75. Ingredients, Price Lists, Cooking Pans & Recipes for Homemade Sauces

Saturday, February 15, 2020

75. Ingredients, Price Lists, Cooking Pans & Recipes for Homemade Sauces

15 Feb 2020

INGREDIENTS

ok so i need to put together a list of ingredients that i use for cooking:

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Summary List:

1. Coarse salt for salt baked chicken/fish

2. Sarawak white and black pepper

3. Homemade sauces and dips

- macaroni chilli

- ginger scallion paste/dip/sauce

- sambal belachan

- cut chilli, soya sauce dip

- nam jim thai seafood sauce

- szechuan chilli sauce

4. CHINESE

- dang gui

- red dates

- soya sauce

- chillipadi soya sauce mix

- dried mushrooms

- black moss (fatt choy)

5. INDIAN / MALAY

- chicken curry / chicken masala

- briyani mix

6. THAI

- thai green chilli, garlic, coriander and lime sauce (with palm sugar)

- tom yum herbs and ingredient mix

- tang hoon salad

- tang hoon prawns in claypot

7. WESTERN

- balsamic vinegar

- olive oil

- wholegrain mustard

- fresh herbs - parsley, rosemary, thyme, dill, smoked paprika, etc

8. JAPANESE

- kewpie roasted golden sesame salad dressing

- soba noodles and soba soya sauce

- chilli flakes

- miso

- mirin, sake

for Malay, Nonya/Peranakan ingredients and dishes

- see recipe blog posts

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SALT & PEPPER

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Coarse Salt

- for salt baked chicken/fish

bought this 3kg packet from Giant at $1.50/bag

also available at sheng siong but not ntuc

3kg coarse salt from giant supermarket $1.50

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Pepper

white & black pepper from Kuching, Sarawak

(those with white labels are from Karen)

below - white pepper bought by edna - from kuching

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HOMEMADE SAUCES

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HOMEMADE SAUCES

- macaroni chilli

- ginger scallion paste/dip/sauce

- sambal belachan

- cut chilli, soya sauce dip

- nam jim thai seafood sauce

- szechuan chilli sauce

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cut fresh chilli with soya sauce (dip)

below: Chicken Rice Chilli + Ginger Sauce + thick Dark/Black Sauce

3 sauces for chicken rice

- dark or black soya sauce

- chicken rice chilli (here i used macaroni chilli)

- ginger scallion sauce

macaroni chilli sauce

- chilli - grind

- fry in oil and chicken skin/fat

- salt, light soya to taste

- chicken stock / chicken macaroni soup

- lime juice to finish

ginger scallion sauce

- ginger,

- spring onions,

- garlic,

- light soya, salt,

- shaoxing wine

- sugar

- cook in oil

- chicken stock, water

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fresh ingredients for tom yum soup

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Making Nam Jim Thai Sauce for Beef Noodle Soup & Seafood

Garlic, Green & Red Chillipadi, Coriander, Palm Sugar, Lime Juice, fish sauce

thai nam jim sauce

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Ingredients for

Kian Chye Soup with Pork Ribs or Duck

- pork, chicken or duck / pork balls

- kiam chye

- sour plans

- white peppercorns

- shallots

- garlic

- assam skin

- tomatoes

- red dates

- rock sugar

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szechuan / sze chuan dishes use these ingredients

more info here: https://jt-food.blogspot.com/2019/03/58-sichuan-szechuan.html

Szechuan Sauce Mix - Good for noodles or dumplings...

- chilli crisps (lao gan ma) x3 big tablespoons

- sesame oil - 5-8 tablespoons

- shaoxing wine

- black vinegar

- light soya sauce

- chopped fresh garlic, ginger, spring onions

- optional (sugar)

for Mapo tofu - add to sauce

- Broad bean paste x1 tablespoon

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Shaoxing Chinese Wine

around $2-$4 from NTUC

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i like to use this Tsuyu -

japanese soya sauce mix to season meat and seafood

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below:

nuts & dried food sold at wholesale market

at Albert Street Food Centre as at 2023

- walnuts (USA) $15/kg

- pistachio (USA, with shell, not baked, less salt) $18/kg

- almond (USA), $14/kg

- cashews (India) $17/kg

- pecan $25/kg

- chrysanthemum buds $3.50 per 100gm

- dried baby scallops $5.50 per 100gm

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below:

