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September 19, 2014 Chicken Recipes, Main Courses, Poutry, Snack Food, Starters

Stuffed & Deep-Fried Chicken Drumsticks. Deep-Fried Stuffed Chicken Drumsticks – Easy Cocktail Meals

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Stuffed & Deep-Fried Chicken Drumsticks. Deep-Fried Stuffed Chicken Drumsticks - Easy Cocktail Meals
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Recipe type: Chicken / Poultry
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Serves: 4
 
These drumsticks get the King's treatment - first tunnel boned, then stuffed, then coated with a special seasoned coating, then deep-fried to golden perfection. This video demonstration will show you how tunnel bone the drumstick, fill it, coat it and fry it.
Ingredients
  • 8 x Chicken Drumsticks
  • Stuffing of your choice
To Coat
  • ½ Cup Tapioca flour or cornflour
  • 3 Eggs, lightly beaten
½ Cup Finely crushed cornflakes mixed with:
  • ½ All-purpose flour
  • 1 Tbs Salt
  • 1 Tbs Brown sugar
  • 1 Tbs Lemon pepper
  • 1 Tbs Dried chilli flakes
Instructions
  1. To de-bone the drumstick, holding the narrow end, pull the skin back to expose the joint.
  2. Using a sharp paring knife, cut around the joint to free the meat.
  3. Grab the joint with your dish cloth and scrape the meat down the bone with the edge of your blade.
  4. Pull the flesh back onto the bone, then using the back of your cleaver, break the bone just above the narrow joint.
  5. Pull the bone out of the drumstick.
  6. You can stuff the drumstick with anything, I am using a puree of fried bacon, spinach and feta. Using your piping bag or syringe, pipe the filling into the leg until it is plumped up.
  7. If you are using a chunky filling, you can use your fingers to stuff the drumstick.
  8. Pull the skin together at the opening, and pin it closed using a toothpick.
  9. To coat the drumsticks, dredge them in the tapioca or cornflour.
  10. Dunk the drumstick in the egg making sure to wet all of the flour.
  11. Finally dredge it in the special mixture consisting of finely crushed cornflakes, flour, salt, brown sugar, lemon pepper and chilli flakes. Make sure to get a good solid coating all over.
  12. Transfer the coated drumsticks to a platter and allow the coating to set for 20 minutes.
  13. Fill your pan with oil to depth of 1 inch or 25mm and heat this to 180c or 350f.
  14. Carefully lower drumsticks into the oil and deep-fry them for 4 minutes per side. Remove them from the oil and drain on kitchen paper.
  15. Serve immediately with the accompaniments of your choice.

 

September 16, 2014 Chicken Recipes, Main Courses, Mexican Recipes, Poutry, Sauce Recipes

Mexican Chicken with Chocolate Sauce. Succulent Chicken Breasts with a Rich Cocoa Sauce.

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Mexican Chicken with Chocolate Sauce. Succulent Chicken Breasts with a Rich Cocoa Sauce.
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Recipe type: Chicken / Poultry
Cuisine: Mexican
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Serves: 4
 
