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Crumbed chicken and mashed spuds

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Today I worked from home. I had a few personal matters to handle. It was easier to be away from work. I work with a great team.

For lunch I reheated a vegetable curry and served it with noodles.

Vegetable curry

For dinner I had a couple of skinless chicken thighs and some spuds. I decided to crumb the chicken and mash the spuds. I mashed the spuds in my trusty potato ricer.

Potato ricer

For the crumb I used a couple of pieces of Helga’s pumpkin seed bread, some Spike, mixed herbs and Madras curry powder. I used the traditional flour, egg and crumb technique.

Crumbed chicken

I shallow fried the chicken and had some flour, egg and crumb leftover so I thought perhaps I can also crumb the asparagus and broccolini. The carrots were steamed and topped with honey. And because I’m me, I added a little Hass avocado.

Crumbed chicken, asparagus and broccolini with mashed spuds and avocado and carrot

Crumbed chicken, asparagus and broccolini with mashed spuds and avocado and carrot

It was delicious.

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Reed avocado. My verdict.

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In yesterday’s post I wrote about buying a Reed avocado for the first time. After a day of ripening with a banana I tried my first Reed avocado. When I picked it up it was still firm to hard. As I sliced through to the seed it didn’t feel green and felt like a just ripe avocado should. On cracking it open though the flesh is very light and creamy. There was also a milky substance which oozed between the skin and flesh. I had been warned of this by Instagram and Twitter friends.

The avocado accompanied a piece of skinless chicken thigh which had been in a moderate oven for forty minutes, a cob of sweet corn which had been oven cooked with the chicken too. The chicken sat on a bed of mashed potato which I had prepared through a ricer and had a little light cream and olive oil spread added.

Chicken with Reed avocado | I like my potato ‘mashed’ with a ricer, that said, I like it having a slightly rustic and rough look.

Chicken with Reed avocado | The avocado looks like it isn’t ripe, yet it is soft and creamy. I was so happy it wasn’t stringy which is what I really feared.

 

 

The flesh was soft and creamy, it didn’t have a strong flavour of avocado so this may suit some people who don’t like a strong flavour. It wasn’t stringy which was a big plus for me. The flesh itself tasted nice with the corn and potato.

I have another Reed avocado which I will use tomorrow night. We’ll see how that goes. At the moment, the Hass avocado remains the variety of choice for me.

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