Your favourite one pot recipe?

cat64

Hi everyone, I've got friends coming over for a meal tomorrow and not sure what to make as a main course - anyone got any favourite recipes you're willing to share? Was thinking of something with chicken that could possibly be made early in the day and just reheated. Thanks very much!

VickyA_2

Spaghetti bolognese

Lasagne

Chilli con carne, using Jamie Oliver's recipe:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_17618,00.html

I've just been trying to search for a "Basque Chicken Casserole" that I like, but it's from a supplement with Good Food magazine and doesn't seem to be on their website. Basically, you allow one whole chicken breast per person, seal them, shallots (a 250g pack for 4), 150 ml of white wine, a couple of peppers, a tin of tomatoes (for 4 or 2 tins for more) and bung it in the oven for 1.5hrs at 180 degrees C. (or you can let it simmer on the hob)

squeaky

Take a look here:-

Money Saving Old Style - Indexed Collections

There are all sorts of one pot casserole and stew type recipes that you can choose from.

Then there's the two pot ones such as curry in one and rice in another.

Or maybe a pasta bake... hm...

jennyjelly

How about Spanish Chicken? This is really easy and you can do it in the slow cooker, microwave or oven. It's all a bit vague because you can change it as you go along!

Chicken thighs (cheaper than breasts) - I allow 2 per person but 1 would be enough
Chorizo (about an ounce per person) chopped into 1cm chunks
A large red pepper, cut into 1" squares
A large onion, sliced
2-6 cloves of garlic, depending on your taste
1 tin chopped tomatoes
Rice (1 cup per person)
1 cup of frozen peas
Chicken stock cube disolved in hot water (about 2 cups per person)
Olive oil
Salt

Fry the chorizo for about 3 mins, add onion and red pepper and fry for another 5 mins.

Add the chicken and chopped garlic and fry for another 5 mins.

Add the rice and fry for a couple of mins, then add everything else except the peas and cook slowly until the rice is soft. Keep checking that it hasn't dried out and add more water if necessary.

Add the peas 5 mins before serving.

Serve with a green salad and crusty bread.

This is the most forgiving dish - it's almost impossible to ruin.

Hope you like it.

JJ

thriftlady_2

I made this last time we had friends round and it was a big success.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=4037268&postcount=448

Horasio

MINCED BEEF STEW
INGREDIENTS
2 tbsp olive oil,
1 onion, chopped,
500g minced beef,
2 tsp marmite, 1 tbsp
HP sauce,
1 cup water,
2 large carrots, sliced,
1 cup peas,
8 new potatoes or 4 winter potatoes,
salt and freshly ground black pepper.
METHOD
Heat the oil in a large pan and gently cook the onion until it is translucent. Add the mince and cook through. Add the marmite, HP sauce, water, carrots, peas and potatoes. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and cook slowly, covered, on a low heat for an hour. Add more water if necessary


I haven't tried it but looks really easy to do - the recipe is courtesy of Jo, Ronnie Wood's wife, who cooks on the road, so has limited space and facilities:)

Quillion

Chicken casserole with new potatoes.
Chicken thighs deboned
1/2 a sweede
5 carrots
Large onion
new potatoes cut in half
2oz sr flour
4 x chicken stock cubes
2tblsp oil
method
chop chicken into chunks
put flour in a bag and season with salt, pepper and garlic
put i chicken and shake up to coat.
chop all veg and potatoes and fry in a pan for 10mins
place in large casserole dish.
put oil in pan and heat put in chicken and fry till browned on all sides
put chicken stock cubes in a large jug and pour on 2 pints of boiling water.
once chicken browned put in casserole dish. pour over the water and put a little in the pan to make use of all the flavours of the chicken and pour this in too. Cook in oven about 150Deg for a couple of hours. Nice served with Yorkshire puddings. Good luck

katmad99

jennyjelly wrote: »

How about Spanish Chicken? This is really easy and you can do it in the slow cooker, microwave or oven. It's all a bit vague because you can change it as you go along!

Chicken thighs (cheaper than breasts) - I allow 2 per person but 1 would be enough
Chorizo (about an ounce per person) chopped into 1cm chunks
A large red pepper, cut into 1" squares
A large onion, sliced
2-6 cloves of garlic, depending on your taste
1 tin chopped tomatoes
Rice (1 cup per person)
1 cup of frozen peas
Chicken stock cube disolved in hot water (about 2 cups per person)
Olive oil
Salt

This is the most forgiving dish - it's almost impossible to ruin.

Hope you like it.

JJ

This sounds perfect for me. What kind of rice do you use?? does it matter??
(is it like a risotto ??)

Pink.

Hi cat,

One of my favourite chicken recipes (although not one pot as I usually serve it with mashed potatoes and carrots) is Delia's coq au vin. It's easy to make earlier in the day reheat when you want to eat.

If you look in the slow cooker collection there are lots of recipes that should give you ideas. If you don't have a slow cooker they are easily adapted to cooking on the hob or in the oven.

There's also an older thread that may help: Your favourite one pot recipe? I'll merge your thread with that one later to keep all the suggestions together.

Pink

jennyjelly

katmad99 wrote: »

This sounds perfect for me. What kind of rice do you use?? does it matter??
(is it like a risotto ??)

Use any kind of rice you like. I use ordinary cheapo long grain.

Hope you enjoy it!