In Mexican cuisine cocoa is used as a spice. This succulent Mexican Chicken with Chocolate Sauce recipe is a perfect example of this. The recipe is quick and easy and certainly worth a try.
Ingredients
  • ½ Cup all purpose flour
  • ¼ Tsp Ground cinnamon
  • 4 Chicken breasts, deboned, skin off
  • 30g Butter
  • 4 Baby onions, cut into wedges
  • 2 Tsp Cocoa powder
  • 2 Tsp Brown sugar
  • 2 Tsp Tomato paste
  • ¼ Cup red wine
  • 1 Cup chicken stock
  • 1 Tbs Sour cream
  • ⅓ Cup Raisins
Instructions
  1. Combine the flour with the cinnamon. Remove a teaspoon of this and put it aside.
  2. Chop the baby onions into wedges, measure out the tomato paste and the cocoa and brown sugar.
  3. In a jug, combine the red wine with the chicken stock.
  4. In a small bowl, combine the sour cream with the teaspoon of reserved cinnamon flour, and measure out the raisins.
  5. Heat your pan over medium high heat, add the butter. Drench the chicken breasts in bowl of cinnamon seasoned flour and fry them for 4 minutes per side until crisp and golden.
  6. Remove the chicken breasts from the pan and place them in a baking dish.
  7. Add the onions, tomato paste, cocoa and sugar to the pan. Fry these briefly, then pour in half of the wine stock mixture. Stir this until everything is well combined then add pour in the rest.
  8. Add the raisins, stir them in, then add the sour cream mixture.
  9. Continue to boil, stirring continuously until the cream has dissolved completely, and sauce has thickened slightly.... about 2 minutes.
  10. Remove the pan from the heat and spoon the sauce over the chicken.
  11. Bake the chicken in a preheated oven at 180c or 350f for 15 minutes.
  12. Remove the chicken from the oven, transfer it to serving platters and serve immediately.

 

September 12, 2014 Barbecue, Chinese Recipes, Main Courses, Marinades and Rubs, Pork

How to Make Char Siu. Cantonese Barbecue Pork. Chinese Barbecue Pork Fillet Recipe.

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How to Make Char Siu. Cantonese Barbecue Pork. Chinese Barbecue Pork Fillet Recipe.
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Recipe type: Pork Fillet / Barbecue / Grilled
Cuisine: Chinese / Cantonese
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Serves: 4
 
Char Siu is the perfect addition to a main meal, or as part of a Dim Sum feast. Marinated in a blend of Hoisin and bean sauce, char siu has a very distinctive flavor and aroma that keeps people coming back for more. Apart from the long marinating time, this Chinese barbecue pork recipe is quick and easy to make and will leave a lasting impression with your friends and loved ones.
Ingredients
  • 800g Pork Fillet
  • 45ml Hoisin sauce
  • 45ml Black bean sauce
  • 2 Cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 2.5ml 5 Spice
  • 45ml Light soy sauce
  • 15ml Brown sugar
Instructions
  1. To start, you will need 800g of pork fillet. Place this in a stainless pan.
  2. Combine the hoisin sauce, black bean sauce, finely chopped garlic, five spice, light soy sauce and brown sugar in a jug and mix this until the sugar has dissolved.
  3. Spoon this marinade over the pork and allow this to marinate in your refrigerator for a minimum of 8 hours, preferably overnight, turning and re-coating every 6 hours.
  4. Remove the pork from the pan and transfer it to a rack in a roasting pan. Reserve the marinade for basting.
  5. Roast the pork in a preheated oven at 180c or 350f for 10 minutes.
  6. Remove from the oven and baste the pork liberally, then turn it over. Return the pork to the oven for another 10 minutes.
  7. Remove the pork from the oven and baste liberally again. Turn it over, and return it to the oven.
  8. Soften the honey in your microwave for a few seconds, then combine this with the leftover basting sauce.
  9. Remove the pork from the oven and brush liberally with the honey mixture. Turn the pork over and roast for 2 minutes.
  10. Remove from the oven brush the remaining honey mixture on and roast for a final 2 minutes.
  11. Carve the pork into thin slices at an angle and serve immediately with the accompaniments of your choice.

 

September 10, 2014 Beef, Bread, Chinese Recipes, Main Courses, Snack Food, Starters, Steak

Chinese Steamed Buns with Black Bean Beef.

