Tuesdays Meals...............
Yuk Sung
Pete’s Yuk Sung
Serves 2
Ingredients
120g Brown Rice
1 vegetable stock pot
250g low Fat Pork
100g Mushrooms, finely chopped (s)
1 red pepper, finely chopped (s)
1 tbsp ginger
1 tbsp garlic
2 spring onions, finely chopped (s)
3 tbsp. dark soy sauce
2 tbsp. oyster sauce (2 syn /2= 1syn)
1 tbsp cider vinegar
Dash of sesame oil (1 syn /2=0.5 syn)
Salt & pepper
1 Washed & chilled Iceberg Lettuce (s)
Method
Weigh out 120g brown rice, wash in a sieve until the water runs clear then fill a saucepan with 400ml of cold water and add rice, bring to the boil then turn heat down and simmer for 40 mins.
Tip rice into a sieve and return to the saucepan, leave on the ring for a few minutes with a lid on to allow it to steam. Then put to one side.
Use a heavy bottomed frying pan, cook the mince until it is browned and all liquid has evaporated.
Add 1 Tbsp. of the soy sauce, and then add the veg stock pot, mix well, add cider vinegar, chopped mushrooms, peppers, ginger, garlic & spring onions & cook for 5 mins then add the rice and mix thoroughly with the remaining soy sauce. Finally add oyster sauce.
Cook until the rice is hot, place mixture into freshly washed and chilled Iceberg Lettuce and enjoy!
Supper
Baked Potato & Chilli
Chilli the same as previous posting
Wednesdays Recipes
Jambalaya
Pete’s Spicier Creole Jambalaya
Ingredients
1x 175g chicken breast, cut into bite sized pieces
2 tablespoons Cajun spice
1x medium onion, chopped (s)
2x garlic cloves, crushed (s)
½ tspTurmeric
1x fresh red chilli, deseeded and chopped finely (s)
1x yellow and red pepper, deseeded and chopped (s)
500ml chicken or vegetable stock
4x Sainsbury’s Spicy & Succulent mini Chorizos=80g 2 Syn each.
1x 400g can chopped tomatoes (s)
200g long grain rice
Parsley, chopped roughly
Bay leaf
lemon wedges
Method
Mix the Cajun with a small amount of water to make a paste, place the chicken breast in a small bowl and toss it to cover it with the sauce.
Spray a large frying pan with low fat cooking spray. Add the chicken and stir fry for 4 minutes.
Wash rice under cold water several times until the water runs clear, put to one side.
Stir in the onion, garlic, chilli and peppers and fry for another 4 minutes until they are slightly browned and softened.
Add the stock, chorizo, tomatoes, rice and the bay leaf, then bring it all to a boil. Turn down the heat and simmer for about 30 minutes until the rice is cooked and has absorbed all the liquid. Drizzle with the lemon juice
Serve with a salad.
Leek & Potato Soup.
Pete’s Leek and Potato Soup
Serves 2
Ingredients
1Ltr Knorr Chicken Stock (made from 1 Knorr Chicken Stock Pot dissolved in boiling water)
1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped (s)
2 large leeks, finely chopped (s)
1 small potato, peeled and finely chopped
1-2 tbsp. very finely chopped chives
½ Tsp mixed herbs
Splash of Worcester Sauce
Method
Using a large saucepan, sprayed with Fry Light, add the onion, leek and potato and cook over a high heat for 10 minutes, stirring constantly so that the vegetables sweat (that is cook without colouring.)
Make up the stock with hot water. Add the stock to the sweated vegetables and bring to the boil. Cover and cook over a medium heat for 12 minutes.
Using a hand blender blitz until smooth.
Sprinkle with the chopped chives!
Served with Marmite Toast!