Chicken Fried Rice + Sweet Chili Chicken

Hey foodies, Happy Sunday to you all... I feel like its been a while since I last blogged about food, so today I'll be sharing my chicken fried rice and sweet chili chicken recipe. This has become a staple dish since I've been in Amsterdam and its really quick and easy to make.

Ingredients - Chicken Fried rice

• 1 Chicken fillet 
• 1 1/2 cups of rice
• 1 Onion
• Spring Onions 
• 1/2 scotch bonnet (or other spice)
• Peas
• 1 egg
• Garlic, ginger, chicken seasoning and soy sauce 

2. Sweet chili chicken

• 2 spoons of sweet chili 
• 3 drops soy sauce 
• chicken seasoning

Cold cooked rice which has been left in the fridge is best for this recipe as less water and moisture is in the rice. However if your in a rush warm rice also works out fine ( I use this all the time) just reduce the amount of water to avoid the rice sticking

Firstly, cut the chicken fillet into pieces add some chicken seasoning and fry in a frying pan till 3/4 cooked.

Then add the finally chopped onions, spring onions,scotch bonnet, peas, garlic, ginger and then fry all together for about 5 mins

Once done push this to one side of the frying pan and add 1 whisked egg, allow to fry and then scramble.

The rice is now ready to add, add a few drops of soy sauce and some sweet chili.

2. For the sweet chili chicken, mix the above ingredients together and leave in the fridge for 1 hour (or overnight) to marinate. Add some oil to a pan and then fry until cooked

A healthier option would be to cook the chicken in an oven 

 

Meal of the week 4

Akara (bean cake)

Hi everyone, wishing you all a beautiful Happy Easter !

We're officially at the end of March and this means this will be my last 'meal of the week' , but I have some fun things planned for April so stay posted.

But for my last meal I've decided to share how to make 'Akara' or bean cakes which has similar ingredients to my ' moin moin elewe' dish however this is fried rather than steamed.


Ingredients

• Black eyed beans (peeled)
• 1 onion 
• 1 scotch bonnet
• 1 Maggie and salt to taste
• 1 egg
• Fresh prawns

1. Blend the beans, 1/2 onion and scotch bonnet in a blender adding some water to allow the mixture to blend properly until you have a smooth mix with no lumps (This is very important). 

2. When you have a smooth mix you can add the other 1/2 of the onion finely chopped, 1 egg, the prawns and maggie and salt to taste and mix all together

3. Add some oil to a frying pan and add the mixture in spoon fulls and allow to fry on both sides until cooked for about 10-12mins

4. The Akara is then ready to eat and can be eaten alone with some custard or oghi (made from corn similar to custard)

Enjoy 

p.s make sure you have a good blender with enough power to blend the beans.  

Meal of the Week 3

Jollof Rice 

 Ingredients

• 1tin of plum tomato
• 1 1/2 cups of rice
• 1 paprika
• 1 onion
• 1scotch bonnet
• 1 tomato 
• puree
• Maggie, chicken seasoning, all purpose, curry powder,thyme to taste 

1. Blend the plum tomato, onion,scotch bonnet and paprika together in a blender until

you have a smooth paste 

2. Add the mix to a pot of hot oil and one spoon of puree, and all the above seasoning to taste. Allow to cook for about 15 mins

3. In the mean time you will need to rinse the rice under cold water several times 
just to remove any starch

4. Then add your rice to the tomato sauce and cover and leave to cook for about 10 mins, you may add water as desired if the rice is still hard. Occasionally turn the rice to prevent burning

5. When the rice is almost ready I add slices of one fresh tomato. Cover the pot with foil and allow the rice to steam 


6. Once ready leave to rest for about 5 mins and then serve 

Honey Garlic marinated chicken and plantain to accompany 

Enjoy 

Meal of the Week 2

Week  2 

This week has to be chicken fajitas with vegetables. So after a day at uni I was feeling pretty hungry and this meal not only hit the spot but was ready in minutes

Ingredients 

• 1 Chicken fillet (cut in pieces) 
• Onion
• 1 tomato
• Paprika
• 1 clove of Garlic
• Fajita seasoning mix
• 3 tortilla wraps
• optional (cheese, sour cream)

First of all fry the chicken with the seasoning in a pan with a little oil for about 5 mins. Then add the above ingredients and two tablespoons of water and fry for another 3/5mins

The tortilla wraps can be heated in a frying pan or in the microwave for a few seconds 

To make the wraps here are a few quick easy steps 

   

Place the chicken mix in the center of the  wrap

Fold in the two sides of the fajita 

                                               

 Then fold inwards
the two remaining sides

Ready to eat

         
And for dessert I had this mouthwatering mango

                                                          Enjoy

Meal of the Week 1

For the month of March I've decided to do a 'Meal of the week challenge' to keep me blogging but also to give me the chance to try and jazz up some of my meals and try something new.

As a student, I know it can be quite hard at times to eat well and also dedicate some of the little time we think we have in the kitchen . So I'll aim to show meals that taste good, are affordable and don't leave you in the kitchen too long.


Week 1
   

This week I couldn't choose between Yam and Garden egg (a typical Nigerian dish) and Spaghetti Bolognese, these  are two very different dishes but both are full of flavour and very quick and easy to cook.

Dish 1:

Ingredients 

• Yam
• 6 Garden eggs
• 1 Onion 
• 3 Tomatoes
• Dry Prawns or cray fish 
• Pepper, Maggie and Salt to taste

Yam

First you will need to boil the yam slices in cold water just above the yam with added salt and a pinch of sugar to taste.  The yam  is ready  when your able to push your fork through the center.

Garden egg

Garden egg also known as 'egg plant' or scientifically
 as Solanum melongena

In a separate pot boil the garden egg until they are very soft and able to be mashed using a fork 

Add some oil to a frying pan, and fry the onions and tomato for about 1 min. Then add the prawns, pepper and maggie and fry for another 1 min. Finally add in the mashed garden egg and allow to simmer for about 5 mins.

Yam and Garden egg

Dish 2:

Ingredients :

• A Jar of tomatoe basil pasta sauce
• Spaghetti
• Minced beef
• Mushrooms
• 1 onion
• 1 garlic clove
• Pepper
• Maggie to taste

In a pot of boiling water slightly salted add your spaghetti and boil until soft.

Then fry the onions, garlic and minced meat in a little oil shortly followed by the mushrooms adding maggie and pepper to taste. Once done add the pasta sauce and leave to simmer for about 5 mins .

Spaghetti Bolognese 

     Enjoy