Teriyaki Salmon (Happycall)

Ingredients (Serves 2)
- 60ml mirin
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 60ml light soya sauce
- 2 salmon fillets (each about 2.5cm thick)
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar

Directions
1. Mix the mirin brown sugar & light soya sauce to make the marinde. Coat the salmon evenly with it & set aside for 5 minutes.
2. Drain the salmon & pat dry. Set aside the marinade to cook with later.
3. Over low heat, cook the salmon for 7 minutes with the pan closed.
4. Flip the pan over, open it & pour the mairnade over the fish.
5. Close the pan & cook for 4 minutes. Transfer the salmon to the plate but leave the marinade in the pan.
6. Stir in the rice vinegar & cook it with the marinade until it bubbles. Then pour the sauce over the salmon to serve.

Tips
You can add coriander roots, sliced garlic, sliced shallots & chopped spring onions (used the ends which are more aromatic) into the marinade to give it more flavour.

Claypot Chicken Rice (Happycall)

Ingredients (Serves 2)
- 1 cup rice, rinsed
- 1 cup water or chicken stock
- 1 chicken drumstick (deboned & cut into chunks)
- 3 shitake mushrooms (soaked for 5 minutes & sliced)
- 1 salted egg (cooked & sliced)
- 1/2 Chinese sausage (thinly sliced)
- 1 tbsp spring onions
- 1/2 cup coriander leaves

Seasoning (for chicken)
- 1 tbsp of sesame oil
- 2 tbsp of chinese wine (hua diao jiu)
- 2 tbsp of dark soya sauce
- 1 tbsp of light soya sauce

Directions
1. Marinate the chicken thigh meat with pepper, sesame oil, hua diao jiu & soya sauce. Put in fridge while preparing the rest.
2. Place the rice & water or chicken stock into the pan. Top with the chicken, mushrooms, salted egg & Chinese sausage.
3. Clos the pan & cock over low heat for 20 minutes.
4. Top with spring onions & coriander, then serve.