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Chinese Steamed Buns with Black Bean Beef.
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Recipe type: Beef / Chinese Steamed Buns
Cuisine: Chinese
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Serves: 4-8
 
Finely chopped rump steak, stir-fried with peppers and black bean sauce makes an aromatic and flavorful filling for the delicious Chinese steamed buns. The recipe is quick and easy and makes a fantastic entre', snack or addition to a Dim Sum feast.
Ingredients
For the Dough / Pastry
  • 300g All purpose flour
  • 1 Tbs Baking powder
  • 110g Caster sugar
  • 125ml Milk
  • 80ml Water
  • 60ml Oil
For the Filling
  • 250g Rump steak, finely chopped
  • ¼ Red pepper, finely diced
  • ¼ Yellow pepper, finely diced
  • 15ml Fermented black beans
  • 15ml Light soy sauce
  • 15ml Rice wine (or dry sherry)
  • 5ml Brown sugar
  • 5ml Roasted sesame oil
  • 10ml Cornflour or tapioca flour
Instructions
  1. Starting with the pastry, place the flour, baking powder and caster sugar in a mixing bowl. In a jug, combine the milk water and oil, then pour this into the flour. Mix this all to a soft dough.
  2. Turn the dough out onto a well floured work surface and start to knead. The dough will be soft and sticky and you will sprinkle flour onto the dough continuously while kneading to make it manageable.
  3. Knead the dough for 2 minutes, then dust it with flour, wrap it in cling wrap and refrigerate for 60 minutes.
  4. While the dough matures, finely chop the rump steak. In a jug, combine the soy sauce, rice wine, sugar, sesame oil and cornflour. Pour this into the beef and massage the marinade into the meat, then put this aside.
  5. Finely dice the peppers, and chop the spring onions into fine rounds.
  6. Rinse and dry the fermented black beans, then chop them until fine.
  7. Heat your wok over medium high heat and stir-fry the beef in 2 batches, for 60 seconds per batch.
  8. If necessary, add extra oil to the wok, then stir-fry the peppers and spring onions for 60 seconds. Add the black beans and stir-fry for a further 60 seconds.
  9. Return the beef to the wok and stir-fry for a further 60 seconds.
  10. Remove this from the heat and transfer it to a mixing bowl. Quick chill the beef by floating the bowl in a sink of cold water.
  11. Remove the dough from the refrigerator, unwrap it and roll it into a sausage. Divide the sausage into 4 pieces.
  12. Roll each of these into a sausage and divide these into 4 pieces.
  13. Working with one piece, roll this into a ball, flatten the ball into a disk.
  14. Place a tablespoon of the filling in the center of the disk, stretch the edges of the disk upwards and over the filling. Give it twist to seal.
  15. Repeat this until all of the buns are completed.
  16. Cut 16 squares of baking paper and start packing the buns into your steamer. You will need to use both tiers of your steamer, or cook 2 batches.
  17. Hal fill your wok with water and bring this to a rapid boil. Place the steamer on the wok and steam the buns for 20 minutes.
  18. Remove the steamer from the heat, transfer the buns to platters and serve with the dipping sauces of your choice.

 

September 9, 2014 Chinese Recipes, Main Courses, Pork, Snack Food, Starters

Chinese Hoisin Pork Steamed Dumplings. Fragrant Hoisin Pork Flower Dumplings – Quick & Easy

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Chinese Hoisin Pork Steamed Dumplings. Fragrant Hoisin Pork Flower Dumplings - Quick & Easy
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Recipe type: Steamed Dumplings
Cuisine: Chinese
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Serves: 4-8
 
Chinese steamed dumplings make an elegant and styleful starter course, or a fantastic addition to a Dim Sum feast. This recipe is super-quick and easy, and is infinitely scaleable without any hassle.
Ingredients
  • 250g Pork fillet, roughly chopped
  • 2 Tbs Hoisin sauce
  • 1 Tsp Light soy sauce
  • 1 Tbs Oyster sauce
  • 1 Tsp Roasted sesame oil
  • 2 Cloves garlic
  • 6 Slices ginger
  • 6 Spring onions
  • 1 Tbs Cornflour
Instructions
  1. Place the pork fillet, hoisin sauce, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, roasted sesame oil, garlic, ginger, spring onion and cornflour into your food processor.
  2. Process this until it is fine, but not mushy.
  3. Working with one wonton wrapper, use a wet finger to wet the edges of the wrapper.
  4. Place a tablespoon of the pork filling in the center of the wrapper.
  5. Lift the corners up around the sides of the wrapper and crimp the folds in the wrapper together around the base causing the corners to stand upright. Bend the corners over to resemble the petals of a flower.
  6. Repeat this until all 16 dumplings are formed.
  7. Cut 16 squares of baking paper and pack the dumplings into your steamer. You will have to use both tiers of the steamer, or steam 2 batches.
  8. Fill your wok with water to just below half full and bring this to a rapid boil. Steam the dumplings for 12 minutes.
  9. Remove the steamer from the wok and transfer the dumplings to serving platters.
  10. Serve with the dipping sauces of your choice.