Gula Melaka,

Snow Fungus, Red Dates, Dried Longan

Dang Gui,

Red Dates,

Premium Soya Sauce

Dried Shitake Mushrooms & Fatt Choy

Salted Fish - Ikan Kurau from India

Five Spice Powder

below: flower mushrooms and fatt choy

below: fish maw

below:

this packet of salted fish (kurau) costs $4 !!

salted fish bought at tekka market, little india (2020)

below: 5 spice powder / five spice powder

for chinese cooking

tau xi - salted black beans

tea bags for chinese tea leaves

14 June 2025 - Sapo Mee Sua $3/pack rabbitcat brand

from Chong Boon Market

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Briyani Mix

ready made indian spice mix - below $2 each box

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Price List

Food from Markets & Supermarkets in Singapore

as at 2021-2023

Beef (Frozen) - 628 Wet Market

golden coin $17/kg

oxtail $14/kg - $16/kg

ribeye $35/kg

striploin $30/kg
beef brisket $13/kg

wagyu $60/kg

tomahawk $45/kg

minced beef $10/kg - frozen - wet market 628amk

minced beef $4/pack abt 150g (200g?? tbc) - frozen - ntuc

Chicken

fresh - whole chicken

small $5.80/bird

medium $6.90/bird

large $7.80-$9.80/bird

fresh/frozen chicken parts

maryland $5 for 3pcs

breast meat (no bone) $5 for 3pcs

breast with bone $2/pc

wings - mid joint, frozen - approx $7/kg

wings - 3 parts, frozen - approx $9/pack of 2kg (tbc)

chicken feet - fresh - Large - $5 for about 30pcs

chicken feet - fresh - normal/small - $1 about 6-8pcs

black chicken (small) - $5/bird

black chicken (medium/large) - $5.50-$6/bird

frozen drumsticks or thighs - $5-$7 for 1kg

frozen boneless thighs $8-$12/pack of 2kg
chicken griller, 1kg $5/bird (Promo - 2 birds for $5)

Pork

prime ribs (long) - fresh - $18/kg

ribs for soup - fresh - $13/kg

shoulder butt - $16-$17/kg

pork ribs (frozen) - $10/kg

twee bak - $14/kg

trotter - $15-$17/kg

minced pork - fresh - $4/pack of about 150g (or 200g?? tbc)

minced pork - frozen - $3.50/pack of about 150g (or 200g?? tbc)

Fish / Seafood

fresh whitebait - $18/1kg (frozen)

dried scallops - $3.50 per 100g - onwards

prawns - small - $8-$14/kg

prawns - medium - $14-$18/kg

prawns - large - $18-$25/kg

sotong $7-$15/kg

ikan kurau $35-$40/kg

Veggies

onions $5 - $7 /bag, 2kg

loose garlic $5-$10 per kg

shallots $5/kg

potatoes $4/kg depending on type

tomatoes $9-$20/kg - depending on period & place of purchase

sugarcane 40 cents per stick

Dried Food
walnuts $17/kg - $18/kg

pecan $25/kg

cashews $25-$30 estimate

pistachio salted/raw, with/without shell $34-$40 / kg

dried white bait (neng her) $2.50 (saltier), $2.80 (not so salty) per 100g

baby scallops from $3.50/100g, $35/kg
dried prawns from $1.80/100g

some pics of wet markets here:

https://jt-food.blogspot.com/2017/06/2-wet-markets.html

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9 May 2021 Sun
prices and contacts at amk 628 market

left - beef/lamb/mutton - Khan's at 628 amk market

right - roasts - sio bak, char siew, roast duck

& braised pork & pig spare parts etc at 628 amk market

opposite the most popular raw chicken stall

update: 7 June 2025

Seng Kee Roasted

i like their sio bak and roast duck

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Khan's Meat Suppliers

628 amk

30 March 2025

below: price update

Ribeye $45/kg

Sirloin $39/kg

Oxtail $17/kg

Golden Coin $22/kg

Brisket $22/kg

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Khan's Meat Suppliers

update: 13 jan 2023

13 jan 2023 - the price of frozen beef now,

after inflation from ukraine war and covid19...

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Update 23 May 2023

ref: https://www.8days.sg/eatanddrink/hawkerfood/hawker-ang-mo-kio-16-whole-roast-duck-pipa-hup-cheong-roasted-food-786971

Hup Cheong Roasted Food

(we like their honey char siew)

#01-150/137 Ang Mo Kio 628 Market,

628 Ang Mo Kio Ave 4, S560628,

#01-23 Cheng San Market & Cooked Food Centre,

527 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10, S560527. Tel: 9638 8919

(Woodlands factory). More info via their website.

below price as at may 2023 -

Besides duck, other offerings at the two Ang Mo Kio stalls include roast and braised chicken — ironically, a whole chicken costs more here at $18 each vs the usually pricier duck. There’s also roast pork ($24/kg), crystal char siew ($30/kg), roast pig ($188 each) and suckling pig ($198 each) available at the hawker stalls (avoid buying these items from Hup Cheong’s website, which are strangely sold at higher prices).

