As it’s just before Chinese New Year, I thought this week I’d choose a Chinese inspired recipe.   I decided to choose something that would take a little more time.  However I was surprised at how easy this recipe was. I chose Chinese lemon chicken and really enjoyed cooking the sauce in the wok. The Chinese five spice in the chicken really added to the dish.

  
I also chose to cook the Chinese baked rice with ginger and peas to go with it. I’ve not done rice in this way before and the cabbage and peas was a great way of including vegetables in the dish.

   
 It was really delicious and felt like home made takeaway for a Saturday night.  I’ll definitely make it again.

This month, I’ve chosen Bill Granger ‘Everyday’ as my cookbook for the month. I have to emit that I’m not as inspired by this book but perhaps that’s why doing the cookbook challenge is a good thing.

  
This week I chose lime, paprika and honey chicken and served it with coconut rice and purple sprouting broccoli.  The recipe was easy to follow and I particularly liked the lime flavour.  I’d certainly make this again for a crowd.