 

September 7, 2014 Chicken Recipes, French Recipes, Instructional Techniques, Main Courses, Poutry

Chicken Galantine / Ballotine – Part 1 & 2 – How to debone, stuff & roll a whole chicken for roasting.

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Chicken Galantine / Ballotine - How to debone, stuff & roll a whole chicken for roasting.
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Recipe type: Chicken / Poultry
Cuisine: French
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Serves: 4
 
This 2 Part demonstration will show you how to debone a whole chicen, make the stuffing, roll it and tie it, and finally roast it. Chicken Galantine or Ballotine is a classic recipe, and can be stuffed with anything, but I have included a stuffing / filling that is a sure winner.
Ingredients
  • 1 x 1.6kg Chicken
  • 250g Streaky Bacon
  • 300g English spinach
  • 70g Feta Cheese
  • Butter for brushing
  • Butchers Twine
Instructions
Part 1
  1. Remove the wings at the elbow joint.
  2. With the chicken breast side up, pull the neck skin back and slice either side of the wishbone. Reach into the incision and pull the wishbone free.
  3. Roll the chicken onto its side and slice through the skin all the way down the spine.
  4. Move the wing up and down, feeling for the articulation. place your knife here and slice through the joint. Repeat with the other wing.
  5. Stand the chicken upright. Hold the carcass with one hand. With other hand grab the whole wing and pull this downward and away from the carcass until the oyster is exposed. Repeat this with other wing.
  6. Swivel the chicken around the chicken around, hold the carcass firmly with one hand. Place the index finger and middle finger of the other hand on either side of the breast bone or sternum and pull both breasts downward. The fillets will be left behind on either side of the sternum. We will rescue those later.
  7. Turn the chicken onto its breast. Using a pointed sharp knife, cut the oysters free.
  8. Grab one leg, move it sideways and upward, then pull it straight downward, cracking the joint open. Slice through the joint. Repeat this with the other leg.
  9. Grab the carcass firmly and pull this free from the chicken.
  10. To rescue the fillets from the carcass, simply slide your thumbnail under the fillets on either side of the sternum. Put these aside.
  11. To debone the leg, cut around the leg joint to loosen the flesh. Holding the joint with one hand, scrape the flesh down the bone with the edge of your blade until you reach the drumstick joint.
  12. Cut around the joint to free the flesh, then scrape the flesh down the bone to the end of the drumstick.
  13. Push the bone back into the skin. Using the back of your cleaver, break the bone at the end of the drumstick and pull the whole leg bone free. Repeat this with the other leg.
  14. To remove the bone from the wings, cut around the joint, scrape the flesh from the bone all the way down, then pull the bone free. Repeat this with the other wing.
  15. Open the chicken out flat. To level the meat out, fill the empty spots between the legs and breast with the fillets, then slice at an angle through either side of the breast and flap these forward.
Part 2
  1. Cut the bacon across the grain into thin strips then roughly chop the spinach.
  2. Heat your wok or pan over high heat and fry the bacon for 3 to 5 minutes until it takes on color and is nice and crispy.
  3. Add the spinach and fry this until it is well wilted..... about 3 minutes.
  4. Remove the pan from the heat and crumble the feta into the pan.
  5. Allow this to cool for about 15 minutes.
  6. To stuff the galantine, press some of the filling into each leg, then spread the remaining filling evenly across the chicken being careful not to get too close to the top and bottom.
  7. Fold one half of the chicken over across the center line, then fold the other half over this.
  8. Using butchers twine, tie the legs together. Using half hitch loops tie the rest of the chicken closed.
  9. Roll the chicken over and loop the twine through the cross twines then tie it up at the beginning.
  10. Place the chicken in roasting pan, brush it liberally with melted butter then roast in a preheated oven for 45 minutes plus 15 minutes extra for each pound or 450g of chicken.
  11. Remove the galantine from the oven, allow it to rest for 5 minutes before carving and serving.

