Chicken

Sunday Lunch Chicken Pie

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Ingredients:
1 piece chicken breast
Green chillies
Salt
1 tsp crushed ginger and garlic
Black pepper
Pinch of cumin powder
Sweetcorn
Green pepper (diced)
Mushrooms (chunky)
Red onion
Potatoes (cubed & par boiled)
1/2 pint Bisto gravy
Cheese (grated)

Method:
1. Cut chicken breast in small chunks, and cook in oil.
2. Add the spices, green chillies and ginger & garlic then the vegetables. Combine and leave to cook.
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3. Once cooked leave the mixture to cool. Meanwhile make the gravy and leave to cool.
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4. Then place a layer of pastry in an oven-proof dish and sprinkle with grated cheese. Add the pie mixture, pour the gravy on top, add the remaining cheese the seal with pastry.
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5. Bake in a preheated oven till the pastry has turned brown.

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Serve with homemade mash potatoe, beans, sweetcorn and any other steamed vegetables of your choice.

Enjoy x

Love from Foodie Amina Batan

Pastry-less Quiche

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Ingredients:
1/2 chicken breast
1 tin creamed style corn
1 cup self raising flour
1 cup milk
75g melted butter
Salt & pepper to taste
1 & 1/2 tsp crushed green chillies
3 eggs
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 bunch spring onions
1/2 chopped green and red peppers

Method:
1. Beat egg whites till stiff. Then add egg yolks and beat well.
2. Then add sweetcorn, milk, butter, sifted flour, baking powder, salt, pepper, finely cut chicken and green chillies. Mix well.
3. Pour into a greased casserole dish or baking pan. 4. Sprinkle the spring onions and peppers on top to make it  colourful. Bake in a preheated oven at gas mark 4-5 for 45-60 minutes.

Serve with beans and salad.

Enjoy x

 

Crispy Chicken Fajitas w/ Chilli Pepper Mayo

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Ingredients:
Chicken breasts cut into strips Crushed garlic
Crushed ginger
Crushed green chillies
Salt to taste
Spicy chicken fry powder
Milk
Breadcrumbs

Method:
1. Marinate chicken strips in ginger, garlic, chillies and salt. Cover the chicken in milk and leave it in the fridge for a minimum of two hours.
2. Then take each chicken strip and coat it in the chicken fry powder.
3. Dip the chicken piece into the milk again and now coat in orange coloured breadcrumbs.
4. Deep fry the double coated chicken pieces.

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Serve chicken in tortilla wraps with lettuce and chilli pepper mayo.

Note: To make the Chilli Pepper Mayo sauce crack some fresh peppercorn and mix into mayonnaise. Add chilli flakes to taste and mix well.

Enjoy x

Love from Foodie Safiya Bangee

Chicken Nimbali 2

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Ingredients:
Mixed herbs
Mushrooms
Garlic butter
Red onion sliced
New potatoes
Cherry tomatoes
Crushed garlic
Chicken breast cut into strips
Salt to taste
Crushed Green chillies
Black pepper
Mozerella cheese

Method:
1. Scatter your new potatoes and cherry tomatoes in a casserole dish. Sprinkle over some dry herbs.
2. Saute mushrooms andred onion slices in garlic butter and scatter on top of potatoes.
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3. In a pan, fry the chicken strips in a little bit of garlic and salt till they turn white. Scatter on top of the onions and cherry tomatoes.
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4. In a separate bowl make a cream sauce by mixing together single cream, a little bit of green chillies and black pepper. Pour over the chicken.
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5. Sprinkle grated Mozerella cheese and bake in the oven till brown.
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Enjoy x

Love from Foodie Amina Batan

Southern Fried Chicken Bites

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Ingredients:
2 chicken breasts cubed
3 tbsp yogurt
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp crushed garlic
Southern fried chicken coating

Method:
1. Mix together all the above ingredients minus the southern fried chicken powder.
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2. Roll the yogurt-coated chicken pieces in Southern fried chicken powder.
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3. Fry in hot oil till chicken is cooked.

