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Croatian Skillet Chicken and Vegetables with Chard, Potatoes & Garlic (Blitva)

We had half a cooked Chicken and as we are trying to do a recipe from around the world for £4 or less and “C” is the next letter.......

Ingredients:-

Croatian Skillet Chicken

½ a cooked Chicken, cut into cubes
1 Bell pepper, sliced
1 Onion, sliced
A handful of Button Mushrooms, halved
4 Cloves on Garlic, grated
1 tbsp dried Thyme
1 tsp Smoked Paprika
4 tbsp Butter / Margarine
Salt & Pepper

Ingredients:-

Chard, Potatoes & Garlic (Blitva)

3 medium Potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
Olive Oil
5 cloves of Garlic, thinly sliced
1 big bunch Swiss Chard, sliced

Method:-

Croatian Skillet Chicken

Place a large frying pan or wok over medium-high heat. Once hot, char the bell peppers until lightly blistered. Remove the peppers and set aside.
Add the butter, onions, and garlic and Sauté
Add the chicken, mushrooms, thyme, smoked paprika, salt, and Pepper. Sauté, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is heated through.
Add the blistered peppers back into the skillet. Taste, then add salt and pepper to taste.

Method:-

Chard, Potatoes & Garlic (Blitva)

Boil the potatoes in salted water until tender, about 6 minutes. Drain and set aside.
Combine olive oil and garlic in a large pot and place over medium-high heat. After about 2 minutes, the garlic should be soft (but not yet browned) and the oil should be very fragrant. Add the potatoes and cook, stirring a couple of times, until the potatoes start to turn golden around the edges, 5-7 minutes.
Add half of the Swiss chard, sprinkle with Salt, and toss with the potatoes. Add the remaining chard, season with salt, toss. Cook until the greens have wilted, 3-4 minutes. Taste. Season with additional salt, if needed, and freshly ground black pepper.

Note:- This was very tasty. But we did find it very greasy and the amount of Garlic was overpowering. We had ours in a giant bread bun, but even than didn't soak up the oil.

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At the original price of £12.09 I would certainly not have bought this. But at £4.84 it was worth a chance. I’m more butcher than fishmonger and for me this was a really difficult fish to fillet. But it was worth the effort.

Ingredients:-

1 fresh Carp, filleted and gutted
A handful of cooked King Prawns and Mussels
4 Cloves of Garlic, minced and divided in two
Zest of a Lemon
Juice of ½ a Lemon
2 Tbsp of Capers
1 Red Onion, finely diced
4 Tbsp of Lactose free Butter / Margarine
200ml of Lactose free Milk
2 Tbsp of ground Cashew Nuts
1 Tsp of dried Thyme
Spaghetti, sufficient of two people (Gluten free for us)
200ml of White Wine
Salt & Pepper to season
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Add a little Oil and half of the Margarine to a large frying pan and fry the Onions over a medium heat.
(2) When softened add half of the minced Garlic and fry for a further minute.
(3) Season with Salt & Pepper.
(4) Add the White Wine and allow to simmer.
(5) Combine the Ground Cashew Nuts and Milk and add to the pan, stirring until the sauce starts to thicken.
(6) In a separate pan add the remaining 2 Tbsp of Margarine on a low heat.
(7) Add the remaining minced Garlic, Lemon Zest, Lemon Juice and Capers & allow to simmer of a minute of so.
(8) Add the Thyme and season with Salt & Pepper.
(9) Cook the Pasta in salted water until al dente.
(10) Add the Pasta to the sauce along with the Prawns, and Mussels & combine.
(11) Heat a little Oil in a separate pan and fry the Carp skin side down for 2 minutes. Until the skin is crispy.
(12) Turn over and fry until the fish is cooked through.
(13) Serve the Pasta on warmed plates with the Carp over the top, pouring the Caper Sauce over.
(14) Garnish with a slice of Lemon and Parsley.


We treated this in a similar way that we would ‘Sea Fish’ and although I’ve heard stories of Carp tasting of soil, pond gunge and generally being nasty, we  didn’t get any of that. We really enjoyed it and will certainly eat it again if we find it at this price.

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