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Chilli Con Carne Recipe

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Chilli con carne, photo by JMorton

I do love cooking Chilli Con Carne for my husband.  He likes his chilli really hot.

I do feel lucky that there are so many ready made sauces to choose from any supermarket nowadays.

You can get them in jars and even in sachets as powder mix.

I have to say that I cook it using the jar one but I do add a teaspoon more powdered chilli to it, to really make it hot which makes Peter take a dose of Gaviscon just before bed. 😉

Chilli Con Carne Recipe

This is how I do it using Mexican chilli con carne sauce.

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo ground beef

Olive oil or any vegetable oil

1 red pepper, diced

1 Mexican jar, Chilli con carne sauce

1 can of red kidney beans

1 onion, chopped

salt and pepper to taste.

As my husband likes it hot, I usually add extra chilli powder to the mixture.

Procedure:

Cook ground beef in a pan with a splash of olive oil.

Add the onion and then the red pepper.  Cook until tender.

Add the jar of Chilli con carne sauce and that extra chilli powder for a bit of oomph

Add red kidney beans.

Add  salt and pepper to taste.

Mix well and cook for another 10 minutes.

Enjoy it with rice or chips

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Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuit

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My childhood friend has posted photos of her effort at making the cheese and garlic biscuit in Facebook. She said that it was an easy recipe to follow and tasted really good.

It did look delicious that it made me want to make the biscuit myself.

I googled for the recipe which had some ingredients that I am not familiar with like the Bisquick mix. I have never seen this in any of UK supermarkets.

Wikipedia though was very helpful. Apparently Bisquick is really what follows below:

One cup of Bisquick can be substituted by a mix of one cup of flour, 1½ teaspoons of baking powder, ½ teaspoon of salt, and 1 tablespoon of oil or melted butter.
– Wikipedia

To make the Red Lobster Cheddar Biscuit:

Cheese and garlic biscuits
Facebook photo by Bless Mercado

Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuit

 

Ingredients

  • 2 cups buttermilk baking mix, Bisquick
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder
    sprig of parsley, finely chopped

Method of Preparation:

  1. In mixing bowl, mix together baking mix, milk and cheese until a soft dough forms, beat vigorously 30 seconds.
  2. Add the parsley and beat a further 30 second.
  3. Drop from spoon onto greased baking sheet and bake at 450° until golden brown, 9 to 10 minutes.
  4. Mix together butter and garlic powder. Brush over hot biscuits and serve hot. Makes 10 – 12.

Coconut Pudding Recipe

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I just love the coconut pudding served at Dimsun Restaurant.  It is so delicious, I leave the restaurant wanting more of the pudding.

The pudding looks like the Italian ‘pannacotta’.

Anyway when I’ve googled coconut pudding several versions came up but they do look the same.  I’ll just have to try cooking everyone of the recipes and see which one tastes the same as the one in Dimsun.

Below is an Indian Recipe from http://www.indianthali.com/pudding-recipes/coconut-pudding-recipe-2/

Coconut Pudding Recipe

 

Ingredients:

1/2 tin condensed milk
1/2 cup coconut powder
1 cup sugar
1 cup fresh cream
1/2 tin cherry
1 tsp vanilla essence

How to make coconut pudding:
  • Grind sugar.
  • Beat cream so as to thicken it.
  • Mix condensed milk, coconut powder, sugar and vanilla essence. Pour it in a dish.
  • Spread cream on the top.
  • Garnish with cherry.
  • Refrigerate it for setting and serve chilled.
BRAZILIAN COCONUT PUDDING from Cooks.com
1 can sweetened condensed milk
Coconut milk to fill the milk can
Milk in the quantity to fill two of the condensed milk cans
3 tbsp. of corn starch

 

Cook all ingredients together over medium heat stirring constantly until it begins to boil and thickens.
Pour into a form and chill until firm.
Brazilians often serve with stewed prunes along with the juice. Delicious!

Pancit Canton Recipe

Alma's Kitchen Photo by PH Morton

Pancit Canton, Photo by PH Morton

I am so proud to say that we, Filipinos, make the best noodle dish in the world. Really!!!!  Our noodles, which we call pancit can easily be a one dish meal. It has vegetables, it has boiled eggs, it has shrimp, it has pork, it has chicken and everything else. We have various recipes for noodles and each one is delicious.

My favourite though is Pancit Canton as it has almost everything and more. And the noodle is easy to cook.

The recipe requires the following ingredients:

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
1 lb pork shoulder, sliced thinly
1 chicken breast, deboned and sliced into thin strips
1/2 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined.
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup cabbage, shredded
1 cup green beans, julienned
2 carrots, julienned
3/4 cup black wood ear mushroom or 3/4 cup shiitake mushroom, thinly sliced
1 (1 lb) package pancit noodles (Chinese egg noodles)
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
patis, to taste (Filipino fish sauce) (optional)
4 spring onions, sliced
1 lemons or 1 kalamansi, cut into wedges

Directions:

Heat oil over medium-high heat in wok or large skillet.

Saute garlic and onions until tender.

Add and brown the pork, chicken and shrimp.

Add soy sauce.

Add chicken broth and bring to boil.

Add cabbage, green beans, carrots and mushrooms.

Cook until vegetables are tender.

Add noodles, mixing gently to prevent them from breaking.

Cook until liquid is absorbed and noodles are done, about 10 minutes.

Remove from heat.

Season with black pepper and patis.

Garnish with spring onions and lemon wedges of halved kalamansi.

Enjoy this finest of Filipino food.

Chicken Madras

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The smell of chicken madras presently cooking in my kitchen is wafting deliciously, promising a treat for supper. The naan bread is heating up in the oven and crispy papadoms are ready to serve.

I must confess that I cheated a bit. I did not cook the madras sauce from scratch. Instead I bought a ready made jar from Sharwoods!

But here is a recipe from the BBC food which is easy and quick to make, apparently. LOL

Chicken Madras Recipe

Ingredients
4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts or thighs
½ lemon, juice only
1 tsp garam masala
salt
2 tbsp vegetable oil or ghee (clarified butter)
1 large onion, finely chopped
ready-made madras curry paste, 1-2 tbsp for mild, 3 tbsp for medium-hot, and 4-5 tbsp for hot
1x400g can chopped tomatoes
50g/2oz desiccated coconut
small handful of fresh coriander, chopped

Preparation method
Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces and mix with the lemon juice, and garam masala and season with salt.

Heat the oil or ghee in a deep frying pan or saucepan over a medium heat and cook the onion for 6-7 minutes until softened and becoming golden.

Add the chicken and fry for 3-4 minutes until it has become opaque in colour.

Stir in the Madras paste and cook for a couple of minutes before adding the chopped tomatoes and coconut.

Cover with a lid and leave to simmer gently for about 20 minutes.

Stir in the chopped coriander and serve straight away with naan bread.