Chicken Stew

Ingredients:
400gm Chicken meat, cut into bite size
1/4 tsp Tarragon (optional)
1/4 tsp Rosemary (optional)
3 Celery stick, cut into cube
1 Carrot, cut into cube
1 Onion, cut into cube
Button mushroom, cut into half
3 Garlic, chopped
1 Bay leave
50ml White/Red wine (optional)
100ml Chicken stock
Salt & Crashed Black pepper
2 tbsp Oil

Method:
1. Marinate the chicken with some tarragon, rosemary, salt and pepper.
2. Saute onion with oil in a pot until soft.
3. Add in garlic continue to saute till golden brown.
4. Add in chicken and cook for 2 minutes.
5. Add the carrot, celery, mushroom, bay leave and mix well.
6. Pour in wine and chicken stock. Mix well and put the lid on, simmer in slow fire for 45minutes to 1 hour.
7. Season with salt and pepper to taste, continue to cook for 10-20 minutes.
8. Ready to serve with some bread.

Tips:
1. You may use this stew for chicken pie filling.
2. You may also serve this with pasta-
Simply boil a serving of pasta and toss with 1 portion of the chicken stew.

And you get this - Simple 1 dish meal

Chicken and Pasta in Mushroom Cream Sauce

Ingredients:
1 portion Pasta(Penne or Rigatoni)
Chicken drumstick/ Chicken thigh cutlets
Button Mushroom, sliced
2 cloves Garlic, crushed
20ml White wine (Optional)
150ml Cream
Oil
Salt & crushed black pepper

Method:
1. Cook the pasta to "al dente"; drain and keep a side.
2. Season chicken with some salt and pepper
3. Heat oil in the pan, cook chicken until browned both sides and cooked trough. Cover chicken to keep warm.
4. Drain away some excess oil then add in mushroom and garlic cook for 2-3 minutes or until mushroom are browned lightly.
5. Add wine and stir well until liquid is almost evaporated.
6. Add cream and continue cooking until sauce thicken slightly.
7. Season with salt and pepper.
8. Stir in pasta mix well or until heated through.
9. Dish the pasta into a plate, top with hot chicken.
10. Garnish with some crushed black pepper.
11. Ready to serve.

Baked Pasta

Ingredients:
1 portion Pasta
100gm Prawns
4 nos Button Mushroom, Sliced
5 tbsp Home-made Tomato sauce
1 tsp Olive oil
2 nos Garlic
Salt & crushed black pepper
Mozarella Cheese, shaved

Method:
1. Cook the pasta to "al dente"
2. Pre heat the oven at 180c for 15 minutes.
3. Heat olive oil in the pan, put in garlic cook for 2 minute
4. Add the prawns and button mushroom and cook for 5 minutes
5. Add the Home-made Tomato sauce and cook for 2 minutes
6. Stir in cooked pasta, season with salt and pepper. Cook for 1 minute
7. Dish it into a baking dish/bowl, top with lots of Mozzarella cheese.
8. Baked in a oven at 180c for 10 minutes, just to let the cheese melt and brown.
9. Ready to serve. Watch out, it's Hot!
Tips:
1. You may also use seafood, bacon, chicken.

Pasta with Smoked Salmon

Ingredients:
1 portion Pasta
2 slices Smoked Salmon (Cut into cube)
4 tbsp Home-made Red Wine Cream Sauce
4 nos Button Mushroom (Sliced)
1 tsp Olive oil
2 nos Garlic (Chopped)
Salt & crushed black pepper
Shaved Parmesan Cheese (optional)

Method:
1. Cook the pasta to "al dente"
2. Heat olive oil in the pan, cook garlic for 1 minute
3. Add the button mushroom and cook for 2-3 minutes
4. Stir in cooked pasta, Home-made Red Wine Cream sauce and cook for 2-3 minutes
5. Sprinkle the smoked salmon and mix well.
5. Season with salt and pepper.
6. Garnish with some crushed black pepper and sprinkle some Parmesan Cheese on top.
7. Ready to serve.

Pasta with Tomato sauce

I decided just do something simple for my solo lunch by using whatever available in the kitchen....

Ingredients:
1 portion Pasta
1 nos Hotdog / Sausage-Sliced (Optional)
3 tbsp Home-made Tomato sauce
1 tsp Olive oil
2 nos Garlic
Salt & crushed black pepper
Shaved Parmesan Cheese (optional)

Method:
1. Cook the pasta to "al dente"
2. Heat olive oil in the pan, put in garlic cook for 2 minute
3. Add the sausage and cook for 3 minutes
4. Add the Home-made Tomato sauce and cook for 5 minutes
5. Stir in cooked pasta, season with salt and pepper. Cook for 1 minute
6. Ready to serve.

Tips:
1. You may sprinkle some Parmesan Cheese on top.
2. You may substitute button mushroom for sausage, if you like it to be vegetarian. Or put both the ingredients.
3. You may also use seafood, bacon, chicken.