Air Fry Mini Spring Roll

During Chinese New Year, we may find this crunchy snack that looks like a mini popiah being served at the homes of relatives we visit.  It is nice to discover that instead of deep frying the snack, I can also make it with an airfryer.

These are the ingredients required to make this snack:

-Meat floss (it can be pork, chicken or shrimp)

-Spring roll pastry (can make 450 mini popiah with a packet of 50 sheets)

Although it has been suggested that a slurry be made with 1/2 a teaspoon of cornstarch and 20ml of water, I think the spring roll will stick well with just plain water.

Stewing My BBQ Chicken with Mushroom

I have discovered another way to cook my Marinated Chicken with BBQ Flavour from CP.

I airfry the frozen BBQ chicken in a metal container according to the setting for cooking it on my airfryer.  Half way through cooking, I will turn the chicken over.  Once the cooking cycle is over, I will cut up the drumsticks into bite size pieces.  It is alright if my chicken is not well cooked as I will be stewing it in a pot with:

-1 cup of water
-a few slices of ginger
-4 cloves of garlic
-3 seeds from a pod of star anise
-4 white flower mushroom (Bai Hua Gu)
-1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
-1 tablespoon of sugar or 1 to 2 pieces of rock sugar

Once the liquid is boiling, I will turn down the fire and let it simmer till the mushroom is tender enough to eat.  If the mushroom is not tender enough, I will add half to a cup of water to the pot to continue simmering it further.  I will add cornstarch slurry to thicken the sauce.

This is what white flower mushrooms (Bai Hua Gu) look like.

You can see from this video how the mushroom is prepared to be cooked the traditional way:

I do not use flour to wash them though.  I just rinsed them clean and soak them in hot water to soften them so that I can cut the stems off.  The stems can be included to add flavour to the stew.  You can omit them when it is time to serve the dish.  Before adding the mushroom to the pot to cook, you can decide if you prefer to quarter it.  As for the water for soaking mushroom, I will sieve it into the pot to stew. 

This is how you can marinate your chicken if you are not using the prepacked BBQ chicken:

If I have leftover Ginger Soy Sauce Chicken, I can cook the mushroom the traditional way to add to the dish.

  

You can check out the other ways I mix and match this BBQ chicken to cook other dishes at the following link:

Mix and Match Dish with Potato