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10 Simple Ways to Make Capcay, But Addictive

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Kapanlagi.com - Capcay is a dish that originated from China but is quite popular in the country with a variety of flavors that stimulate the appetite.Capcay can be easily found in various food stalls, both restaurants and street vendors. Combining various types of vegetables and protein, this dish is very delicious to consume. How to make capcay is simple and can be easily practiced at home with affordable ingredients.

As the name suggests, capcay originated from China which combines various types of vegetables. The word cap in Hokkien dialect means ten, while cai means vegetables. It is not surprising that this dish is called capcay which is suitable according to its meaning.

There are two types of capcay that are commonly known by the public, namely capcay soup and stir-fried capcay. As the name suggests, capcay soup has a thick and delicious broth that is refreshing. Meanwhile, stir-fried capcay is drier but still stimulates the appetite. Generally, capcay combines a variety of vegetables such as green and white cabbage, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, and spring onions.

Not only vegetables, but capcay also includes additional protein such as eggs, chicken, beef, liver, meatballs, shrimp, sausages, and squid, which further enhance its taste. In addition, capcay is usually offered by street vendors at an affordable price. Some Chinese-style restaurants also serve capcay as their mandatory dish.

You can even easily and affordably make capcay at home. By making capcay yourself, you can enjoy a higher quality and guaranteed taste, just like those made by famous restaurants.

Here is a simple but addictive capcay recipe and how to make it, summarized from various sources.

 

1. How to Make Chicken Capcay

Chicken capcay is one of the most popular and easily found capcay dishes. The combination of chicken meat with various vegetables makes this dish delicious to consume. The following is the recipe and how to make chicken capcay as quoted from @leenaa.hamiid.

Capcay ingredients:

- 500 grams of diced chicken meat.

- 1/2 onion.

- 5 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped.

- Broccoli.

- Cauliflower.

- Chinese cabbage.

- Carrots.

- Eggs.

- 1 stalk of spring onion.

- 1 tomato.

- 2 tablespoons of soy sauce.

- 3 tablespoons of oyster sauce.

- 2 tablespoons of soy sauce.

- Salt.

- Pepper.

- Mushroom broth.

How to make chicken capcay:

- Sauté garlic and onion until fragrant. Then add the chicken that has been marinated with lime to remove the fishy smell.

- Cook until the color turns brown.

- Add 500 ml of water. Then add carrots, cauliflower, sweet soy sauce, soy sauce, oyster sauce, pepper, mushroom broth, salt. Stir until evenly distributed and boiling.

- Add Chinese cabbage, broccoli, and Chinese cabbage. Then add cornstarch that has been dissolved in water.

- Add tomato and spring onion.

- Cook until done and the chicken capcay is ready to be served.

 

2. How to Make Capcay Soup

As previously known, there are two types of capcay commonly known, namely capcay soup and capcay stir-fry. Capcay soup provides a delicious and refreshing taste sensation with thick soup. Capcay soup is suitable to be consumed in cold weather. The following is the recipe and how to make capcay soup as quoted from @eunice_euston.

Capcay ingredients:

- 1 carrot, cut diagonally.

- Cauliflower.

- Broccoli.

- 5 corn cobs, cut diagonally.

- Shrimp, peeled.

- 5 fish balls, cut.

- Chicken meat.

- 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped.

- 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce.

- Salt.

- Sugar.

- Flavor enhancer.

- Ground pepper.

- 1 tablespoon of cornstarch, dissolved in water.

- 1 egg, beaten.

- Sufficient amount of water.

How to make capcay soup:

- Sauté the garlic until fragrant.

- Add chicken meat, shrimp, fish balls until the color changes.

- Then add carrots, cauliflower, broccoli and sauté briefly.

- Add corn cobs and cook until done.

- Add sufficient amount of water, oyster sauce, salt, sugar, flavor enhancer, and ground pepper.

- Cook until boiling, then add beaten egg and stir until evenly distributed.

- Add the cornstarch solution and cook until thickened.

- Capcay soup is ready to be served.

 

3. How to Make Fried Capcay

After knowing the recipe and how to make capcay soup, it feels incomplete if we don't discuss how to make fried capcay. The following is the recipe and how to make fried capcay as reported by @pre_sella.

Capcay ingredients:

Batter:

- 100 grams of flour.

- 1 egg.

- 1 clove of garlic, crushed.

- Salt and pepper to taste.

- Sufficient amount of water.

Additional ingredients:

- 1 bunch of green mustard, cut as desired.

- 1 carrot, cut as desired.

- 2 tablespoons of sweet soy sauce.

- 1 tablespoon of tomato sauce.

- Salt and sugar to taste.

