Real spinach, fake fish cake

No, it's not a fake. I just sliced the DODO(the brand) fishballs to make them look like fish-cake(鱼饼). Fishballs and fish-cake are made from the same ingredient - fish paste. They only differ in shape, fishballs are (self-explanatory) round; and fishcake (not round, of course!)

Slicing them thin makes it easier to stir fry with vegetables, since fishballs are too round and might bounce out of the wok when frying with the spinach.

Stir fry spinach with fishcake (serves 2)
Ingredients:
-1lb spinach, cleaned thoroughly
-6-8 fishballs, thawed; and cut into thin slices (fish cake)
-1tsp crushed garlic
(Note: Fishballs contain some salt-as preservative(what else), so it will make this dish tasty even without adding salt)

Method:
1.Heat oil in frying pan at medium heat
2.Add garlic and fry till fragrant
3.Add in fish cake, quick fry for 1-2mins
4.Add in spinach, continue fry for 2-3mins
5. Serve!


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12 comments:

  1. Anonymous2/6/07, 1:10 PM

    I went to 2 different Ranch 99 and still can't find my Dodo! Very sad =(

    Ray

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  2. Shilpa2/6/07, 2:27 PM

    Great idea! I've done this before, but with celery and asparagus (not together) but never spinach! I know the fishballs are salty, lah, but you never add oyster sauce ar? I add 'cos I like my food salty! :)

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  3. tigerfish2/6/07, 2:38 PM

    hakkahouse, u sure ? did you look carefully into the frozen section? I found the same product in 2 different sections in the same store...:O
    It either near those frozen corn/peas, or near those frozen dumplings/gyozas, or near frozen fish. But again, different store has diff. layout and selection. Try again..they might be lurking just there...waitin' for u to boil them in Chinese New Year steamboat :D

    shilpa,good with any vegetables, the fishballs(fishcakes...heh heh).Me dun really like my food salty leh...I usually add oyster sauce only if I put "nothing" in my vegetables. Sometimes, I can eat blanched vegetables very willingly ;p

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  4. Anonymous2/6/07, 4:33 PM

    Have you finished using your last Dodo fishball before your trip home? ;)

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  5. tigerfish2/6/07, 8:01 PM

    Yes, simcooks, no more left! :P

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  6. Rasa Malaysia2/6/07, 10:04 PM

    Tiga, nice presentation...the fake fish cake looks like fake scallops lah...slice them thicker next time and people will think it's scallops, hehehe.

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  7. tigerfish2/7/07, 12:21 AM

    RM, good idea! Makes it into my "cheat sheet" again...heh heh.
    For the moment, I've got real scallops, so no need fake. But once the real ones are eaten up, the fake ones need to take the front seat liow! AIyo, forgot, even the fake ones are gone (also eaten up liow lah)!

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  8. eastcoastlife2/7/07, 8:59 PM

    Waaah! you got Dodo fishballs there! simi long wu? everything have?

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  9. tigerfish2/7/07, 9:30 PM

    Where got everything got ? Not many Sg products made it here...so far there're only shadows of Glory, Prima, DODO. Need to buck up, man!

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  10. Melting Wok2/7/07, 10:30 PM

    aio, this reminds me, I've to go get some fried fish cakes from tt vietnamese bakery, stir fry spinach with tt, good idea :)

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  11. Rasa Malaysia2/7/07, 11:17 PM

    Of course your fake scallops all gone lah...you taruh them in veggie, in wan tan hor, in sayur lodeh, sure gone in no time. Kekekeke.

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  12. Anonymous2/7/07, 11:49 PM

    MW, so lucky..still got viet bakery that has fish cake arh ? I can only use "fake" ones..:O ...The real ones got that crispy skin (yes, you said fried)

    RM, hee hee...purposely made them gone fast so that I have reason to buy more, and buy new. The sayur loden saw the last of these DODO!
    U've also got DODO in your soup! And you changed your profile pix liow-新年新装! Nice. :D

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