 

September 3, 2014 Main Courses, Poutry

Feaux Oxtail Stew using Ostrich Neck. A rich, thick stew with tons of flavor – better than the real thing!

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Feaux Oxtail Stew using Ostrich Neck. A rich, thick stew with tons of flavor - better than the real thing!
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Recipe type: Stews
Cuisine: South Africa
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Serves: 8-10
 
This feaux oxtail stew made with ostrich neck is actually better than the real thing! Using your Dutch oven, you can have this ready to serve in under 4 hours. I have included slow cooker instructions in the full printable recipe
Ingredients
  • 2kg Ostrich neck
  • 200g Streaky bacon, cut into bits
  • 60g Butter
  • ½ Cup all purpose flour, mixed with 1 Tsp salt and 1 Tsp Black pepper
  • 6 Baby onions, halved
  • 4 Medium Carrots, roughly chopped
  • 3 Celery sticks, sliced
  • 2 Leeks, sliced
  • 1 Tbs Chilli sauce
  • 1 Tbs Honey
  • 2 Tbs Cornflour
  • 2 Tbs Chicken or Beef stock powder
  • 2 x 440g tins whole peeled tomatoes
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 2 Fresh thyme sprigs
  • 2 Fresh rosemary sprigs
  • 250ml Red wine
  • salt and pepper to season
  • 3 Tbs tapioca or cornfour mixed with a little water
Instructions
Dutch Oven Instructions (much quicker)
  1. To start you will need 2 kg of ostrich neck. You will notice that ostrich has very little fat, so we're going to add fat in the form of streaky bacon and butter.
  2. Add the salt and cracked black pepper to the flour and dredge the ostrich meat in this.
  3. Heat your dutch oven over medium high heat, add the butter and fry the bacon for 5 minutes until it is starting to brown and the fat is well rendered.
  4. Add the ostrich meat and fry this for 15 to 20 minutes until well browned, stirring the meat every minute.
  5. Add the baby onions, carrots, celery, leeks and garlic and stir this in.
  6. In a jug combine the chilli sauce, honey, corn flour, stock powder, tinned whole peeled tomatoes, bay leaves, thyme and rosemary. Pour this into the pot.
  7. Pour in the red wine and place the lid on the pot.
  8. Transfer the dutch oven to a preheated oven at 140c or 275f and allow this to cook for 3 hours undisturbed.
  9. Remove the dutch oven from the oven. Dissolve 3 tbs of cornflour in a little water and add this to the pot. Stir this in well and return the dutch oven to the oven for a final 30 minutes.
  10. After the final 30 minutes, transfer the stew to serving platters and serve with the accompaniments of your choice.
Slow Cooker Instructions
  1. Brown the ostrich meat using a large frying pan instead of the dutch oven. You will have to do this in batches.
  2. Add the ostrich and bacon to the slow cooker along with all of the other ingredients except the cornflour / tapioca flour mixed with water.
  3. Slow cook for 7 hours on high setting or 10 hours on low setting.
  4. Open the slow cooker and stir in the cornflour / tapioca slurry, bring this back to a boil for a few minutes.
  5. Serve with the accompaniments of your choice.

