Simple Supper – Ultimate Chicken Burger

  
Every second Friday night is burger night in our house (every other Friday is pizza night). I love a good burger and I love making them at home. This turned out to be my fiancé’s favorite burger so far. It’s easy to make and the whole family will love it!

Ultimate Chicken Burgers

• Servings: 4
• Time: 25 min
• Difficulty: Easy
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Ingredients:

• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
• 4 hamburger rolls
• Lettuce
• 4 large tomato slices
• 4 large gherkins, sliced lengthways
• 8 rashers bacon, cooked
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 4 slices cheese
• 4 slices pineapple
• Burger relish
• Burger sauce (mix 2 tbsp mayo with 1 tbsp ketchup, 1 tbsp mustard and 4 tsp gherkin juice)

Directions:

1. Butterfly your chicken breasts and season with desired seasoning (I use some soy sauce and steak seasoning).
2. Cook chicken breasts in preheated, oiled frying pan for about 5 min a side.
3. Place cheese on top of chicken breasts, cover pan and allow the chicken to steam and the cheese to melt, about 3 -5 min. Remove chicken from the pan and set aside.
4. Grill pineapple in the same pan until you get a golden color on each side.
5. Cut burger buns in half, butter the bottom half of the bun, add lettuce, burger relish, tomato slice, pineapple and gherkins.
6. Place cooked chicken breasts on top of gherkins, top with slices of cooked bacon.
7. Spread burger sauce on top half of bun and add onion slices.
8. Serve with fries or just enjoy it on its own!

My Week in Dinners

Easy mushroom and bacon Alfredo sauce. It’s such a simple and delicious sauce to make for any pasta (I used penne). Cream cheese and a bit of cream make up the base of this yummy sauce.

Angelfish fish fingers with oven fries and a side salad. I love Angelfish because it’s a very meaty fish and is cheaper than Hake (in SA). I just sliced the Angelfish up and coated it in cornflake crumbs, then shallow fried it and finished it in the oven for about 10 min. I also made a quick tartar sauce (mayo, dijon mustard, diced onion & gherkin, pepper, lemon juice and gherkin juice).

I love my chicken pot pie. It’s creamy and comforting. I use diced chicken breast because it cooks quicker and is a bit leaner. The gravy is just made up of white wine, chicken stock, whole grain mustard, thyme and some cream. Delicious!

Quick and easy chicken and guacamole tacos. I do cheat a bit and use Old El Paso crunchy taco shells and their taco seasoning. It’s a quick dinner that requires minimal cooking and time (only have to grill the chicken strips). It’s satisfying and budget friendly.

Every 2nd Friday night is burger night in our house. I usually alternate between chicken and beef. This week we had a cheeseburger topped with awesome onion rings. The onion rings turned out great (I could have eaten a whole bowl of them). I just soaked the onions in buttermilk and dredged them in seasoned flour, then shallow fried them (I don’t want to buy a deep fryer because I’m scared I might try to deep fry everything!). The burger was scrumptious.

Simple Supper – Bacon and Pea Pasta

This is the first short post in a weekly “Simple Supper” recipe segment that I’ll be doing. All the recipes will be easy to make and budget friendly (Bonus!).

This bacon & pea pasta recipe is so simple and delicious that it’s become a firm family favorite in my home. It only takes about 30 min to make and you end up with a light pasta dish that’s comforting & filling! Check out the recipe below 🙂

Simple Bacon and Pea Pasta

• Servings: 4
• Time: 30 mins
• Difficulty: Easy
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Ingredients:

• 350 – 400g pasta (I used Penne)
• 200g streaky bacon, cooked
• 1 cup frozen peas
• Half an onion, chopped
• 100ml white wine
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 125g cream cheese
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• Salt, pepper & paprika, to taste

Directions:

1. Cook pasta in boiling water, until al dente, about 15 mins.
2. Drain pasta and reserve 4 tbsp of the pasta water.
3. Cook bacon until crispy (I cook it in the microwave, on high, 4-5 pieces at a time for about 30 sec – 1 min per piece, but you can cook it anyway you like).
4. While your bacon is cooking, melt butter in a large frying pan, over medium heat.
5. Add peas, onion and garlic to butter and cook for 5 mins.
6. Add wine and saute for an additional 5 mins.
7. Add cream cheese and stir until melted.
8. Season your sauce with salt, pepper and paprika, to taste.
9. Add your reserved pasta water and pasta to your sauce and toss until coated.
10. Serve, topped with grated Parmesan.

My Week in Dinners

This week has been a bit all over the place. We did a road trip to Kimberley on Monday and only came back late on Wednesday night, so most of the week has consisted of fast food (pizza and KFC). I did manage to actually cook 2 meals this week! Next week will be back to normal, so I’ll have at least 4 or 5 photos next week 😊

  
My “fried” chicken strips. Light coating of buttermilk and seasoned flour, shallow fried and then finished in the oven. Very yummy and not so messy!

  
Every Friday night in our house is either pizza or burger night. This Friday was pizza night. Instead of making 1 large pizza, I decided to try something different and make 4 individual “bakery” style pizza. This time we did Parma ham, pineapple, fresh onion and basil. Really loved the individual pizza, so I think this will definitely become a staple in our house!