I’ve been making this recipe for years, but until now hadn’t seen a recipe for it, Mum just told me how to make it. When I found this in her collection I realized I’d found where her initial inspiration. It’s so simple to make and tastes great.
This is a low kilojoule recipe for Chicken Noodle Soup. I like that beside the chicken and noodles it also has carrot, leek, creamed corn and two types of onions. More than just a soup, more like a meal in a bowl.
This recipe comes from the back of the Pampas Ready Rolled Puff Pastry pack. Originally Mum had to hand make any pastry she used, so the advent of prepared pastry was almost as good as sliced bread. The first type of prepared pastry came in a block and still needed rolling out which was a bit of a chore, then someone had the great idea of ready rolled sheets and using pastry became a lot easier.
There’s a few versions of this old favourite in Mum’s collection. This one comes from the back of the Continental French Onion Soup Mix packet and is probably the easiest to make, especially if you use the casserole method.
In the 1950s except for fish and chips Chinese was the only takeaway available, you even had to take your own saucepan to the shop for them to put the food in – no plastic containers then. Chicken & Corn soup was always a favourite. Somewhere along the line someone came up with this make-at-home version, which can be adapted to suit what you like or what you have in the cupboard. It’s not as good as the Chinese restaurant variety, but it still tastes good.
This is a great recipe which it looks like Mum found in the Herald Sun cooking column. she passed it onto me and I’ve cooked it many times. It’s quick, easy and tastes great – if you don’t have any leeks you can use a brown onion, but the leek does add extra flavour.
Mum used whatever pieces of paper came to hand to write down recipes. This piece had someone’s address on it, but there was still lots of blank space to add a recipe!!
CHICKEN & TORTELLINI SALAD
Dressing:
Add pasta to a large pan of boiling water. Boil uncovered till tender. Drain. Rinse pasta under cold water, drain well. Meanwhile, heat oil in non stick pan, add fillets, cook 5 mins on each side or until cooked. Cut diagonally into 2 cm strips. Make dressing – combine all ingredients in jar, shake well. Combine, pasta, fillets, spinach and tomato in large bowl, add dressing toss well. Garnish with lemon rind.
I think this recipe must have been a forerunner of the now traditional pub style Parmas. It tastes surprisingly good and works well with chicken too. You can use pre crumbed meat to make it easier, but freshly crumbed is probably nicer.
STEAK PARMA
Coat the meat pieces in egg and the breadcrumb mix, then fry lightly in oil. Place in an ovenproof dish, top with the tomato soup and sliced Mozzarella cheese. Cook in a moderate 180°C for ½ hour.
*How to coat meat in breadcrumbs: Season plain flour with salt & pepper. Beat the egg with a little milk in a shallow bowl. Mix the breadcrumbs with parmesan cheese. Coat the meat lightly with plain flour, then dip the floured meat into the egg mixture. Roll the meat in the breadcrumb mix.
This is one of Mum’s easy and tasty chicken recipes.
CHICKEN IN ORANGE
Put in a casserole and cover with the juice of 2 oranges. Cook in a 170º oven for 1 hour covered. Then take off lid and put 1 rasher of bacon on top. Cook a further ½ hour.
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