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Hearty Chicken & Bean Soup

“A hearty bean and chicken soup, perfect for a cold winter night”

  • 2 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 400g chicken breasts, cut into chunks
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 3 carrots, finely chopped (or 2 large carrots)
  • 3 celery sticks, finely chopped
  • 2 thyme sprigs or ½ tsp dried
  • 1 bay leaf, fresh or dried
  • 600ml vegetable or chicken stock
  • 800g canned haricot or cannellini beans, drained
  • chopped parsley, to serve

Heat the oil in a large pan, add the chicken, then fry until lightly browned. Add the veg, then fry for a few mins more. Stir in the herbs and stock. Bring to the boil. Stir well, reduce the heat, then cover and cook for 40 mins, until the chicken is tender.

Stir the beans into the pan, then simmer for 5 mins. Stir in the parsley and serve with crusty bread.

Source : Adapted from Chicken & white bean stew, Good Food Magazine February 2009

Servings/Yield : 4 Servings

Difficulty : Easy

Course : Main

Preparation Times : Prep 20min, Cook 1 Hour

Note : We tried the original recipe from Good Food Magazine, and found it too watery to be a stew; so we boiled it off to reduce the liquid content, and relabelled it as a hearty soup which it should have been called to begin with. Our hats off once again to Good Food for a great recipe to begin with.

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Spaghetti with Rabbit Sauce

"A maltese traditional twist on a welsh wild rabbit"

  • 300g rabbit meat, cut into small chunks
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 carrot, chopped
  • 1 potato, chopped
  • ½ pint chicken stock
  • 200ml red wine
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • Seasoned flour
  • 300g Spaghetti

Season plain flour by adding salt and pepper to it and mix well. Roll the rabbit portions in the flour and shake off any excess. Heat the oil in a casserole pot, add the rabbit and cook until the outside is slightly brown. Add the onion, garlic, carrot, and potato to the pot. Pour the wine over the ingredients. Add the bay leaves, thyme and the stock and tomato paste. Season to taste, cover, and let simmer for about an hour or till the sauce is nice and creamy. Boil the Pasta. Once done add the pasta to the sauce and mix well.

I found rabbit meat at Waitrose, but having a snoop around at your local butcher farm shop, you may be able to pick up rabbit meat at a reasonable price from your regular choice of meats.

 

Source : Silvana Borg Barthet

Servings/Yield : 2 Servings

Difficulty : Easy

Course : Main

Preparation Times : Ready in just over an hour

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Cold weather hotpot

“This recipe stretches a pack of mince brilliantly – and is perfect eaten straight from the bowl with a spoon”

  • 2 onions cubed
  • 300 g carrots cubed
  • 1 kg potatoes cubed
  • 450 g lean minced beef
  • 2 beef stock cubes
  • 900ml water, boiled
  • 400 g baked beans, from the can
  • worcestershire sauce, just a splash
  • 1 handful parsley, roughly chopped

Cube all the veggies and put the kettle on.  Heat a large non-stick pan, add the mince and fry quickly, stirring all the time, until evenly browned. Crumble in the stock cubes and mix well. Add the prepared vegetables, stir them around, then pour in 900ml/11⁄2 pints of hot water from the kettle. Bring to the boil.

Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes, until the vegetables are tender. Stir in the baked beans and a generous splash of Worcestershire sauce and heat through. Taste and add salt and pepper if necessary.

Scatter over the parsley, then ladle the hotpot into bowls. Put the Worcestershire sauce bottle on the table in case anyone fancies a bit more spice.

Source : Good Food : March 2003 (changed slightly in wording, but the recipe is the same)

Servings/Yield : 4 servings

Rating : 5 out of 5

Difficulty : Easy

Preparation Times : Ready in: 40 – 45 Minutes

Nutritional notes : Per Serving : 417 kcalories, protein 29g, carbohydrate 55g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 4g, fibre 8g, salt 2.9 g

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West African Groundnut Stew

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“This is a tasty dish to serve with rice, since it was our first time making it, we decided to make a substantial amount of changes the next time we do it.  Since the wife enjoyed it more than I did, it only received a 3 out of 5″

  • 2 sweet potatoes, cubed
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3 tablespoons fresh ginger root, minced
  • 2 tablespoons ground coriander
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne
  • 4 cups onions, chopped
  • 1 eggplant, cubed
  • 2 tomatoes, chopped
  • ½ cup vegetable stock
  • 1 cup zucchini, chopped
  • 2 green bell peppers, chopped
  • 2 cups tomato juice
  • ½ cup peanut butter

Steam or boil potato cubes until tender.

Saute garlic, ginger and spices for 1 minute.

Add onions and cook until soft.

Add tomatoes, eggplant and stock, simmer for 10 minutes.

Add zucchini and bell peppers and continue to simmer until all the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.

Add sweet potatoes,tomato juice and peanut butter.

Stir well and simmer on very low heat for 5 to 10 minutes, stirring to prevent sticking.

Serve with rice.

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Source : Moosewood Restaurant

Servings/Yield : 6 servings

Rating : 3 out of 5

Cuisine : African

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