Chicken with Couscous

Ingredients

• 110 g shelled whole almonds (chopped)
• 100 ml olive oil
• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts (cut into 2cm chunks)
• salt and freshly ground
• black pepper

Chicken with Hummus Easter Main Dish

Ingredients

Ingredients for potato bake:

• 8 chicken thighs
• 1 large sweet potato (peeled and diced)
• 1.50 red onions (peeled and cut into wedges)
• 1 inch fresh ginger (chopped)
• 0.50 red chilli (finely sliced)
• 3 rosemary sprigs
• 1 tblsp honey
• 3 tblsp oilve oil
• salt and pepper
• 1 lemon (juice)

Spicy Chicken

Ingredients

For the chicken goujons:

• 2 fillets of free range chicken (sliced lengthways)
• 80 g flour
• 100 g fine breadcrumbs
• 2 eggs (beaten)
• 4 mini pitta pockets (lightly toasted)

Chicken with Lobster

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breasts
• for the crabmeat stuffing:
• 500 g crabmeat
• 1 stick of celery
• 1/2 a red pepper
• 1/2 a green pepper
• 1/4 an onion

Grilled Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 medium leek
• 1 1/2 pounds small new potatoes, halved
• 2 tablespoons crushed red pepper-and-garlic seasoning (such as McCormick), divided
• 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 1 1/2 teaspoons table salt, divided
• 1 1/2 pounds chicken breast tenders
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, divided
• 2 bunches green onions

Sesame Chicken

Ingredients

• chicken
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup of soy sauce
• 1/4 cup of hoisin sauce
• 1/4 cup of honey
• 2 tsp of sesame oil
• 1/2 cup of water
• 6 green shallots, trimmed, shredded

Coconut and Lemongrass Chicken Soup

Ingredients

• 8 slices galangal
• 3 slices ginger
• 6 coriander roots
• 6 red shallots
• 6 red bird’s-eye chillies
• 12 kaffir lime leaves
• 3 stalks lemongrass
• 1 litre coconut milk
• zest of 1 kaffir lime, minced
• 1 litre white chicken stock
• 80 ml fish sauce
• 4 chicken thigh fillets, cut in half
• 75 ml strained lime juice
• 2 tablespoons Thai basil leaves
• 2 tablespoons coriander leaves

Chicken Wings

Ingredients

• 1kg free range chicken wings with knuckle attached
• For the marinade
• 50ml soy sauce
• 1 tsp Chinese five spice
• ½ tsp chilli flakes
• 3 cloves garlic crushed
• 3cm piece ginger peeled and grated
• 3tbsp honey
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• Jasmine rice
• 1-2 bunches bok choy

Chicken with homemade peanut sauce

Ingredients

Homemade Peanut Sauce

• 1-2 Tbs tamarind paste from a jar
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp salt + more to balance at very end
• 1L water
• 2 Tbs lime juice + more to balance at very end
• 500g salted, roasted, crushed peanuts

Chicken and Couscous Tagine

Ingredients

• 110 g shelled whole almonds (chopped)
• 100 ml olive oil
• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts (cut into 2cm chunks)
• salt and freshly ground
• black pepper
• 2 onions (peeled and finely chopped)
• 4 cloves of garlic (peeled and finely sliced)
• 5 cm cinnamon stick
• good pinch of saffron
• 1.30 l (2 pints) chicken stock
• 2 tblsp runny honey
• 400 g couscous

Chicken, Rosemary and Sweet Potato Tray Bake

Ingredients

Ingredients for potato bake:

• 8 chicken thighs
• 1 large sweet potato (peeled and diced)
• 1.50 red onions (peeled and cut into wedges)
• 1 inch fresh ginger (chopped)
• 0.50 red chilli (finely sliced)
• 3 rosemary sprigs
• 1 tblsp honey
• 3 tblsp oilve oil
• salt and pepper
• 1 lemon (juice)

Roast Pheasant

Ingredients

• 3 pheasants, oven ready
• 6 slices pancetta
• rosemary olive oil
• a few rosemary sprigs
• salt and pepper to season

