All posts tagged: Chicken

Vietnamese Chicken Pho

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Pho is a popular street food and perhaps the simplest of soups and an utterly flavorful dish served commonly in all households in Vietnam. Vietnamese Chicken Pho ( to be pronounced as Fuh), essentially called Pho Ga translates into rice noodles with chicken in a fragrant and delicious broth. Pho literally means Rice noodles and Ga is for chicken. This aromatic noodle soup originated in Hanoi and is a milder form of the traditional beef Pho. Quite easily the epitome of Vietnamese cuisine and named the national dish of the country, this aromatic soup originated in Hanoi and is a milder form of the traditional beef Pho. Traditionally Pho Bo, is where the broth is made with beef with an addition of bean sprouts, rice noodles, mixed herbs and lemon juice. The broth is prepared separately and includes whole spices such as star anise, fennel and ginger as flavourings. This makes up for a hearty and healthy one bowl meal that is bursting with flavours. I recently sampled a delectable Pho, here in Toronto at …

Chicken Meat Loaf: Masterchef Approved

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  Traditionally a Meatloaf calls for either ground beef or even mutton mince which works great too.I have been trying to cut back on using red meat and was looking for a leaner option for a meat loaf.Chicken mince is a great low-fat option for most pies and have experimented with it in a Shepherd’s pie as well.I was contemplating using it while experimenting with a meat loaf recipe.Now those of you have been following my journey,probably know that I’ve been involved with content creation for  Masterchef Sanjeev Kapoor’s  Khazana Youtube.It’s been an exhilarating experience indeed. I choose to make up this chicken meat loaf as a recipe for a demo a few weeks ago.I had made this up a couple of times in my kitchen,hence was pretty confident of the outcome.The family too loved it,especially since it comes out really quite moist.I went on with the rest of the demo’s for the day and was pretty much done by lunchtime.Now Alyona Kapoor (Chef Sanjeev Kapoor’s wife) who is a dear friend of mine wanted …