Archive for the ‘Recipes’ Category

The Zen Chicken

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Zen Chicken

He’s calm, he’s collected and he’s focused; the tranquil cousin of the Kung Fu. This one is for those who are seeking a meal without kick. The preparation is similar to my last chicken dish but the outcome is quite different. After a crazy day in the office enjoy this with a hot cup of green tea and you’ll be transported to a better place.

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Chickens in Kiev

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Spicy Chicken Dish

Doughy chicken-heads watch out! This is Kung Fu chicken. So pork and potato reign supreme; chicken is everywhere.

Here is an authentic and tasty take on a Chinese spicy chicken dish. It does require one magic ingredient; chinese chilli sauce. An authentic chilli sauce (NOT sweet chilli or any other condiment) can be bought at every asian foods store and many supermarkets packaged in a jar. If you can’t find the sauce you can engineer one by making a paste of re-hydrated dried chillies, some vinegar and sugar.

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Pork & potato #2

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Pork and Potato Roast

Well they’re back, and just when you thought they couldn’t get any better. This time its a succulent roast, perfect mashed potato and a refreshing tomato salad. This applies a few new tricks in kitchen chemistry I recently learnt, so even if you’re an old hand this could be new information. The bottom line; best pork roast I’ve had.

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Pork & potato; one thousand ways

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Pork and Potato Bake

Pork, potato; potato, pork. That’s about it. Or is it?

Like it or not, with the approach of the winter comes the departure of a wide range of ingredients in Ukraine, except pork and potato. So I have decided that it would be wise to keep a log of successful creations that require not much more than the two columns of soviet cuisine.

Today its pork and potato bake.

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