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