Oh that looks great @Mystery Egg, I had to Google the ChanChan spice mix, but it seems like it could be very good, with the fragrant spices that I love: Star Anise · Fennel · Cardamom · Chinese Cassia · Szechuan Peppercorn (zing!) · Ginger.
I do recognise the branding though, maybe I saw it in Aldi? Not sure...
The Mayflower curry is one of my favourites too!
Chips look great, Mayflower curry is one of my favourites.
I made a fakeaway spice bag tonight in the air fryer with ChanChan seasoning and Mayflower curry sauce. Absolutely delish.
igCorcaigh had said they wanted to make their own burgers recently, and mentioned that they love chopped onion in a home made burger, and we all had a chat about how to make the perfect home made burger.
Context is everything!
Homemade chicken satay
As a new poster on this forum,I'm just wondering what was the difference between my post and yours?
Thanks,didn't mean to cause offence,just gave an honest opinion on the meal I saw.
Moderator here.
You're a new poster. Welcome to the food forum. This thread has been running for years. Your first foray in was to critique somebody's dinner from a year ago. Not a big deal but really no need to do that.
Instead of critiquing someone's meal from a year ago, why not tell us what you had for dinner last night? Or what you're planning for tonight? Then you'll be in the spirit of things.
Was just looking through the threads last night (nothing better to do) and has a look at the posts.Didn't realise they were from a year ago.Gave my opinion on the dish,did I say something nasty?.What's your problem?
You went back over a year to critique someone's dinner??
looks ok,bit of fresh parsley sprinkled over the potatoes would improve the look though.
Roast beef, mash and veg for housemates. Reverse seared the roast and then sous vide for two hours.
Squash, radicchio and sage rissotto. Bunged some diced chicken in at the end as well. Decent.
Ah, we didn't get much burgers growing up at home, but you are reminding me of the burger shacks they had at the beach back in the 80's. Nasty dried burgers with raw onion and Kandee ketchup. Ah...
Ah here! (to the raw/caramelised comment)
Onion in a burger just reminds me of the really thick, hard, dry, overcooked, homemade burgers of my childhood.
My mother was a great cook and I liked them at the time but I really wouldn't be bothered eating that type of burger now.
I resisted my impulse to put chopped onion in there @Mystery Egg, as it was my first attempt, but after finding that the risk of them falling apart is not so great, I will definitely be including chopped onion in the next burger.
Controversial opinion here: Raw onion is better than caramelised. There, I said it.
igCorcaigh, I had expected to see a bit of chopped onion in there!
Bangers & Mash with a Guinness onion gravy for all the housemates
Plenty of salt and pepper lightly mixed with steak mince, chilled for 30 minutes, then a few minutes on each side on the griddle pan, along with some streaky bacon. Added a slice of Edam and some onion.
No egg or breadcrumbs! The steak mince was quite sticky to work with. No fear of it falling apart.
Use legs.
Medium rare fillet steak with lovely onion gravy two nights ago, with veg on the side. Nutriquick spag bol (only €3.99 in Aldi and there are other meals too - very tasty a nutritious) yesterday. not sure why I'm actually posting in here; seems totally pointless. But here I am!
That looks lovely. After all the burger chat, how did you make it in the end?
I hope you enjoyed the decor, because that what you paid for, not the food.
Meh!
Went to Nandos for probably the first time in fifteen years. I'd been once before then, and thought it was bang average and overpriced.
My opinion has not changed.
Yoghurt, yes! I need to get an air fryer... Thanks!
I think I messed up the burger bun, but still good. With oven chips and mushy peas.
Thanks, just cheap lidl oven ones done in the airfyer.
Should eat more greens myself i do quite like them. The kids turn there noses up so at much veg though, a lot of meals I make are ones without much veg or I end up leaving them out.
Airfryer again for tandoori chicken! Never been able to get a proper char in the oven or pan without overcooking the chicken or all the juices running out. I normally cut the chicken into pieces to marinade but I was caught for time the night before and did the whole breasts. Just yogurt, lemon juice and tandoori spice. Airfryer does a great job but best results I've had is on skewers over charcoal.
Yum @Ryath! Excellent looking chips. And the greens look great! 😋
I'm getting more into eating green veg like broccoli, peas and spinach recently, for some reason! Might be the winter approaching.
Any advice for making Tandoori chicken breast on a griddle pan or grill/oven? My previous attempts have resulted in burnt spices and dry chicken :(
Duck breast tonight.
Few from the last week, there's a piece of fillet hiding in there somewhere! Nicest piece of steak I've had in a while. Angus finest from Tesco was just going to grab a rib eye but when I spotted how good the marbling was on this pack I had to get it.
And Tandoori chicken with butter curry sauce. Have to make do with pics of my lunch portion for work I was too hungry to remember to take ones of my dinner!
Pork (overcooked), lentils, lidl potatoes and broccolini. Tesco gherkin mustard relish.
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awe ok - maybe a website or blog? (do those still exist?)
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