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.

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…
Buying Guides

Beef Knuckle: The Cheap Cut That Punches Above Its Price

Beef knuckle is a lean, low-priced cut from the round that shines in soup, stew and thin-sliced stir-fry, just never as a…
How-To

How to Slice Your Own Shabu-Shabu Meat from a Frozen Block

Let the block soften in the chiller until a knife just gets in, then slice 1.5 to 2mm against the grain. Semi-frozen…
Recipes

Tau Yu Bak: Melt-in-the-Mouth Braised Soy Sauce Pork Belly

Tau yu bak is pork belly browned then simmered gently in dark and light soy with garlic and five spice for about…
Buying Guides

Which Pork Bones for Which Soup: BKT, ABC and Lotus Root

Prime ribs for bak kut teh, big marrow bones for ABC soup, spine or soft bone for lotus root: match the bone…
Buying Guides

Is Frozen Meat as Good as Fresh? What Actually Changes in the Freezer

Yes: meat frozen fast and thawed slow cooks up as good as fresh, and what changes in the freezer is water, not…
Recipes

Hainanese Chicken Rice with a Whole Frozen Chicken

Thaw the bird in the chiller overnight, poach it at a bare simmer, shock it in ice water, then cook the rice…
Recipes

Zi Char-Style Black Pepper Beef with Tenderloin

Cube beef tenderloin, sear it fast in a smoking wok, then toss it through a butter and crushed black pepper sauce for…
How-To

How to Thaw Frozen Prawns Fast (Without the Rubbery Texture)

A sealed bag submerged in ice water is the fast way to thaw prawns and keep the bite. Here is the method,…