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Interests
    Indulging myself in food porn (online or food magazines)
    Exploring and discovering new restaurants
    Dining and chilling out with my loved ones
    Baking and cooking over the weekends
    Sharing my love for food with others
Wishlist
    Desserts by Pierre Herme- Written by Dorie Greenspan
    Vanilla bean pods (one can never have enough)
    Valrhona Cocoa powder
    Valrhona chocolate
    Macarons from Laduree and Pierre Herme
    Madelines mold
    Pretty cake stands (I only have one and only one)
    YUZU from Japan! (They taste great in almost anything)
    A food tour to Italy and France
    Opportunity to study at Le Cordon Bleu



Monday, October 20, 2008

One-dish meals: Roasted chicken and vegetables


My one dish meal


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What imagery comest to mind if you are thinking on creating a one-dish meal?


Curries
Stews


How about roast chicken with vegetables?


A homecooked meal was just what I needed to wind up my week after a bout of virus infection. I did not want to be spent half my weekend in the kitchen sweating over food. Not this week at least. So I decided to go with a roasted whole chicken served with potatoes, carrots, onions and mushrooms. It fitted into my criteria of a healthy and simple one-dish-meal.

After a walk through the supermarket, J and I started on the marinating the chicken early. After cleaning the chicken, we simply rubbed olive oil and sherry on the trussed chicken and seasoned it with maldon smoked sea salt, freshly grounded black pepper, loading up on rosemary leaves and stuffing the chicken with a halved lemon.

All we had to do in the evening was to place the chicken on a rotisserie over our rack of vegetables so that the fragrant juices from the chicken will drip onto the vegetables. We placed the chicken in the oven for about 1.5 hrs at 180 degrees celcius.

The result was pretty lovely. The chicken meat was still tender and juicy, definitely not a victim of overcooking. The vegetables were flavourful as expected and the meal was complete with a young fruity Riesling.

For some reason, I am pretty excited about cooking next week. Planning a Japanese inspired meal for my mother’s birthday since she still prefers Asian cuisine.


Roast chicken with roast vegetables and a simple salad

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