How to produce 14 meals with only 2 chickens happened quite by chance!
January was a real busy month with holiday guests in our BnB, but they all self-catered.
As soon as the holidays were over, the local training centre filled our BnB to the brim with hungry young men whose companies ordered meals for suppertime.
During all the busyness, it was really tough as my Mom Lily who lived with us, was gravely ill for the month of January and sadly passed away on 30 January.
It's going to take a long while to get used to not having her around, but Mom had been preparing me for that day. She always spoke of the circle of life and taught me that I will need to get on 'with the job of living' when her circle stops spinning
Something else Mom taught me, was cooking and baking AND how to make ingredients stretch, which of course helps with budgeting.
So, I wanted to serve roast chicken, but one chicken certainly was not going to feed 7 diners, so I popped 2 lemon & fresh herb chickens into the oven. Thankfully we were down to only 3 young men this week and we of course eat from the same menu!
Let's get cooking!
A secret to ensure the breast meat remains juicy is to always roast the chicken breast-side down.
Dinner the first night was roast chicken with a creamy potato bake, rice & gravy and country crop vegetables.
There still was plenty of the breast meat left over, so I pulled it off the bones and cubed the bigger portions. I also made way too much potato bake, so that was also cubed and added to the chicken meat.
Chopped parsley from the garden and frozen mixed veggies was added and some of the leftover gravy to bind it a little.
Super Pastry
- 500ml Cake Flour plus approx 1/4 tsp Salt
- 250g Chilled Butter
- 1 Egg Yolk
- 10ml Vinegar
- Iced water
Grate the butter into the flour and salt, cutting with a knife to spread the butter evenly. I then use my old hand beater to incorporate the butter into the flour to make fine crumbs.
Place egg yolk and vinegar into a measuring jug and top up with ice water to make 125ml liquid. Knead to form a dough and place in the refrigerator. Roll out and use as required
So...I often cheat when baking and this time pressed the pastry into various size pans - it made 2 individual pot pies, 4 regular pies, and one large one.
Sprinkle a little grated cheese onto pastry base, then pile the filling inside.
When my son came for Mom's memorial service, he spoiled us by filling the freezer and pantry with all kinds of easy-to-cook food from the best food store in town.
Mashed potatoes I always make from scratch, and one of the frozen foods was...mashed potatoes!
I thought this was the height of laziness but did it come in handy! One simply heats milk and add the chips of frozen mashed potato with butter already added. It was perfect for piping as I did not have to let it heat through, and really delicious.
Baked in the oven at 180°C for approx 40 minutes or till pastry is cooked and topping is nicely browned; these pies were really good and a big hit with everyone!
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Wow I love this recipe, I have to make it. I love baking things like this, it looks like a sweet preparation, but it's not. Mashed potatoes and chicken, simply perfect. Lizelle I have always loved your recipes and pictures, I hope to make it soon. Thanks for sharing.
It really is so easy and really delicious! It does look like a sweet treat not so, glad you enjoyed it 😉
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Wow. These chicken pies look so beautiful and so delicious. I have never made a meat pie before but this looks so delicious and easy to make, I will definitely have to try this. I love tge potatoes on top.
Thank you @joalvarez, they were a hit with everyone and the best part was I used mostly leftovers for the filling! It's the first time that I've piped mashed potato, and certainly won't be the last.
I'm definitely going to use this pastry recipe, I just cannot get my pastry right. Love the look of those pies. Thanks @lizelle for sharing.
This one is really easy, I find I sometimes need to add a little extra flour if I want to use it right away. I also use it for Christmas mince pies or jam turnovers, but it has to be used after keeping it in the fridge for a couple of hours. Dust the surface with loads of flour though!
You really can't go wrong with it, good luck my friend ;)
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God I am to hungry right now to be reading this. Who knew mash potato could be such a work of art? Will have to try this recipe come Winter time.
One would have the get the potato mash at just the right consistency, I was very happy with the final product;) Hope you get to try it @forthefree19
What great solutions!
These pies were really a nice change from my usual lazy runny pie-topping & that frozen mash was a big surprise!
Another post bookmarked!!!
...and very easy to make, it's like a variation on the theme of everyone's comfort-food cottage pie!
Certainly looks yummy and I remember the sausages that they cloaked in mash potato.
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Glad you like it, thank you @chacald.dcymt :)
that looks so yummy! and thank you for sharing your recipe! I'll list it down in my list of food to try making :)
It was yummy @eylz619, you'll not be sorry, it's really easy to make!
i'm sure! just by the look of it... i can really say its yummy!
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This is the first time that I have seen this recipe, it looks so delicious, I think my wife is going to love it. With that being said, I will try to cook this recipe of yours on her birthday. Good afternoon
Your wife is very lucky, it really is so easy but very delicious! Glad you enjoyed it :)