Saturday, 9 January 2010

Chicken stew recipe


How to make an easy chicken stew recipe

Chicken stew recipes do not need any special ingredients to taste fantastic, the secret of a tasty chicken stew is cooking chicken pieces on the bone, this way you have your very own chicken stock flavor without having to add extra shop bought stock and of course, the taste is far superior from real chicken.

Chef cooks chicken stew two ways, a chunky chicken stew and then shows you how to turn the stew into a delicious chicken soup recipe without blending which makes the soup very appealing to the eye than a basic soup.

This is a real simple recipe to cook, no wines, stocks, special herbs, using a little salt and curry powder only.

The chicken is moist and succulent and the vegetables compliment one another in such a tasty way. Chef also uses a lot of garlic in this recipe so it sure is a good stew to cook for family and friends when they have a cold.

Chefs easy chicken soup recipe is packed with flavor, warming and healthy, great for winter.






Ingredients for chicken stew recipe

6 mixed Chicken thigh & leg pieces
5-6 Carrots (sliced)
4-5 Zucchini (sliced)
1 Onion (chopped)
5-6 Garlic (crushed)
6-8 Potatoes (chunks)
1 +1/2 tsp Mild curry powder
1/4 tsp Turmeric
Salt to season
1 Litre water
2 Tbsp Cornflour (cornstarch)
Oil



Picture of chicken soup made from the chunky stew.



Picture of succulent chicken placed back into the stew.





How to make an easy chicken stew recipe


Take a large pan and heat on a medium flame.

Add the chicken and onions stir and lightly sear and cook for a few minutes, do not overly brown/cook the chicken.



Add the curry powders and garlic, stir well so that the powder is covers the chicken and all the powder is wet from the oil and juices.



Add the carrots then zucchini and pour in the water.

Do not stir bring to the boil then simmer for 15- 20 minutes.

Now carefully add the potatoes and simmer for another 1 + 1/2 hour or until the chicken meat is moist and falling off the bone.



Simmer with a lid on whilst cooking and stir occasionally.



Once the chicken is cooked turn the heat off, take the chicken from the pan and pick the chicken off the bone and stir back into the stew.

Check for seasoning and add more salt if needed.



In a small bowl mix two spoonfuls of cornflour with approximately two spoonfuls of water into a thick gooey paste.

Add the cornflour mix to the stew to thicken it and stir.



Enjoy Chefs easy chicken stew recipe.



To make this stew into a delicious and delicate chicken soup simply use a potato masher to crush the chicken and vegetables.

This method will produce a fabulous thick chicken soup that not only looks and tastes amazing but is great for people who prefer soups over chunky stews.




See more of Chefs soup and stew recipes



Saturday, 2 January 2010

Brownies recipe chocolate


How to make chocolate brownies

Chocolate brownies can come in a variety of textures and flavours.

Chefs chocolate brownies are soft and spongy with extra moisture towards the middle of the brownie and covered in a silky smooth chocolate sauce that will then set into a tasty frosting.

These brownies are simple to bake and extra delicious due to the chocolate sauce.

When these brownies are freshly baked and covered in the silky chocolate sauce it will be very hard not to keep going back with your fork for just one extra bite of this delectable chocolate brownie recipe.

Chef uses Belgium milk chocolate in this brownie recipe which gives the cake a nice light golden chocolate brown colour.

Simply follow the step-by-step instructions and get baking.





Ingredients for brownies recipe


Brownie ingredients

100g Margarine (3 + 1/2 oz)
150g Soft light brown sugar ( 5 + 1/2 oz)
3 Medium eggs
1 + 1/2 tsp Vanilla essence
150g Milk chocolate (5 oz)
50g White bread crumbs (2 oz)
75ml Light evaporated milk
200g Plain flour (7 oz)
1 + 1/2 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
Pinch salt


Chocolate sauce frosting ingredients
75g White sugar (3 oz)
150ml Evaporated milk
6oz Milk chocolate
10g Margarine



Picture of chocolate sauce frosting ready to be spread onto of the brownies.



Pictures of Belgium milk chocolate.






How to make the chocolate sauce frosting


Place evaporated milk and sugar into pan.

Gently heat until the sugar has melted.
Bring to the boil and simmer for 6 minutes, no need to stir.



Take the pan off the heat.




Immediately add the margarine and chocolate pieces into the pan, keep stirring until well combined and smooth.



Pour into a dish, cover and refrigerate for 2 hours (until you have baked your chocolate brownies and left the brownies to cool).





How to make the brownies



Half fill a small pan with hot water, place a bowl on top of the pan and simmer the water.

Put the chocolate into the bowl and melt.



Cream together the margarine and sugar.



Add each egg to the sugar/margarine mixture one at a time being sure to mix well between each egg.

Try to use and electric mixer for best results.



When adding the last egg also add the evaporated milk and vanilla essence.



The consistency will quite watery at this point.




Pour the melted chocolate into the egg mixture whisking thoroughly as the chocolate is poured in.



Add the salt, bicarbonate of soda and half of the flour, mix thoroughly.



Add half of the white bread crumbs, mix well.



Add the rest of the flour, mix thoroughly.




Add the other half of the bread crumbs and mix well.



The chocolate brownie batter will now be a lot thicker.



Pour into a greased and floured brownie tin.




Cook in a hot oven on gas mark 4 / 180C for 30-35 minutes.



Leave to cool for a few minutes then remove the brownie cake from the tin and cool on a wire rack.


An easy way to do this is to slice the cake in half and take the cake out in two sections.




When the brownie cake has cooled down cover the brownie with the chocolate sauce frosting.



Slice the chocolate brownie cake and serve.

The next day the chocolate sauce will have set into a frosting.