First of all I have no idea why I've called this dish "cheery chicken", it's probably because all in all it takes less than an hour to prepare and cook. Could be that.
OK. So begin with some potatoes:
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Unpeeled potatoes - grrr
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Four potatoes about that size will be enough to make mash for two people who are really hungry. The trouble is, I don't like peeling potatoes:
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Worst job - peeling potatoes
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Tip: Wherever possible, get someone else to peel the potatoes...
Aha! Now that looks better:
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Peeled now thankfully!
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Now, get your fresh Brussel sprouts out, wash them and peel off the yucky leaves:
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Sprouts! Yum :-)
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Pop the potatoes in one pot of water and the sprouts in another and turn on the high heat. Let them do their boiling business while you get on with other things.
Now chop up some button mushrooms and some onion. These are for the gravy so basically chop up as much or as little as you like:
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On another chopping board, dice up your chicken into as big or as little pieces as your desire and rub liberally with garlic salt. Now these ingredients are ready:
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Mushrooms, onions, raw chicken
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That much chicken is enough for two.
Next, fry up the chicken:
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Frying the chicken
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Ten to twelve minutes with frequent turning was enough for this chicken but judge it on the size of your pieces, you don't want it to chew like rubber. As long as it's cooked through...
Fry up the onions and mushrooms:
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Frying up the onion and mushroom
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Next, it's gravy time. This is where Bisto is our friend :)
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aah! Bisto (granules ;-)
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Make up a litre of instant chicken gravy using
aah! Bisto gravy granules and a kettle of boiled water. Make it as thick or as thin gravy as you like. Add garlic salt if you want to make it a garlic tasting gravy too. Lazy way I know, but when your stomach is rumbling...
Pop the chicken, mushrooms and onions into a big pot, pour the litre of gravy in and stir it all together. Let it simmer on a VERY LOW heat. You don't want it boiling away. Just keep it warm. (There is no picture here because in between doing all that I had to chase a wasp out the kitchen).
If your potatoes and sprouts are soft (and they should be by now) it's time to mash up the sprouts and the potatoes:
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Lovely potatoes ready for mashin'!
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For the potatoes, put in as much butter as you like and sprinkle over some Garlic and Herb for mash:
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Schwartz Garlic and Herb for mash.
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then get stuck in with your masher. Once mashed, add more Garlic and Herb for mash if you like and stir everything together with a spoon.
For the sprouts, add some butter and mash with your masher:
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Mash up them sprouts now!
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Give the chicken, onions, mushroom and gravy a stir.
Now it's all ready to serve:
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Delicious! If I do say so myself. ;-)
Tip: Remember to make a shopping list so that you have to make only one trip to the supermarket in one day, going two or three times may arouse the suspicions of the security guard who could suspect you're casing the joint... ;-)
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