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This Recipe Is amazing taste of summer wrap up in pastry package .
The sweet mango & pecan nuts & the marinade chicken wrap up in a flaky pastry , when you cut into the pastry & open the package you just know that your taste buds are going to love this Summer Chicken & Mango Package .
I made this Recipe when I was working at Avoca  Beach Restaurant ,was one of the favorite meal at the restaurant .
125gm Chicken thighs diced
125gm Chicken breast diced
6 shallots, cut
2 ripe mango , peeled an diced or
1 tin Mango
80gm dice pecan nuts
Sweet chill sauce
2 tblp cornflour
filo pastry or you can use 3 puff pastry sheets
Method:

• Marinade the chicken in cornflour & sweet chill sauce  , the sweet chill just coating the chicken .
  Marinade over night or 1 hour. Then cook the chicken until cooked  in an oil fry pan .
• In an large mixing bowl add cool chicken , shallots , nuts & mix together .
• Lay out 3 sheets of filo pastry with  melt butter on each sheets ( cut the pastry sheets  in half ) add the chicken mixture & place some mango on top & roll into an package & seal with butter  & brush some butter on top & sprinkling with sesame seeds. Do this 2 more times or until you have no chicken mixture left .
• Puff Pastry 3 sheets pastry  cut into half , add the chicken mixture then mango & butter on top & sesame seeds on top .
• Place in hot oven 185 *C for 15 to 20 mins or until pastry is golden in colour.

This recipe is easy & fast Chicken, marinade the night befor 0r for 35 mins it’s up to you ?
Chicken is marinade, so the meat just suck up all beautiful flavours, skin just taste so crisp & sticky at the same time , the chicken meat so moist & enhance flavour taste great to eat hot or cold !!!
The gravy just taste divine .
Try out this Chicken recipes guaranteed it hit the Comfort Zone.
Preparation time : 20 mins
Cooking time : 1 hour
1 or 2 No 1o chicken
2 tsp ginger
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup hoisin sauce
1/4 cup honey
2 tsp sesame oil
1/2 cup water
6 garlic chives
1 chill optional
1/4  cup sesames sprinkle on top
Method :

• Preheat oven at 200*C  / 400*F
• Place chicken breast down  in a baking tray ,press down on the
  backbone  & break the backbone in three place , so the chicken is flat. Put the chicken, skin-side up , in the dish.
  
• Put the ginger, soy,hoisin , honey , chill , chives & sesame oil in a blow, whisk well with a fork, then spoon over chicken.
  Sprinkle the sesames over the chicken , don’t forget the legs & wings with the sesames.
• Pour water around chickens, cover with foil & bake for 45 minutes. Remove foil & cook for 15 minutes.
• Cut chicken into serving sized  pieces & serve with gravy or not ?
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• Tips : The first night we have the meat with on gravy the next night  reheat the gravy up with the left over chicken meat .
  The gravy taste divine because the flavours have fully develop.

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This Traditional recipes I have jazz the tastebuds and spices up the recipe chicken meat loaf   This meat loaf has an intense flavour that states “absolutely delicious food on a budget just tasty wonderful with the extra flavour with sundried tomatoes.Again this is a family favorite, I like serve with a good salad in summer & in winter I serve Sweet potatoes chips & peas
500g chicken mince/ or 500g turkey mince
or 250g chicken/250g turkey mince
1 cup Fresh breadcrumbs
1 eggs1 large onion peeled
1 large carrot peeled
100g mushrooms
1 medium zucchini
1 red peppers remove the seed
1/4 cup sundried  tomatoes
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon smoked paprika
2 tablespoon tomato chutney
Dash tomato sauce
Dash Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup fresh basil fresh oregano & parley chopped
freshly ground black pepper & salt
GLAZE : 1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white vinegar
2 tablespoon  tomato sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoon Tomato chutney
Method:
Make your fresh breadcrumbs in  Food Processor ,place the breadcrumbs in a bowl. In the food processor blend the sun dried tomatoes  Add to the mince,  add the onion, carrots, zucchini, mushrooms, red pepper blend all the ingredients in the food processor . Now add the fresh herbs & garlic, smoked paprika  add to the bowl. Add the remaining of the ingredients mince, eggs, tomato & Worcestershire sauce, garlic,  chutney , salt & pepper. Mix together use your hands roll into loaf put into a loaf tin and put aside
GLAZE :  Place all the ingredients in a Deep Fry Pan mix with a  Whisk, bring to boil & reduce the glaze by half or until thick. Score the top of the meat loaf with a sharp Chef’s Knife & pour the glaze over the meat loaf,
Cooking time : Place in a hot oven at 180*C (350*F) cook until brown about
1 hr.

