Roast Chicken with baked potatoes

Normally, when i do my chicken roasting i do the chinese way to do it. When i was in Australia, i learned how to make 5 sauces chicken roast with honey and i never did the roasting like how we always saw on christmas or thanksgiving party they have roasted chicken or Turkey which is really beautiful and yummy. So i decided to give it a try.

I got this Recipe from e.How.com and it's quite a straight forward recipe nothing too complicated so here is the recipe

Roast Chicken and baked potatoes
Whole roast chicken stuffed with a bread crumb stuffing seasoned with thyme and parsley.

Ingredients:
·    1 roaster chicken, about 4 pounds
·    butter
·    Stuffing:
·    1/2 cup chopped onion
·    1/4 cup butter
·    1/2 teaspoon dried leaf thyme, crumbled
·    2 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, or 2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
·    2 cups soft bread crumbs
·    1 beaten egg
·    1/3 cup milk
·    salt and pepper

Preparation:
In a skillet, melt 1/4 cup butter over low heat; saute chopped onion for 3 minutes. Add thyme, parsley, and bread crumbs. Stir in egg and enough milk to make dressing moist. Season with salt and pepper.
Spoon stuffing into cavity of chicken; close by sewing or with a piece of foil. Rub chicken with butter. Place chicken breast side up on rack in a shallow roasting pan. Roast stuffed chicken at 375° for about 60 to 70 minutes, basting several times. Internal temperature should register 175° when done. Let chicken stand for about 15 minutes before slicing.

POTATOES
Peel potatoes and slice in 1 1/2-2 inch thick pieces.
Dry off on kitchen or paper towel.
Place 3 T olive oil in a second roasting pan.
Place in oven.
When hot, remove.
Add potatoes, shake well to cover with the hot oil.
Sprinkle with salt.

The naked chicken aka ayam toggel :)

The stuffings

potatoes

ready to go in the oven

chicken breast side up on rack or in a shallow roasting pan.

yummmm :)

doubled yumm :)

Voila! One perfect Roast Chicken and Potatoes!

You can do the same method as well with a Turkey!

Have fun trying!

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Double Treat Banana Cake

I know for sure everyone in the world knows how to make a banana cake and as for me i would make adouble treat banana just because i put some extra banana  in the middle of the cake so that it will pass as a cake for dessert. I usually make my banana cake without any frosting just as natural as can be is just the natural banana flavour is just right for me


So here are the ingredients:

Double Treat Banana Cake

• 3/4 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 large egg
• 2 to 3 bananas, mashed, about 3/4 cup
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 scant teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preparation:

Heat oven to 250°. Grease and flour you baking pan. In a large mixing bowl with electric mixer, cream butter and brown sugar. Beat in egg, milk, vanilla, and mashed banana until blended. Combine remaining dry ingredients and spices. Stir the dry ingredients into the first mixture until moistened. pour in half the mixture to the pan then place the slices of banana on the first layer then topped  it with the other half of the remaining batter.Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly touched with finger.

 
the mixture

the sliced banana spread through the first layer

in the oven it goes

Voila! my very own double treat banana cake :)

Yummmy...... 

Have a go at this simple banana cake!





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Chicken Paella :)

This dish paella is one of my favourite and there is a few version of this dish. There is Seafood Paella also which is also delishes and i got this Recipe from About.com  and i have done a number of times already but this is the first time i did with chicken and normally i use seafood like prawn, calamar and fish  and it's really savoury and full of colours. I would definately make this on my next party occasion back home in KK :)
and so, here is the recipe.

Chicken Paella Recipe
Ingredients (serves 6)

•    2 teaspoons smoked paprika
•    2 teaspoons ground turmeric
•    6 chicken thighs on the bone, skin on, trimmed
•    2 tablespoons olive oil
•    250g chorizo sausages, roughly chopped
•    1 large brown onion, finely chopped
•    3 garlic cloves, crushed
•    3 1/2 cups Gravox Chicken Stock
•    2 cups arborio rice
•    400g can diced tomatoes
•    3/4 cup frozen peas
•    lemon wedges, to serve

(incoporating all ingredients)


