Archive for the 'Chicken' Category
Thai Red Curry with Chicken and Vegetables
The peanut sauce we made on Wednesday required one teaspoon or red curry paste which seemed like a lot of mortaring and pestling for such a small amount. Luckily Stephen remembered that we’d bought some paste at Oriental City before it closed down so we used that instead. There was obviously lots leftover so we […]
Read More..>>Roast Chicken
As I’ve mentioned numerous times before, this is one of our favourite dishes and seemed a fitting start to the new year. The jars of goose fat sitting in the fridge (leftover from our pre-Christmas dinner) needed some attention and I’ve been craving roast potatoes since Boxing Day. Last New Year’s Day, we bravely attempted […]
Read More..>>New Year’s Eve 2008
We decided to spend the evening at home with some friends last night and agreed in advance on some quick and easy food that we could all contribute to. By the time they had arrived, our best laid plans had gone completely awry and we ended up with a banquet rather than a buffet. Not […]
Read More..>>Crunchy Chicken Breasts
I’ve been wanting to make these for a while as the crunchy pork chops we make are so good. I’m glad we finally got round to it because these were equally good. Instead of frying these we browned them on both sides in the frying pan and then transferred them to the oven for the […]
Read More..>>Roast Chicken with Anchovy, Chilli, Caper and Basil Rub
Those of you who read yesterday’s post will see what we made a “puttanesca pizza”, which is based on pasta puttanesca. Doing so meant that we had some left-over anchovies, which we used up today. We used them up by combining them with chilli, capers and basil in a mortar and pestle, making a delicious-smelling […]
Read More..>>Chicken Casserole
I was home from work today so decided to use the time wisely and do some batch cooking. We bought a whole chicken yesterday which Stephen jointed last night, saving the carcass for stock. I made an early start on the stock so that I could use it in today’s casserole and when it was […]
Read More..>>Harissa Chicken with Roasted Vegetable Couscous
We didn’t really put a lot of thought into tonight’s dinner, after Saturday’s pie extravaganza we were left with two chicken portions which we’d earmarked for this evening. We vaguely thought about stir-fry but we’ve eaten so much of it lately that it didn’t really appeal. Stephen mentioned harissa last night and a vague plan […]
Read More..>>Chicken and Leek Pie
Stephen and I went to visit my mum this weekend and decided to make pie for dinner. As my nieces were also coming to visit, we thought we’d make them a pie of their own and put their names on the top. There were seven of us in total so we bought two chickens and […]
Read More..>>Chicken Stir Fry
I know. I toyed with not posting it because it’s appeared so many times before but that’s not what Dinner Diary is all about. So, apologetically, I give you chicken stir-fry. It contained all the usual ingredients and was cooked in pretty much the same way we usually cook it. We hereby promise to cook […]
Read More..>>Roast Chicken
Tonight we were planning to have a beef stir fry, but we ended up eating the steak last night. We had a chicken which we were going to joint and then use the breasts for the stir fry (and keep the legs for later), but as Kerri was home a bit early today she thought […]
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