Chicken Maryland

Delicious Chicken Maryland with crispy rice recipe

Here we go again with another delicious Chicken Maryland with crispy rice recipe. Apart from salmon, Chicken Maryland is a favourite here on Yummy Lummy.

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So what is in tonight’s dinner?

  • one piece of chicken Maryland
  • one packet of quinoa rice cooked in the microwave oven according to the manufacturer’s instructions
  • a handful of grated cheese, I prefer Coon cheese but tonight I went with some generic tasty cheese
  • some sliced capsicum pieces
  • sliced jalapeño peppers
  • sliced red chillies and spring onions
  • freshly cracked black pepper

How did I put it all together?

  1. I cooked the quinoa rice in the microwave oven for 90 seconds and put it into the bottom of a nonstick frying pan
  2. I laid over some capsicum pieces and then some grated cheese
  3. The piece of Chicken Maryland went on next followed by some cracked pepper and then a little more cheese
  4. That went into an oven which had been heated to 200 °C for 20 minutes and then the oven was turned down to 150 °C for 40 minutes
  5. After an hour I removed the frying pan being careful to use an oven mitt
  6. I let everything rest for 10 minutes
  7. I prepared a plate and garnished with some spring onions, jalapeño peppers and red chillies

Preparing for the photograph

  1. I shot a photograph
  2. Ate the meal
  3. Washed the dishes
  4. Wrote the recipe
  5. Made a nice picture in Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop
  6. Blogged and vlogged (verbs)
Baked cheesy Chicken Maryland with crispy quinoa rice, capsicum, jalapeños, chillis and spring onions
Baked cheesy Chicken Maryland with crispy quinoa rice, capsicum, jalapeños, chillis and spring onions

How did it taste?

It was pretty good. The cheesy chicken skin was crisp, the muscle bundles were tender and moist. The quinoa rice was crispy and the cheese added a nice taste and texture to the dish. The jalapeño peppers and chillies also helped me just how deadened my sense of taste and smell is while I am unwell.

Final words

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Will spam heal my manflu?

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What does spam have to do with manflu?

I have manflu, I hate being sick. I try not to use the word hate much, but I really do not like being ill. I wonder, will spam help?

It started as a cough that kept me awake on Tuesday night. On Wednesday it progressed and I had a headache and the beginning of some nasal sinus congestion. On Thursday it was much the same but on Thursday afternoon I started feeling worse. I decided on Thursday evening that I would have to stay home from work on Friday. I hate that. I really like work.

So the question remains will spam heal my manflu? This could become a new form of healing. I can’t imagine it could be any worse than naturopathy, acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, herbal medicine, homoeopathy, and ozone therapy. I’ve recently completed a short course in evidence-based medicine. I will need to think about a randomised controlled trial to determine if spam can make any difference to manflu. Just imagine if I find the cure!

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Spam, vegemite and cheesy chicken

So tonight in my weakened state I decided to eat something comforting with the piece of Chicken Maryland I had in the refrigerator.

I’ve already shown just how good vegemite and chicken can me so adding spam must make it better! Am I right?

What you need to make this dish

  • I used a piece of Chicken Maryland
  • I used a slice of Swiss cheese because I ran out of Coon cheese
  • Two slices of spam
  • a few rings of red onion
  • a dessert spoon from a jar of caramelised onion
  • a good smear of vegemite
  • Toasted light rye bread
  • Coleslaw and avocado with garlic aioli

How do you put it all together?

  1. Toast the bread
  2. Spread a good smear of vegemite on the toast
  3. Lay on the slices of spam
  4. Add the red onion
  5. Spoon the caramelised onion onto the spam
  6. Put the chicken on top
  7. Lay the slice of cheese on the chicken
  8. Place into the oven at 200 °C for 20 minutes and then at 150 °C for 40 minutes
  9. After 60 minutes remove the chicken and allow it to rest for 10 minutes
  10. Plate up with the avocado coleslaw

Get it ready to photograph

  1. Shoot the photograph
  2. Eat the meal
  3. Wash the dishes
  4. Write the recipe
  5. Make a nice picture using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop
  6. Blog and Vlog (verbs)
Spam, vegemite and cheesy Chicken Maryland with avocado coleslaw
Spam, vegemite and cheesy Chicken Maryland with avocado coleslaw
Spam, vegemite and cheesy Chicken Maryland with avocado coleslaw
Spam, vegemite and cheesy Chicken Maryland with avocado coleslaw

How did it taste?

The chicken was moist and tender and the skin was crisp and cheesy. The bread had a nice crunch and had absorbed the chicken, spam, onion and vegemite flavours. Obviously the coleslaw, avocado and garlic aioli contrasted nicely with the saltiness of the vegemite and spam. I did use salt reduced vegemite but I’ve never used salt reduced spam. I must try it to see what it tastes like.

 

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Final words

This made me feel happy. Let’s see if it makes me feel better! Taking an aspiring before cooking dinner probably helped as well.