Method
1.    Combine paprika and 1 teaspoon of turmeric in a bowl. Sprinkle spice mixture over both sides of the

chicken. Using your fingertips, rub spices into the chicken.
2.    Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a 26cm (base) paella pan or a large, deep frying pan over medium-high

heat. Add chorizo, onion and garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 4 minutes or until chorizo is light

golden. Transfer to a bowl.
3.    Add remaining oil to the pan. Cook chicken, skin side down, for 4 minutes or until golden. Turn over

and cook for a further 3 minutes. Turn chicken skin side up. Add 1 cup of stock to the pan. Reduce heat to

medium. Cover and cook for 8 minutes. Remove the lid. Boil gently, uncovered, for 10 minutes or until almost

all liquid has evaporated.
4.    Combine 2 cups of remaining stock and remaining turmeric in a jug. Add rice, tomatoes and stock

mixture to pan. Stir to combine. Return to a simmer. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes

or until almost all liquid is absorbed.
5.    Add peas, chorizo mixture and remaining 1/2 cup of stock. Simmer for 5 minutes or until stock is just

absorbed. Season with salt and pepper.

Voila!

Here is an upclose look of the chicken Paella :)

Have fun trying this easy dish :)

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Yummmy breakfast :)

When it comes to breakfast...I dont think i-ll ever change i still look for my noodles or nasi lemak and as to that there is no exception when i indulged myself to my favourite breakfast and that is....
Indomee + Sardines + Telur goreng mata kerbau = YUmmmmm

Well this is actually also means ...i miss Malaysian foodies  :(

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Lasagna Night!

The last time i made lasagna was when i was back home in KK and yes i guess it's time for a repeat :)

The Bolognese Sauce

 The main ingredients to be cooked along with the minced meat to make the Bolognese sauce.
Fresh veges, Tomatoes, red and green capscicums
Canned Tomatoes puree, tomato paste and canned button mushrooms
Meat: Minced meat
Chopped Brown onions and garlic
Cook everything until it resembles the picture below

The Bechamel Sauce

To make the bechamel sauce here is what you need:
Milk, butter, flour, salt and pepper and some basil, ceddar cheese
Heat the sauce pan for melting the butter, then pour in the flour then ones everything incorporates, start adding the milk, lots of it and whisk it all the way and add in the cheeses. Whisk again until the cheese is dissolved and finally finish looking like the picture below

The Layering

You need Lasagna sheets for this part for you will arrange your lasagna sheet as shown below on the bottom of the baking dish where you will stack all the other sauces on top of each other forming the layers.

Lasagna Sheets

First the lasagna sheets, then the bolognese sauce the finally the Bechamel sauce. Repeat this steps until the baking dish is filled with these stacks.

The ready baking dish all ready for the oven. baked for about 20 to 25 minutes. If the top of the lasagna resembled the picture below, then it means its ready :)

and and and....

Here is an upclose look of the lasagna!

Nash if you are reading this..this one is for you! :))

Happy trying everyone!

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The Mayonaise maker :)

My husband have been craving for a homemade mayo  since last month and listed as the mayo mixer as one of his "wish list" for noel gifts and his sister Marie Aline was the one who cleverly got him his super duper mayo mixer from Tuperware, which doesan excellent job of binding ingredients together delicately.

And here is how the " super-duper" robo looks like :)

so off he goes with his super duper gadget to make himself a homemade mayo with these ingredients:
Eggs, Sunflower oil & Olive oil, lemon juice, mustard

Doing his concoction to make mayonaise :)

Almost there :)

Add the ingredients and slowly turn the turner around and every now and then pour in the oil/huile through the hole on the lid which is very convenient i must say.

A voila! Homemade mayonaise creamy and yummy!

So, Marie Aline, merci beaucoup pour le cadeau Noel, ce manifique cette gadget!
(Thank you very much for the gift Marie Aline! It's definately a magnificent gadget!!)

Here is another look form our happy mayonaise maker :)
 

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My first post!

Bonjour and hello to everyone :)

I'm nso excited with this new blog because i dont have to mix up my other blog with cooking things no more as i find it difficult to locate all the cooking post i did previously in my other blog. Phew! so that part is solved and am ready to get on to more exciting recipes as i go around with my husband travelling and learning about other cultures and particularly the food they are custom to eat :)

From time to time, i will be posting on behalf of my husband when he is doing the cooking so you will see a little bit of both of us here. 

I'm not a great cook, just a normal person with a great interest to learn more about cookings techniques, Latest cooking utensils, cooking gadgets, recipes and trying out new recipes as i go along. But i do know some people do enjoy my cooking and that is more then i could ask for :)
And of course...my No. 1 fan and also critique is my dearest husband  Ray. He eats everything BUT he is particular about everything particularly taste! Being a French i guess its a norm. hehehe

Well, let me go and start with my 2nd post now and of course it's going to be about FOOD :)



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