 

September 1, 2014 Bread, Chicken Recipes, Chinese Recipes, Main Courses, Poutry, Starters

Chinese Steamed Buns Filled with Aromatic Chicken. Delicious & Tender Chinese Steamed Chicken Buns.

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Chinese Steamed Buns Filled with Aromatic Chicken. Delicious & Tender Chinese Steamed Chicken Buns.
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Recipe type: Steamed Buns
Cuisine: Chinese
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Total time: 
Serves: 4-8
 
These delicious Chinese steamed buns are well worth the effort. With soft and tender pastry and an aromatic and flavorful filling of chicken, these are definite winners.
Ingredients
For the Dough / Pastry
  • 300g All purpose flour
  • 1 Tbs Baking powder
  • 110g Caster sugar
  • 125ml Milk
  • 80ml Water
  • 60ml Oil
For the Filling
  • 4 Dried Chinese mushrooms
  • Small handful of dried wood-ear fungus
  • 2 Tbs Fresh ginger, finely chopped
  • 250g Minced chicken
  • 6 Spring onions, finely chopped
  • 1 Tbs Oyster sauce
  • 1 Tsp Light soy sauce
  • 1 Tsp Roasted sesame oil
  • ¼ Tsp Salt
  • 2 Tsp Cornflour or Tapioca flour, dissolved in 2 Tbs chicken stock
Instructions
  1. Starting with the pastry, place the flour, baking powder and caster sugar in a mixing bowl.
  2. In a jug, combine the milk water and oil, then pour this into the flour. Mix this all to a soft dough.
  3. Turn the dough out onto a well floured work surface and start to knead. The dough will be soft and sticky and you will sprinkle flour onto the dough continuously while kneading to make it manageable.
  4. Knead the dough for 2 minutes, then dust it with flour, wrap it in cling wrap and refrigerate for 60 minutes.
  5. While the dough matures and chills, reconstitute the Chinese mushrooms and wood ear fungus in boiling water. Allow them to soak for 15 minutes, then drain and squeeze out any excess water.
  6. Chop the mushrooms and fungus until fine.
  7. Mince the chicken until fine.
  8. Chop the spring onion until fine.
  9. Chop the ginger until until fine.
  10. For the aromatic flavoring sauce, combine the oyster sauce, light soy sauce, the sesame oil and salt.
  11. Mix the cornflour or tapioca with 30ml of chicken stock and add this to the sauce.
  12. Heat your wok over medium high heat, add 30ml of oil and stirfry the ginger for a few seconds until aromatic.
  13. Add the chicken to the wok and stirfry this for 3 minutes until all the chicken has changed color.
  14. Add the mushrooms, fungus and spring onions and stirfry this until everything is mixed, then pour in the sauce.
  15. Stirfry this for 60 seconds until the sauce has thickened and coated everything, then remove from the heat.
  16. Transfer the filling to a mixing bowl and quick chill this by floating it in a sink of cold water.
  17. Remove the dough from the refrigerator, unwrap it and roll it into a sausage. Divide the sausage into 4 pieces.
  18. Roll each of these into a sausage and divide these into 4 pieces.
  19. Working with one piece, roll this into a ball, flatten the ball into a disk.
  20. Place a tablespoon of the filling in the center of the disk, stretch the edges of the disk upwards and over the filling. Give it twist to seal.
  21. Repeat this until all of the buns are completed.
  22. Cut 16 squares of baking paper and start packing the buns into your steamer. You will need to use both tiers of your steamer, or cook 2 batches.
  23. Half fill your wok with water and bring this to a rapid boil. Place the steamer on the wok and steam the buns for 20 minutes. (the water must not touch the steamer)
  24. Remove the steamer from the heat, transfer the buns to platters and serve with the dipping sauces of your choice.

 

August 22, 2014 Main Courses, Pork, Snack Food, Starters

Crispy Fried Apple Cider Pork Ribs. Crispy Deep Fried Pork Belly Ribs, Apple Cider Infused.