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1 Nov 2021

prices 628 market amk

this is the stall - we like their honey char siew...

Hup Cheong Roasted Food

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11 May 2021

queen street roast meats

below price list

from roast meat stall at queen street coffeeshop

next to the carpark in front of bugis plus

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SUPERMARKETS

8 May 2021 Sat

FISH & SEAFOOD

looking for fish & prices at ntuc finest at thomson plaza

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16 jan 2021 Giant

FISH, SEAFOOD, MEATS ETC

Vannamei prawns from giant, $10/kg

whole chicken from giant $6.90/chook

fish at giant

giant supermarket - white pepper

giant - frozen pork ribs (marinated) - 2021

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SAMBAL BELACHAN

malacca belachan $1.50 (no brand)

from tekka market - smells amazing!!!

more info here: https://jt-food.blogspot.com/2021/06/75-sambal-belachan.html

below: belachan bought at tekka market $1.50/piece

as the above belachan (no brand) is out of stock during covid19

this one tastes really good!!

i bought a simliar belacan at

telok blangah crescent market -

costs 70 cents each and smells similar.

not tried this one yet.

above; belacan bought at tekka market $1.50/piece

below pics taken in 23 Feb 2013

used to buy the block belachan from penang, malaysia

3 Feb 2021

Making Sambal Belachan

- belachan - roasted

- chillis and chillipadi

- limau purut

- lime juice

buah keluak - tekka 01-210 -

go in the morning, weekday. i was there around 7.30-8am

https://jt-food.blogspot.com/2023/01/75-ayam-buah-keluak-alows-recipe-my.html

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BEEF & MEAT

12 July 2020

Beef Tenderloin for Dinner

Promotion at Cold Storage

$26.29 for 1.258kg

@$20.90/kg

we think that the price of beef tenderloin has dropped so much due to trade wars and disagreements between usa and china, australia and china. also, this is covid19 days, so products may have difficulty being exported.

7 Nov 2020

so i bought some beef -

ribeye & shin beef from amk 628 market

ribeye x5 pcs = $47 (@$37/kg from brazil & nz )

tendon x3pcs $4

shin beef x1pc $6

total $57

Ribeye & Shin Beef

Ribeye Steak & Knuckle beef for thai salad

striplion beef - thai salad

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25 April 2021 Sun

bought some beef and lamb at Khans, 628 amk wet market

Ribeye steaks x6 (1/2 inch thick) $35/kg - $38

Knuckle beef - about $16/kg - $10

Lamb Shanks x3, $20/kg - $25

below: lamb shanks

21 May 2021

salty sides (kiam kiam) for teochew porridge

fermented bean curd, seasoned with chilli and sesame oil

black olive veggies (AAA brand)

szechuan veggies

- seasoned well, no need to soak.

not too salty and very tasty!!

kiam chye

bottled - is the sweet and sour type

(compared to the salty type at the wet markets)

- can eat immediately as a pickle, pleasantly nice!

sweet & sour kiam chye - not salty, so can fry it up without soaking in water!

kiam chye & szechuan chye

at telok blangah crescent wet market

(the kiam chye from kovan market is very nice too!)

kiam chye

this is the salty type for kiam chye soup

Japanese Ingredients

miso paste

i got a pack of miso with dashi

no idea if i got red or mixed miso (awase miso).

someday will try the white miso :)

Japanese Cooking Condiments:

below:

japanese soy sauce

mirin

cooking sake

kelp stock powder (long green packet)

instant miso soup

udon noodles

kelp stock powder from daiso

without bonito in the stock, it has a light and simple taste

below: miso from ntuc

dashi miso with bonito and kelp

miso from rice grains (with bonito etc)

Lamb Ribs

french cut

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28 Nov 2021

NO FOOD PICS LATELY - too busy cooking and cleaning LOL

early to mid nov

been cooking and have no photos of the yummy food Lol but, now, i have a non stick frying pan (tefal 25cm frying pan for any cooker bought at half price, $25). the non stick pan makes cooking so much more convenient! too bad the pan is too shallow and i'm hoping to get a wok pan soon!