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Stir Fried Lemon Chicken
2020-10-08 08:02
This simple recipe quickly makes a chinese style stir fry with minimal effort. The chicken chunks are lightly coated in flour so that they absorb some of the juice and take on a good citrus tang
You can serve with rice or noodles - with straight-to-wok noodles you get the advantage of cooking the entire meal in a single pan.
If you need a bit of spice, add a chopped chilli to the ingredient list and add it just after you've finished browning the chicken.
Spicy Pork Skewers
2020-07-22 15:38
Although they're best marinated overnight, these pork skewers are otherwise quick and easy to make and go well with a mix of things
Cheats Pizza Calzone
2020-07-14 08:27
A italian style vegetable mix, with the added flavour of a toasted wrap and cheese. Really low-effort to make, but tastes good.
Originally based on a NHS healthy eating recipe, I've added some of the flavour/fat back in (sorry).
Can be made without the lardons if meat isn't your thing. If meat is your thing, then lardons can also be swapped for slices of (pre-cooked) chicken, sausage etc.
Baked Potatoes
2020-07-14 08:25
Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, baked spuds are a bit of a staple food. You can top them with pretty much anything you want and get a wide variety of different meals - slathered in cheese with beans running down, or topped with a bit of coleslaw
Korean Beef Bulgogi
2020-07-06 11:52
Bulgogi recipes tend to use crushed pear juice to help tenderise the meat, but using coca-cola works too (and it's probably easier to get).
Marinade the meat overnight for best flavour.
Variations on this are fairly easy, you can stir some chopped pepper (as pictured) into the pan, reduce the punch a little by substituting the spring onion for chopped spinach etc.
Either way, you end up with tasty tender steak strips, which go well with rice. To make it even better, serve some Oi Muchim on the side.
Sloppy Joes
2020-07-05 09:01
We don't really have/see Sloppy Joes here, they're very much a US thing, so I thought I'd give them a go. Simple to cook and make, and taste much better than they look, even if they are a little messy to eat
Using Chipotle instead of the barbecue sauce is a good improvement, or simply piling some jalapeno slaw into the bun with it. Serve with a bowl of chips and some salad
True American style would use cheese slices rather than cheddar, but I wanted proper cheese flavour in there.
Slow Cooked Shepherds Pie
2020-02-05 17:25
I love Cottage Pie and Shephards pie. But a slow-cooked version of them leads to much, much softer mince and makes the house smell awesome all day
Out of convenience, this recipe uses a couple of Shepherds Pie spice sachets - you can make the mix up using herbs and flour if you'd prefer. One thing to note though, is that you should under-provision the water - unlike cooking in the oven, the sauce won't reduce down in a slow cooker, so it needs to be about the right consistency from the outset.
Unlike when you cook it in the oven, the top of the potato doesn't crisp up (you can put it under the grill for a bit if you'll miss that), but the edge of the potato layer does.
If you're feeling adventurous you can also add mixed beans to this, or outright swap the lamb for Beef and make a Cottage pie instead.
Turkey Samosas
2020-01-31 08:53
I was in the mood to make something a little different, so I had a go at creating Samosas.
The cooking aspect of them is simple enough, but I clearly wasn't designed to fold filo pastry - it takes a bit of care, and I was convinced that the triangles were going to split in the oven. It turns out though, it doesn't need quite as much care as I assumed.
These samosas use turkey but it should work fine with pretty much any mince - just need to make sure it's lean mince (or that you drain it) otherwise the pastry is likely to get a bit soggy.
A low fat cooking spray is required, not for health reasons so much as because you use it as a sort of glue. Brushing oil instead should work fine, but takes a bit longer.
Can be served as a main, side or snack.
Fish Pie
2020-01-29 17:59
I really don't like fish, but I'm in a serious minority in my family. Fish Pie is quite quick and easy to make, and doesn't really need any taste-tests along the way
I think the idea of adding peas to the mash was originally Jamie Oliver's, but I may be misattributing
Traybaked Chicken and Mediterranean Veg
2020-01-29 17:43
Found scrawled amongst some paperwork, a relatively quick and easy tray-bake chicken recipe
Can be served alongside salad, steamed new potatoes, rice or just some thick crusty bread