Category Archives: chicken

Post-roast chicken soup

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s new cook book River Cottage Good Comfort is a treasure trove of simple, tasty recipes – just the sort of thing we love here at Suppertime! I won’t spoil his sales by repeating the recipe, but this is … Continue reading

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Chicken in cider

We’ve had Claudia Roden’s beautiful book Food from Spain on our bookshelves (not, note, in the kitchen) for a long time and we have hardly cooked anything from it. That changed last night when we made two dishes, both delicious … Continue reading

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SuperFry Chicken Escalopes

Tilly likes these so much we’ve added this to the menu in our Imaginary CafĂ©. You will need: Some chicken thighs (or breasts, but thighs are cheaper and tastier. Cheaper and tastier in the Suppertime way.) – 1 per person. … Continue reading

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Simple Coq au Vin

It’s old-fashioned but it’s wet & windy and this went down a treat tonight. Easy, warming, delicious. Would feed about 4 hungry adults – 1 adult and 2 children failed to eat half of this, the left-overs are a freezer … Continue reading

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Middle Eastern medley

Just made the most delicious chicken to go with a small Middle Eastern medley… made with some spices from Jerusalem. Serves 2 2 chicken breasts, cut into strips 2 or 3 tsp of zatar (a mix of thyme, marjoram, oregano, … Continue reading

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Chicken escalope

I’ve never made chicken escalope before – I’ve hardly ever eaten one, except once or twice when I ended up in Bush & Fields (the sandwich bar that used to be in the Bush House arcade) and was so hungry … Continue reading

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Velveting the chicken

No, not a novel by Sarah Walters, not a euphemism… velveting is a great way of cooking chicken when you’re making a stir-fry. It doesn’t affect the flavour so much as the texture – in fact it seals the chicken … Continue reading

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Chicken & Veggie Cous Cous

We have one veggie in our house so we often cook ‘split dishes’ – they start out the same and then get split in two at some point in the cooking process when meat is added to one pot and … Continue reading

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One pot chicken casserole

I needed a supper I could bung in the oven and forget tonight. This is what I made, inspired by about 3 different one pot chicken recipes. Small whole chicken – small enough to fit in a casserole with a … Continue reading

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Chicken Pasta Bake

This is a really really bastardized version of a Jamie Oliver recipe – basically so I could use up left over roast chicken from Sunday without making curry again. You will need: left over roast chicken meat half a box … Continue reading

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