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Budget Recipes – Sweet Potato and Chicken Bake

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Sweet potato and chicken bake

Budget Recipes – Sweet Potato and Chicken Bake

Sweet potato and chicken bake
If you have a ‘Recession-Busting Budget Recipe’ that feeds up to 4 people for less than £5 we’d love to  hear from you.

Sweet Potato and Chicken Bake

(Serves 4)

Ingredients:

  • 10 skinless and boned chicken thighs
  • All-purpose seasoning
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 Large white onion
  • 1 Clove of garlic
  • 1 knob of butter
  • Mixed herbs
  • 2 large red sweet potato0s

 

Instructions:

  1. Chop half of large onion finely.
  2. Chop 1 whole clove of garlic finely.
  3. Rub the knob of butter all over the chicken and massage into each individual piece.
  4. Dust and cover evenly with all-purpose seasoning perhaps 4 large table spoons worth.
  5. Lightly salt and pepper – remember there is already a lot of salt in the all-purpose seasoning.
  6. Marinate the chicken pieces in the chopped garlic and chicken and cover evenly.
  7. Place in a heat-proof dish and cover with foil leave for half an hour for the flavours to work their way in… Puncture the chicken to save time.
  8. Carefully chop the two large sweet potatoes until almost boiled so for 15 minutes on a medium heat.
  9. Return to the chicken and scrap off all the chopped onion and garlic from each piece…. heat some olive oil in a shallow pan with 1 table spoon of sugar.
  10. Let the sugar caramelise on a medium heat until brown, and then add the scrapped off onions and garlic, then add the individual chicken pieces.
  11. Cover each piece keep turning till half cooked … remove from the frying pan and place each piece back into the heat proof oven dish.
  12. Take the almost but not quite cooked sweet potato off of the boil wait for it to cool and chop into discs or small pieces.
  13. Returning to the chicken; rip it into course shreds and spread around the dish evenly, then cover with the pieces of sweet potato.
  14. With the other half of the onion… shred it on top of the whole mixture and place into the oven till cooked so for another half hour to 45 minutes and until the onion shavings go crispy.

 

Enjoy!!!

Recipe supplied by Esther Cato

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If we like the recipe we’ll add it to our Recession Busting Budget Recipe Resource and credit it to your name.

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August 23, 2012 by Westminster Befriend A Family 0

Budget Recipes – Mussels Pasta…


Uncle Nii's Recession Busting Recipes

If you have a budget recipe that feeds 4 or more for under £5 we’d like to hear from you…

Recession, economic downturn, financial instability – you’ve heard it played out so many times, I’ve often wondered if it’ll ever end!

Well, in times of strife and gloom, I think everyone can find some respite in a comforting and tasty meal – on the cheap, of course. Join me as I rustle up a quick and nutritious meal that’s easy on the pocket but filling on the stomach. For those of us who are time poor (I hear a resounding yes from everyone!) this is a great recipe to whack together after a long day at work or when you’ve got hungry mouths to feed and what’s more, it costs less than a fiver!

Mussels Pasta

(Serves 4)

Ingredients:

1 500g packet of any budget supermarket branded spaghetti

2 100g tubs of mussels

1 small punnet of baby tomatoes

1 small leek

1 small packet of chives: optional


Extras:

Olive oil

Salt and pepper to taste

2 cloves of garlic

Chives

Preparation

1) Start by bringing a large pot of water to the boil and then add the entire packet of spaghetti; cook according to the instructions on the packet.

2) While the pasta is cooking, chop the tomatoes into halves and chop the leek and add to a pan with the oil and cook until they begin to soften.

3) Empty the water from the pasta and add the mussels and the tomatoes and leeks.

4) Crush the garlic and add to the pasta with the salt and pepper along with a splash of olive oil. Cook the pasta for 2 minutes.

5) Garnish with the chives and serve immediately.

Give it a try and let me know how you get on.

Nii Swaniker

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Do you Have a Recession Busting Budget Recipe?

If you have a recipe that you’d like to share, please send it to us by using our contact form on this link.

If we like the recipe we’ll add it to our Recession Busting Budget Recipe Resource and credit it to your name.

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March 12, 2012 by Westminster Befriend A Family 0