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Vegemite Chicken Maryland

Vegemite chicken! Really?

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Vegemite

Vegemite chicken I hear you query! Now if you don’t like vegemite this may not appeal to you. If you’ve never tried vegemite I suggest you give it a go. You’ve got nothing to lose. If you like vegemite, then if you haven’t already done this here is another way to enjoy vegemite plus chicken.

I’m guessing most readers have heard about if not tasted vegemite. Even if you aren’t Australian, I think it’s such an iconic Australian product (albeit owned by an American company) that most people know of it.

If you haven’t heard about it, then visit the website https://www.vegemite.com.au/ where you’ll learn all about this product which is the result of yeasty goodness.

If you don’t like vegemite but you like other spreads like marmite or promite, I expect you could substitute the vegemite out for the product of your choice.

What you need

  • Vegemite
  • Chicken (I used a piece of Chicken Maryland [thigh and drumstick with the skin on])
  • Bread (I used a piece of light rye bread)
  • Cheese (I used some Coon cheese which I grated)
  • Onion (I used some red or Spanish onion) thinly sliced
  • Other plant matter (Basically I’d be happy with just the chicken and the vegemite on the bread but there are people who also like other plant material)

What you need to do with all this stuff

  1. Lightly toast the bread, it’ll absorb the chicken juices anyway but if it’s toasted it’s easier to spread the vegemite so you’re not tearing the bread. It also means you could use some stale bread. In theory, if it’s just about spreading the vegemite more easily you could use a piece of frozen bread.
  2. Spread on some vegemite. If you don’t like a lot just use a smear, if you like vegemite a lot then coat the bread as thickly as you like.
  3. Add the onion rings
  4. Add the grated cheese
  5. Top with the piece of chicken
  6. Add some cracked black pepper
  7. Put into a 200 °C oven for 20 minutes and then 150 °C for 40 minutes
  8. After 1 hour remove the chicken from the oven and allow to rest for 10 minutes
  9. During the resting phase, you can prepare plant material. I used some avocado. I also had some chives and sliced red chilli as garnish.

Prepare for the photograph

  1. Plate up so it looks presentable
  2. Shoot a photograph
  3. Eat the meal
  4. Wash the dishes
  5. Make a picture by editing the photograph with Adobe Lightroom and/or Adobe Photoshop
  6. Write the recipe
  7. Blog and Vlog (verbs)
Vegemite Chicken Maryland with cheesy onion and avocado
Vegemite Chicken Maryland with cheesy onion and avocado

How did it taste?

Salty! Of course, it’s salty, vegemite is salty. It also had that lovely cheesy oniony vegemite flavour coupled with the moist tenderness of the chook’s dark meat delights.

Final words

This is a quick and easy way to use up some bread and make it taste better with vegemite, cheese and onion. It becomes a substantial meal with the piece of chicken.

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Crispy noodles and Chicken Maryland

Crispy noodles

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So have you noticed have I’ve started to do YouTube videos on some of my meals? Tonight I do crispy noodles. You can check out the videos I’ve put together on my YouTube channel.

I know they’re pretty amateurish and I’m only doing it because it’s another skill to learn and I like learning things with a geeky nerdy technological aspect to them. I’m not for one moment thinking I’ve become competent with food photography but I feel like I am familiar with editing software like Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop. I’m now learning how to use iMovie and Final Cut Pro X.

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Introduction

I’ve cooked noodles like this a lot of times and while it is not as good as frying (deep or shallow) the noodles for a consistent crispness, this method of cooking is multidimensional. Immediately under the piece of chicken the noodles often remain moist but contain all the flavour from the juices from the chicken. Combined with some cheese, the noodles not covered by the chicken dry out and become crisp and have a nice cheesy taste. Cooking the piece of chicken on a small mound of noodles is potentially problematic in that heat to the chicken is mainly via the sides and the top. Getting adequate heat into the chicken from below takes longer because of the relative insulation provided by the noodles. The last thing you want is inadequately cooked chicken. As much as I like Salmonella and Campylobacter as enteric pathogens, I don’t like having enterocolitis with the associated fever, abdominal colic and diarrhoea. This means you need to cook the chicken and noodles for about an hour to get the internal temperature right to kill vegetative bacterial cells. You don’t want to see red blood and you don’t want red or really pink flesh.

At the same time, you don’t want to overcook the food. Dried chicken is awful and you may as well eat breast (yes I’m a thigh man). The noodles will also begin to burn and take on a nasty taste. I find cooking at 200 °C for 20 minutes and then at 150 °C for 40 minutes to be adequate and safe.

So what do you need?

  • Two-minute noodles with the flavour sachet
  • Grated cheese (I like Coon cheese)
  • Spring onions or chives
  • Chilli slices
  • Chicken Maryland (or a piece of chicken thigh or what Coles has started calling chicken cutlets)
  • Pepper
  • Salt
  • Chilli flakes
  • Avocado
  • Olive oil

How do you put it all together?