- 100 ml of water.

Ground spices:

- 3 cloves of garlic.

- 2 candlenuts.

How to make capcay:

- First, mix the batter with the other ingredients, stir until well combined and not lumpy.

- Next, take a little bit of the batter and fry until cooked. Cut the fried batter as desired.

- Then, sauté the ground spices until cooked and fragrant. Add the carrot and water. Cook until boiling.

- Add the mustard, stir well and cook until the water is slightly dry.

- Add the fried batter, sweet soy sauce, tomato sauce, salt, sugar, stir well.

- Cook until the spices are well absorbed and the other ingredients are cooked.

- Fried capcay is ready to be served.

 

4. How to Make Red Capcay

The red color of capcay dish is more appetizing and addictive. The red color is obtained from tomato sauce combined with shrimp, making this dish so appealing. Here is the recipe and how to make red capcay as reported by @luis_widarto.

Capcay ingredients:

- 5 pieces of beef meatballs.

- 100 grams of snow peas.

- 150 grams of peeled shrimp.

- 100 grams of chicken meat.

- 100 grams of cabbage.

- 1 carrot, sliced diagonally.

- 100 grams of white mustard greens.

- 50 grams of green mustard greens.

- 250 ml of water.

- 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce.

- 1 tablespoon of cornstarch, dissolved in water.

- 1 tablespoon of cooking oil.

Spices:

- 4 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped.

- 1 onion.

- 2 stalks of green onions, sliced diagonally.

- 1 cm of ginger, finely chopped.

- 1 tablespoon of soy sauce.

- 1/4 teaspoon of ground pepper.

- Sugar.

- Salt.

How to make capcay:

- Sauté garlic, ginger, and onion until fragrant.

- Add shrimp, chicken, meatballs, carrot, cabbage, snow peas, green mustard greens, then add water and cover briefly.

- Add soy sauce, tomato sauce, ground pepper, sugar, and salt, then stir until well combined.

- Add sliced green onions and let it boil.

- Add cornstarch mixture until thickened.

- Red capcay is ready to be served.

 

5. How to Make Simple Capcay

As for the recipe and how to make a simple and very simple capcay can be the right choice for you to enjoy this dish. Here's how to make a simple capcay as quoted from @liaoktavia26.

Capcay ingredients:

- 250 grams of cauliflower.

- 2 carrots, sliced diagonally.

- 6 meatballs, sliced according to taste.

- 1 stalk of green onion, chopped small.

- 100 ml of water.

- 1 tablespoon of oil from fried garlic.

Seasoning ingredients:

- 1/2 teaspoon of salt.

- 1/2 teaspoon of pepper.

- 1/2 teaspoon of mushroom broth.

- 1/4 teaspoon of sugar.

How to make capcay:

- First, heat the oil and sauté the carrots and meatballs.

- Add water and cook until boiling and slightly reduced.

- Add cauliflower and add other seasonings. Cook until done and adjust the taste.

- Add green onions. Lift and simple capcay is ready to be served.

 

6. How to Make Capcay Tuna Gortep

Combining tuna gortep can also be a delicious dish of capcay to consume. The following is how to make capcay tuna gortep as reported by @susie.agung.

Capcay ingredients:

- 150 grams of shrimp, peeled.

- 4 pieces of fish meatballs, cut as desired.

- 2 carrots.

- 1 cauliflower, cut.

- 4 pieces of putren, cut diagonally.

- 5 green mustard greens, cut medium.

- 1 spring onion, cut diagonally.

- 1 tablespoon of cornstarch, dissolve with water.

- 1 teaspoon of oyster sauce.

- 1 teaspoon of sesame oil.

- Salt.

- Sugar.

- Pepper.

Seasoning ingredients:

- 1/2 onion, roughly sliced.

- 3 cloves of garlic, crushed and finely chopped.

How to make capcay:

- Saute the seasoning ingredients of garlic and onion until fragrant.

- Then add the shrimp until it changes color, add the fish meatballs, and mix well.

- Add carrots, cauliflower, and putren, stir briefly. Then add salt, sugar, pepper, oyster sauce, sesame oil.

- Mix well and add 1/2 cup of water. Then let it boil.

- After that, add mustard greens and spring onions, then stir briefly.

- Add cornstarch and stir until thickened.

- Capcay is ready to be served as your daily healthy menu.

 

7. How to Make Capcay Bakso Sosis

Making capcay bakso sosis is very easy to practice and can be a delicious dish to consume. Here is the recipe and how to make capcay as quoted from cookpad.com.

Ingredients for capcay:

- 100 grams of semi corn.

- 250 grams of carrots.

- 100 grams of green beans.

- 150 grams of pakcoy.

