QUEEN VICTORIA'S BAKED/GRILLED CHICKEN BREASTS

by: MisS VictoriA DaviD

 

I like eating flavoured meat!

Cooking food at home is my magic wand. This is one of the reasons why I don't buy processed food or indulge myself to instant products when shopping. However, it doesn't mean I dislike them!

I have eaten grilled chicken breasts that was bought and made in the supermarket, in particular, garlic grilled chicken breasts. The taste was really scrumptious!

I bought a bag of frozen chicken breasts last time and challenged myself to cook my own baked/grilled garlic chicken breasts recipe.

Ingredients:

• 2 pcs. of chicken breasts
• 3 cloves of garlic, crashed/sliced
• crashed ginger (optional) 
• 2 tbsps. of Extra Virgin oil 
• 1 tbsp. of sunflower oil
• 2 tsps. of honey
• a pinch of mixed herbs
• a pinch of salt, pepper, cayenne pepper and vegetable stock granules to taste
• 2 strands of spring onion, angled slices
• 4 cherry tomatoes, slice into 2

Sauce Preparation:

1. Mix the extra virgin oil, sunflower oil and honey in a bowl. Stir well.
2. Add the crashed ginger. Stir well again.
3. Once all mixed, just set it aside.

 

  (Baked Chicken Breasts and Grilled Chicken Breasts) 

Cooking Procedure:

1. Wash and rinse the chicken breasts (Thaw, if needed).
2. Prepare the chopping board and place the breasts on it. Use a sharp knife to scar on top and turn-over to do the same. Just set it aside.
3. Prepare your crashed/sliced garlic, then insert most of the slices in the created scars of the meat. Dont throw away the excess garlic just scatter and arrange evenly in the bottom of the pyrex glass covered with foil.
4. Rub the breasts with mixed herbs, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper and vegetable stock granules for additional flavours.
5. Prepare your cooking dish (Pyrex-glass cooking dish is good) and lay the prepared breasts in the centre to create a well balanced art. Just set it aside.
6. Gradually, pour the sauce mixture you made (Sauce preparation) and make sure it is distributed evenly over the breasts.
7. Design it with angled slices of spring onions and slices of cherry tomatoes on top (Be Imaginative!). Then, cover the pyrex either with its excess foil or its lid.
8. Place it in a safe area and marinate it for 1 hour before placing it in the oven.
9. Preheat the oven to 150ºC under bake mode (electric). 
10. Place the cooking dish (with the marinated breasts) in the preheated oven, then bake it for 30 minutes. In 15 minutes time, glaze the breasts with its own sauce and be careful not to burn yourself.
11. After that, unfold the foil or removed the lid and then, change the Bake to Grill as well as adjust the temperature down to 120ºC. 
12. Place and grill it for 30 minutes. Check it every 10 minutes and glaze the breasts using its own sauce.

This is the perfect garlic chicken breasts to be served and eaten on the table with your loving family.

QUEEN VICTORIA'S BAKED/GRILLED BONED PORK LEG

by: MisS VictoriA DaviD

 

As an old saying goes, “A way to a man’s heart is to fill his empty stomach.”

Sistahs, it is time for you to prepare your kitchen and check the needed ingredients for this scrumptiously meaty recipe. It gives a succulent cooking experience and also, warms up your kitchen in this type of weather. More importantly, it will truly indulge your man’s appetite... STOP HIS AGONY!!!

Ingredients:

• Boned Pork Leg 
• 3 cloves of garlic; crashed/sliced
• ginger; crashed/sliced
• mixed herbs
• 2 tbsps. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 tbsp. of Sunflower Oil
• 1 tbsp. of Lemon juice
• 1 tbsp. of Worcester sauce
• salt, pepper, cayenne pepper and vegetable stock granules to taste
•  1 medium cooking onion; slice into 4 and separate each layer 
• 4 medium-sized mushrooms; cut each into 2 

Cooking Procedure:

1. Thaw your meat, if needed.
2. Prepare the chopping board and place your meat on it. Use a sharp knife to scar on top and turn-over to do the same. Just set it aside.
3. Prepare your crashed/sliced garlic and ginger, then insert most of the slices in the created scars of the meat. Dont throw away the excess garlic and ginger, just scatter and arrange evenly in the bottom of the pyrex glass.
4. Rub the whole meat with mixed herbs. 
5. Prepare your cooking dish (Pyrex-glass cooking dish is good) and lay the prepared meat in the centre to create an art. Just set it aside.
6. Mix and whisk the Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Sunflower Oil, Lemon juice and Worcester sauce in a bowl. After that, add the condiments for additional flavours and make sure they are all well blended.
7. Gradually, pour the mixture you made from cooking procedure 6. Just make sure it is distributed evenly over the meat.
8. Design it with layers of onions and slices of mushrooms around it (Be Imaginative!) Then, cover the pyrex either with foil or its lid.
9. Place it in a safe area and marinate it for 1 hour before placing it in the oven.
10. Preheat the oven to 150ºC under bake mode (electric). 
11. Place the cooking dish (with the marinated meat) in the preheated oven, then bake it for 30 minutes. In 15 minutes time, glaze the meat with its own sauce and turn it over for the other side to be soaked in its sauce, too. 
12. After that, remove the foil or lid and change the Bake to Grill as well as adjust the temperature down to 120ºC. 
13. Place and grill it for 30 minutes. Check it every 10 minutes and glaze the meat using its own sauce.

Eat it with joy in your heart and share your dish with loved-ones as the scrumptiousness will be revealed when all are together around the table.

I miss my loving Tatay because of this Filipino inspired cuisine of mine.

BAKED/GRILLED CHICKEN WINGS

by: MisS VictoriA DaviD

 (Before and After)

I usually deep-fry chicken wings but last night, it was entirely different. I was very indecisive to experiment as dinner is not same as baking a cake that is replaceable, if worse comes to worst! At the end, I gave it a try and was very pleased with the outcome and the taste, too. Succulent, delicious and very colourful (very exemplary)!

Main Ingredients:

• 6 medium-sized chicken wings

Sauce Ingredients:

• 2 tbsps. of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 tbsp. of Sunflower Oil
• 3 cloves of garlic; crashed
• crashed ginger; finely chopped
• 1 medium sized red tomato; slice into 8
• 1 medium cooking onion; slice into 4 and separate each layer
• a quarter of yellow bell pepper; cut into chunks
• a quarter of red bell pepper; cut into chunks
• ½ tsp. of mixed herbs
• salt, pepper, cayenne pepper and vegetable stock granules to taste

Pre-cooking procedure for the chicken wings:

1. Add boiling water in a pot and dip in the chicken wings.
2. Cover and boil if for 3 minutes on a high flame.
   
   

   

   (After 20 minutes of Baking and After 30 minutes of Grilling) 
   

 Cooking procedure:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 150ºC (electric). Arrange the crashed garlic in the bottom of the pyrex glass and then, place over the pre-cooked chicken wings.
2. Scatter and arrange evenly the prepared ginger, tomato, onion, bell pepper, mixed herbs and the condiments over the chicken wings.
3. Smoothly pour the 2 types of oils over the prepared chicken wings. Then, cover the pyrex with foil or its lid.
4. Place it inside the pre-heated oven and bake it for 20 minutes.
5. After that, remove the foil or lid and change the Bake to Grill as well as adjust the temperature down to 120ºC. 
6. Place and grill it for 30 minutes. Check it every 10 minutes and glaze everything using its own infused oil.

Better call the people you love in life and let them judge your own way of cooking chicken wings. Don't forget to cook cups of rice grains my dear Filipinos!