Enjoy x

Love from Foodie Shereen Bham

Chicken 65

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Ingredients for chicken:
500g chicken breast (cubed)
2 tbsp corn flour
1 tbsp soya sauce
1 tsp salt
1 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp curry powder
Crushed ginger & garlic
1 egg
1 tsp baking powder

Method for chicken:
1. Marinate the chicken in the above ingredients, minus the baking powder, overnight. Add more salt and chillies if needed.
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2. Mix the baking powder into the chicken and shallow fry. Set aside.
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Ingredients for paste:
2 tbsp of oil
3 tbsp of tomato purée
1 tbsp yogurt,
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp chilli powder

Method for paste:
1. Mix all the ingredients together and heat it in a pan.
2. Let it cook till the paste is warm.
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3. Then add the fried chicken. Mix all together till fully incorporated.

Enjoy x

Love from Foodie Ayesha Kasu

Saucy Baked Chicken

Ingredients for chicken:
1 chicken cut into 6-8 pieces
1 tsp tandoori masala
1 tsp chilli powder
Splash of vinegar
1/4 tsp turmeric
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 heaped tsp tomato puree

Method for chicken:
1. Marinate the chicken in the above ingredients for at least one hour
2. Place the chicken in a roasting pan, cover with foil and roast in a preheated oven for 50 minutes at 180°. Turn the chicken half way through roasting.
3. When chicken is cooked coat it in the sauce.

Ingredients for sauce:
2 tblsp Oil
1/2 cup tomato ketchup
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp ground cumin
Chilli powder (optional)
Salt to taste

Method for sauce:
1. Heat the oil. Then add the rest of the ingredient and stir continuously. The sauce is cooked once it thickens and the colour darkens slightly.
2. Place roasted chicken pieces in the sauce and ensure that they are fully coated.

Enjoy x

Love from Foodie Yusairah Batan

Homemade Chicken Burger

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Ingredients:
(makes 40 medium to small size burger)
2 1/2 lb chicken mince
2 1/2 tsp garlic ginger
2 1/2 tsp green chillies
1 tsp salt
2 tsp black pepper
3/4 mug breadcrumbs (fresh bread blended till crumbs)
4 onions finely diced and juice squeezed out
3/4 bunch of fresh coriander

Method:
1. Blend together all the above ingredients.
2. Shape the mixture to form shapes.
3. Shallow fry in a little oil.

Serve with homemade chips.

Enjoy x

Love from Foodie Safiya Bangee

Jamila’s Chicken

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Ingredients:
2 chickens cut into small pieces
150ml single cream
4 tbsp natural greek yogurt
1tsp tumeric powder
1tbsp coriander & cumin powder
1/2 tspn red chilli powder
1/4 tsp black pepper
3tbsp crushed ginger and garlic
1tsp lemon juice
4tsp Jamila’s Chicken Spice

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Oil
Sliced onions
Sliced green and red peppers
Freshly chopped coriander

Method:
1. Marinate the chicken overnight in the ingredients upto and including the Jamila’s spice.
2. Fry the onions in oil till they are soft.
3. Then add the marinated chicken and a cup of water. Cook till chicken is cooked and the water has evaporated. 4. Add the peppers and cook till curry/masala becomes thick. The chicken is ready to be served.
Garnish with fresh coriander. Serve with rice, roti or chips.

Note: This dish tastes best cooked in a pizza pan/electric pan. Also if you wish to serve this as a starter (see second pic) add less cream and cook till all the curry has evaporated.

Enjoy x

Love from Foodie Aiysha Haji

Chicken Pastry Dish

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Ingredients:
Oil
1 Chicken
Chicken breasts (cubed)
Poatatoes
Green pepper
Sweetcorn
White Pepper
Single Cream
Cheese
Ready Roll Puff Pastry
Egg
Green Chillies
Cumin
Crushed Ginger and Garlic
Salt
Fresh Coriander

Method:
1. In a pan, heat oil and fry onions. Once they are fried add chicken cubes and spices. Allow to cook.
2. Meanwhile boil potatoes till par boiled. Add the peppers and sweetcorn to boil with the potatoes at this point. Drain the vegetables.
3. Add the vegetables to the chicken mix , white pepper, salt and single cream; then stir.
4. Add the grated cheese and stir till melted. Let the mixture cool.
5. Lay out the pastry on a lined baking tray and prick all over (top and bottom) with a fork. Add the mixture and fold over the pastry and seal.
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6. Bake in the oven. Turnover halfway so both side cook well.

Enjoy x

Love from Foodie Shereen Bham