- Sufficient amount of spring onions.

- 5 pieces of meatballs, sliced according to taste.

- 3 pieces of sausages, sliced according to taste.

- 1 piece of onion, sliced.

- Sufficient amount of salt.

- Sufficient amount of pepper.

- Sufficient amount of mushroom broth.

- Sufficient amount of cooking oil.

Ingredients for the spice paste:

- 4 cloves of garlic.

- 3 roasted candlenuts.

- 1/2 teaspoon of roasted dried shrimp.

How to make capcay:

- First, grind the spice paste and sauté the spices with the sliced onion until fragrant.

- Next, add the sliced meatballs, sausages, semi corn, and carrots.

- Add water and salt to taste. Cook until half cooked.

- Add green beans, pakcoy, and spring onions. Stir and add pepper and mushroom broth.

- Stir until well mixed, cook until done and adjust the taste.

- Remove from heat and capcay sosis bakso is ready to be served.

 

8. How to Make Black Ear Mushroom Capcay

The combination of black ear mushrooms gives a delicious and addictive sensation. The following is the recipe and how to make black ear mushroom capcay as quoted from @fkitchenjournal.

Capcay ingredients:

- 200 grams of cabbage flowers.

- 1/2 carrot, thinly sliced.

- 3 packs of young corn, cut.

- Tofu skin, soaked in hot water until soft.

- Dried black ear mushrooms, soaked until bloated.

- 1 tsp garlic.

- 1/2 tsp fish sauce.

- 1 tsp mushroom broth.

- 1/4 tsp sugar.

- Salt to taste.

How to make capcay:

- First, sauté the garlic until fragrant. Next, add the black ear mushrooms, tofu skin, and cook briefly.

- Add the corn, carrot, cabbage flowers and cook for about 1 minute while stirring.

- Then pour water and add other seasoning ingredients, cook until done. Adjust the taste.

- Remove from heat and the black ear mushroom capcay is ready to be served.

 

9. How to Make Capcay Siram

Here's how to make capcay siram as quoted from @enuice_euston.

Capcay ingredients:

- 1 carrot, sliced diagonally.

- Some cauliflower.

- Some broccoli.

- 1 tomato, cut into eight pieces.

- 5 young corns, cut as desired.

- 200 grams of shrimp, peeled.

- 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped.

- 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce.

- Salt, sugar, flavor enhancer, and pepper powder to taste.

- 1 tablespoon of dissolved cornstarch.

- 1 egg, beaten.

- Sufficient amount of water.

How to make capcay:

- First, sauté the garlic until fragrant.

- Next, add the shrimp and sauté briefly, then add the carrot, cauliflower, and broccoli.

- Sauté until half cooked, then add the young corn and sauté briefly.

- Add enough water, then add oyster sauce, salt, sugar, flavor enhancer, and pepper powder to taste.

- Cook until the water boils, then slowly add the beaten egg while stirring evenly.

- Next, add the dissolved cornstarch and stir until evenly mixed.

- Cook until boiling, then add the tomato.

- Remove from heat and the capcay siram is ready to be served.

 

10. How to Make Spicy Capcay

For spicy food lovers, this capcay is suitable for you to try and practice at home. The following is the recipe and how to make spicy capcay as quoted from @aktrinurfaa.

Capcay ingredients:

- 10 cloves of garlic, sliced.

- 5 cloves of shallots, sliced.

- Chili peppers, sliced as needed.

- 1/2 onion, sliced.

- 10-20 meatballs, sliced.

- 4 carrots, sliced.

- 10 stalks of green beans, cut as desired.

- 100 grams of broccoli, cut as desired.

- 100 grams of cauliflower, cut as desired.

- 15 strands of bok choy, cut as desired.

- 1 stalk of spring onion, cut as desired.

- 1 stalk of celery, sliced.

- 1 tomato, sliced as desired.

- 1 tbsp cornstarch.

- 700-800 ml of water.

- Sugar and salt as needed.

- Ground pepper as needed.

How to make capcay:

- First, sauté the garlic, shallots, and onion until fragrant, then add the chili peppers.

- Add the carrots and green beans, cook until slightly wilted.

- Next, add the broccoli, and add seasonings such as sugar, salt, and ground pepper, stir until evenly distributed.

- Pour in the water and let it boil.

- Add bok choy, spring onion, and celery, tomato.

- Pour in the cornstarch solution and stir until evenly distributed.

- Cook until done, and capcay is ready to be served.

So those are 9 simple but addictive ways to make capcay. Happy trying, KLovers.

 

(kpl/nlw)

Disclaimer: This translation from Bahasa Indonesia to English has been generated by Artificial Intelligence.
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