Claire's food art

Adapted from this recipe . 4 chicken thighs, remove skin and bones. Cut to 1 inch cubes. The chicken meat should be about 450g. Add 1 tsp soy sauce, 1/4 tsp pepper, 1/3 tsp salt, 2 cloves of garlic (minced). Mix with meat, set aside to marinate. (Claire helps here.) Mix 1/3 cup flour + 1/4 tsp salt + 1/4 tsp baking powder, add about 1/3 cup of water till thick paste consistency (see video link at the beginning). (Claire helps here.) Pour paste on chicken, mix to coat evenly. (Claire helps here.) Coat each chicken piece with coarse grain sweet potato flour.   Heat up oil to 160F. Fry chicken till light golden. Set aside. Heat up oil to 180F. Fry chicken again for about 1 minute till golden brown.  Serve.

Materials 1 Swai fish fillet 1/4 cup All-purpose flour 1/4 cup Italian bread crumbs 1 egg 1 broccoli crown 1 baby carrot 1 raisin Process  Red means kids can do these steps. Preheat oven to 400F Prepare veggie: Cut broccoli into pieces Put broccoli and carrot in a pot Add water to 1 inch deep Use high flame oven top to bring to a boil Turn flame down to low and boil 7 minutes Use a strainer to take out veggie  Use scissors to cut fish fillet into a fish shape.   Crack the egg into a bowl, beat the egg Pat dry fish with paper towel Coat fish with flower, shake off excess Dip fish in egg Coat fish with bread crumbs  Grease the baking sheet with butter, place fish on it Put fish in oven, bake 14 minutes Chop carrot into pieces Assemble plate. Claire used a fork to dig a whole and put the raisin in to make an eye. end

Adapted from recipe  here . Make dough. Mix: 1 cup flour + 1/2 cup water + 1 TBSP oil. Cover, set aside.  Make filling. 200g Chinese radish (萝卜), shred, add 1 tsp salt, set aside to strip water. Fry 4 strips of bacon till golden brown, set aside to cool down. Chop 1 green onion, mix with 100g ground meat (beef, pork, or turkey). Chop bacon, add bacon bits to meat mix. Squeeze the water out of radish, mix with meat. Make spread. Fry 3 TBSP flour till golden. Add 3 TBSP oil to make paste. Use the rolling pin to make the dough to a rectangular 15cm X 25cm sheet.  Spread the paste. Roll the sheet up. Cut to 6 parts.  (Claire can do this.) For each part, use the rolling pin to flatten it a bit.  Add filling, squeeze to close it, shape to a ball.  (Claire can do this.) Flatten to a pancake shape.  (Claire can do this.) Use a brush to brush water on the surface of the pancake. Sprinkle sesame seeds. Use the rolling pin to push the sesam...