Jamie Olivers 15 mins cook book

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Jamie Olivers 15 mins cook book

Postby Northern Lass » Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:29 pm

I got this for christmas going to have a go at it soon going to cook Cajun Chicken with salady bits and sweet potato
how can you cook a meal in 15 mins! :shock:
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Re: Jamie Olivers 15 mins cook book

Postby SRD » Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:19 am

I used to be able to do cauliflower cheese, chips & bacon in 20 minutes start to finish but I'd be hard pressed to do it that fast now. Also, many years ago, I remember seeing the chef on the BBC food programme(Michael something or other) prepare and serve a steak with courgette fried in butter in the same time it took a ready meal to be heated up (no chips though). But preparing a carbo-hydrate like potato (even sweet ones) or rice would still take me more than 15 minutes.
I suppose it depends on how much pre-prepared stuff one is using; bags of ready washed salad stuff, ready made spice mixes, marinades and stock all speed up the process, and JO is notorious for just happening to have exactly the right ingredient to hand, even if that ingredient is only available one day a month from a specialist supplier in the Outer Hebridies. And even a semi-professional will have much faster knife skills to prepare meat and veg.
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Re: Jamie Olivers 15 mins cook book

Postby dudleytaylor » Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:18 am

I wouldn't like to eat chicken that's only been cooked for less than fifteen mins. The chicken must be cut up really small ,and fried.
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Re: Jamie Olivers 15 mins cook book

Postby Northern Lass » Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:15 pm

dudleytaylor wrote:I wouldn't like to eat chicken that's only been cooked for less than fifteen mins. The chicken must be cut up really small ,and fried.


The fillets are beaten thin so fry quickly
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Re: Jamie Olivers 15 mins cook book

Postby snoopysue » Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:41 pm

SRD wrote:I suppose it depends on how much pre-prepared stuff one is using; bags of ready washed salad stuff, ready made spice mixes, marinades and stock all speed up the process.


Or do what my Dad used to do: get the kids to peel the spuds, and do the other prep before you get home from work!
(That was in the days when my parents couldn't see the need for a dishwasher - until that was the slave labour left home!)
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