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Chilli Con Carne and Chiles Rellenos

Chilli Con Carne and Chiles Rellenos

Sue made a Chilli on Wednesday evening at the same time as the Monster Burger and used a couple of spoons in the Burger. The remained spent the night in the fridge. Actually recooking Chilli does improve the flavour in the same way as lot of Curry dishes. With the addition of a bit of Turmeric Rice we had a meal ready to go.

Chilli Con Carne is pretty much self explanation – Our recipe here is here.

The Chiles Rellenos were a bit of an experiment, something to make a boring looking dinner look a bit more interesting. OK it was me messing about in the kitchen and having a bit of a joke about my usually poor presentation….

Chiles Rellenos Ingredients (Far from tradition but nice crispy addition):-

5 dried Red Chillies each
Grated Cheddar Cheese
1 Egg, beaten
White Wine Vinegar
1 tsp Baking Powder
Plain Flour (Gluten free in our case)

Method:-

(1) Mix most of the Flour, Egg and the Baking Powder with enough water to make a thin batter.
(2) Dip the Dried Chillies in water and then Flour them lightly.
(3) Press a little grated Cheese around each Chilli and set aside.
(4) 5 minutes before you are ready to serve your main dish heat oil in a deep fat fryer to 180c.
(5) Add 2 tsp of White Wine Vinegar to the batter and mix quickly. The batter will bubble up. Don’t beat the life out of it!
(6) Dip each Chilli in the batter using the stalk as a handle and fry in batches.
(7) Once golden brown lift out of the oil and drain.

I made silly little towers with a bit of home pickled Red Cabbage and a bit of grated Carrot! Don’t bother with fancy presentation they won’t last long! But strangely and as far from tradition as you could get, they are really tasty dipped in Coleslaw.
 

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Black Pepper Beef Noodle Stir Fry recipe, eat well on universal credit

We had a ‘Lump of Rump’ Beef with which we made a slightly untraditional Beef Wellington on New Years Eve. I trimmed it into a suitable shape and the trimmings made the foundation for this dish.

Marinade Ingredients:-

Beef, cut into strips
1 Tbsp of Garlic Soy Sauce (Gluten free for us)
1 Tbsp of Ginger Soy Sauce (Gluten free for us)
1 Tsp of Chinese Five Spice
A few good \Grinds of Black Pepper

Stir Fry Ingredients:-

1 Red Onion, sliced
3 Cloves of Garlic, minced
1 Thumb of Ginger, julienned
1 Large Spring Onion, sliced
½ a Red Pepper, sliced
2 Green Chillies, chopped
8 Button Mushrooms, halved
8 Baby Sweetcorn, halved
1 Tbsp of Soy Sauce (Gluten free for us)
1 Tbsp of Oyster Sauce
1 Tbsp of Hendersons Relish
1 Tbsp of Shaoxing Wine
Black Pepper to season
Rice Noodles
A handful of Cashew Nuts
Oil to fry


Method:-

(1) Coat the Beef in the marinade ingredients and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
(2) In a large frying pan of Wok add a little Oil and fry the Onions until softened.
(3) Add the Garlic, Ginger and Chillies.
(4) Continue to fry for a further 2 minutes.
(5) Add the Red Pepper, Sweetcorn, Mushrooms and Spring Onions.
(6) Add the Soy Sauce, Oyster Sauce, Hendersons Relish, Shaoxing Wine and stir well.
(7) Add the Cashew Nuts and season with Black Pepper.
(8) Add the Beef and it’s marinade,stir in and continue to fry over a reduced heat.
(9) Cook the noodles according to the packet instructions.
(10) Drain and add to the stir fry.
(11) Combine well and serve.

We garnished ours with sliced Chillies and Spring Onions. This might not be a traditional recipe but it was really tasty and a great way to use the Beef trimmings.

 

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