Orange Chicken Dec09

Orange Chicken

Ingredients 2 chicken breasts, diced 2-3 dried red chillies 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 medium onion, sliced 1 red capsicum, sliced 1 inch ginger, minced oil for deep frying Batter ½ cup flour ¼ cup corn flour ½ cup water ½ tsp baking powder 1 egg salt Sauce Juice of 2 oranges 2 tbsp dry sherry 1 tsp minced orange rind 1 tsp corn flour 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tsp sugar ½ tsp sesame oil   Method Mix up the batter. Mix the sauce ingredients and set aside. Dip the chicken in the batter and deep fry until golden brown. Place the cooked chicken on a plate lined with a paper towel. Remove oil from the pan and...

Moussaka

Ingredients 2 large eggplants olive oil 1 large onion minced beef 1 red capsicum 1 tsp dried basil chilli powder feta cheese mozzarella cheese salt and pepper Method Preheat the oven to 200ºC. Cut the eggplants in half lengthways, score the flesh in a crisscross pattern and brush liberally with olive oil. Place the aubergine halves in a shallow baking dish and roast in the oven for 30 minutes. After the cooking time, remove the aubergine from the oven and scoop out most of the cooked flesh, leaving a sturdy shell. Chop the flesh and set the flesh and shells aside. Heat the oil in a large frying pan,  add the onion,  beef and capsicum,...