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Chicken Maraq recipe from Oman

Our fictional trip around The World for £4 or less took us to Oman last night. This was one of our favourite recipes so far, with a new ingredient for us - Black Limes! These are dry preserved Limes which I found in the local Halal Continental shop. We only actually needed 2 but ended up with 500g. I can see these sneaking into all sorts of dishes. They really pack a citrus punch!
 
Ingredients:-
 
½ a small Chicken cut into portions – Drummer, thigh, wing, breast cubed etc.
A large knob of Butter or Margarine
1 Onion, chopped
2 cloves of Garlic, minced
Omani Spices (See below)
¼ of a tube of Tomato Paste
3 large Tomatoes, chopped
2 Black Limes, cut in half
1250 ml of Chicken Stock (We had our own in the fridge from the Chicken carcass Sue rended down a while ago – But Stock cubes are cool)
3 medium Potatoes, peeled and cubed
 
Omani Spices 
 
Ingredients:-
 
1 handful of chopped Coriander
Cumin
Cinamon
Black Pepper
Cloves
Turmeric
½ tsp of each dried ingredient.
 
Method:-
 
(1) Fry the Onion in the Butter / Margarine until golden and softened.
(2) Add the Chicken pieces and cook for a further 5 minutes.
(3) Add the Garlic, Omani Spices, Tomato Paste, chopped Tomatoes and Black Limes.
(4) Add the Chicken Stock and stir for 2 minutes.
(5) Add more water if the sauce seem too thick, but you are aiming for quite a thick sauce.
(6) Bring to the boil them simmer for 15 minutes.
(7) Add the Potato and simmer for a further 20 minutes until the Potato is softened but not breaking down.
 
We enjoyed ours with hand made Gluten free flat breads (Recipe Here), Turmeric Rice and a sprinkling of chopped Coriander to add a bit of colour. 
 

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Schabowy recipe, eat well on universal credit

We're pretty sure every Eastern European nation have their own version of this recipe. But as we have a bit of a Polish gig going on, Polish it was! These good sized boneless Pork Loin Chops were less than £1 per serving.

Ingredients:-

2 Boneless Pork Chops
200ml of Milk
1 Onion, sliced
1 Egg, beaten
100g of Self Raising Flour (Gluten free for us)
Salt & Pepper to season
½ Tsp of Garlic Powder
½ Tsp of Onion Powder
½ Tsp of Paprika
½ Tsp of Turmeric (Just to colour the Breadcrumb coating)
200g of Breadcrumbs (Gluten free for us)
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Think of folk who have done you wrong and pound the Pork until it is well and truly flat and dead!
(2) Place in a flat bowl with the Milk and Sliced Onions and pop in the fridge for 2 hours or so.
(3) Remove the Pork and pat dry with kitchen roll.
(4) Season the Pork with Salt & Pepper.
(5) On a plate mix the Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Turmeric, Paprika and Breadcrumbs.
(6) Coat each chop in the Flour mix, then in Egg wash and again in Flour mix.
(7) Coat well with Breadcrumbs.
(8) Heat the Oil in a large frying pan and cook the Pork for 3 to 4 minutes on both sides, until the coating is golden brown.
(9) Fry the reserved Sliced Onion with the sliced Mushrooms and Sauerkraut.

We served ours on of bed of Fried sliced Mushrooms, Sauerkraut and Onions. Very tasty and really inexpensive.

 

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