30 Minute Meal Recipes Food Cooking International Guide
30 Minute Meal Is Easy To Prepare And Cook
By Patricia Gorginas
30 minute meal is easy to prepare when you have all the ingredients
lined up and ready to cook. The secret to your success is to review
your options and use easy and quick recipes, with ingredients
always available in your kitchen. For example, depending on your
food choices, you should always have some meat, vegetables, herbs
and seasonings.
Once you arrive home, you are exhausted and do not want to spend
two long hours in the kitchen, preparing your ingredients and
cooking. You want to serve your family a delicious and nutritious
meal, every night.
This is the time when you need to prepare and cook a 30 minute meal.
A Quick Meal After A Long Day
I love to cook, but there just isn’t always time to prepare the
complicated and exotic meals I dream up. In reality, when I get
home from a long day at work, I don’t want to spend hours in the
kitchen preparing dinner.
That’s why I value quick, easy and healthy recipes like Dominican
Chicken, a dish I adapted from an authentic Dominican recipe.
I turned a friend’s family recipe into a simple but delicious
30 minute meal.
A 30 Minute Chicken Meal
The ingredients are few and the steps are simple, making this
chicken dish your perfect 30 minute meal. All you need is a couple
of chicken breasts, a can of tomato paste, a lime, some white
vinegar and some diced fresh cilantro – and of course salt and
pepper. Amounts don’t have to be exact. You want to taste your
food frequently and spice it just the way you like it best.
The first step is to cut up the chicken into about 1-inch cubes.
Honestly, if you’re in a rush, you can cook the breasts whole
as well. That might take another 5 minutes out of your 30 minute
meal, which can help when you’re pressed for time.
Lets Start Cooking
Personally, I prefer to cube the chicken. Heat some olive oil
– just one or two tablespoons – in a large skillet or wok. When
the oil is nice and hot, then throw in the chicken cubes. Cook
them on medium-high heat until they’re browned on every side.
When the chicken is cooked on the outside, turn the heat down
to medium-low. Then add to the pan about 2 tablespoons of tomato
paste, one tablespoon of vinegar, and the juice of the lime.
Improve The Taste With Salt And Pepper
Stir it all together and let it cook for about 5 – 10 minutes.
You really just want it to cook until the chicken is cooked through.
Season it with salt and pepper to taste. Just before serving,
stir in the cilantro. I usually use about one quarter cup, but
it really is a matter of taste.
This fabulous and oh-so-easy 30 minute meal will absolutely wow
your family with its fresh and slightly exotic flavors. Serve
it with Spanish style rice, which is also super easy and delicious.
Cooking Spanish Style Rice
Simply sauté some uncooked rice in olive oil until the rice begins
to brown. Add diced onions and tomatoes and stir for about 2 minutes.
Then add chicken stock – just use the amount of water you would
normally use with the amount of rice you used. Cover and let it
simmer for 15 – 20minutes.
Then season with salt to taste. If you do the rice alongside
the chicken, it won’t add any time to your 30 minute meal. But
it will impress your guests!
An Easy And Delicious Meal
Especially when you have been told that the guests will be arriving
in an hour or so and you have nothing cooked. This is your opportunity
to cook the 30 minute meal. If you follow the recipe, you should
have the meal prepared, cooked and ready for serving within 30
minutes.
Many of the ingredients can be changed, and improved. For example
if you want a low fat meal, you can remove the skin from the chicken
or buy skinless chicken breasts from the food store. There are
also low calorie tomato paste, to use in a low fat meal.
Cooking For Your Family And Guests
This is the kind of delicious meal, you can make to cook and
place on your table within 30 minutes. You can cook for one or
the whole family and guests. There are times when you can cook
long complicated meals, when you have the day off work and you
have all day to prepare a delicious, well prepared and cooked
meal. But these times may be rare. Most times, meals have to be
prepared quickly to feed a whole family.
These are the times when you want to make a 30 minute meal.
About the Author:
Patricia Gorginas has written a number of articles on easy dinners, cooking, recipes and food including
Quick Recipes,
Italian Cooking,
Dinner Party Ideas,
Chocolate Cake,
Muffin Baskets,
Cheese Recipes,
Food And Wine,
Boost Your Metabolism,
Italian Food,
French Food.
Keep a lookout for more of her articles on this website.
Did You Know?
No one wants to go into the kitchen to prepare a meal only to
find out that you do not have the right utensils, pots or pans.
It can be disastrous trying to prepare a meal this way.
Unless you eat out for every meal or eat prepackaged foods you
are going to need the right cookware for the job. Most sets are
now extremely affordable and are made of durable materials that
heat and cook quite well. Some can even go from stove top to oven
without being damaged.
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