Another favourite recipe is based of a chicken Jambalaya.
you need
1 chicken thigh or breast chopped
2oz chorizo chopped
1-2 tblespoon olive oil
2 cloves of garlic (i like my garlic)
1-2 sticks of celery
1 green chilli chopped fine ( i keep the seeds but that is me)
1 yellow pepper chopped
1 cup of basmalti rice
1 pint of chicken stock
1 tin of tomatoes
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon of thyme
salt + pepper
2 spring onions chopped
a good squeeze of lemon juice ( i use jif squeezie lemon which is the same i use for pancacakes
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first cook the chorizo then the chicken remove and add the garlic, veg and rice, bay leaf and stock, then add the tomatoes, put the chicken and chorizo back in. add a squeeze of lemon juice. cover and simmer for about 30-40 minutes then add the thyme and spring onion and eat and enjoy......
I love the one pot cooking and there are loads of things you can cook in this way. Any decent recipe book will have loads and you can practice in the home before you go out. I do a load of curries as well and stews and things they normally envolve using beer and ales for the liquids in them rather than just water as it adds to the taste.