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"C" - Croatian Skillet Chicken and Vegetables with Chard, Potatoes & Garlic (Blitva)

Croatian Skillet Chicken and Vegetables with Chard, Potatoes & Garlic (Blitva)

We had half a cooked Chicken and as we are trying to do a recipe from around the world for £4 or less and “C” is the next letter.......

Ingredients:-

Croatian Skillet Chicken

½ a cooked Chicken, cut into cubes
1 Bell pepper, sliced
1 Onion, sliced
A handful of Button Mushrooms, halved
4 Cloves on Garlic, grated
1 tbsp dried Thyme
1 tsp Smoked Paprika
4 tbsp Butter / Margarine
Salt & Pepper

Ingredients:-

Chard, Potatoes & Garlic (Blitva)

3 medium Potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
Olive Oil
5 cloves of Garlic, thinly sliced
1 big bunch Swiss Chard, sliced

Method:-

Croatian Skillet Chicken

Place a large frying pan or wok over medium-high heat. Once hot, char the bell peppers until lightly blistered. Remove the peppers and set aside.
Add the butter, onions, and garlic and Sauté
Add the chicken, mushrooms, thyme, smoked paprika, salt, and Pepper. Sauté, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is heated through.
Add the blistered peppers back into the skillet. Taste, then add salt and pepper to taste.

Method:-

Chard, Potatoes & Garlic (Blitva)

Boil the potatoes in salted water until tender, about 6 minutes. Drain and set aside.
Combine olive oil and garlic in a large pot and place over medium-high heat. After about 2 minutes, the garlic should be soft (but not yet browned) and the oil should be very fragrant. Add the potatoes and cook, stirring a couple of times, until the potatoes start to turn golden around the edges, 5-7 minutes.
Add half of the Swiss chard, sprinkle with Salt, and toss with the potatoes. Add the remaining chard, season with salt, toss. Cook until the greens have wilted, 3-4 minutes. Taste. Season with additional salt, if needed, and freshly ground black pepper.

Note:- This was very tasty. But we did find it very greasy and the amount of Garlic was overpowering. We had ours in a giant bread bun, but even than didn't soak up the oil.

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Caper Sea Bass

The last of the Sea Bass fillets, they were a real treat for us! We had the remaining fresh Coriander in the fridge which was beginning to look a bit tired, so this was another take on an Asian style Fish dish with a Mediterranean twist.

Ingredients:-

15g of Chinese Dried Mushrooms
1 Tbsp of Thai Fish Sauce
2 Tbsp of Soy Sauce
3 Tbsp of Brown Sugar
2 Tbsp of Lemon Juice
2 Tbst of drained Capers
2 Garlic Cloves, thinly sliced
1 Red Chilli, finely chopped
1 Shallot, finely chopped
Coriander leaves to garnish
A Slug of Apple Juice
A little Tomato Puree
4 Seas Bass Fillets
Margarine
Oil to fry
Salt & Pepper

Method:-

(1) Soak the Mushrooms in hot water for 20 minutes.
(2) Drain and slice thinly.
(3) Pour the  Mushroom water into a pan and add the Fish Sauce, Soy Sauce, Sugar, Lemon Juice, Apples Juice, Tomato Puree and Capers.
(4) Bring to the boil and then reduce the heat to a simmer.
(5) Sautee the Chilli and Shallot in a little Margarine until the Shalott is softed and add to the sauce.
(6) Add the Oil to a large frying pan and heat to 190c.
(7) Season the Sea Bass on both sides.
(8) Place the Sea Bass skin side down in the frying pan and fry for one minute.
(9) Turn over and fry for another minute.
(10) Place in a warm oven.
(11) Heat oil in a fresh frying pan and fry the Garlic, Chilli and Ginger over a low heat for a minute.
(12) Add the sliced Mushrooms etc.
(13) Place the Sea Bass on a warmed plate, spoon over the sauce, add the fried mushroom mix over the Fish and garnish with a slice of Lemon and a little fresh Coriander.

We served ours on a bed of Pumpkin and Sweet Potato mash (This was a pack which was destined for composting and was well past it’s use by date!) and Bhaji coated Potato wedges. All very odd flavour combinations, but it worked well…...


 

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