Trusted British chef recipes, tested at home
Jamie Oliver’s paprika spatchcock chicken is a whole chicken halved, rubbed with smoked paprika and roasted on the oven bars above a tray of peppers, potatoes and thyme. It’s a five-ingredient dinner that serves 4 in an hour. In 5 Ingredients Mediterranean (2023) the clever part is where the chicken sits. Roasting the halves directly …
Jamie Oliver’s mango chutney fish balls are blitzed white fish, rice and creamed coconut, rolled, fried until golden and tossed in mango chutney, served on lime-dressed cucumber. They take 20 minutes and serve 4. In Simply Jamie (2024) this is fast family food, and the mango chutney isn’t a dip. You loosen it and toss …
James Martin’s butter chicken marinates diced chicken breast in a spiced yoghurt and cashew purée, grills it until charred, then finishes it in a quick tomato sauce enriched with chilled butter and cream. The chicken marinates for an hour, grills for 12-15 minutes, and the whole thing serves four with homemade chapatis. It’s a lighter, …
Nigella Lawson’s meatballs with orzo is a cosy one-pot dinner where beef and Parmesan meatballs poach in a tomato and vermouth sauce, then the orzo cooks right in the same pan until it’s plump and saucy. It makes about 30 small meatballs, serves four to six, and comes together in a single casserole with nothing …
Nigella Lawson’s chicken in a pot with lemon and orzo is a one-pot poached chicken cooked whole with leeks, carrots, lemon and tarragon, then finished with orzo swelling in the broth. A 1.5kg bird sits in 1.5 litres of water at 180°C (160°C fan) for 1¼ hours, then 15 minutes more once the orzo goes …