Brown Rice Recipe

 

Ingredients

• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 bunch coriander, chopped
• 1 onion, diced
• 400g diced chicken breast
• 2 small red chillies, deseeded
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 carrot, coarsely grated
• 100g green beans, in 2cm slices
• 1 zucchini, coarsely grated
• ½ cup frozen peas
• 1½ cups brown rice, cooked and cooled down
• ½ cup bean sprouts
• 2 tbsp lime juice
• ½ bunch spring onions, sliced
• 3 tbsp sesame oil
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 4 tbsp soy sauce

Pork rice paper rolls

Ingredients

• 5 pieces rice papers
• 25g butternut lettuce
• Bean sprouts: 25g Fresh vermicelli: 150g
• 5g vietnamese basils
• 15g vietnamese mints
• 30g small sized king prawns
• 30g pork loinor belly
• 2 cloves
• 400ml water

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

Moroccan Spiced Rack of Lamb with Couscous

Ingredients

• for the harissa paste - makes about 150ml:
• 25 g dried large red chillies
• 2 tblsp coriander seeds
• 1 generous tbsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 cloves of garlic (peeled)
• 60 ml olive oil
• 1/4 tsp ground paprika for the rack of lamb
• 1 prepared rack of lamb (2–3 cutlets per person depending on their size and your appetite!)
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• for the couscous
• 100 g couscous
• 2 tblsp olive oil
• 150 ml light chicken or vegetable stock
• 1 tblsp chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tblsp chopped fresh mint
• 1/2 red onion (peeled and finely chopped)
• 50 g flaked almonds, toasted
• to serve
• greek yoghurt (optional)

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)

Lobster Risotto Recipe

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)

Sizzling, Sticky, Spicy Pork Rice

Ingredients

1. 1 tblsp sunflower oil
2. 250 g (9oz) pork mince
3. 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
4. 1 thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger, peeled and finely minced
5. 1 tblsp dark soy sauce
6. 1 tblsp oyster sauce
7. 2 tsp caster sugar
8. 300 g (11oz) leftover cooked rice, cold
9. 200 g (7oz) sugar snap peas, finely sliced
10. bunch of spring onions, finely sliced
11. 2 large free-range eggs, beaten
12. 1 mint sprig, leaves finely sliced
13. 1 lime, cut into wedges, to garnish (optional)

Chicken Tikka Masala - Gordon Ramsay