If you are anything like me, you probably have a chicken dish or two for dinner each week. Maybe even more so now that other meat is so much more expensive.
Since moving from the Thermomix® TM31 to the TM6 (and now the TM7) I have tried out lots of new recipes while using Cookidoo® – the recipe app that connects to your Thermomix®. It makes cooking so much easier that I rarely do a recipe from elsewhere now.
Here are my top 10 chicken dishes (in no specific order) that definitely deserve to be in the dinner rotation.
Who loves Mexican? Definitely us. This is super easy and so yum, plus a great meal to prepare ahead. I think it is easier to roll up the wraps if the chicken mixture is cold and a bit thicker. So I usually cook this earlier in the day or a day or two beforehand. Then on the night all you have to do is roll them up and throw into the oven.
I also speed up this recipe by making Taco Seasoning every couple of months and replace all the spices with my ready made mix.
This recipe uses chicken thighs and is cooked in the oven. The incredibly flavoursome sauce is made in your Thermomix® and then poured over the chicken. You then pop it in the oven for one hour and prepare some vegetables to do on the side.
I often prepare this when I am batch cooking meals for the freezer. It freezes and thaws perfectly.
This is a quick chicken curry that is perfect for a quick meal when you don't have a lot of prep time.
You can easily make this a few days ahead and the flavours will develop more. It is also flexible if you want to add more chicken and additional vegetables to the curry.
There are a couple of variations to this curry which I will add below. Once cooks it with cauliflower rice and one with white rice.
The Murgh Makhani recipe on Cookidoo® is so so good. It is a dish that takes a little more time and has a lot of ingredients, but it really is so worth the effort. The curry sauce is amazing. You really will be impressing yourself and others with this one.
If you have time to cook this a day or two ahead, then the flavours will continue to develop. You can then return the dish to the Thermomix® bowl and use the Warm Up mode on the TM6 or TM7 to get it ready for dinner. Note that the warm up mode may shred the chicken a little, but you can add in the blade cover if you have one.
It is perfect just served with rice, or you could make some naan to accompany it.
The Nasi Goreng recipe is simple and really tasty.
This recipe makes a heap – enough for six generous serves. So if you have a few to feed, or like to have leftovers for later in the week, lunches or the freezer, then this recipe is worth a look.
If you love Mexican flavours, then you will love this dish served with some crusty bread. The recipe also suggests that this stew pairs perfectly with rice, tortillas, sour cream, guacamole and corn chips.
I do have a couple of tips for this one:
- Make a batch of Taco Seasoning to have on hand for all Mexican dishes. Then add that instead of the individual spices asked for in this and other recipes.
- I have never bothered to buy the chipotle chillies in adobo sauce and just leave it out.
- I use vegetable stock paste rather than chicken stock
- I sometimes need to extend the cooking time to ensure the sweet potato is cooked through.
The title of this recipe does not lie. This really is the Ultimate Chicken Curry Pie.
In fact I found it so good when I first made it that I did a blog post on this recipe along, along with all my hints and tips.
Click here to read all about how to make the Ultimate Chicken Curry Pie.
I love this recipe and have made it many times. There are a few components, but you can easily make them ahead of time and then put it all together ready for baking at dinner time.
Some tips from my experience:
- I find the steamed sweet potato needs to cook longer. I have sometimes cooked that in the oven while preparing the other elements. That works well.
- I prepare everything except the pastry ahead of time. I find it easier to put together when it has chilled.
- I prepare the pastry with enough time to let it rest, then once rested get the galette ready for the oven. The pastry in this is very short and soft, but is easy enough to work with.
This one is worth the effort. Enjoy!
This one seems to be a consultant favourite! It is super easy and gives a beautiful result.
I do make some changes to this recipe:
- Double the sauce
- Add 300 grams of Aborio Rice to the pan before putting in the oven. This then gives you a lovely baked risotto style complete dish.
- Use chicken thigh fillets and cut them into three or four pieces
- Cook the chicken (step 8) while the sauce is cooking (Step 5)
You can easily make a lovely Chicken Katsu Curry at home with a short prep time with this recipe.
Your Thermomix® makes the curry sauce and cooks the rice. You crumb the chicken and cook in the frying pan.
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All these dishesare fantastic.
Just be careful with the chilli quantities in the Nasi Goreng as it was quite warm!
And I love your creamy potato dish to accompany the Paprika Chicken which I am sure you will post about soon too.
Dale.