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Gunpowder Chicken

Gunpowder Chicken recipe, eat well on universal credit

As we’ve accumulated more Asian ingredients for these recipes it’s made it easier for us to experiment with seemingly more complex recipes while still being within our self imposed budget.

Ingredients for the Chicken:-

5 Chicken Thighs, skin removed, de-boned and cut into bite sized pieces
2 Tbsp of Soy Sauce (Gluten free for us)
1 Onion, finely diced
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
1 Tsp of Szechaun Peppercorns, ground
3 Spring Onions, chopped
20g of Peanuts, roughly chopped
Oil to fry
Salt & Pepper
6 Dried Bullet Chillies

Ingredients for the Sauce:-

2 Tbsp of Soy Sauce (Gluten free for us)
1 Tbsp of Shaoxing Wine
1 Tbsp of Balsamic Vinegar
1 Tbsp of Rice Wine Vinegar
½ Tbsp of Castor Sugar
4 Tbsp of Chicken Stock
1 Tbsp of Cornflour, mixed into 1 Tbsp of Water

Method:-

(1) Marinade the Chicken with the Soy Sauce for 1 hour in the fridge.
(2) Mix all the Sauce ingredients in a large bowl and set aside.
(3) In a Wok add a little Oil and sear the Chicken.
(4) When it is browned on all sides remove and set aside.
(5) Add a little more Oil to the Wok and fry the Onions & Garlic until softened.
(6) Add the chillies and cook for a further minute stirring so not to burn the chillies.
(7) Add the Chicken along with the Peppercorns, Spring Onions and Peanuts.
(8) Fry for a further 2 minutes.
(9) Add the Sauce and stir fry until the Sauce has thickened.
(10) Serve of Rive or Rice Noodles and garnish with sliced fresh Chillies, Spring Onions and crushed Peanuts.

This was really good. We’re guessing that the smokey aftertaste from the Bullet Chillies gives the dish it’s name? 

 

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Chorizo & King Prawn Pizza recipe

We had half a stick of Chorizo in the fridge, a tub of cubed Yellow Sticker Cheese at 20p and a bit of time on our hands. So we made another version of Pizza in a giant Gluten free Yorkshire pudding.

It’s a favourite ‘go-to’ recipe here for clearing bits and bobs from the fridge. Basically if you have a Tomato base sauce and some Cheese you can throw all sorts of wonders between them. It’s never failed us yet!

For the base:-

Ingredients:-

100g Cornflour
150ml Milk
3 eggs
Salt & fresh ground Black Pepper

Method:-

(1) Pre-heat the oven to 220c, add oil or lard to a large tray and place in the oven.
(2) Whisk all the ingredients for the batter several time to get as much air into it as possible.
(3) When the oil / lard is smoking quickly pour your batter mix in and return to the oven.
(4) Reduce the heat to 180c.
(6) Cook for 30 to 35 minutes until the Yorkshire Pudding has risen and is lightly browned. Don’t over cook at you will be returning to the the oven to melt the Cheese.
(7) Add the Tomato Base sauce and then your filling ingredients.
(8) Add grated Cheese to the top and return to the oven until the Cheese has malted and is starting to brown slightly.

These things are huge. But the remaining half made great snacks for the following day. OK to be fair this actually fed both of us for two days!

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