User Guide Short FINAL (PDF)

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Table of Contents
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Chicken Fajitas .........................................................................................................................................- 2 Thai Green Curry ......................................................................................................................................- 3 Chicken Noodle Soup ...............................................................................................................................- 5 Chicken, Bacon and Leek Pasta ................................................................................................................- 6 Chicken, Bacon and Leek Pie (PLUS CHIPS?).............................................................................................- 7 Spaghetti Carbonara ................................................................................................................................- 8 Chicken Stir-Fry ........................................................................................................................................- 9 Katsu Curry ............................................................................................................................................ - 10 Spaghetti Bolognase .............................................................................................................................. - 11 Burger................................................................................................................................................................ - 12 -

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Chicken Fajitas
Time 20mins
Ingredients

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Asda Fajita Kit
1 Chicken breast
½ Pepper
onions

Extras
• Sour cream
• Lettuce
• Salsa
• Cheddar cheese
• salsa
Method

1) (If you want toasted Tortillas pre heat oven to 200 for stage 6)
2) Cut chicken into strips
3) Add oil to pan and stir fry chicken for 5-8 minutes
4) While chicken is cooking chop pepper and onions into long strips
5) Add pepper and onions- cook until chicken is cooked through
6) (Place Tortillas in oven to toast- 2 mins)
7) Add seasoning and stir fry for 2 mins
8) Serve with option of extras- Salsa, Lettuce, Sour cream, cheese

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Thai Green Curry
Time- 25mins

1 Portion
Chicken breast

2 Portion
300 G

3 Portion
450 g

4 Portion
600 g

Thai green curry
paste 1-2 tbsp

2-4 tbsp

4-6 tbsp

6-8 tbsp

100ml coconut milk
(half can)

200ml

300ml

400ml

½ Pepper

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1 1/2

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1 Garlic clove

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2

Basmati Rice
Method

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Cut chicken breast into cubes and add to a frying with 1 Tbsp of oil on a medium heat.
Fry 4-5 minutes until evenly browned.
Add 1-2 Tbsp of curry paste and fry for 1 minute.
Add 100ml (Half can) coconut milk.
Bring to boil, cover with lid and simmer for 15-20 minutes until sauce has thickened.
Cook rice.

Guide to cooking rice.. Next Page

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Guide to cooking rice..
Top Tip: Learning to cook rice will save money, compared to buying microwave packs which
are 7X more expensive

1) 60g of basmati rice per person (Approx. 1/3 of a Mug)
2) wash the rice in cold water until it runs clear. Drain the rice and put into a medium
saucepan.
3) Pour in 120 ml water (2x rice).
4) Add a generous pinch of salt.
5) Bring to the boil and then reduce the heat so that the water is simmering. Cover
with a tight-fitting lid and do not stir.

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Chicken Noodle Soup
Time- 15 mins
Ingredients

Noodles,
Frozen Stir fry veg
2 x Chicken stock cube
Chicken breast
½ Onion
Garlic
noddle’s
Extra
Sesame seed oil
Method

1) Dice onion and Chicken
2) Hob on medium heat, add 1 Tbsp of olive oil, Pressed or chop garlic in to fine slices
and onions
3) Cook until onions are soft
4) Add 450 ml of water, 2 chicken stock cubes and stir and check stock cubes have
dissolved
5) Add chicken
6) 3 minutes later add Stir fry veg
7) 3 minutes later add noodle’s
8) 3 minutes later check chicken has cooked through
9) Add 2 tsp of seamseed oil

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Chicken, Bacon and leek pasta
Time 25mins
Ingredients

1 tsp olive oil
25 g bacon lardons
1 chicken breast
1 medium leek
85 g Spaghetti
¼ of a 350 g tub ready-made cheese sauce
Extra
Parmesan

Method
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Preheat the grill (medium heat)
Heat oil in a large frying pan. Add lardons and chicken and cook for 7-8min. Add the
leeks and continue cooking for 4-5min.
Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to the packet instructions. Drain well.
Add the cheese sauce, Lardons, chicken, leek to the pasta and mix. Tip into a dish and
sprinkle with Parmesan. Grill for 5-10min until golden.

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Chicken, Bacon and leek pie with Chips
Time 1 hours plus
Ingredients
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25 g unsalted butter
1/2 large leek, finely sliced
1 tsp plain flour
chicken stock
1 tbsp double cream
100 g chicken cut into chunks
25g of bacon lardons
Puff pastry (to cover top of dish)
Tin foil tray
Chips

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees
2. Heat the olive oil in a large heavy bottomed saucepan
3. Cook chicken until cooked through and then add leeks
4. Stir until the chicken is white and the leeks are soft
5. Add the bacon lardons
6. Stir and cook for a further 5 minutes
7. Stir in the tablespoon of flour and coat the meat and vegetables
8. Add the cream stirring all the time until the sauce thickens
9. Add a little more cream if more liquid is required and stir in well
10. Allow to simmer for 5-10 minutes
11. Spoon the mixture into a tin foil tray
12. Cover with the puff pastry sheet, cutting off any excess with a knife
13. Bake in the oven for about 45 minutes or until the pastry is risen and golden

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Spaghetti Carbonara
Time 20 mins
Ingredients

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25g bacon lardons
50g parmesan
1 large egg
85g spaghetti
½ garlic clove, peeled and left
whole
• 15g unsalted butter
• salt and black pepper
Method
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Boil water and add salt
Finely grate the parmasan. Beat the egg in a medium bowl and season with a little
black pepper.
Add the spaghetti, bring to boil and then cook at a constant simmer, covered, for 10
minutes or until al dente (just cooked).
While the spaghetti is cooking, Squash the garlic with the side of a knife, just to bruise
it. Drop the butter into a large frying pan, as soon as the butter has melted, tip in the
lardons and garlic. Leave to cook on a medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring
often, until the lardons are golden and crisp. Then remove garlic and discard.
Keep the heat under the lardons on low. When the pasta is ready, lift it from the water
with a pasta fork or tongs and put it in the frying pan with the pancetta. Don’t worry if
a little water drops in the pan as well (you want this to happen) and don’t throw the
pasta water away yet.
Mix most of the cheese in with the eggs. Take the pan of spaghetti off the heat. Now
quickly pour in the egg and cheese. Using a long fork, lift up the spaghetti and mix.
(which thickens but doesn’t scramble) Add extra pasta cooking water to keep it saucy
(one tablespoon should do it). You don’t want it wet, just moist. Season with a little
salt, if needed.

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Chicken Stir-Fry
Time 10 mins
Ingredients

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1 tbsp olive oil
1 garlic clove, chopped
1 Chicken Breast
½ red pepper, seeds removed, thinly sliced)
1 tbsp soy sauce
Frozen stir fry veg
Chicken stock cube
1-2 nest of egg noodles, cooked according to the packet instructions

Method

1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok and fry the garlic and chicken, until browned
all over. Add the pepper to the pan and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes.
2. Stir in the soy sauce, mangetout and chicken stock. Continue to stir-fry over a
medium-high heat for 3-4 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through. Add in the
cooked noodles and stir to combine.

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