Category: Dinner
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Coq au vin blanc
I always used to make coq au vin with red wine but I find this white wine version more elegant and it doesn’t overpower the delicate flavour of the chicken. The sauce is so delicious that you could make it separately and add chopped leftover cold chicken just to ring the changes. Serve it with…
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Chennai chicken curry
The star ingredient in this curry is the fenugreek in my Chennai spice mix; the method of cooking onions and then adding ginger, garlic and chilli paste with some thick yoghurt before the other ingredients is the one I picked up as a student from my Asian flatmate’s Mum. Once you master that classic technique,…
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Steak and green vegetable stir fry with black bean sauce
If you live in a town with easy access to takeaway deliveries, you may not feel the need to make your own Saturday night Chinese supper. For me, this homemade steak stir fry is just as easy, certainly as tasty (if not better), and definitely a cheaper alternative. You could serve it with rice or…
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