…or the dish that’s going to harm our relationship with our favourite Chinese takeaway! Sweet and sour chicken is a bit of a favourite of Rob’s; throughout university he spent many an evening with a jar of Uncle Ben’s and since discovering the joys of cooking from scratch has always intended to give it a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘rice’
Sweet & Sour Chicken and Egg Fried Rice
Posted in Mains, tagged chicken, chinese, egg fried rice, pineapple, recipe, rice, sweet and sour, takeaway recreation on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chicken and Chorizo Paella
Posted in Mains, tagged chicken, chorizo, paella, paprika, rice, spanish on July 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One of my best food moments is sitting outside at a pavement cafe on Rambla de Catalunya, just around the corner from Guadi’s Casa Milà in Barcelona. We had a wonderful tapas lunch of chorizo, pimientos de Padrón, tortilla de patatas, pan amb tomaquet and patatas bravas in the late September heat just before heading [...]
Griddled Jerk Chicken with Mango Salad
Posted in Mains, tagged caribbean, chicken, chillis, griddle, mango, rice, salad, spicy on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve had jerk chicken a couple of times, most memorably at The Mayor’s Thames Festival a couple of years ago (along with some delicious, blackened, barbequed corn), but tonight decided to try and make it ourselves. We used a recipe for Grilled Jerk Chicken, but in hindsight I’m not sure that was the ideal recipe [...]
