Family Mess Hall - whole food meals dinners recipes

Pork broth congee Ingredients: 1 kg pork ribs 3 litres water 1 cup rice 4 tbsp chopped scallions 1 tsp salt 4 tsp fried shallots (optional) 4 tsp fresh ginger (finely julienned) (optional) 4 tbsp roasted peanuts (optional) Method: Fill water large stock pot three quarters full with boiling water.  Boil the pork ribs in the pot for 30 minutes.  Ensure the ribs are covered with water. Add rice to the pot and stir.  Simmer for 1 hour 30 minutes uncovered.  Check the pot every thirty minutes. Stir the rice and ensure the pot doesn't simmer dry.   When the rice has broken down, the broth has reduced and congee has thickened to a porridge-like consistency, it is ready to serve.  

Korean bibimbap - vegetarian rice bowl Ingredients: steamed rice for four people 1 cup zucchini (julienned) 1 cup red capsicum (julienned) 1 cup butternut pumpkin (julienned) 2 cups shredded silverbeet or spinach 5 dried shiitake mushrooms 4 eggs Korean bibimbap sauce ((store bought ok)) sesame oil salt 1-2 tbsp kimchi per person (optional) Homemade bibimbap sauce (less spicy to be child friendly) 1 tbsp gochujang ((add up to three tablespoons as you prefer)) 1/2 tbsp sesame oil 1 tsp sugar 2 tbsp hot water 1 tsp minced garlic 1 tsp rice or apple cider vinegar 1 tsp sesame seeds Method: Prepare steamed rice as per packet instructions. In a fry pan, separately stir fry batches of vegetables in a tsp of sesame oil until fragrant and wilted.  Season each batch with a little salt to taste. Serve rice in large bowls.  Place cooked vegetables in little piles on top of the rice keeping each vegetable separate from the other. Fry eggs in oil keeping yolks running. Top rice and vegetab...

One pot ricecooker chicken, shiitake and lup cheong rice recipe Ingredients: Chicken marinade 500 grams boned chicken thigh fillet ((chopped into bite sized pieces)) 1 tbsp soya sauce 1 tbsp corn flour 1 tbsp shaoxing rice wine 1 tsp ginger (minced) 1 tsp garlic (minced) 1/2 tsp sugar One pot ricecooker chicken, shiitake and lap cheong rice 3 cups rice 5 dried shiitake mushrooms ((soaked in 1 cup boiling water)) 3 lup cheong (Chinese cured sausages) (thinly sliced at a diagonal angle) Sauce (for pouring over once rice is cooked) 2 tbsp soya sauce 1 tbsp shaoxing rice wine 1 tsp sugar 1/2 tsp garlic (minced) 1/2 tsp ginger (minced) 1 tsp sesame oil 1 spring onion ((finely chopped)) Method: Combine marinade ingredients together in a bowl and stir through chicken.  Allow to marinate for minimum 15 minutes. In the ricecooker bowl, place three cups of rinsed and drained rice.  Fill bowl with mushroom soaking liquid and water until the water level is 2cm above the top ...

Cheat's Aloo Gobi (Indian spices potatoes and cauliflower) Ingredients:  Method:

Ingredients: 1 whole raw chicken a 5cm piece of ginger  4 spring onions 1 tsp salt 2 tsp  soya sauce 1/2 bunch fresh coriander 3 star anise 1 cinnamon stick 1 cucumber (sliced) 3 tomatoes (sliced) Method: Make the chicken 1.  Stuff chicken with 1/4 bunch of coriander, 1 whole spring onion and 5 slices of ginger. Place chicken breast side down in large stock pot with cinnamon stick, star anise and salt.   2. Fill pot with water until chicken is submerged. 3. Put the lid on the pot and place the pot on high heat.  When it comes to a rolling boil, reduce to medium high heat and continue to boil for 15 minutes.  4. When 15 minutes has passed, turn off the heat but leave the pot on the hot element for another hour. Do not remove the lid.  The chicken will continue to cook gently. 5. After one hour has passed, remove the chicken from the hot broth and allow to cool.  Optional: Place chicken in an ice bath to rapidly cool the chicken and to improve ...

Ingredients: 2 eggplants 2 zucchinis 1 cup long grain rice 1 tin crushed tomatoes 0.5 tsp allspice 0.5 tsp cumin 0.5 tsp dried oregano 2 tblsp chopped parsley 1 small onion (finely diced) 1 tsp crushed garlic 2 tblsp olive oil 250g ground beef (or other ground meat) salt and pepper to taste 0.5 cup vegetable stock Method: 1. Preheat oven to 180C.  Slice vegetables in half, lengthways.   2. Scoop out the centres of the vegetable to create a shallow well and place in baking dish.  Chop the excess vegetable and place in bowl. 3. Add onions, garlic, spices, herbs, ground meat, rice, salt and pepper to chopped eggplant and zucchini.  Mix until ingredients are evenly distributed throughout. 4. Drizzle olive oil over vegetables. 5. Loosly stuff vegetables with filling. 6. Pour over combined crushed tomatoes and stock. 7. Drizzle with a little extra olive oil and cover dish with foil. 8. Bake for 45 minutes or until vegetables and filling are cooked through.