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Informal Meal |
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Food |
Salmon & Chicken Foil Bakes, with New Potatoes and Green Beans |
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Booze |
Dry white wine |
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Serves |
Four diners; Starting 7.00pm |
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Sources |
Salmon from "One is fun", Delia Smith, Hodder & Stoughton, 1985, p62-63; Chicken from http://www.cooks.com |
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Notes |
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Stuff to have or buy:
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Ingredient |
Already have |
To buy |
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Lemon (one; large) |
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Garlic (one clove) |
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Onion (one; large) |
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Potatoes (1lb12oz/800g; small, new) |
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Chicken breast (two medium: c.115g/4oz each; skinless) |
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Salmon steaks (two; c.175g/6oz each) |
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Paprika (½ teaspoon) |
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Dill (¼ teaspoon; dried (or 1 teaspoon; fresh)) |
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Bayleaf (two) |
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Soy sauce (1 teaspoon) |
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Olive oil (2 tablespoons) |
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Green beans (200g/7oz; frozen) |
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Black pepper |
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Aluminium foil |
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Dry white wine |
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When?: Timeline minus one day (i.e. the day before)
How long?: Pre-preparation takes about 2 minutes
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If you're using frozen salmon steaks, then take from freezer, lay out individually on large plate – cover and put in fridge overnight |
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Put wine in fridge |
When?: Timeline minus c.half an hour (e.g. c.5.15pm)
How long?: Preparation takes about 5 minutes
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Ensure salmon steaks are fully defrosted (but keep in fridge) |
Note: Keep food fresh in containers; Any dairy/fish/meat in fridge
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Get cooking implements ready: |
One large and one medium saucepan; Two shallow baking dishes (one to fit under grill); Grater; Fruit squeezer/juicer; Two large cups for mixing marinades; Garlic press; Brush |
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Get serving implements ready: |
One large serving bowl for potatoes; One medium serving bowl for beans; Colander for draining veg; Three serving spoons |
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Get eating implements ready: |
Large plates; Wine glasses; Cutlery |
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Make sure ingredients are all to hand: |
Lemons; Garlic cloves; Soy sauce; Paprika; Onion; Aluminium foil; Olive oil; Chicken; Black pepper; Dill; Salmon; Bayleaves; Potatoes; Green beans |
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Get changed for dinner |
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Your |
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5.48 |
0 |
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Grate the rind of one large lemon, and divide into two large cups |
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5.50 |
+2 |
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Halve the lemon; Squeeze juice out of both halves; Add the juice of one half to rind in one cup, and juice of the other half to the other cup |
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5.52 |
+4 |
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Crush two garlic cloves into the mixture in one cup (the chicken marinade |
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5.54 |
+6 |
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Add 1 teaspoon of soy sauce; Add ½ teaspoon of paprika; both to the chicken marinade; Mix marinade together well |
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5.56 |
+8 |
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Cut an onion horizontally into four sets of rings |
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5.58 |
+10 |
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Put oven on to 180oC/350oF/Gas Mark 4 |
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5.59 |
+11 |
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Tear or cut four pieces of aluminium foil, each large enough to wrap the meat (e.g. 30cm/12" square) |
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6.00 |
+12 |
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Smear or brush olive oil onto the shiny side of the four aluminum foil sheets |
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6.02 |
+14 |
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Place one of the oiled foil sheets into a baking dish (in case marinade spills); Place a breast of chicken in the middle of the sheet |
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6.03 |
+15 |
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Pour/brush half of the marinade mixture over the chicken – top and bottom; Sprinkle with black paper; Add a set of onion rings on top of the chicken piece |
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6.04 |
+16 |
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Fold the foil over to form a slightly loose but well sealed packet |
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6.06 |
+18 |
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Repeat for the other chicken breast |
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6.08 |
+20 |
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Place the two packets in the shallow baking dish into the oven |
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6.09 |
+21 |
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To the lemon rind/juice marinade in the other cup, add ¼ teaspoon of dried dill (and, if you like, 1 tablespoon of white wine); Mix marinade together well |
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6.11 |
+23 |
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Place one of the remaining oiled foil sheets into the other baking dish (in case marinade spills); Place a salmon steak in the middle of the sheet |
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6.12 |
+24 |
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Brush the marinade mixture over the top and bottom of the salmon steak; Sprinkle the steak with black pepper; Add a set of onion rings on top of the salmon; Place a bayleaf on top of the onion |
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6.13 |
+25 |
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Fold the foil over to form a slightly loose but well sealed packet |
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6.14 |
+26 |
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Repeat for the other salmon steak, and place both into the fridge until needed |
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6.17 |
+29 |
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Put 3 pints (1½l) fresh water into the large saucepan to boil |
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6.26 |
+38 |
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Wash and scrub 800g (1lb12oz) potatoes, and cut up any larger ones |
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6.34 |
+46 |
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Put potatoes into large saucepan to cook |
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6.36 |
+48 |
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Turn grill on to medium |
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6.37 |
+49 |
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Put 2 pints (1l) fresh water into the medium saucepan to boil |
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6.39 |
+51 |
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Place the two salmon packets into a shallow baking dish (or just on their own) and place under the grill (about 10cm/4" from the heat) |
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6.49 |
+61 |
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Turn salmon steak
packets over |
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6.50 |
+62 |
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Put 200g (7oz) frozen green beans into medium saucepan to cook |
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6.58 |
+70 |
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Drain vegetables in colander and put into serving bowls |
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6.59 |
+71 |
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Unwrap the chicken and salmon foil packets and carefully serve one each onto a plate (ditch the bayleaf and onion) |
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7.00 |
+72 |
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Serve with beans and potatoes |
Quite relaxed to prepare, and tasty. ( Don't go for larger chicken or salmon pieces – marinade seeps in less well.)
· Fairly obvious one – do all salmon steaks or all chicken breasts
· Add dill to the salmon marinade
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& http://www.timeline-cooking.com/salmonchickenbakes.htm December 2008