Stir fried Noodle turn into Spring Roll

If you have stir fried noodle (both the yellow noodle or the rice noodle one) left over, you can make spring roll from them.

You can also use any left over stir fry on its own if you want. Just make sure to put only the dry part of the stir fry.

Get the spring roll wrapper. You can find them in chinese groceries, but many supermarkets now have this in their frozen section.

Defrost them according to packet instruction. Once they are defrosted, lay flat one wrapper and fill in with the noodle, a piece of meat and vegetables.

Warp them in the shape of a spring roll and seal the edges with water.

Deep fry the spring roll until golden and enjoy with your favorite sauce

PS : you can also bake the spring roll in the oven, just spray them with some oil first. But I find that the end result is not as crispy as it would compared to when you deep fry them.

Another cheap way to make chicken stock

On the topic of chicken stock, you notice that we do not eat the pointy end of chicken wings, right?

That's why when I buy chicken wings, I always cut the pointy ends and keep them to make chicken stocks.
If you only buy a small amount, don't discourage. Keep them in the freezer until you think there is enough amount to make stock.

If you want, you can make large quantity of stocks all in one go, but what I like is to keep them in plastic bags in the freezer, just in the right amount to make one pot of stock. This depends on how much your family needs. This way, every time I need to make a pot of chicken stock, I just boil the water and take out one plastic bag containing enough wings end to make one pot. Easy.

BBQ Chicken Carcass turn into Chicken Stock

When you make BBQ chicken, you can use the chicken carcass to make chicken stock.

First you need to clean them from the stuffing to avoid making the liquid cloudy. Then for 1 BBQ chicken, you put the bones with 3 litre of cold water in a large pan and cook over medium heat.

Bring them to simmer, then turn the heat down to low and let it cook for 1.5 hours to reduce the liquid.

Strain the liquid through a very fine sieve.

You can use this chicken stock for cooking straight away, or you can freeze them for later.

For extra taste, you can also add carrot, celery, leek and onion. Just boil them together. But if you do want to add anything at this moment, you can always put the vegetable later when you cook like I always do. This way you make sure you put what you need according to what you want to cook at that time.

Roast Chicken turn into Chicken Soup

Roast Chicken is very versatile as a base for many recipe. Fried rice and stir fries are good choice. But for a change, this time it's chicken soup.

Just boil chicken stock and season it with soy sauce, salt and pepper. Then put in vegetables such as carrot, celery and sweet corn and the roast chicken cut into chunky pieces.

Enjoy it as is if you want a clear chicken soup.

If you want them a bit heavy, just add some milk and thicken it with a bit of corn flour diluted into water.

Clear Chicken Soup turn into Minestrone Soup

Clear chicken soup is a good base for minestrone soup.

Pour two tablespoon of oil and fry some thinly sliced onions. Add a can of tomatoes and some sausages. Make sure you break those tomatoes as smooth as possible. Add some vegetables such as carrot and peas. Pour some chicken stock to add more soup. Season with salt, sugar and pepper.

You can enjoy the minestrone soup with pasta or garlic bread.

Chinese Stir Fry turn into Fried Rice or Fried Noodle

If you cook Chinese stir fry with chicken or beef, you can turn their left over into Fried Rice or Fried Noodle.

Cook the rice or noodle according to direction. The best rice is the long grain variety so it does not get too soggy.
Pour a tablespoon of oil into the wok. Put some garlic and shallot in. When they turn golden, put in the rice or noodle and left over. Add some more seasoning with soy sauce, salt and pepper according to taste and garnish with deep fried shallots.

If the left over is too little, you can add some more filling. Fish cake cut into sized, prawn, eggs, additional vegetables such as peas will give additional taste into your fried rice. Put the additional filling just as you your garlic and shallot turn golden and cook for a while before putting your rice and left over in.

Chicken Curry turn into Samosa

Chicken curry is among favorites. If you have left over chicken curries, get frozen puff pastry. Cut into four and put them inside the pastries. Close the pastries so it forms a triangle then glaze with beaten egg. Bake according to direction and you have your self samosa to enjoy.