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Crispy Fried Apple Cider Pork Ribs. Crispy Deep Fried Pork Belly Ribs, Apple Cider Infused.
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Recipe type: Pork
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Serves: 2
 
Perfectly tenderised and flavored with apple cider, then coated with a light batter and deep fried perfection, these deep fried ribs are outstanding. Simmered in apple cider and sherry to tenderize and flavor, then dipped in a light batter, this deep fried ribs recipe is unforgettable.
Ingredients
  • 800g Pork Belly, bone in, skin on
  • 660ml Apple cider
  • 140ml Full cream sherry
  • Water to cover
  • 2 Spring onions
  • 2 Bird's eye chillies
  • 2 Eggs
  • 4 Tbs Tapioca or cornflour
Instructions
  1. To start, you will need 800g of pork belly with the bone in and skin on. Have your butcher cut the belly into short ribs, 75mm or 3 inches in width.
  2. Cut the ribs apart and place them in a large pan. Pour over the apple cider and the sherry. Pour in enough water to almost cover the ribs.
  3. Bruise the spring onions with the back of your cleaver, and cut the chillis into quarters length-ways, then put these in the pan.
  4. Heat the pan over medium heat, bring it to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 45 minutes.
  5. Remove the pork from the pan and place it in a large mixing bowl.
  6. Combine the egg and the tapioca or cornflour in a jug and pour this over the ribs. Mix this thoroughly until the ribs are well coated.
  7. Fill your wok with oil to a depth of 50mm or 2 inches and heat this to 180c or 350f.
  8. Carefully lower half of the ribs into the oil and deep fry these for 2 to 3 minutes until crisp and golden, turning once during cooking.
  9. Remove these and drain on kitchen paper. Repeat with the remaining ribs.
  10. Transfer the ribs to platters and serve immediately with the accompaniments of your choice.

 

August 17, 2014 Chicken Recipes, Main Courses, Middle East, Pork, Poutry, Snack Food

Chicken & Bacon Kefta Kebabs. Delicious Kefta / Kofta Kebabs using Chicken and Pork.

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Chicken & Bacon Kefta Kebabs. Delicious Kefta / Kofta Kebabs using Chicken and Pork.
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Recipe type: Chicken / Poultry / Pork
Cuisine: Moroccan
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Serves: 5-10
 
Traditionally kefta / kofta kebabs are made with lamb. This recipe gives a slightly different spin using chicken, bacon and pork sausage meat. The pork sausage meat along with a little tapioca or cornflour binds the mixture into delicious kefta kebabs.
Ingredients
  • 500g Chicken breast meat
  • 150g Pork sausage meat
  • 200g Streaky bacon
  • 2 Tsp Salt
  • 2 Tbs Tapioca or cornflour
Instructions
  1. Chop the bacon into thin slices across the grain, then do the same with the chicken. Squeeze the meat from the pork sausages.
  2. Place this all in your food processor along with 2 tsp salt and 2 tbs of tapioca or cornflour.
  3. Process this until quite fine.
  4. Wet your hand and grab a large handful of the mixture, then proceed to mold it onto a 15cm or 6 inch skewer. Continue this process until all of the kefta kebabs are formed.
  5. To make the sesame kefta, roll them in the tapioca or cornflour.
  6. Roll them in the egg, making sure to wet all of the flour, then roll them in the sesame seed to get a good solid coating.
  7. Transfer these to a platter and allow the sesame coating to set for 20 minutes.
  8. Fill your pan with oil to a depth of 25mm or 1 inch and heat this to 170c or 325f.
  9. Carefully lower the plain kefta into the oil, and fry these for 3 minutes per side. Remove these from the pan and drain them on kitchen paper.
  10. Carefully add the sesame coated kefta to the pan and fry these for 3 minutes per side as well. Remove these and drain on kitchen paper.
  11. Transfer the kefta kebabs to platters and serve immediately with the accompaniments of your choice.

 

August 12, 2014 Main Courses, Steak

Paprika Rump Steak or Sirloin Steak with Sweet Chilli Glaze.

