Western cooking Recipes

Welcome to Western cooking Recipes by Chef Jackson Teem!

The First Recipe

The Cheesy Wedges
















Ingredients:

• Grated Cheese
• Wedges
  

Firstly, Take some wedges and grill them on a pan. Then take some Grated cheese and put a bit of water (depends if you put a lot of grated cheese, put about 10 ml of water, but if you put a bit of grated cheese, put about 5 ml of water). Then, put the grated cheese with water on a different pan and grill it. Make sure the fire is not so big and also make sure that the wedges has finished being grilled before the cheese does. This is because the cheese hardens fast. So you won't want cheese that has hardened to the pan. Then put the cheese on the wedges. Now it is done.


The Second Recipe
Soup dé Chicken


















Ingredients:

• 1 (3 pound) whole chicken
• 4 carrots, halved
• 4 stalks celery, halved
• 1 large onion, halved
• water to cover
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules (optional)

Firstly, Put the chicken, carrots, celery and onion in a large soup pot and cover with cold water. Heat and simmer, uncovered, until the chicken meat falls off of the bones (skim off foam every so often).Take everything out of the pot. Strain the broth. Pick the meat off of the bones and chop the carrots, celery and onion. Season the broth with salt, pepper and chicken bouillon to taste, if desired. Return the chicken, carrots, celery and onion to the pot, stir together. It is done.


The Third Recipe
Spicy Chicken and sweet potato stew















Ingredients:

• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 pound sweet potato, peeled and cubed
• 1 orange bell pepper, seeded and cubed
• 1 pound cooked chicken breast, cubed
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 cup frozen corn
• 1 (16 ounce) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in onion and garlic; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in sweet potato, bell pepper, chicken, tomatoes, and 2 cups of water. Season with salt, chili powder, cumin, oregano, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and red pepper flakes. Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. Dissolve flour in 2 tablespoons water, and stir in to boiling stew. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the potatoes are tender but not mushy, 10 to 20 minutes. Stir the stew occasionally to keep it from sticking.Once the potatoes are done, stir in corn and kidney beans. Cook a few minutes until hot, then stir in cilantro before serving. It is done.


The Third Recipe
Pizza






















Ingredients:

• 350g strong white plain flour
• 7g easy blend yeast sachet
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 225ml (8 fl oz) milk (or water)
• optional – teaspoon of sugar or honey
• optional – 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• optional – 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper

This takes a couple of hours so you do have to plan ahead with the dough. I have included sugar and salt as optional extras - it's up to you if you want to add them - we all have too much salt and sugar and it is not really necessary in this recipe. Pizza Hut (and they are not alone) have the opposite view - you have to drink a gallon of water after one of their pizzas to quench the salt thirst. Using this amount of dough, you can make 3 pizza bases – either 12-inch thin crust or 8-inch deep-dish or thereabouts – you might have different size trays and maybe only get 2 pizza bases. Divide the dough into 3 roughly equal amounts and using a rolling pin on a floured surface, roll to roughly the same size as the pizza trays that you are using.I am making 2 x 8-inch deep-dish pizza bases and 1 x 12-inch thin crust pizza base. This is enough dough to feed a family of 4 – 2 adults and 2 small children. If you have any little helpers knocking about, get them to help roll the pizzas - get them involved from an early age and they grow up thinking it is normal to make pizza with fresh ingredients rather than pulling a piece of cardboard out of the freezer. Plus with fresh pizza, you know exactly what you are eating - you can skip on the salt and the sugar for instance. Don't go overboard though and try using wholemeal flour - that is just rank. Liberal use of olive oil in the pizza trays – obviously not the trays with the holes in though! Pop the pizza base in the trays and fold the edges if a little too big.