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THE HUNGRY
SOUL
COOKING IS HARD!
Especially when you live alone.....
SO WHAT DO
YOU DO?
THAT IS PRECISELY WHY THIS BOOK
EXISTS!
Lunch/Dinner
1. Butter Garlic Chicken
2. Nasi Goreng
Dessert
1. Fruit Salad
Breakfast
Crêpes
Ingredients:
125 g plain flour
2 large eggs
1 tbsp. caster sugar Guyette, Jillian. “These Classic Crepes Will
1 tbsp. butter
Fresh fruit, for serving
Icing sugar, for serving
Steps:
1) In a large mixing bowl, create a well with flour then
add eggs, slowly whisking them into flour. Add sugar
and salt and stir until combined. Gradually add the
milk, whisking to combine. Let batter stand at room
temperature until bubbly on top, 15 to 20 minutes.
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Steps:
1)Lightly whisk 4 large eggs, heavy cream, milk, cheese
and a pinch of salt together until the mixture an even
consistency.
2) Heat a small non-stick frying pan for
a minute or so, then add a knob of
butter and let it melt. Don’t allow the
butter to brown or it will discolour the
eggs.
Steps:
1)Cut the chicken breast into small pieces of even
shape. Roughly chop garlic into small pieces
Steps:
1)Put the rice in a medium heavy-based saucepan and add 520ml water. Quickly bring
to the boil, stir once and cover with a tight-fitting lid. Reduce the heat to low and cook
for 10 mins. Uncover, fluff up with a fork and spread over a tray. Set aside to cool.
2) Meanwhile, heat 1 tbsp oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat.
Pour in the beaten egg and, as it begins to cook, use a spatula to bring
large flakes of cooked egg into the middle of the omelette. Continue to
cook like this for a couple of mins, then leave the rest of the egg to set
completely. Flip the omelette over and transfer to a plate to cool before
cutting it into long, thin shreds.
3)Drop the beans into a pan of boiling salted water and cook for 3 mins.
Drain, refresh under cold water and set aside.
4) Heat the remaining oil in a wok or large, deep frying pan until almost
smoking. Add the chicken prawns, and stir-fry for 1 min. Tip in the
shallots, garlic, chillies and carrots, and stir-fry for a further 2 mins until
the carrot is just tender. Add the spice paste and stir-fry for 1 min more.
Add the kecap manis, cooked rice and green beans, and stir-fry over a
high heat for 2 mins. Add the soy sauce, spring onions and shredded
omelette, and toss together.
5) Spoon the nasi goreng onto warmed plates. Overlap the cucumber and
tomato on the side of each plate, sprinkle over the crispy fried onions and
serve with prawn crackers.
Dessert
Fruit Salad
Ingredients:
Sliced Strawberries, Mangoes,
Melons, Pineapples, Bananas,
Grapes and blue berries
Fresh Cream
1/4 cup Sugar
Steps:
1) Add the chopped fruits in a bowl. In a separate
bowl, mix the sugar and Cream and whisk until you
get a nice, smooth texture.