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Orange glazed chicken is so tender it melts in your mouth served with Roasted potatoes & pumpkin ,with the juices from the pan make’s a beautiful gravy just like your Nana made on the Sunday roasted.The pistachio stuffing just complements the chicken and gravy.
1 medium Chicken[1.5kg]
or  Spatchcock  4 whole size 4 or 5 chicken[bone]
5 to 8 medium potatoes peeled & cut
1 medium  sweet  potatoes peeled & cut
4 to 8 pumpkin peeled & cut
fresh greens of choice
freshly ground black pepper & salt
Olive oil
stuffing : 2 cups fresh breadcrumbs
85g pistachio nuts chopped
1 cup diced ham or bacon
1cup shallots cup
freshly ground pepper & salt
1 tablespoon butter
Glaze : 2 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 cup orange juice & of 1 orange

• Preheat oven 180*C   ( 350*F )
• The stuffing: In a Deep pan saute the butter & home.Stir from time to time with a  Large Wooden Spoon when ham  or bacon is cooked take the pan off the heat add shallots allow to stand for ten minutes, add the fresh breadcrumbs add the nuts & black  pepper.The stuffing can stuffed the bird or roll in a log then wrap in foil cooked with the chicken

• The Glaze : Mix all ingredients together & bring to the boil over medium heat for 30 seconds allow to cool a little befor using  a brush the chicken or the spatchcock with the glaze in an oven to roast at the chicken 180*C cook to 1/2 hrs until cooked The spatchcock 225′c about 25 minutes, glazing again twice during cooking.
• Then roasted on baking tray Stoneware Rectangular Roaster, Blue the potatoes & pumpkin season the veges  with pepper & salt & smoked paprika & drills with the oil cooked on180′C until cooked.

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This recipe is how to cook the Most Tender Delicious Roast Chicken, and then turn it into an entirely different meal the following night & the next night too, So I’m cooking for three night meals here, good for all the busy working mums out there. How? Let me show you.
1.5 kg whole chicken
smoked paprika
fresh thyme leaves
freshly ground black pepper & salt
2 bay leaves
olive oil
6 to 8 piece of pumpkin
6 to 8 medium potatoes
Creamy Roasted Pumpkin Soup
850g(1lb 12 oz) butternut pumpkin peeled & chopped
2 medium potatoes peeled & chopped
1 medium brown onion,peeled & chopped
200g sweet potato peeled chopped
1 med carrots peeled & chopped
250g (8oz) Roma tomatoes halved length ways
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 clove garlic, chopped 1 tablespoon chopped oregano
METHOD : Preheat oven to 180′C (365′F) You need 2 baking tray

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  The first tray you need a large cooling rack The chicken needs to be thoroughly rinsed & dry, using paper towels. Place the chicken on the cool rack Sprinkle with paprika & season with salt, pepper & thyme leaves, drizzle with olive oil & rub all the oil & season into the chicken skin. Prepared pumpkin & potatoes season with salt, pepper & paprika & drizzle with olive oil. Place the vegetables around the chicken add a 1 cup of water down side of the tray trying not to wet the chicken or the vegetables.
  Place in oven at 180′C for 1 & 1/2 or until golden brown.
  Note : When you cut up the chicken, place the chicken cages and bones into a pot to make a chicken stock, water, bay leaves, thyme, cut 1 onion with the skin on
  Roast tray 2 :Preheat the oven to moderately hot 190′C (375′F/ Gas Put the tomatoes, cut-side-up,in a roasting tin with pumpkin, sweet potato, carrot & onion, season with oregano salt & pepper & smoked paprika, drizzle with olive oil and bake for 1 hour or until golden . When this tray is cooked put the cooked vegetables in a pot. When the chicken stock is cooked add 5 cups (1.2litres) of your remade chicken stock & the vegetables in a pot and place in the fridge. Well done you have cooked 3/4 of  next night dinner !!!
  TIP : With any Roasted Meat; chicken, lamb and even pork, you can cook on a cool rack in a baking tray using this method. Pour about 1 cup of water then place in a oven, just make sure you keep topping up the water in the bottom of the tray. This keep the meat moist (so the meat does not dry out) These juices also makes the best gravy. Enjoy the Gravy!!!
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