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

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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‘Creamy’ Garlic Mushroom Chicken Thighs

OK ‘Creamy’ is bracketed as Dairy products are now off the menu due to Sue’s digestive issues. So she’s found a way around this!

Ingredients for the Thighs:-

4 Chicken Thighs
1 Tsp of Onion Powder
1 Tsp of Garlic Powder
½ Tsp of Dried Rosemary
½ Tsp of Dried Thyme
Salt & Pepper to season
2 Tbsp og Honey
2 Tbsp of Olive Oil
1 Tsp of Paprika

Ingredients for the Sauce:-

1 Tbsp of Olive based Margarine
1 Tbsp of Oil
100g of Mushrooms, sliced
4 Cloves of Garlic, minced
1 Tbsp of fresh Parsley, chopped
½ Tsp of Dried Rosemary
½ Tsp of Thyme
1 Tsp of Dijon Mustard
200ml of Almond Milk
200ml of Chicken Stock
2 Tbsp of Almonds, blitzed
Salt & Pepper to season

Method:-

(1) Combine the Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Rosemary, Thyme, Olive Oil, Honey, Paprika and Salt & Pepper.
(2) Spoon over the Chicken evenly.
(3) Place the Chicken in a tray.
(4) Spoon over a little more Oil and place in a pre-heated over at 180c for 25 to 30 minutes, until the Chicken is cook through.
(5) Over a medium heat add the Oil & Margarine to a pan.
(6) Add the Garlic and fry for 30 seconds.
(7) Add the Mushrooms, Thyme, Rosemary and Salt & Pepper.
(8) Continue to fry until the Mushrooms have softened.
(9) Combine the blitzed Almonds to the Almond Milk and whisk into the Chicken Stock.
(10) Pour over the Mushrooms and stir until the Sauce thickens.
(11) Stir in the Mustard and Parsley.
(12) Arrange the Chicken on your plate and pour the Sauce over.


We were over-run with rather sad looking Mushrooms and had all the other ingredients. This recipe was the result and it was really good. We served ours with Bhaji style battered Garlic Mushrooms and tender stem Broccoli wrapped in Bacon.

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