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Cook restaurant quality meals!

Each box comes with 4 recipe kits and 4 step-by-step recipe cards.

Following the recipes, you combine the kits with 4-6 items from your fridge or cupboard.

Then in just 20 minutes  you'll be enjoying a delicious meal for 2-4 people.

First from this box I cooked the Sichuan Dan Dan Noodles. In this kit you get Chilli Oil Mix, Dan Dan Stock and Sichuan Style Paste.

We've had this dish a few times and it always goes down a treat. The flavours are really nice and work really well together. We always enjoy this dish.

Next cooked from this box I cooked the Mexican Pulled Chicken. In this kit you get Spicy Wedge Seasoning, Chipotle Paste and Mole Sauce.

This is another dish we love and we've had it quite a lot. I love the flavours, they all work perfectly together. As you can see we have different potato wedges because Skye doesn't like sweet potato. I also have to tone down the spices as Skye doesn't like spicy food so I always try and make it mild.

Next from this box I cooked the Thai Red Prawn Curry. In this kit, you get Garlic Paste, Thai Red Paste and Thai Red Garnish.

The flavours always work really well together for this dish. Skye enjoys prawns now so she also enjoys this dish. This has definitely become a favourite for us.

Last from this box I cooked the Japanese Seared Steak. In this kit you get Steak Rub, Shichimi Rice Stock and Shiro Miso Paste.

This is another dish that we always love and enjoy. The spring onions and mushrooms in the rice really adds flavour. The sauce really elevates the steak. This is definitely a delicious dish.

Now let me get to the business side of the Simply Cook boxes, each box comes with 4 recipe kits which include 3 pots of sauces, herb, stock etc, as well as 4 step-by-step recipe cards, that contain the full list of ingredients you'll need, and alternatives etc.

You can choose which dishes you would like in your box, or you can leave it to the Simply Cook gang and let them randomly pick your dishes to enjoy. You can set your preferences whether you're wanting something mild to spicy, something family friendly, there's recipes from all around the world.

You can choose how often you would like your boxes, whether that would be weekly, fortnightly, or even every 4 weeks. You can also change, pause or even cancel your subscription at any time.

Each box is £11.78 or £9.99 if you click ship now, with your first box being a trial price of £3.

If you are interested in making your own Simply Cook subscription, then head over to the Simply Cook website, to check out more details as well as their big catalogue of dishes to make.

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Chinese Sticky Lemon Chicken

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こんにちは 

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My main resolution this year is for myself and Skye to eat more at the table and with that I want to try out new recipes for us to enjoy together. First up is a recipe I came across on the Tesco website and thought I'd give it try.

Ingredients:

2 tbsp light soy sauce

1 lemon, juiced

1 tsp sugar

3 chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces

2 tbsp cornflour

2 tbsp sesame seed oil

4 spring onions, thinly sliced

1 tbsp sesame seeds

For Sauce:

1 small onion, roughly chopped

1 tbsp cornflour

2 lemons, zest and juice

1-2 tbsp clear honey

To Serve (Optional):

Rice

Broccoli

I started off by by roughly chopping my onion.

Then thinly slicing the spring onions.

Then I cut my chicken, which I used mini fillets instead of normal chicken breasts.

Next in a bowl, put the soy sauce, lemon and sugar, and place in the chicken to marinate. Mix to coat and then cover and chill for 10 minutes.

While my chicken was marinating I got the zest and juice from my remaining 2 lemons.

In a bowl add the 2 tbsp's of cornflour, remove the chicken from the marinate with a slotted spoon and toss into the cornflour. Heat 1 tbsp of the sesame seed oil in a wok or large frying pan over a high heat. Add the chicken and and stir-fry until it's crisp and cooked through.

Once cooked remove from the pan onto a plate on kitchen roll if you have any.

Next is to start on the sauce, place the other 1 tbsp of sesame seed oil in the pan and add the onion and cook for 10 minutes, until soft.

Mix the cornflour with 1 tsp of water to make a paste, then add to the pan with the lemon zest, juice, honey and 200 ml of water. Bring to the boil, stirring until the sauce begins to thicken.

Next add the chicken pieces and coat in the sauce, then stir in the spring onions and sesame seeds.

You're now ready to serve, I served mine with rice and broccoli.

I'd happily attempt to cook this again now I know what I'm doing, the sauce was meant to be lighter but because I overdid my onion, it made it darker. I also added the marinate into it too which gave it more of a lemon taste which Skye didn't like. I really liked it and I think I'd like it even more if I stuck to the recipe more and didn't add any extra like I did. Overall I think this is a good recipe to make, it's family friendly, healthier as you know whats going into the dish and it helps with your takeaway cravings.

If you would like to check out this recipe and others then head over the Tesco website for this recipe head to Sticky Lemon Chicken.

See you soon!

안녕

(Annyeong)

さようなら

(Sayonara)

再见

(ZaiJian)

Bye