Sunday 24 March 2013

Paper parcels

On today's episode of Stuff We Cooked: wrapping things in paper and putting them in the oven.


Specifically, prawns and green beans (top left), chicken and shredded sweet potato (top right) and more shredded sweet potato (bottom) because there was too much. Flavouring for the prawns was chilli and garlic and for the chicken a middle eastern spice mix - the recipe called for za'atar, but the only one I could find in the supermarket was harissa. I don't actually know what either of these spice mixes involve, but it tasted good.

These things were then sprinkled with vegetable oil and wrapped in their respective pieces of baking paper before being put in the (pre-heated to 200 degrees) oven for about 15 minutes. Once done, they were garnished with parsley (for the prawns) and mint and plain yoghurt (for the chicken and sweet potato).

This was a fairly healthy and very quick meal to make, which is unusual for oven things! Having magical gadgets to shred the sweet potato and finely chop the chilli and garlic definitely helped with the preparation speed though, so if you lack such gadgets, it may take a bit longer.

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