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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Chicken Pilaf

Cooked Fri 15 Oct, 2010, for Julie-Anne

From Healthy Food Guide Magazine, Oct 2010

2 Spring onions
2T grated fresh ginger (we used about 2t mashed from a jar)
1T soy sauce
2 cloves garlic (we used about 2t mashed from a jar)
750g chicken thighs (we used about 600g, and it seemed to be about the right ratio chicken:rice for our taste)
[we didn't use mushrooms, but it says 500g, thickly sliced]
1c long-grain rice
3c chicken stock (that's two of the small boxes - we only had one and topped it up with water, and it was fine)
2T sweet chilli sauce (we didn't have this, so I put in a squeeze of chilli and about a t of sugar)
1T fish sauce
1c frozen peas

Chop spring onions and cut chicken into chunks. Mix chicken, spring onions, soy sauce, garlic, ginger to coat, then brown in a pan (a big sauce pan is good, we used the electric frying pan and it was too big, especially as we didn't eat it the second it was ready - it would have started to dry out, but we added a little water and then piled it up on one side of the frying pan and turned the heat way down). Take the chicken out put the rice, stock (and/or water), fish and chilli sauces, bring to the boil, covered, then simmer for 10mins. Put the chicken back in and cook again for 8-10 mins (we didn't need this much time as the chicken and the rice cooked faster). Add the peas and let them warm up.

Chicken and broccoli

300g chicken
2t red curry paste
350g broccoli
1/4c water
1/2c coconut milk
4 spring onions
1t soy sauce

Heat oil in a sauce pan, add chicken and paste. If the paste sticks, don't worry, it will lift when the liquid is added. Add water and coconut milk once the paste has become fragrant, then simmer 2mins. Add broccoli, cook 3-4mins, til broccoli starts to soften. Add spring onion and soy sauce before cooking for another minute. Serve with rice, could possibly serve with noodles too.

We don't have this healthy food guide in hard copy, we got it from the website. Trying tonight with just veges, so adding cauliflower and carrots instead of chicken.

AMENDED:   Not including the chicken seems to make the sauce hotter, perhaps the chicken absorbs some of the spices?  So if looking to keep the same heat, add less curry paste.

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