Chicken

Roast chicken

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Roast chicken
Roast chicken

http://www.recipecommunity.com.au/main-dishes-meat-recipes/roast-chicken/156627

You’d never believe this was a steamed chicken. Another winner  recipe from the recipe community: link is above, the chicken is stuffed with lemon, garlic, onion and celery, then brushed with a honey cinnamon paprika glaze and steamed in the Varoma for 60 minutes. Finished off with a 15 min quick roast in oven to crisp up the skin (10 minutes probably enough too). Gravy made from the reserved liquid in the thermomix bowl. The chicken breast is succulent and moist right through and the legs were eaten as soon as it came out of the oven before I could snap a photo. Many favourable comments on the recipe and the family agreed with all of them. Will not be oven roasting chicken again as the steaming keeps the  meat so moist tender.

KFC Krispy fried chicken

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KFC Krispy fried chicken

http://www.recipecommunity.com.au/main-dishes-meat-recipes/kfc-krispy-fried-chicken/147080

Struck gold again ! This is the first batch of KFC chicken made by blending spices in the thermomix. This recipe is from “the road to loving my thermomix’s” blog and was posted onto the recipe community,  link above.  After a few nights of easy soups, stews and one pot meals, tonight we definately felt like some fried food.  The spice mix was milled in the thermomix with some flour and breadcrumbs I had leftover. The recipe makes plenty of spice rub, probably enough for two meals. Used thinly sliced chicken breast, egg wash and dipped into spice mix twice before lightly  pan frying.  The kids verdict is it’s better than KFC.  That’s not a light recommendation. And all natural with 10 different herbs and spices, no additives or flavourings, it’s a great blend to add to the kitchen cupboard.

Chicken satay meal

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Satay chicken dinner
Satay chicken dinner

http://www.recipecommunity.com.au/main-dishes-meat-recipes/sallys-satay-chicken/97054

Chose this satay chicken  dish to try from the recipe community because it was a “one pot” meal using the bowl to cook rice while the Varoma steams the chicken and vegetables. I left it cooking while I popped out to pick up children.  The satay sauce was cooked in the Thermomix  bowl earlier in the day.  We all liked the peanut flavour and it’s another  convenient standard for the weekly dinner menu. I cooked rice chicken and vegetables for 20 mins Varoma temp speed 4 as one member suggested.  And halved sugar and salt because you can always add later to taste. Also cut the vegetables ( used what I had in the fridge) fairly chunky because I was worried they may overcook in that time but they still had alot of crunch so will cut normal size next time. Plenty of sauce to go around and using lots of spices that I’ve not used before and loving the variety of new tastes in our food.

Paleo Butter Chicken

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Paleo Butter Chicken
Paleo Butter Chicken

In our effort to eat healthier,  paleo recipes which exclude saturated fat, sugar and gluten always tick the box.  Was happy to find a recipe from the Thermomix community for Paleo Butter Chicken. It’s is Pete Evans butter chicken recipe from his Family Food book converted for the thermomix. He uses coconut oil instead of butter and coconut cream instead of cream. I switched out coconut cream for coconut milk to make it “skinnier” and used about 700g of chicken thigh. Wow, great flavour, next time I will add the cashew nuts as per the thermomix basic cookbook and this should thicken the sauce slightly more. Everyone had seconds, loads of sauce,  and enough for lunch tomorrow. Link below.

http://www.recipecommunity.com.au/main-dishes-others-recipes/paleo-butter-chicken-adapted-pete-evans-family-food/217982

Asian slaw

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Asian slaw
Asian slaw

What to do with leftover chicken… I’ve always been partial to the ‘Asian slaw’ they sell at Nosh. So this is a thermomix version done in seconds.  Minced a tiny bit of ginger a few seconds speed 6. Then added …

1/4 cabbage, 1 carrot diced, some leftover cooked chicken, a few peanuts and a handful of pinenuts, squeeze of lemon,  white wine vinegar, little bit of sugar,  sesame oil, and a few sprigs of coriander.

Two one second pulses on turbo and it’s done. You could add any herbs or vegetables to change the flavour but for a quick meal it’s awesome.  Delicious, now I’ll be making it for dinner too!

Ps easy on ginger, I’ve tried a couple of recipes from the community where they ask for cm cube of ginger and it turns out overpowering the whole salad. Second time around for dinner I turboed one too many times and turned another salad into dip. Was still lovely smeared on pizza bread though but will have to really watch speed on these salads. Have turned quite a few salads into purée a second or two too long or pulsing on too high a speed.

Red Thai Chicken curry

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Red Thai chicken curry
Red Thai chicken curry

Another great guided recipe. Only required red curry paste, chicken, coconut milk, sugar, fish sauce and vegetables.  Hope it lasts for dinner because it is very tasty.  We love Thai food and this is particularly easy. Have to admit, haven’t got round to making my own TM red curry paste, just used a tablespoon of the Greggs red curry paste from the jar. The heat was just right and could be increased with fresh chilli. Substituted  bell peppers, cabbage, basil and spinach for the peas, thai basil, and broccoli in the recipe because that’s what was in the fridge.  Didn’t have kaffir lime leaves or bamboo shoots either so left these out too. Just stirred the spinach through the cooked curry. Topped with fresh coriander ….  excellent recipe and will be definately saved to favourites! It still tasted great with all the substitutions  and exclusions. We like flexible recipes like this.

Cauliflower rice and butter chicken

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Cauliflower fried rice
Cauliflower fried rice
Butter chicken cauliflower rice and steamed rice
Butter chicken. cauliflower rice and salad almost all eaten

From Pete Evans paleo  family food cookbook, had to try the cauliflower fried rice, used the thermomix to blitz half a cauliflower head 5 seconds speed 5 in reverse. Perfect minced cauliflower, ready to pan fry in coconut oil for a few minutes. Butter chicken made again in thermomix. I used  1.2kg of chicken thighs instead of 750g because there is always plenty of sauce and then just increased cooking time by 10 minutes. Served with a simple salad and rice just in case kids decided to be fussy. Love the cauliflower rice!

There are some recipes on the community website for cauliflower rice done entirely in the thermomix too. But I’m happy with a few minutes stir frying while the butter chicken cooks itself.

Healthy chicken nuggets

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Chicken nuggets
Chicken nuggets

http://www.recipecommunity.com.au/main-dishes-meat-recipes/healthy-kid-friendly-chicken-nuggets/132358 A new recipe for chicken nuggets in our house always goes down well. Found this on the recipe community and with 19 favourable reviews couldn’t be bad, blitzed in thermomix chicken thighs, garlic spring onion, an egg and a tsp of the homemade chicken stock paste. Rolled in breadcrumbs and baked 20 minutes. Was too lazy to brown in pan first and the result is tasty and perfect fast food dinner.