What's for tea tonight? (#8)

[Badgers]

Making sweet and sour chicken. With some cashews, peppers, sugar snap peas, spring onions and wholemeal rice.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Getting Indian food delivered tonight from a newish place a friend recommended. It had better be good!

 

[RubyToogood]

Much sushi. Edamame beans. Miso. Yes.

 

[RubyToogood]

Yeah. They're not too bad actually - although I was a bit dubious when I bought them (and remember having a wtf conversation with a fellow shopper when I picked them up). Toasted with some cheese in the middle - OK.

I hope they finish the renovation of the food hall quickly - it is very confusing as they keep moving stuff around as they seal off bits of the floor to tart it up. I'm a creature of habit and don't like change.

I have suspected for some time that you live above an M&S food hall...

 

[moose]

I have suspected for some time that he lives IN an M&S food hall...

Anyway, we've had FBM's favourite mushroom pappardelle, dough balls, broccoli. Cherry pie.

 

[Detroit City]

left over pot roast, coleslaw and bread n butter. some oatmeal for pudding

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I have suspected for some time that you live above an M&S food hall...

I have suspected for some time that he lives IN an M&S food hall...

I live in a tent behind their fridges - they've not spotted me yet.

Just an apple for tea tonight - not very hungry as I've been dozing on and off all day.

 

[Orang Utan]

Spicy chicken and cabbage soup - well tasty

 

[Detroit City]

Spicy chicken and cabbage soup - well tasty

is that cabbage soup made with a tomato broth?

 

[Orang Utan]

is that cabbage soup made with a tomato broth?

Nope - this is it:

Spicy chicken and cabbage soup


Yotam Ottolenghi’s spicy chicken and cabbage soup with limes and sesame seeds.

This soup has a real kick, so reduce the amount of chilli if you want to moderate it. I serve it with crisp chicken skin, but that involves a bit of work, so leave it out if you prefer. If you do make the skins, though, bear in mind that some bits will be crispier than others, which is fine; they’ll all taste great.

Prep 30 min
Cook 2 hr 5 min
Serves 6

1 medium chicken (about 1.6kg)
80g ginger, skin on and thinly sliced
2 whole heads garlic, cut in half widthways
2 red chillies, cut in half lengthways, or 1 chilli if you prefer less heat
1 onion, skin on and cut into 4 wedges
8 spring onions, 4 cut in half widthways, the rest thinly sliced at an angle
4 tbsp coriander leaves, plus 20g extra of stalks
5 cinnamon sticks
6 whole star anise
Salt and black pepper
1 small savoy cabbage, cored and thinly shredded (400g net weight)
2 tbsp fish sauce
3-4 limes – 1 cut into 6 wedges, to serve, the rest juiced, to get 3 tbsp
4 tsp white sesame seeds, toasted
1½ tsp chilli flakes, toasted
1 tbsp toasted sesame oil



Put the chicken breast side up in a large stock pot for which you have a lid, and add the ginger, garlic, chilli, onion, halved spring onions, coriander stalks, whole spices, two teaspoons of salt and a good grind of black pepper. Pour over 2.5 litres water and bring to a boil on a medium-high heat. Turn down the heat to medium-low, cover with a lid and leave to simmer gently for 80 minutes, or until the chicken is very tender. Lift out the chicken and set it to one side. Strain the broth into a large container or bowl, discard the solids, then pour the broth back into the stock pot.

Heat the oven to 200C (180C fan)/390F/gas 6. Carefully remove the skin from the breast, legs and back of the chicken – try to lift it off in largish pieces – then, using a butter knife, gently scrape off any fat or sinew that might be attached to the underside of each piece of skin (don’t worry if you can’t get it all off). Pat dry the skin, lay it skin-side down on a large oven tray lined with greaseproof paper and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover with another piece of greaseproof paper and a tray of similar size, to weigh it down, then roast for 20 minutes, or until golden and crisp. Remove the top tray and paper and leave to cool for five to 10 minutes, during which time it will crisp up further.


