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FoodHacks: Quick Pulled Chicken Breast
Need shredded chicken in a hurry as a filling or topping for chicken parcels, tacos, salads, sandwiches and the like? This method is super quick and allows you to make small batches ahead of time.
Take a chicken breast and flatten it out using the palm of your hands. Season it as you like and chuck it on the BBQ grate until cooked through. This is going to give it a flavour boost that cooking inside won’t.
Take two forks and use them to pull the chicken apart.
Use it now or chuck it into the fridge if you have other things to make :).
Enjoy,
PK
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FoodHacks: Karina’s ‘Quick Pickle’ Onion Salad
My little family does a tasting plate meal night every week, they are so easy and quick to whip up. What is on offer varies but often involves cold meats, multiple salads, pate, cheese etc. I love watching my kids ‘build’ their own meal and there is lots of laughter round the table.
I was telling my telling my good friend Karina about this recently and this was one of her suggestions for something new.
You simply:
- soak onion rings in vinegar (I used white wine vinegar) for about 15 minutes.
- drain them.
- top with sliced tomatoes, salt, garlic, pepper and olive oil.
The result is amazing and I am never buying store bought pickled onions again 🙂
Thanks Karina,
PK
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Karina’s ‘Quick Pickle’ Onion And Tomato Salad
My little family does a tasting plate meal night every week, they are so easy and quick to whip up. What is on offer varies but often involves cold meats, multiple salads, pate, cheese etc. I love watching my kids ‘build’ their own meal and there is lots of laughter round the table.
I was telling my telling my good friend Karina about this recently and this was one of her suggestions for something new.
You simply:
- soak onion rings in vinegar (I used white wine vinegar) for about 15 minutes.
- drain them.
- top with sliced tomatoes, salt, garlic, pepper and olive oil.
The result is amazing and I am never buying store bought pickled onions again 🙂
Thanks Karina,
PK
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FoodHacks: Microwave Cheesy Eggs
Got a hankering for scrambled eggs but short on time or perhaps you only have a microwave and no hob?
Then this tip is for you :).
I think they come out just as good as the real deal. We will be microwaving a beaten egg in several short zaps, breaking up the curds each time. You have control over the result being well broken up or not and even how dry you like.
Steps:
Simply take an egg and whisk it in a bowl with a splash of milk. I then add a bit of shaved Parmesan, a sprinkle of ground black peppercorns and whisk again.
Now into the microwave. This step can be tricky to master and the timing is going to be particular to your microwave. In my microwave 30 seconds is right for the first zapping.
If you find that the egg has been over cooked then you need to reduce the zapping times.
This is what we want. A few curds that can be mixed around with a fork and not a solid mass of rubber nor the absence of curds. I then stir the curds and pop the bowl back into the microwave. Now I am using 20 seconds bursts between stirrings.
I will reduce the times if I think the egg is overcooking. This is how it looks over the next few cycles of zapping and stirring.
Perfect and ready for some toast 🙂
Enjoy,
PK
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