The Chinese food ‘education’ continues. Chinese ‘takeaway’ chicken chow mein – simples ! One of the easiest ‘fakeaway’ dishes you’ll ever make utilising 3 simple cooking methods. Ingredients-1½ tbsp vegetable oil½ small onion, sliced & 1/2 a carrot thinly sliced2 pre-prepared poached chicken breasts¼ tsp salt2 nests of pre-prepared noodles1 tbsp dark soy sauce1 tbsp…
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Chicken Foo Young
Sentimental food post. Beautiful food memories and I’m a massive believer of creating memories around food. This dish brought back my childhood ❤️Chicken Foo Young – a nod to my dad ❤️Last night whilst creating this for myself, I was whisked back to my childhood then lost myself.Chicken Foo Young is a dish my dad…
Sichuan-style Aubergine
This was the first dish I made from the new Chinese cookbook for Chin & Choo Taylor. I made this because of its simplicity and speed as it was a quick meal plus I love aubergines. Ingredients – 3 tbsp vegetable oil 250g (9oz) aubergine (about 1 smal), cut into wedges 2-3cm (¾-1¼in) thick ½…
Chinese chicken & sweetcorn soup
One of the all time favourite starters in Chinese restaurants and takeaways and it’s mine!! Again, the recipe is taken from the new book from Chin & Choo Taylor. One of the best things about this…..made it under 10 minutes after getting in from karate…..also, I used up the Sunday roast left overs ❤️ Ingredients…
‘Chicken 65’
‘Chicken 65’ is a popular starter in most Indian restaurants plus in India. My youngest son asked me to make it as it’s his favourite dish when we eat out at our family favourite Indian restaurant in Hinckley called 7H Spices. He loves the dish that much, he has had it as a starter for…
Indian inspired king prawns with dill & ginger – heavenly ❤️
I just love discovering new dishes. As you might have gathered due to the nature of my cooking I use & love coriander. I actually love all herbs as they can lift any dish. One particular favourite of mine which I feel is under used is dill. Being more of a fish eater over meat…
Mushroom tikka masala with lemon basmati rice ❤️
This beautiful and simple dish takes you to another place. The more I understand Indian cooking the more I swing to vegetarian dishes. Yes, before the cooking police jump on the band wagon and tell me a tikka masala is not a traditional Indian dish….calm down. It’s a beautiful dish using simple ingredients which are…
Cod with spiced cabbage
I love discovering new dishes! This dish was like ‘wow’ !! So much flavour it’s unreal, again with very few ingredients, as they say – ‘less is more’. The recipe is a modified version of a dish by ‘Mother India’ whom I discovered during a work trip to Glasgow. The original recipe used halibut, but…
Crab meat over broccoli – Regional dish from Guangdong 🇨🇳
A simple yet stunning dish made with everyday supermarket ingredients. This beautiful dish is a regional dish which originates from Guangdong in China and it is exactly what it says. A beautiful sauce mixed with crab meat and finished off the heat with a whisked egg white which thickens and holds the sauce together is…
Spinach meatball curry
Spinach meatball curry ❤️ – recipe taken from ‘30 minute Mowgli’. Anyone who knows me knows that I love the chain Mowgli. Everything about the chain, recipes, ethos & brand values fascinates me. I love recreating their dishes and recipes all written up by Nisha Katona who dream of opening this restaurant became a reality…
