| This special recipe has taken the best | | | | chillies from the mixture once cooked. |
| of both worlds, by adding some Eastern | | | | Methods to make the mash potatoes: |
| ingredients to this Western recipe. By | | | | Boil potatoes and mash (without skin of |
| using chillies, oyster sauce and chicken | | | | course). Add milk and butter; salt |
| stock, mixed with the traditional pie | | | | and pepper. Ensure they are well mixed. |
| sauces, the result is a delicious and | | | | (I always end up with just a bit more |
| moist meat base with just a tad of kick | | | | milk and butter). |
| from the chillies. For more or less | | | | For baking: |
| of the ingredients, its entirely up to | | | | Place minced meat mixture in a baking |
| the individual, but I would use the | | | | tin, level it. Place the mashed |
| following estimates to suit my tastebud. | | | | potatoes on top and level it. Use a |
| I have baked this on many occassions | | | | fork to make some designs on top, when |
| and it never fails to get people asking | | | | its brown, makes it look pretty. |
| for the recipe. | | | | Then sprinkle grated cheese on top, how |
| Ingredients: | | | | much you desire , it's up to you. |
| 500g minced meat; 1-1.5kg potatoes; 3-4 | | | | Bake in pre-heated oven at 210C for |
| tbsp ketchup; 3-4 oyster sauce; 2-3 tbsp | | | | estimated 30-40minutes, check in once in |
| worchester sauce; 3 medium onions; 6 | | | | a while, as long as the top is brown, |
| garlic ; 3-4 cups of mixed vegetables | | | | you are done. |
| (green peas, corn, carrot); 4-6 tbsp | | | | Some tips: |
| milk; 4-6 tbsp buttter; 2 chicken cubes; | | | | I used to mash potatoes by first boiling |
| 4-5 chilli padi (small chillies and | | | | them with the skins, and then peel them |
| hotter than the usual ones, if not | | | | and mash them, which was usually very |
| available, normal chillis can still be | | | | hard work. Till I was taught by a chef, |
| used); sliced button mushrooms ; grated | | | | who peeled the potatoes before boiling |
| cheese; salt and pepper. | | | | and cut them up into cubes, add salt. |
| Methods to make the meat filling : | | | | They cook faster and so easy to mash, |
| Saute/fry onions for a while, add the | | | | and does not shortchange the taste. For |
| minced meat, stir till its almost | | | | the westerners, if you do not wish to |
| cooked. Add the sauces, chicken cubes, | | | | use chillis, use lots of pepper. For |
| oyster sauce, ketchup. Then add mixed | | | | the Asians with fiery tongue, use chilli |
| veges, mushrooms, chillis. Salt and | | | | padis for that kick, more if you wish |
| pepper. If you wish, you can remove the | | | | but don't get burned! |