Having guests over after work? Time is the most important factor! There is only so much you can do in short time. Unless you make your dessert the night before, forget about the complicated desserts. You can also use slow cooker to cook certain dishes during the day. It will certainly save you a lot of time! Try this three course meal that can be prepared in two hours.
Entree
Oven Cooked Uyghur Lamb Skewers
Main
Chicken & Bamboo Shoot Curry Pie & Karaage Japanese Fried Chicken with rice
Green Salad with avocado, lemon & Yogurt Dressing
Dessert
Chocolate and Pear Jalousie
Schedule
7:30am
Marinade the chicken for Karaage Chicken just before leaving for work
9am-5pm
…… wishing I win the lottery, so that I don’t need to work….
5:30pm
Arrived home from work, take the puff pastry out from the freezer
5:40pm
Cook the Chicken & Bamboo Shoot Curry, put it in the freezer to cool.
6:00pm
Dice and marinade the lamb for Oven Cooked Uyghur Lamb Skewers. Make the skewers, place them on a baking rack, leave on the bench to develop the flavours. It only takes about 15 minutes to cook in the oven, so don’t panic!
6:05pm
My lovely husband gets home from work. Give him a kiss, then IMMEDIATELY send him to clean the table, do the table setting and pick a wine
Make the salad
6:20pm
Turn the oven on to preheat
The puff pastry should be nice and soft, cut and line the pie tins with pastry, put in the freezer to cool for 5 minutes
6:40pm
Take the chicken curry & pie tins out from the freezer. Finish making the pie. Put it in the fridge to cool.
6:50pm
Cook the Oven Cooked Uyghur Lamb Skewers. Turn the rice cooker on.
7:10pm
When Skewers are ready, take it out, put the Chicken Pie in the oven. Set a timer because you will FORGET when you are by the table and chatting with your guests.
Dinner start! Serve entree skewers.
7:30pm
Cook the Karaage Japanese Fried Chicken
7:40pm
Serve the main dishes
8:20pm
Cook the dessert & serve
Chicken & Bamboo Shoot Curry Pie
Ingredients:
4 pieces of chicken thigh
1/2 tin of bamboo shoot
2 tbsp curry paste
100g mozzarella cheese
Puff pastry
1 egg
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