The lovely Matt Cardle has been seen canoodling with Mel C and every one is thinking is something going on…yes or no? Who knows, it is all publicity at the end of the day. Anyway he has just returned from ~Poland and headed to his local for some corn fed chicken and last week he was indulging at home this time a prawn stir fry nice and healthy young man. Here are some recipes enjoy….
Prawn stir fry
Ingredients
- 200g raw, peeled tiger prawns from a sustainable source
- 1 green Thai chilli, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, 1 crushed and 2 finely sliced
- 1 bunch coriander, leaves and stalks separated
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- juice 1 lime
- 3 tbsp fish sauce
- 2 tbsp groundnut oil
- 3cm piece ginger, finely sliced, then shredded
- 8 spring onions, finely sliced
- 1 red pepper, thinly sliced
- 85g water chestnuts, sliced
- 100g beansprouts
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- egg or rice noodles, to serve
- lime wedges, to serve
Method
- Put the prawns in a bowl. Put the chilli, crushed garlic, coriander stalks (snip these up using scissors first) and caster sugar in a spice grinder or small food processor and whizz together. Add half of the lime juice and the fish sauce, then pour this over the prawns.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wok, add the ginger and spring onions and fry for 1 min. Add the red pepper and fry for 1 min, until the pepper starts to soften. Add the water chestnuts and bean sprouts, and toss together until the bean sprouts start to wilt. Add the soy sauce and a really good grind of black pepper, then tip the lot into a serving dish.
- Heat the remaining oil in the wok and add the prawns, lifting them out of their juices. Toss for 1-2 mins until they turn pink, add the marinade and swirl the wok quickly, then tip the lot onto the veg. Snip over the coriander leaves and sprinkle on the remaining lime. Serves over noodles with extra lime for squeezing over.
Corn-fed chicken with wild mushrooms and leeks – Paul Heathcote
Ingredients
Chicken with wild mushrooms and leek recipe
- 2 chicken breasts
- 75g of butter
- 1 large shallot
- 1 dash of white wine
- 50ml of water
- 25ml of whipping cream
- 50g of wild mushrooms
- 4 baby leeks
- 2 tsp of fresh tarragon
- 1 dash of lemon juice
METHOD
1. In a thick bottom pan melt 25g of the butter and seal the chicken breast, skin side down
2. Peel and slice the shallots and add along with the white wine. Bring to the boil
3. Add water, cover with a lid and place in the oven at 180 degrees centigrade until cooked, about 10 to 15 minutes. Remove chicken and leave to rest for 10 minutes under foil. Strain chicken liquid through a sieve into another pan
4. Trim the baby leeks and steam for a few minutes until tender. Slice and put aside
5. Bring the chicken liquid to the boil and add the mushrooms and cook for about 1 minute before adding the cream. Once again bring to the boil
6. Whisk in the butter little by little, add the cooked leeks, chicken and tarragon. Season with sea salt and freshly milled pepper as necessary and a few drops of lemon juice.
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