Chicken Casserole

Our new chicken casserole mix has just been released. Superb flavour, quick and easy to prepare, a must for working moms. Serve this tasty meal with rice, penne pasta or chunky hot bread and butter. Yummy!!

You Need:

3 Tablespoons Oil
50grams Papa's All in one Chicken Casserole Mix
1 large onion finely chopped
1.3 kilos chicken fillet cut into bite sized cubes
3 medium potatoes quartered
1/2 tin chopped tomatoes
 2 medium carrots, skinned and thinly sliced
125ml semi sweet wine
 375 ml water

 Here's How:

Saute the onion in hot oil until golden brown. Add the tomatoes, wine, water and the Chicken casserole mix and stir. Simmer for 30 seconds. Add the chicken fillet, carrots and potatoes. Mix, cover and simmer on low heat for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Check consistency of mixture while cooking, adding a little more water if required. SERVES 4 - 6

Papa's Oxtail Stew - "You're gonna luv this"

I have just been down to the bottom of the garden to feed the birds and man is it cold. Brrrrrrr. The oxtail stew I made last night would be more than welcome today, however it was so good there was none left.  A few good friends, a fire, a bottle of the good old grape and an oxtail stew on a chilly night. Great!! Here is my recipe :-






























Papa's Oxtail Stew

Ingredients

35 grams Papas All In One Stew Mix
1/4 cup Olive Oil
2 kilos oxtail
4 rashers bacon (chopped)
1 large onion (finely chopped)
Half 410g tin chopped tomatoes or two ripe tomatoes, skinned and chopped
1 leek (finely sliced)
2 carrots cut into chunks
1 tin butter beans (drained)
1 and a quarter cup red wine ( I use Robertsons Ruby Cabernet,excellent for stews and to serve with your meal)
Water as needed
Bouquet Garni ( a bunch of herbs tied with a piece of string. Make your own using, bay leaf, rosemary and parsley. I add Basil and Lemon Thyme as well.)
6 small pickling onions ( peeled, leave whole)

What you need to do:-

For the benefit of local people, I buy my oxtail from Richdens Superspar in Hillcrest. Excellent!
Trim the oxtail of all fat. In a large pot, brown oxtail on all sides in small batches then set aside. Add chopped bacon to pot and saute until crisp. Remove excess bacon fat with a spoon. Add oil, onion and leek and saute until soft. Add 1 cup of red wine and mix well. Add the oxtail and the tomato and enough water to just cover the oxtail. Give the mixture a good stir. Throw in the bouquet garni and cover with lid. The oxtail must be cooked on low heat for a few hours so allow to simmer gently.Cooking times may vary. Check every hour, and give the oxtail a good stir. Simmer until oxtail is almost tender,( usually takes about 2 hours), add pickling onions, carrots , butter beans and Papa's Stew Mix. Stir the mixture I usually add more wine at this stage, a quarter cup, however this is optional. Simmer until the carrots are soft. During the last 20 minutes of cooking, check the mixture frequently, If too thick, add more water sparingly and thin to the desired consistency. Serve with baby potates in a parsley butter. ( Heat butter in microwave, add chopped parsley.Coat potatoes). You might prefer to serve with mash or rice.  A french loaf goes well with oxtail too.

Bring out the wine and enjoy!!!

Papas Scrumptious Stew with Rosemary Dumplings

This is a superb stew to make.My personal favourite choice of meat for a stew is lamb.The rosemary dumplings compliment this stew and kids love them.

What you will need

1/4 cup Oil
1 large onion (chopped)
50grams Papa's All in one stew mix
1  1/2 to 2kg beef or lamb
1 to 2 medium carrots (cut into chunks)
2-3 medium potatoes (quartered)
1 large ripe tomato (skinned and chopped ) or 1/2  410gram tin chopped tomatoes
1 cup Water
Salt to taste

How to do it

Brown meat in small batches in a large pot. Set aside.Saute onion in hot oil until soft. Reduce heat to low, add meat and juice from meat. Add  50grams Papa's Stew Mix and 1 and a half  cups of water and stir well.Cover and simmer,allowing natural juices from meat to release. Stir occasionally. As mixture thickens it might be necessary to add more water. (Don't add too much water as stew will thin too much).Continue to simmer,checking consistency, until meat is almost tender.
Add potatoes,chopped tomato and carrot. Simmer until cooked. (Add dumplings to stew about 10 minutes after adding the potatoes)

Serve with rice, mashed potato or a chunky bread. (Or just the dumplings)

Rosemary Dumplings - (Easy to prepare and a delicious addition to the stew)

1 Cup self-raising flour
20grams butter
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
1/3 cup milk
Sift flour,add butter. Using fingertips, rub butter into the flour until the mixture becomes fine and crumbly. Add rosemary and mix in. Add most of the milk and mix to a soft dough with a knife. Add more milk if necessary. Place dough on a lightly floured surface. Knead the dough gently for about a minute or until smooth. Divide the dough into 8 portions and roll into balls. Place dumplings on top of stew mixture. Cover and cook for about 15 minutess.