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  • Okra with chicken

    Okra with chicken

    Cooking Okra was a no-no to our house in London for a couple of years as my brother was never really fond of them. Cant understand the reason to be honest but on the other hand when i was younger the only thing i could eat was stakes or souvlakia.

    Okra, when you cook them fresh they usually remove a slimy liquid which was exactly what my brother didn’t like. Other rumours say that he was just bored of them as my mother was cooking them all the time during summer months. My father on the other hand really loved them as they had exactly what he liked.

    A good combination of vegetables and meat with a lot of sauce so he could use his bread and mix it with the sauce.

    Continuing with our recipe, at one point I managed to cook that dish as I missed it –as many other greek traditional dishes that my mother used to cook. So, even if I didn’t managed to find fresh okra around here and I got frozen ones, I think it they were really tasty.  Basically, i think it was the reason why my brother loved them again as they were not releasing the same kind of slime, as the fresh ones.

    Obviously, for me, okra as with any vegetable its better to have them fresh.  Nevertheless, if you don’t then you go with the next best option.

    Okra with chicken casserole Recipe

    Our chicken casserole with okra in red sauce
    Our chicken casserole with okra in red sauce


    INGREDIENTS

    • 300-400gr of Chicken breast cut in cubical parts. (or whole chicken if you want..)
    • ½ kilo of okra
    • 1 onion finely chopped
    • 2 cloves of garlic
    • 1 tomatoe juice can
    • Salt/pepper
    • Olive oil
    • 1 vegetable stock cube

    METHOD

    Ideally if the okra’s are fresh, you need to cut the top hard part from the okra, but..as we said allready… we are lazy and we have bought frozen okra’s so we skipped that part. In a big bowling pot we put a bit of oil and we add the onions and garlic until they get a bit brownish.

    Add the chicken breasts and stir continuously. Add the tomatoe juice Continue stirring Add salt and pepper

    Add the okra and fill it with water until it covers all the ingredients. Add the vegetable stock cube

    Let them boil for 35-40 minutes. Always be careful that the water isn’t vaporized completely. When the okra’s are soft then remove them from the heat.

    You can serve them with a bit of parsley if you want. The same dish can be done without the chicken and it can be a really tasty vegetarian food.

  • Easy Chicken soup recipe for cold winter night

    Easy Chicken soup recipe for cold winter night

    I always remember the times when I was young looking my mother preparing soups for supper..especially during winter….fasolada…lentil soup…..fish soup….and chicken soup.

    One of the most stupid thoughts that I had seeing my mother cooking a soup is that it takes so much time. Well, that is not the case. Cooking a chicken soup is a one of the most easiest recipes you can have.

    The reason why I say that is because you don’t need to have any extra skills or do two things at the same time…the only thing that takes time is cleaning the vegetables. Other than that is a recipe that it’s really straight forward and depends on you how much you want to change it.

    The basic ingredients for me that you need to use are… chicken breast (obviously J ) , rice and lemon ! Other than that you can add as many vegetables as you want or have.

    So lets try it !

    Ingredients for Chicken Soup

    • 1 small chicken
    • 1 cup of rice
    • 6 carrots
    • 2 courgettes cut in large pieces
    • 1 cup of olive oil
    • 1 red onion trimmed
    • couple of leaves from celery
    • 1 lemon juice
    • sal,t pepper

    How to cook Chicken Soup

    In a large pot put 2.5 litters of water, thoroughly wash the chicken and put it in the pot. Add the olive oil, onion, celery and a little salt. Cook chicken over medium heat for about 1 hour and 15 minutes. 15 minutes before the end pour into carrots whole.

    Once thoroughly boil the chicken remove carefully and leave it in a platter. Remove carrots and leave it on the plate to cool. Pass the broth of chicken from fine strainer not to have pieces of chicken. Put it back in the pot and let it boil.

    Remove the breast of the chicken. Cut into small pieces and pour the broth boils. Pour the chopped carrots. Taste and, if necessary, add a little salt. Add one cup of rice soup. Allow the soup to boil thoroughly until rice is melting and lightly thicken the soup.

    Chicken Soup
    The chicken is always in big pieces as well as all the vegetables.

    Add the juice of a lemon, some salt if necessary and at the time of serving pepper. The soup is served warm.

  • Fast Recipe: Chicken with potatoes

    Fast Recipe: Chicken with potatoes

    Well, anyone wants to make a reaaaaally good impression on a first date, and you know what they say… love must to pass first from the stomach. So lets imagine the following situation…you promised your loved one food… and he or she is coming in 45 mins to 1 hour ….Aw…how unlucky…you don’t have anything in the fridge… You need something fast that will leave you time to do other things in the mean time… shower…clean up the mess in the house… etc etc..

    Ok lets get down to business!

    /rocky music playing on the background

    INGREDIENTS

    400grs of Chicken (any part you like)

    2-3 big potatoes cut in various sizes

    1 glass of olive oil

    1 spoon of mustard

    Salt and Pepper

    METHOD

    Easy Peasy.

    In a big oven tray. Add the chicken and the potatoes.  In a glass, add the olive oil, the mustard, salt and pepper and stir well.  Pour the mix all the ingredients.

    Heat up the oven and  cook it for around 45-1 hour in high heat.

    Open up a beer!