Spicy Chicken

Ingredients

For the chicken goujons:

• 2 fillets of free range chicken (sliced lengthways)
• 80 g flour
• 100 g fine breadcrumbs
• 2 eggs (beaten)
• 4 mini pitta pockets (lightly toasted)
• for the chilli jam:
• 1 red pepper (de-seeded and chopped)
• 2 chillies (de-seeded and chopped)
• 100 g tinned tomatoes
• 100 g sugar
• 1 inch of fresh ginger, grated

Chicken with Lobster and Brandy Sauce

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breasts
• for the crabmeat stuffing:
• 500 g crabmeat
• 1 stick of celery
• ½ a red pepper
• ½ a green pepper
• 1/4 an onion
• 1 tbspn tomato ketchup
• 2 tbspns mustard
• 2 tbspns lemon juice
• 1 tsp cajun seasoning
• salt and pepper, to taste

Pan - fried chicken with mango salsa

Ingredients

• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
• salt and freshly ground
• black pepper
• olive oil, for drizzling

Speedy chicken noodle soup

Ingredients

• 100 g medium rice noodles
• 800 ml chicken stock
• 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed or finely grated
• 4 thick slices of unpeeled root ginger (2–3mm each)
• 300 g chicken breast or thigh meat, very thinly sliced
• 2–3 tbsp fish sauce (nam pla)
• juice of 1 lime or ½ lemon
• 4 spring onions, trimmed and sliced at an angle
• 4 tblsp roughly chopped coriander

Chicken fettucine

Ingredients

• 2 chicken breasts
• 4 tsp olive oil
• 4 crushed cloves garlic
• 2 finely chopped shallots
• 100 ml marsala
• 1/2 medium white of leek
• 100 g prosciutto
• salt and pepper to taste
• 6 servings of cooked fettuccine (approx 100g per person)
• 1 l heavy cream

Seared Chicken with Mint Yogurt Dressing

Ingredients

• 75 g (2¾ oz) dried wholewheat couscous
• 0.50 a kettle of boiling water
• 0.50 tsp vegetable stock powder or ½ stock cube
• 300 g (10½oz) skinless boneless chicken breast, cut into 1cm (½ inch) wide strips
• 2 tsp dried thyme
• 2 tsp ground coriander
• calorie controlled cooking spray
• 50 g (1¾ oz) frozen peas
• 50 g (1¾ oz) sugar snap peas, sliced diagonally
• 0.50 red pepper, de-seeded and cut into thin strips
• 1 large spring onion, sliced diagonally
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• for the mint yogurt dressing:
• a small handful of fresh mint leaves
• 75 g (2¾ oz) 0% fat greek yogurt/low fat natural yoghurt
• juice of ½ a lime
• 0.50 tsp cumin seeds

Baked mushroom risotto

Ingredients

• 50 g (2oz) dried porcini mushrooms
• 400 ml (14fl oz) boiling water
• 125 g (4½oz) butter, softened
• 2 onions, peeled and finely chopped
• 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped
• 800 ml (1 pint 9fl oz) chicken or vegetable stock
• salt and freshly ground
• black pepper
• 400 g (14oz) risotto rice
• 200 ml (7fl oz) white wine
• 500 g (1lb 2oz) flat mushrooms, sliced
• 8 tblsp freshly grated
• parmesan cheese, plus extra to serve
• 4 tblsp chopped marjoram or parsley
• squeeze of lemon juice
• 1–2 tbsp mascarpone (optional)

Chicken & Chestnut Mushroom Risotto

Ingredients

• 1 tblsp rapeseed oil
• 1 onion (finely chopped)
• 2 sticks of celery (finely chopped)
• 1 clove garlic (minced or grated)
• 120 g arborio or carnaroli rice
• 150 ml white wine
• 500 ml chicken stock
• 2 chicken breasts (finely sliced)
• 200 g chestnut mushrooms (wiped and sliced)
• salt and pepper
• 40 g parmesan (grated)
• 1 tblsp flat leaf parsley (chopped)
• 20 g butter (optional)