Chicken katsu curry

 

 Crispy chicken, a delicious curry sauce, what's not to like? 

Serves 4

4 large chicken breasts

1 large egg

Salt and pepper

Dry Cous Cous 

For the sauce: 1 onion and carrot, qtbsp of mild curry powder,salt, pepper, 1tsp each grated garlic and ginger, 300ml water, 1tbsp tomato purée.

Add some salt and pepper to the egg and mix with the chicken breasts.

Preheat the oven to 200oC, meanwhile fry off the carrot no onion, add the ginger Nf garlic and cook for 5minutes.

Add the tomato purée and water and cook for 20 minutes, meanwhile. 

Coat the eggy chicken in the Cous Cous and pan fry until golden then put in the oven till cooked through.

Blend the sauce, cut the chicken into slices and serve over rice with the sauce.

Ramen (noodle soup)

comforting, soothing, delicious, warm noodle soup, healing to the heart, mind and soul and brilliant for leftovers.
use whatever topping you have but you can never beat adding a soft/medium boiled egg, the yolk enrichens the soup!

serves 1.
1 packet low fat super noodles (i use ko lee low fat chicken, beautiful in flavour before adding anything!)
1 grated garlic clove
1/2 tsp grated ginger
1/2 tsp sesame oil (1 syn)
1/2 tsp yellow bean sauce (optional but is so soothing, just add it to the broth)
good pinch of black pepper
I happened to use leftover turkey on my ramen today but you can use a couple of slices of ham or leave the meat out completely!
1 small shredded or grated carrot
2 leaves white cabbage finely shredded
1 shredded spring onion
handful of beansprouts (if you have them)

So the basics of ramen is the sauce and the noodles then you can add whatever toppings you like!
cook the noodles according to packet instructions. meanwhile, in the bowl you are going to serve in mix the soy, sesame oil, ginger, garlic and black pepper, mix thoroughly.
remove the noodles to the soy mixture coating them in it.
add the toppings then pour over the soup!

Easy or what?!