Really enjoyed making this sauce. I’ve never been to the famous chicken brand eatery but I know this will taste much better. This dishes has two stages. Making the Piri Piri sauce then the amazing marinating stage which allows the chicken to have a flavour party. Ingredients for the sauce – 5tbsp of rapeseed oil,…
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Tom Yum Gai Soup (hot & sour chicken soup) exploring Thai flavours. 👍
As I’ve been placed on garden leave from work now is the perfect time to explore some of the cook books I have. This dish is taken from Dan Toombs new – The Curry Guy – Thai book. I thought this dish was stunning. So many great flavours that hit you in different layers. So…
Food is all about making memories – Chicken pathia
Food memories are valuable memories to us all. If we all take a moment most of our fondest memories revolve around a gathering of friends / families to share an occasion. Food is not just food….it’s an experience. I love making this dish. I’ve only made it a few times but each time I’ve nailed…
Tandoori whole fish 👍
I will never get bored of marinating. Simple way of taking food to another level with minimal effort. Just takes planning. The beauty of having a good marinade is that you hardly have to do much in the kitchen. The oven does the rest. Ingredients – 1 tbsp of garlic & ginger paste, 4 tbsp…
Authentic chicken handi – perfect Friday night escapism 👍
Terrible week at work. Everyone counting down to the weekend. Even on Thursday morning I was trying to plan a curry for Friday night which wouldn’t be to taxing, a way of shutting off, economical, be able to have a wee drink to leave work behind. Can’t say much more than that in the public…
Chinese chicken curry ‘fake away’ – the dish that started it all off !!
Love this dish. The dish the gave me the ‘eureka’ moment I needed to understand spices, flavours and how simple cooking can be. Everyone loves a curry from the local Chinese takeaway right??? If so, please feel free to have a go and you’ll realise how simple it really is. Full of flavour and you…
My food hero Rick Stein ❤️
This week I’ve been reminded of my love affair for Cornwall, food & Rick Stein. I discovered a podcast interview with Jack Stein done by an Australian chef called Gary Mehigan. Jumped in the bath, started the podcast, an hour and 6 minutes later sitting in cold water it had finished. The time flew by…
Fried Chicken Lollipops 👍
Simple, delicious, these chicken lollipops take chicken drumsticks to another level. Once again, the secret is all about the marinade. Doing this recipe does require a little patience due to knife skills. Firstly, trim up your drumsticks by cutting the tendon with sharp scissors then peel back the skin then tidy up the meat. To…
Amazing BUTTER CHICKEN 👌
As lockdown starts to ease we received an invite to visit friends which we’ve not seen since September 2020. Plans were made to sit in their garden and have a good old catch up whilst the boys all had a good runaround. Now, it would be very rude of me to turn up empty handed….
Keralan prawn curry 👌
Healthy and simple dish taken from Dan Toombs The Curry Guy Light cook book was our choice of fish dish for Good Friday and it proved to be a delightful choice. Took hardly any cooking with simple everyday ingredients which enabled me to sit back and relax whilst the flavours / ingredients did their magic….
Home Cooking for everyone. 