditional Chinese Kung Po sauce, which is widely available.
Bitspicy’s founder, Andrew, says: ‘When I was a student at the Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore there was a hawker in the playground selling mee, or noodle soup. I used to really look forward to it…
This is a Chinese-inspired dish with carrot and snake beans (not easy to come by and are tougher and have less flavour than normal green beans, so don't worry about…
This is a simple seafood/chicken noodle dish which can be enjoyed by the whole family (as long as you all enjoy squid!). The name derives from the use of dark soy sauce, and it is traditionally served with lime and a fiery chilli-based sauce called Sambal Belachan…
This Chinese noodle recipe is similar to something you will find all over south east Asia. If you already have xo sauce and red soy paste the you’ve probably already got your own recipe for this, but if not, they are widely available…