Here’s a simple Sea Bream dish for your dinner… Sea Bream 1 Bulb Fennel 100g Samphire 1 Chicken Stock Cube Water Star Anise Chop the fennel and fry in a little butter for about 3 minutes. Make up the stock and add to a deep sided baking tray along with the star anise. Add the…
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Portly Cooks |Spicy Squid Udon Noodles in Oyster Sauce
1 Squid Tube (cut into rings) 1 Pack Udon Noodles 100g Tenderstem Broccoli 2 tsp Chilli Oil For the sauce 2 tsp Oyster Sauce 15ml Soy Sauce 15ml Sake/Shaoxing Rice Wine 10ml Rice Wine Vinegar ½ tsp Garlic Powder Steam the broccoli until tender and then start with the rest. Mix together the ingredients for…
Portly Cooks | Tuna and Bulgur Wheat
Fresh tuna is a wonderful thing, far better than anything from a can, although that is good for a classic tuna mayo sandwich every now and then. 1 Tuna Steak 1 cup Bulgur Wheat 1 Chicken Oxo 1 tsp Olive Oil 1 Handful of Spinach If you don’t have a griddle pan for this one,…
Portly Cooks | Monkfish Parcel
This is not the prettiest looking thing in the world but its super tasty and dead easy to make! 150g Monkfish (you can use any white fish you like though) 1 nest of Egg Noodles 10ml Sake 10ml Mirin 10ml Soy Sauce ½ Garlic Powder 10ml Honey Handful of Spinach Baking Paper Boil the kettle…
Portly Cooks | Beef Kofta
Make something other than a burger with beef mince! 200g Beef Mince 2 tsp Harissa Spice (Sainsbury) Flatbreads Garlic Mayo Hot Sauce This is a nice one for when you have got a lot of time. In a bowl mix together the beef and the spice, make into little sausage shapes with your hands and…
Portly Cooks | Bruschetta
So simple it’s hardly worth putting these on here, but here we go. Half a Baguette 2 Salad Tomatoes 1 Clove Garlic (Crushed) Olive Oil Salt and Pepper Balsamic Syrup (Optional) Cut the baguette into slices and drizzle liberally with the olive oil. Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes at 200c or until…
Portly Cooks | Karaage
Sometimes it’s the simple things in life that make all the difference. I recently went to Japan and had one of the best trips of my entire life. This little dish I tried in an Izakaya sitting on an upturned beer crate with a beer at a table with similar construction, it was awesome. It…
Portly Cooks | Za’atar Prawns with Courgette, Tomato, Tenderstem and Cous Cous
Prawns are super quick to cook, and this jazzy looking dish is pretty damn quick to make too. 15 King Prawns 1 tbsp Za’atar 100g Tenderstem Broccoli 1 Pack Lemon and Coriander Cous Cous 1 Medium Courgette 2 Salad Tomatoes First off, put the prawns into a freezer bag and coat with the za’atar. Leave…
Portly Cooks | Piri-Piri Spiced Mackerel
Mackerel can withstand some serious flavours being thrown at it as it’s quite a strong flavoured fish itself. So this one has Piri-Piri sloshed all over it. Speak to you fishmonger about butterflying the fish for you, although you can do this with regular fillets. 1 Mackerel (Butterflied) 1 tsp Piri-Piri Seasoning 1 tsp Oil…
Portly Cooks | Quick Meatballs
People say that they haven’t got time to cook properly. Well this one is on the table in 10 minutes (ish) and you don’t need to be all cheffy to make it work either. 200g Beef Mince 85g Spaghetti 2 Tomatoes ½ tsp Ground Garlic ½ tsp Dried Basil Boil the kettle and chop up…
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