Milk-Braised Chicken

Another dish I prepared for Mother's Day, sourced from here.




Ingredients:

1 whole chicken
Salt
Pepper
3 tablespoons of butter
10 fresh sage leaves
1/4 lemon, rind
8 cloves of garlic, peeled
2 cups of whole milk


Instructions:

1) Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius.

2) Season the chicken generously with salt and pepper.

3) Heat the butter in a pot, then brown the chicken all over.

4) Add the sage, lemon, garlic and milk.

5) Put in the oven for 1.5 hours, then serve.

Shrimp and Avocado Salad

Prepared this dish for Mother's Day. Got it from Tasty's Facebook page; details are at this link. I modified the amounts slightly though.

Ingredients:

8 large shrimps
1 lime
Salt
Pepper
1 romaine lettuce
1 avocado
3 tablespoons of olive oil
2 tablespoons of honey
1 tablespoon of chilli powder
0.5 cup of cherry tomatoes


Instructions:

1) Cut off the shrimp heads and put aside. Deshell the shrimps.

2) Chop the romaine lettuce into pieces, cut the cherry tomatoes into half, and cut the avocado into pieces (around thumbnail sizes).

3) Mix olive oil, some lime juice (around ⅔), honey, chilli powder, salt and pepper. It's not easy to mix the oil and honey uniformly, so you may need to mix the salad more later.

4) Marinate the shrimps with salt, pepper and the remaining lime juice.

5) Pan-fry the shrimp heads and shrimps, around 1 to 2 minutes each side. Press the shrimp heads more while frying to extract more of its essence. When done, remove the shrimps and toss the heads aside.

6) Mix the salad well with the dressing, then place the shrimps on top. Serve.