This leftover roast chicken with white beans and spinach is a quick one-pan dinner made with cannellini beans, garlic, lemon, parsley and Parmesan. It is fresh and comforting at the same time, with creamy beans, tender chicken and just enough stock to bring everything together. Because the chicken is already cooked, it is added right…
Category: Chicken
Spring Chicken Tray Bake with Asparagus, Baby Potatoes & Lemon
There’s something about the first good asparagus of the season that immediately makes me want to change the way I’m cooking. After months of hearty winter dishes, I start craving dinners that still feel satisfying but have a little more freshness and colour about them. That was really the starting point for this Spring Chicken…
Roast Chicken with Grapes and Tarragon
Roast Chicken with Grapes is a simple one-tray dinner made with golden chicken Marylands, purple grapes, shallots, white wine and fresh tarragon. As everything roasts together, the pan fills with flavour, creating a rich sauce that’s perfect spooned over the chicken at the table. A friend first made a version of this for me years…
Chicken and Mushroom Vol-au-Vents
These Chicken and Mushroom Vol-au-Vents combine crisp puff pastry with a creamy filling of chicken, mushrooms, white wine, crème fraîche and fresh tarragon. They look impressive on the plate but are surprisingly easy to make using ready-made puff pastry. When I was in primary school, I went to a sleepover at a friend’s house and…
Spanish Garlic Chicken (Pollo al Ajillo)
Some dishes instantly take you back to a place. For me, this one brings back a tapas stop in Malaga — cold drinks on the table, warm evening air, and one of those gloriously garlicky dishes that arrives with absolutely no pretence and disappears almost immediately. The version I had was closer to tapas-style chicken…
Chicken and Corn Soup (Using Leftover Roast Chicken)
A roast chicken in this house is never just one meal. There’s always something left, and while a quick salad or sandwich is fine, this is what I actually want to make when the weather cools down. Something warm, simple and properly satisfying. This chicken and corn soup uses leftover roast chicken and builds flavour…
BBQ Chicken Satay with Homemade Peanut Sauce
When the weather warms up, I start reaching for BBQ recipes that let me prep ahead and then switch off. Satay has become one of my favourites for exactly that reason — the chicken happily marinates in the fridge until I’m ready, the skewers cook in minutes, and the peanut sauce can be made earlier…
Lemon Chicken and Orzo Soup (Avgolemono)
The weather in Sydney has been beautiful lately — warm, sunny, and full of that promise that summer’s just around the corner. But, as always happens in spring, the moment I take the big blankets off the beds and start dreaming of lighter meals, a cold snap hits. Suddenly I’m pulling on a jumper again…
Grilled Chicken with Sauce Vierge
When the weather warms up, I love firing up the BBQ. There’s something about the golden, crispy skin of chicken cooked over the grill paired with the bright, zesty flavours of a fresh sauce that makes dinner feel like a holiday. This recipe for BBQ chicken thighs with Sauce Vierge is simple, Mediterranean-inspired, and perfect…
Old-Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup
There’s something deeply comforting about a big pot of chicken noodle soup simmering on the stove, especially when the weather takes a turn. It’s been cold and rainy the last few days here in Sydney, and my whole family has come down with the sniffles — which means it’s time to make this old-fashioned chicken…