Chicken

Good Things Do Come In Bottles, BBQ & Brown Sauce

April 20, 2011
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I had bought chicken to make my Sweet Miso & Lemon Chicken but at the last minute had to change plans, allergy daughter had over done on soya previous days and I needed to make a soya and maize free dish for the family.  Rummaging through the kitchen cupboard I saw the bottles of Wilkson [...]

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Sweet Miso and Lemon Chicken

February 2, 2011
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This chicken tastes delicious, savoury, slightly lemony, juicy and very morish.  Don’t be put off by the title of Sweet as it’s not sweet at all.  Sweet miso just means it’s a soya-rice paste that is relatively sweeter, lighter both in taste and colour to the other stronger darker miso used often in soups, noodle, [...]

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Quick Creamy Curry

January 29, 2011
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I make a curry every week usually on a Friday or Saturday night and most of the time just for Bikerboy and I, but if the older girls are around with their friends then I’ll make a big pot of this curry, it’s quick to put together and easily adjustable to suit mild tastebuds. When [...]

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Egg-free and Dairy-free Chicken Goujons (Chicken Nuggets)

October 30, 2010
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When I made these goujons for my daughters’ lunch today I had the plate above by the kitchen window ready for photographing.  When the oldest and middle daughter walked into the kitchen and saw them they both said, “Why don’t you serve a plate of chicken nuggets to us like this?” and then the oldest [...]

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Lemon & Thyme Chicken

July 19, 2010
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I have made this recently for friend’s coming over for lunch, it’s so simple to put together, packs so much flavour but no effort whatsoever.  I have thyme growing in pots on the patio and I always have a lemon, there would be something amiss in my kitchen if I didn’t have a lemon.   [...]

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Hampton Court Palace, Our Annual Picnic and Coronation Chicken

June 13, 2010
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This week was our annual picnic and concert Bikerboy and I have been attending since we’ve been together; Hampton Court Palace Festival.  It’s like all things we do together often, it becomes a ritual.  Now and again we’ve attended the event with extra company be it parents, friends or the girls but this year we [...]

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Very Quick Coronation Chicken

June 13, 2010
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I make my Coronation Chicken dairy-free but I remember the original recipe that I took this idea from had some crème fraîche (or substitute sour cream) which will make it even creamier.  This is a very quick version but it doesn’t mean it’s somehow inferior to one that you spent time making your own spice [...]

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Chicken Wrapped in Banana Leaf – First Attempt

May 21, 2010
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When I made my recent very short stop into China town in London and picked up a few ingredients like  Chinese garlic chives I also picked up a bag of these, banana leaves because I’ve never used them before, which is like a red rag to a bull with me, I have cupboards full of [...]

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How To – Joint A Chicken

April 4, 2010
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How I cut a chicken. This is my way and it works for me. I cut a chicken this way still keeping the meat attached to the bone because the bones will keep the meat moist throughout the cooking and give it the best flavour.  I like to keep the bone on the breast too [...]

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Noodle Salad – Feeding Hungry Teenagers

March 29, 2010
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This noodle salad isn’t just to feed sixteen 15 year olds coming over to celebrate your daughter’s birthday, this is a good salad to make for family meals, pack lunch, to have in the fridge over the weekend giving you the answer to, ‘..what shall I snack on..’.  This was a one of very two [...]

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Store Cupboard Chicken – Chicken with Soy, Mirin and Ginger or Chili

February 25, 2010
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This chicken dish is like my miso noodles, a cupboard recipe with only three ingredients as the title suggests.  The hardest thing is deciding how to cut the chicken depending on how you’re cooking it, grilling it as I’ve made it above, stir fry or pan fry it.  For me there’s a time in the [...]

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A Different Kind of Roast Chicken

January 26, 2010
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There are those like my cousin’s wife who do not like roast chicken because they had it so often as a kid that now as an adult it doesn’t float their boat.  In our house I can’t go long without a roast chicken the girls look forward to it and for the cook it provides [...]

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