Meanwhile, use your hands to pull apart the chicken meat into large shreds, discarding the bones and cartilage as you go. Stir the meat back into the strained stock and bring to a simmer on a medium-high heat. Add the cabbage and simmer for about three minutes, until cooked through but still with a slight bite. Off the heat, stir in the fish sauce and lime juice. Combine the sesame seeds and chilli flakes in a small bowl.

To serve, divide the soup between six bowls and top with the sliced spring onion and picked coriander. Drizzle each bowl with half a teaspoon of sesame oil, then spoon over the sesame seed mixture. Break the chicken skin into random pieces and divide between the bowls, and serve with the lime wedges alongside.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Roast chicken, and I've just been called.

 

[Looby]

It’s been a few days of terrible food so I need some vegetables tonight.

We’re having chicken breasts stuffed with Philadelphia and mushrooms, roasted peppers, shallots, tomatoes and garlic and baby potatoes.

 

[Baronage-Phase]

Toast with blackcurrant jam.
Tea

 

[BoatieBird]

Roast chicken, roast potatoes, Yorkshire puds, broccoli, carrots, baby sweetcorn and gravy.

 

[RubyToogood]

Spinach and ricotta tortelloni, courgettes, mushrooms, dollop of yoghurt and a couple of balls of labneh.

 

[May Kasahara]

Baked cod with lemon, garlic and parsley
Mini roast potatoes
Braised leeks

Lemon pudding for afters.

 

[fishfinger]

Cottage pie and peas.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Last night's takeaway was poor but I had the leftovers with some chapattis and pickles for tea tonight. I've just had some toast and jam for a late pudding/supper.

 

[neonwilderness]

Takeaway - chicken shish kebab, rice, salad, chilli sauce. Plus cider.

 

[Detroit City]

Takeaway - chicken shish kebab, rice, salad, chilli sauce. Plus cider.

 

[Orang Utan]

Also just made some tartiflette for work dinners next week - banging af

 

[Detroit City]

pizza

 

[Epona]

I made jollof rice with the addition of some squid for a main meal - it turned out very very hot...

 

[Epona]

pizza

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That looks good, was it home-made? Whichever, I would certainly eat and enjoy that, it looks lovely

 

[Orang Utan]

Tartiflette

 

[sojourner]

Carrot and lentil soup with garlic bread.

Belgian choc/salted caramel cheesecake with blueberries for afters.

 

[Detroit City]

That looks good, was it home-made? Whichever, I would certainly eat and enjoy that, it looks lovely

nope I got it from the local pizzeria, was delish

 

[hash tag]

An ancient recipe, no idea where it came from, but it is sage derby (never easy to source) mixed up with onions, sour cream and eggs, touch of flour...delicious and not had for ages

this sounds like an interesting recipe - could you expand?

Hi killer b sorry for delay, haven't been able to get at recipe It is interesting and also very simple, which is good for me.
This could stretch to 4 people...
6 oz of sage derby (grated)
small pot of sour cream
2 oz of flour
2 medium onions (chopped or sliced)
small nob of butter
3 eggs.

Fry onions until soft. mix grated cheese with flour
mix eggs and cream
grease a medium cook pot with butter.
In to cook pot put half of the cheese/flour
on top of that, the softened onions
on top of that add the eggs/cream and top with the remaining cheese/flour.
Bake at 180 for about 30/35 minutes until it starts to go golden.
(warning. last time I did an extra onion, it was too watery).
i thought of trying red leicester but not sure it would work. sage derby like this (others varients exist) has a flavour which works nicely.
jacket spuds, salad, veg....enjoy


Tonight; yesterdays leftovers of a gnocci thing.

 

[sojourner]

Am now at a point of 'really can't be arsed cooking'. God I fucking hate winter's lethargy.

It might now be chips, frozen cheese and onion pie, and peas.

 

[ringo]

Leftover take away - chicken gyoza, spicy chicken wings and nasai goreng.