Whenever I cook during the weekends, I always do it in the shortest time possible because I’d usually be alone at home with my toddler. It is not a good idea to spend too much time in the kitchen while watching over a toddler who likes to get up to all sorts of mischief.
So, I usually do a lot of short-cuts in my cooking and one of it is to use the same sauce for two different types of mains and yet come up with absolute different flavours for both of it. Curious? Read on to find out how I do it.
I first use a recipe for BBQ Chicken from here, except that I didn’t exactly follow the whole recipe. Heheh…that’s me, I love to try out new recipes but I somehow never do follow the whole recipe and I tend to change it around.
So, here’s my own version of
Stir-fried Chicken in BBQ sauce
AND
Grilled Lemon & Herbs Salmon
Ingredients for chicken
1/2 chicken, chopped into four pieces (you can also use whole chicken)
2 onions, chopped
1 clove garlic, diced
3 tbsp homemade salsa
2 tbsp ketchup
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp Worchestershire sauce
2 – 3 tbsp mixed fresh herbs (I used basil, thyme, dill and rosemary)
1 capsicum, sliced
Ingredients for salmon
3 tbsp butter
2 tbsp diced garlic
1 lemon
4 tbsp mixed fresh herbs (thyme, dill and rosemary)
1 salmon steak
Instructions
1. Prepare the ingredients for the chicken
2. Heat up some oil in a pan and sautee the garlic and onion till fragrant
3. Add in the sauces and herbs
4. Add in the capsicum and stir fry for a few minutes over medium heat
5. Then pour the sauce onto the chicken and stir to coat the chicken completely to marinade it.
6. Set aside the chicken. But don’t wash the wok / frying pan.
7. Take out a salmon steak
8.Season the salmon with lemon juice
9.Roughly chop the fresh mixed herbs and rub it all over the salmon
10. Turn on the heat of the pan (the same one that was used to stir-fry the sauce for the chicken) and add butter to it.
11. Add garlic and sautee for a few seconds over low heat.
12. Then, add the salmon (together with the herbs) and grill it over medium heat
13. Once it turns opaque with a gorgeous ‘tan’ to it, it is cooked so remove from heat.
14. Now back to the chicken. Add about 3 tbsp butter to the same pan and heat it up.
15. Then, add in the marinated chicken together with the sauce and stir fry over medium to low heat.
16. Stir fry till the chicken is cooked through, about 10 to 15 minutes. Then, you will get this…
The stir fried Chicken in BBQ Sauce is done!
And…
Here’s the
Lemon and Herbs Salmon
You will find that the salmon has a hint of the BBQ sauce but not much as it has its own lemon and herbs flavour.
I serve these two mains with
Stir fried green vegetables
and
Steamed brown rice
That’s a complete meal for the three of us. This is all done within an hour (including preparation time). The trick to using the same frying pan (or wok in my case) for the sauce, then the salmon and then the chicken is to keep the heat at medium or medium low so that it won’t burn.
Of course, the mains can be eaten as is or serve with other side dishes but I think the stir fried chicken in BBQ sauce goes very well with rice due to the sauce.
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Oh Foong, what great photos! I love easy recipes like this. So good, so flavorful, and you don’t have to slave in the kitchen for hours. Well done!
+Jessie
a.k.a. The Hungry Mouse
Very nice! I don’t cook for a group very often, but when I do, I’ll be sure to think of this!
That amount of food is good for more than three…the chicken looks tempting.
Hey, have you ever thought of posting your cooking through a video clip?
Jessie: Thanks. Heheh..that’s me, I don’t like to slave for hours in the kitchen.
550ml: thank you.
ck lam: actually, we had some leftover and ate that for dinner too.
cariso: yes, I have thought of it but….never did get around to doing it…have to figure out a way of holding the camera steady while cooking with the other hand to shoot the video.
Delicious photos! Thanks for sharing these recipes with us!!
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