And usually this Mixture-Of-Everything dish is everyone's favourite in my family and I am sure many of us love it as well!
Normally this dish is created after when the festive season is over. Any leftover of dishes are not to be wasted, they can just go into the pot at one go, add in blanched mustard leaves, dried chillies, tamarind, tomatoes, lemon grass, ginger...
As for me, I do not have leftover food so I made a special request to my neighbour who goes out very early each morning. First question to him, "Do you like Chap Choy?" His reply... "Yes, I love that dish!" Good, in that case, you have to buy some the roasted pork trotter for me! LOL....
He ended up buying a pork trotter and of course, I reimbursed him, he is already so nice to go out early to catch the roasted pork man.... LOL.. Pork trotter cost around RM23 and mustard leaves around RM10. Never mind the money, the One Dish Dinner satisfied our cravingsss!!
Everything dumped in and get them cooking.....
Boiled till everything turns soft....
Add to taste....
Very appetizing....
Spicy, sour and savoury!!
This looks like what we call stew. This one would be pork stew.
ReplyDeleteI love this dish. Will always buy it when I see it but some people say don't buy because it is cooked from leftovers. As long as the leftovers are not dirty and do not have salivas of other people then it is ok for me to buy from outside stalls.
ReplyDeleteNever had this before. For us, when we say "chai boey", we mean what is left over from a banquet, e.g. at a wedding. Sometimes we do mix some of the dishes...other times, we keep them separate - reheat and eat and eat and eat till all is gone!
ReplyDeleteThis is always a popular dish in Penang. You can find them after funerals and wedding dinners. I love it too.
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love chai boey! So appetizing and I used to buy German pork knuckle to cook it. LOL!
ReplyDeleteI love chai boey too, very appetizing and hoi wai!
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