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Paprika Rump Steak or Sirloin Steak with Sweet Chilli Glaze.
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Recipe type: Steak / Beef
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Serves: 2
 
This recipe can use rump steak or sirloin steak. It is a little more on the spicy side, and the steak is supremely tender and juicy.
Ingredients
  • 2 x 250g Rump or Sirloin steaks
  • Paprika for seasoning
  • 1 Egg, lightly beaten
  • 30g Butter
For the Glaze
  • 20ml White wine vinegar
  • 15ml Light soy sauce
  • 30ml Caster sugar
  • 2 x Bird's eye chillies finely chopped
Instructions
  1. Stand the steaks on their fatty edge and press 3 skewers through the meat - 2 just above the fat and 1 closer to the top.
  2. Flip the meat over a season the fat liberally with salt and pepper.
  3. Heat your pan over medium high heat, add the butter, when the butter starts to bubble, stand the steaks on their fatty edge in the pan and fry the fat for 8 minutes, until crispy golden and well rendered.
  4. Remove the steaks from the pan, remove the skewers, brush the steaks with the egg, then season liberally on both side with the paprika.
  5. Return the steaks to the pan and fry for 4 to 6 minutes depending on your preference of doneness, turning the steaks every 30 seconds.
  6. Remove the steaks from the pan and allow them to rest for 5 minutes.
  7. Drain all of the butter and fat from the pan. Add the vinegar and soy sauce and stir briefly to deglaze the pan.
  8. Add the chillis and caster sugar and stir until the sugar has dissolved entirely and the glaze has thickened to a syrup.
  9. Remove the pan from the heat.
  10. To serve the steaks, wipe them through the glaze in the pan and transfer them to platters.
  11. Divide any remaining glaze between the steaks and serve immediately.

 

August 5, 2014 Chicken Recipes, Chinese Recipes, Main Courses, Poutry

Chinese Sweet & Piquant Chicken. Hunan-Style Fried Chicken with a Piquant Glaze.

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Chinese Sweet & Piquant Chicken. Hunan-Style Fried Chicken with a Piquant Glaze.
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Recipe type: Chicken / Poultry
Cuisine: Chinese
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Serves: 2
 
Hunan-Style Fried Chicken with a Piquant Glaze. This recipe is really simple and has very few ingredients, yet it is one of the tastiest dishes around. Thinly sliced chicken breast is shallow-fried until crispy and golden, then glazed with and beautifully glossy and tasty Hunan-style sauce.
Ingredients
  • 2 Chicken Breasts, skin off, deboned
  • 1 Egg lightly beaten
  • 30ml Tapioca flour (can substitute corn flour)
  • 2.5ml Salt
For the Sauce
  • 30ml Caster sugar
  • 20ml Rice wine vinegar or regular white wine vinegar
  • 15ml Soy sauce
Other
  • ½ Red pepper, cut into strips
  • ½ Yellow pepper cut into strips
Instructions
  1. Slice the chicken breasts across the grain into slices 3mm / ⅛ inch thick. Place them in a mixing bowl.
  2. Whisk the egg, salt and tapioca flour together until smooth then mix it into the chicken.
  3. In a jug jug, whisk together the caster sugar, vinegar and soy sauce until all of the sugar is dissolved.
  4. Slice the peppers into strips.
  5. Pour oil into your wok to a depth of 1 inch / 25mm, and heat it over high heat.
  6. Add the peppers and fry for 3-4 minutes until they start to brown on the edges. Remove them with a slotted spoon.
  7. Add half of the chicken and fry this for 3 minutes until crisp and golden. remove this with a slotted spoon and repeat with the balance of the chicken.
  8. Drain the wok, return it to the heat and return the chicken and the peppers to the wok. Mix briefly to combine, then pour in the sauce.
  9. Stir this for 0 seconds until the sauce has thickened and glazed everything.
  10. Serve immediately with the accompaniments of your choice.

 

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