Is the UK getting more technical in the kitchen during quarantine?
As the UK remains on quarantine lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, the epidemic is testing the countries ability to cook.
With restaurants and takeaways across the country closed for the foreseeable future, Brits are forced to practice their culinary skills. But, what dishes are the UK cooking during lockdown?
Food Box Company Gousto tracked which recipes the UK has been searching for while self-isolating.
With an average popularity score of 20,297, Asian inspired dishes landed three spots on the Top 10 Most Popular Quarantine Recipes:
- Sticky Chicken With Soy Sesame & Chilli – 27,632
- Chilli Chicken Ramen – 19,264
- Chicken Katsu Curry – 13,996
Bringing a taste of Asia to your kitchen table! This homemade chicken ramen is a recreation of the popular Wagamama dish, with a flavourful broth, roasted chicken and soft noodles. Finish with sliced red onion, spring onion, coriander leaves, and a lime wedge. Super tasty!
Hannah’s Top Tip: “Use a teaspoon to scrape the seeds out of your chilli before chopping finely and to get more juice out of a lime, simply roll it with your hand on a hard surface and cut in half.”
Chilli Chicken Ramen
We’ve teamed up with wagamama to bring your fave Chilli Chicken Ramen to your kitchen table! Whip up your own warming noodle soup with marinated chicken, fresh chilli and lime.
Prep Time Cuisine
25 min Asian
- 1 red onion – red onion
- 1 red chilli – red chilli
- 1 lime – lime
- 15g fresh root ginger – ginger
- 1 spring onion – spring onion
- 10g coriander – coriander(100%)
- 1 large British chicken breast fillet – chicken breast fillet (100%)
- 1 sriracha hot chilli sauce sachet (8ml) – chilli, sugar, garlic, salt, water, e260, e330, e415, e202
- 1 soy sauce sachet (15ml) – water, soy bean, wheat (gluten), salt, alcohol (ethanol)
- Kallo chicken stock cube – Sea salt, maize starch, glucose syrup, palm oil, raw cane sugar, yeast extract, chicken meat powder, chicken fat, natural flavouring, roasted onions, turmeric, pepper, parsley, rosemary
- Medium egg noodles (2 nests) – Wheat flour (calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), pasteurised free range whole egg (5%), salt, colour (carotenes), firming agents: potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, acidity regulator: citric acid.
- Allergens highlighted by † (gluten, soya, egg)
In addition to the recipe specific allergen information provided, due to production and packing methods Gousto boxes may also contain low levels of the following allergens: Cereals containing gluten; Crustaceans; Eggs; Fish; Peanuts; Soya; Milk; Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews ,pecan nuts ,brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts; Celery; Sesame; Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites; Lupin; Molluscs; Mustard.
Preheat the oven to 220°C/ 200°C (fan)/ 425°F/ Gas 7
Boil a kettle
Peel (scrape the skin off with a teaspoon) and finely grate the ginger, then combine it in a bowl with the soy sauce – this is your ginger soy marinade
Place your hand flat onto the chicken breast[s] and slice in half as if you were cutting a burger bun, so you are left with 2 [4] thinner pieces
Add the sliced chicken to the ginger soy marinade and give everything a good mix up
Line a baking tray with baking paper
Add the chicken to the tray and put the tray in the oven for 12-15 min or until cooked through (no pink meat!)
While the chicken is cooking, peel and slice the red onion[s] (as finely as you can!)
Slice the red chilli[es] finely
Tip: Deseed them if you can’t handle the heat!
Trim, then slice the spring onion[s] finely
Cut 1/2 [1] lime into wedges
Pick the coriander leaves from the stalks
Dissolve the Kallo chicken stock cube[s] and Sriracha hot chilli sauce in 500ml [1L] boiled water – this is your spicy ramen base
Add the spicy ramen base to a pot over a very-low heat and cook for 5-6 min or until warmed through
Re-boil a kettle
Add the medium egg noodles to a separate pot and cover them with boiled water until fully submerged
Bring to the boil over a high heat and cook for 5-6 min or until cooked with a slight bite
Once done, drain and set aside
Once cooked, remove the cooked chicken from the oven and slice it finely
Add the drained noodles to deep bowls and pour over the spicy ramen base
Top with the sliced chicken, sliced red chilli (can’t handle the heat? Go easy!), a handful of sliced red onion, spring onion, coriander leaves and a lime wedge
Enjoy!
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