Easy Recipe: Speedy and Saucy Spring Chicken Veggies

Speedy and Saucy Spring Chicken Veggies Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 4 chicken breast halves, skin on
• 1 lb baby new potatoes, thinly sliced
• 36 oz lower-sodium chicken broth
• 18 oz mixed spring vegetables: broccoli, broad beans, peas and sliced zucchini
• 1/4 cup crème fraiche or sour cream
• Sea salt and coarsely ground pepper, to taste
• 1/3 cup chopped tarragon leaves or broad leaf parsley

 

Method
Heat the olive oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat and fry the chicken for 5 minutes on each side. Add the potatoes and stir to coat. Pour in the broth; cover and reduce heat, then cook 10 minutes, until the potatoes are almost cooked through. Remove lid and increase heat to high. Boil the stock down until it just coats the bottom of the pan, stirring occasionally. Scatter the vegetables into pan; cover again and cook about 3 minutes, just until tender. Stir in the crème fraiche or sour cream to make a cream sauce; season with salt and pepper, then add the herbs. Serve straight from the pan.

 

Notes:
Chicken thighs may be substituted for the chicken breasts. Double the number, using 8 thighs in place of the 4 breast halves to serve four.

 

Number of Servings: 4

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Monthly EASY Recipe: Date and Nutella Cupcakes with Meringue and Buttercream Frosting!

Ingredients [Date and Nutella Cupcakes]:

• 210g Self Raising Flour
• 135g Treacle Sugar (Muscovado)
• 125ml Milk
• 1 Jumbo Egg
• Few Drops Pure Vanilla Extract
• 45g Butter at room temperature
• Pinch of Salt
• 125g Dates - finely chopped
• 125ml Boiling Water
• 2.5ml Bicarbonate of Soda
• 1/2 Jar Nutella Spread with the zest of an orange (finely grated) mixed in

Ingredients [Meringue Buttercream Frosting]:

• 2 Jumbo Egg Whites - at room temperature
• 130g Treacle Sugar (Muscovado)
• 120g Butter - softened
• 1 Vanilla Bean - split and the seeds scraped out

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Directions:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Line a large muffin pan with large muffin cups.
Place the dates in a bowl and sprinkle on the bicarb of soda then add the boiling water. Allow to stand while you make the batter.
Using an electric mixer beat the butter till light and fluffy, add the egg and beat in. Add the milk and vanilla and beat all together till well beaten. Sift in the flour & salt and add the brown sugar and beat in gently. Drain the dates then add them to the batter and fold in gently.
Place small amounts of batter into each paper case. Place a large dollop of Nutella onto the batter in each case. Cover well with another amount of batter (each case must be about 2/3 full). Place into preheated oven and bake about 20 minutes. Allow to cool on wire racks then decorate when cold.
Make frosting: Whisk egg whites and sugar together over a bowl of simmering water until sugar has dissolved and the mixture is hot to the touch. Pour into the bowl of an electric mixer, add the vanilla seeds and beat on high speed for about 5 minutes until thick and fluffy. Start beating in little bits of butter at a time, incorporating well after each addition until the frosting is beautifully smooth and fluffy. Place in an icing bag and pipe onto the cold cupcakes.

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