McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets
July 6, 2008
Ingredients:
1 egg
vegetable oil (in fryer)
2 teaspoons salt
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup water
4 chicken breast filets, each cut into 6-7 bite sized pieces.
1/3 cup tempura mix (or 1/3 cup flour for a total of 1 cup if tempura mix is unavailable)
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon Accent
How to cook? You must have Deep fryer to making Chicken McNuggets.
- Beat the egg and again amalgamate it with 1 cup baptize in a small, bank bowl. Stir.
- Amalgamate the flour, salt, Accent, pepper, onion crumb and garlic crumb in a one gallon admeasurement zip lock bag.
- Pound anniversary of the breast filets with a mallet until about 1/4-inch thick. Trim anniversary breast filet into chaw sized pieces.
- Covering anniversary section with the abrade admixture by afraid in the zip lock bag.
- Remove and absterge anniversary asset in the egg mixture, blanket well. Again acknowledgment anniversary asset to the flour/seasoning mixture. Shake to coat. Put nuggets, bag and all, in the freezer for at atomic an hour. Cover and air-condition actual egg mixture.
- After freezing, echo the “coating” process.
- Preheat oven and ample cookie area to 375°
- Deep fry the craven McNuggets at 375° for 10-12 account or until ablaze amber and crispy. (cook alone about 9 at a time.)
- Drain on cardboard towels 3-5 minutes.
- Place deep-fried nuggets on preheated cookie area in oven and broil addition 5-7 minutes.
- Serve with your admired McDonald’s dipping sauce.
Vichyssoise
June 27, 2008
ingredients:
1 bay leaf
1 egg yolk
150ml/5fl oz single cream
salt and freshly ground
500g/1 lb 2oz potatoes, chopped)
900ml/1 1/2pt vegetable stock
2 teaspoons lemon juice
black pepper
50g/2oz butter
3 large leeks, trimmed and thinly sliced
1 onion, thinly sliced
pinch of ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
How to cook?
- Melt the butter in a saucepan, and sweat the leeks and onion, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes. Add the potatoes, stock, lemon juice, nutmeg, coriander and bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 30 minutes until the vegetables are soft.
- Cool the soup a little, remove the bay leaf and purée the soup in a blender or food processor until smooth. Pour into a clean pan.
- Blend the egg yolk into the cream, add a little of the soup to the mixture, then whisk it all back into the soup and reheat gently. Cool and chill before serving.
Vegetable minestrone
June 26, 2008
ingredients:
pinch of saffron strands
1 onion, chopped
1 leek, sliced
1 celery stick, sliced
2 carrots, diced
3 garlic cloves, crushed
600ml/1pt chicken stock
850g/1 3/4 lb canned chopped tomatoes
50g/2 oz frozen peas
50g/2 oz soup pasta
1 teaspoon caster sugar
salt and freshly ground
black pepper
How to cook?
- Soak the saffron strands in 1 tablespoon boiling water. Leave to stand for 10 minutes.
- Put the onion, leek, celery, carrots and garlic in a large pan. Add the stock, bring to the boil, cover and simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes, the saffron and its soaking liquid and the peas. Bring back to the boil and add the pasta. Simmer for 10 minutes until the pasta is al dente.
- Sprinkle in the sugar, and season with salt and pepper. Stir through and serve hot.
Tomato soup
June 26, 2008
ingredients:
2 rashers rindless streaky chicken, chopped
700g/1 1/2 lb tomatoes, peeled and chopped
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1 teaspoon soft brown sugar
900ml/1 1/2pt vegetable stock
1 large onion, sliced
1 garlic clove, crushed
1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
1 tablespoon double cream
salt and freshly ground
black pepper
1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives, to serve
1 tablespoon chopped fresh
flat-leaf parsley
25g/1oz butter
How to cook?
- Heat the butter in a heavy pan. Sweat the onion for a few minutes until soft. Add the garlic and chicken. Fry for 2 minutes without browning the chicken. Add the tomatoes and fry for a further 2 minutes. Add the other ingredients except the cream and chives. Cook, covered, for 25 minutes.
- Blend or process the soup into a puree, and adjust the seasoning if necessary. Add a dollop of cream and the chives to each bowl to serve.
Red pepper soup
June 24, 2008
ingredients:
1 teaspoon sweet chilli sauce
salt and freshly ground
black pepper
4 red peppers
1/2 teaspoon dried mixed herbs
50ml/2 fl oz vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
1 red onion, sliced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 teaspoon mild curry paste
4 tomatoes
1 leek, white part only, sliced
How to cook?
- Cut the peppers into quarters. Remove the seeds and membrane. Grill until the skin blackens and blisters. Place on a cutting board, cover with a tea towel and allow to cool before removing and discarding the skin.
- Mark a small cross on the top of each tomato. Put in a bowl and cover with boiling water for about 2 minutes. Drain and cool. Skin, halve and remove the seeds.
- Heat the oil in a large heavy pan over a low heat, and add the marjoram, mixed herbs, garlic and curry paste. Stir for 1 minute until aromatic, then add the onion and leek. Cook for a further 3 minutes. Add the cabbage, tomatoes, peppers and 1.2 litres/2pt water. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Allow the soup to cool slightly, then purée in a blender or food processor for 30 seconds or until smooth. Return to the pan and reheat gently. Stir in the chilli sauce, and season with salt and pepper. Serve hot.
Potato soup
June 20, 2008
ingredients:
salt and freshly ground
black pepper
8 rashers back bacon
200 g / 7 oz onion, chopped
600ml / 1 pt milk
1 teaspoon dried dill
450 g / 1 lb potatoes, cubed
275 g / 10 oz canned condensed
chicken soup
How to cook?
- In a ample saucepan, saute the bacon until crisp. Remove and cesspool on kitchen paper. Saute the onions in the bacon fat over a average calefaction until bendable and golden.
- Add the potatoes and abundant baptize to cover. Awning the pan, and baker for 15–20 account until the potatoes are tender.
- Activity calm the abridged soup and milk until smooth, and add to potato mixture. Calefaction but do not allow to boil. Season with alkali and pepper to taste, and activity in the dill.
- Crumble the bacon and baptize on top to garnish. Serve hot.
Oyster soup
June 18, 2008
ingredients:
50 g / 2 oz butter
2 tablespoons finely chopped
50 g / 2 oz plain flour
12 large oysters, shucked and quartered
1 lemon, cut into wedges,to serve
900ml / 1 1/2 pt fish stock
fresh flat-leaf parsley
How to cook?
- Heat the adulate and, application a board spoon, activity in the abrade and baker for 2 minutes. Activity in the stock slowly, until bland and thick.
- Put the oysters in the banal and simmer for no added than 3 minutes.
- Sprinkle the soup with the parsley and serve with auto wedges.




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