  1. I cook my noodles in a bowl of water that has just boiled in my electric kettle
  2. I cook the noodles in the hot water until they are soft
  3. Drain the noodles and add some cheese, spring onions and chilli slices and stir through
  4. Place a sheet of baking paper into a baking tray
  5. On the baking paper add the noodles, cheese, spring onions and chilli slices.
  6. Add the piece of Chicken Maryland on top
  7. Add some pepper, salt and chilli flakes
  8. Put it into an oven at 200 °C for 20 minutes and then 150 °C for 40 minutes

Prepare for a photograph

  1. Remove the chicken from the oven and allow it to rest for 10 minutes
  2. Transfer the baking paper from the baking tray and then transfer the Chicken on the noodles onto a plate
  3. Add some diced avocado which has been mixed with a little olive oil and spring onions
  4. Shoot the photograph (I like using a 90 mm Tamron Macro lens at f/22)
  5. Eat the meal
  6. Wash the dishes
  7. Write the recipe
  8. Blog and vlog (verbs)
Crispy noodles and chicken Maryland with avocado
Crispy noodles and chicken Maryland with avocado

How does it taste?

Well, the chicken was perfect. The skin was crispy, the cooked muscle was moist and tender and tasty.

The noodles not covered by the chicken was a little overcooked but it was crispy and had a good crunch.

The noodles under the chicken were moist and soft and full of flavour.

I think regular readers know that I love avocado!

Final words

If you like the texture and good mouthfeel, crispy noodles are great.

Give it a go and let me know what you think.

 

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What I’ve eaten this week

Another week

It’s been a good week in food. While my predictability remains high, there has been some variation. I’ve also been trying to vary how I share what I’ve been eating. I’m using Snapchat more especially video which I share via Instagram. I’ve also been producing a few more YouTube videos to share how I have prepared food. I set up a page for them.

Split pea and ham soup

Last Sunday I made split pea and ham soup again in an attempt to get it to look more green. Instead of carrot I used potato. It wasn’t much greener.

 

Slow cooker split green pea and ham soup with Jalapeño peppers and chilli for kick
Slow cooker split green pea and ham soup with Jalapeño peppers and chilli for kick

Salmon

I cooked salmon in paper one night and a quick pan fried version the following evening.

Salmon cooked in paper with sugar snap peas and onion served with avocado
Salmon cooked in paper with sugar snap peas and onion served with avocado
Salmon cooked in paper with sugar snap peas and onion served with avocado
Salmon cooked in paper with sugar snap peas and onion served with avocado

Pan fried salmon with pearl barley couscous and chickpeas
Pan fried salmon with pearl barley couscous and chickpeas

Chicken Maryland

On Wednesday night I made cheesy Chicken Maryland with leftover slow cooker oyster blade steak.

Slow cooker oyster blade steak with Chicken Maryland served with avocado
Slow cooker oyster blade steak with Chicken Maryland served with avocado

On Friday evening I wrapped my Chicken Maryland in Pialligo estate artisan bacon

Bacon wrapped chicken Maryland
Bacon wrapped chicken Maryland

Chicken schnitzel wrap

On Thursday at lunch time I had a chicken schnitzel with chips wrap with friends

Royal chicken schnitzel chip butty with pink lemonade
Royal chicken schnitzel chip butty with pink lemonade

McDonald’s Double Quarter Pounder with a large vanilla thick shake

Thursday was a long day. I started with a 6 am teleconference and ended with a lecture at the ANU Medical School from 5.30 to 7.15 pm. I stopped at McDonalds on the way back to the apartment.

#dinner of champions from @mcdonaldsau #snapchat #iphone #instafood #foodporn #yummy

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Raisin toast after a 6 am teleconference #breakfast #yummy #delicious #instafood #foodporn #iphone #snapchat

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Roast pork with crispy crackling and potatoes

On Friday while working at The Canberra Hospital I enjoyed a meal of roast pork with crispy crackling and potatoes

Roast pig with crispy crackling and spuds #lunch #yummy #delicious #instafood #foodporn #iphone #snapchat

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Bacon and eggs

Saturday morning called for bacon and eggs

Pialligo Estate bacon and eggs
Pialligo Estate bacon and eggs

Garlo’s pie and sausage roll

Saturday lunch was a little extravagant with a pie and sausage roll

Garlo’s pie and sausage roll for #lunch #delicious #yummy #foodporn #instafood #iphone #snapchat

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Garlo's beef and mushroom pie with Worcestershire sauce and a Garlo's sausage roll with barbecue sauce
Garlo’s beef and mushroom pie with Worcestershire sauce and a Garlo’s sausage roll with barbecue sauce

 

Fried noodles

Saturday night was ‘vegetarian’ fried noodles with vegetables

Fried noodles with cheese and vegetables
Fried noodles with cheese and vegetables

Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra

It’s a 3 pelican day on #lakeginninderra #belconnen #canberra #cbr #iphone #snapchat

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Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Park bench on Lake Ginninderra
Park bench on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra
Pelicans on Lake Ginninderra