Mango Chicken Curry

I bought some dried candied mango on a whim and then decided to pair some of it with chicken.  It tasted good but the curry was a bit thinner than I like – a little less stock and more coconut milk would have been better.

Ingredients:

Dried Mango

Chicken thighs cut up into approx. 1 inch pieces

Vegetable oil/garlic oil

Red capsicum (bell pepper) chopped

Finely chopped ginger

Yellow curry powder

Turmeric

Cumin (not too much)

Chicken stock

Coconut milk

Cider vinegar (to balance out the sweetness of the mango)

Sliced zucchini

Chopped chilli

Silverbeet (sliced)

Salt & Pepper

Method

Brown the chicken in oil

Add the other ingredients (except the silverbeet)

Simmer with the lid on.  Add the silverbeet about 5-7 minutes before the end.

PS My apologies for the lighting in the pic...

Silverbeet, salmon & cheese frittata revisited

Today I am revisiting a frittata dish in honour of the upcoming Food on Friday: Eggs

What we call silverbeet, I think many of you call Swiss Chard.  This Silverbeet, Salmon & Cheese Frittata made for a fab lunch.  Not only did it taste nice, I had the good feeling of getting some leafy greens into the dish.

The first thing I did was put on the oven – duh!  Then I sautéed ½ a diced onion in a mixture of duck fat and coconut oil (some I had left over from doing duck the night before).  When the onion was nicely translucent without being at all burned I added a handful of torn up silverbeet (I didn't use the stalky bits).  In about a minute it is nicely wilted and you can take it off the heat.

I then whisked 8 eggs with a hand whisk until they were light yellow with bubbles.  In went ½ a cup of cream (it could have been milk).  I stirred this together with salt and white pepper and then added the onion and the silverbeet.

I poured this mixture into a greased ovenproof dish and popped in some halved cherry tomatoes to make it look pretty.

This is what it looked like before adding the grated cheese on top and going into the oven.

If you had a pan that you could put straight into the oven you could just add the eggy mixture and let it sit on the element for a couple of minutes and then transfer the whole thing to the oven.

I added a cup of grated cheese on top and cooked it for about 15 minutes in a moderate oven until it had puffed up a bit.

Asian Chicken Noodle Soup with Baby Silverbeet

I was inspired to make this simple but healthy Asian Chicken Noodle Soup by my having just made some Chicken & Celery Stock.

This stock formed the base of the soup.  For flavouring I added fish sauce/salt (no salt in the stock), pepper and Chines Cooking Wine (if you don't have that some sherry would be just fine).

When the soup is simmering add your egg noodles – they'll need around 5 to 6 minutes to cook (more or less depending on their thickness).  4 minutes before the end add your washed baby silverbeet.  Because it is baby silverbeet you don't need to de-stalk it.

Simple but satisfying.

Need some inspiration? Try Silverbeet & Spinach

 

I felt so healthy after reading all the dishes in the Food on Friday: Silverbeet and Spinach collection!  I have chosen a few of them to show you today – to inspire you to make them yourself.  If you would like to see the other links at a glance I suggest you pop over to this Pinboard.

The first wonderful dish up the top is Post-Christmas Detox Pancakes by Kiss My Broccoli

 

Spinach Roll by Palachinka

 

Turkish Lemon Spinach Cake by Jo and Sue

 

Scrambled Eggs with Chard & Cheese by Savory Tart

 

Spinach & feta quiche by Meatless Mediterranean

 

Wilted Spinach Salad with Pan seared Scallops by A Kitchen Hoor

 

Popeye Dip by Edible Life in YYC

Ciao for now!

Food on Friday: Silverbeet & Spinach

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We're collecting Silverbeet & Spinach recipes for this Food on Friday.  Many of you might know Silverbeet as Swiss Chard.

According to Stephanie Alexander, Silverbeet goes well with:

Anchovies	Bacon	Blue cheese
Butter	Capers	Cream
Currants	Dried beans	Eggs
Fresh tomato sauce	Garlic	Ham
Lemons	Mozzarella	Olive oil
Onions	Pine nuts	Sultanas

And Spinach goes well with:

Anchovies	Bacon	Beef
Butter	Chick peas	Chicken
Coconuts	Cream	Croutons
Eggs	Fish	Garlic
Gruyere cheese	Ham	Lemon juice
Mushrooms	Nutmeg	Olive oil
Orange juice	Pancetta	Parmesan cheese
Pasta	Pears	Pepper
Pine nuts	Potatoes	Rice
Ricotta cheese	Sultanas	Tomatoes
Venison	Yoghurt

Adding your dish to the collection is simple.  Just pop your name and the name of the dish into the first Mr Linky box below and then paste the url for your post about the dish into the second box.

To make it easier for you to choose which other dishes to check out, I will be pinning the dishes to this Pinboard.

Have healthy fun with these greens!