Frozen meat, worked out properly

Recipes, buying guides and how-tos from ten years of selling frozen meat in Singapore. Every piece ends with the cut worth buying.

Recipes

Hawker-Style Sliced Fish Soup with Batang

Fry batang bones hard and add boiling water for the milky broth, slip the thawed slices in at the end, and treat…
Buying Guides

Which Frozen Fish for Which Dish: Steaming, Frying and Soup

Steam the delicate fish, fry the firm or battered ones, and build soup on bones and firm slices: texture and fat pick…
Buying Guides

Whole Chicken vs Chicken Parts: Which Gives You More for Your Money

A whole chicken usually costs less per kilo and stretches into extra meals through the carcass, but parts win when you only…
How-To

How to Cook Chicken Wings from Frozen (Oven, Air Fryer or Grill)

Yes, wings cook fine from frozen in the oven or air fryer if you add time and check doneness; the grill is…
Recipes

Peppery Teochew Bak Kut Teh with Spareribs

Teochew bak kut teh is blanched meaty spareribs simmered gently with whole garlic and crushed white pepper for about an hour, giving…
How-To

How to Sear Frozen Scallops So They Brown Instead of Steam

Thaw them fully, dry them until the towel comes away dry, then sear untouched in a ripping-hot pan. Browning only starts once…
Recipes

Kway Chap-Style Braised Pork Organs at Home

Clean pork organs with a salt and flour scrub and a ginger blanch, then braise intestines, stomach and belly in one dark…
Buying Guides

How Much Meat Per Person for Steamboat: A Buying Checklist

Plan 200 to 250g of sliced meat per adult plus 100 to 150g of seafood, then halve for kids; the checklist turns…
Buying Guides

Prawn Sizes Explained: What 31/40 Means and Which to Buy

31/40 means 31 to 40 prawns per pound: the smaller the numbers, the bigger the prawn, and the count is the only…
Recipes

One-Pan Sesame Oil Chicken with Boneless Thigh

Toast ginger slowly in sesame oil, brown boneless thighs, then simmer in soy, wine and a splash of water. Claypot flavour, one…