little help here folks

I am looking for tried and tested easy, tasty, cheap recipes that people make for their families.

I am looking online also, but if anyone has something that they make for their families that is satiating and easy to prepare (with minimal time) and relatively cheap with few ingredients, throw them at me.

Things like a bread bake of some description.
Tuna Pasta with corn (I already have that one)

just those great ‘go to’ meals that you love.

TIA

My fav when I

My fav when I was batching was Apricot chicken

A few bits of chicken , pour on a tin of apricot halves and the juice , sprinkle dry French Onion soup mix on top .
Med Micro wave for 20mins
Prepare , cook and serve in same dish.
Plus some boiled rice

I made Katsu chicken the other night

Chickens fillets rolled in flour, eggs, panko breadcrumbs and fried in a decent amount of oil, really nice with homemade Tonkatsu sauce

Thomo said:

My fav when I was batching was Apricot chicken

A few bits of chicken , pour on a tin of apricot halves and the juice , sprinkle dry French Onion soup mix on top .
Med Micro wave for 20mins
Prepare , cook and serve in same dish.
Plus some boiled rice

thanks :)

Bolognaise is simple…

furious said:

Bolognaise is simple…

that’s true, but also boring and tasteless when it comes from a jar. I want to encourage people to cook and eat..

pumpkin soup with chicken pieces.

1/2 queensland blue, butternut too sweet, onion, celery, any other vegies that are wilting. bit of oil in stockpot. slightly brown vegies. add stock or water, not a lot. steam until soft. use stick blender to puree. cook some chicken breast, shred. add to puree. season to taste.

Thomo said:

My fav when I was batching was Apricot chicken

A few bits of chicken , pour on a tin of apricot halves and the juice , sprinkle dry French Onion soup mix on top .
Med Micro wave for 20mins
Prepare , cook and serve in same dish.
Plus some boiled rice

When Sarah was about 11 or so she started cooking that for dinner. Brett hated it. I was so happy that she was contributing.

Arts said:

furious said:

Bolognaise is simple…

that’s true, but also boring and tasteless when it comes from a jar. I want to encourage people to cook and eat..

I make lots of bolognese. The sauce freezes well. In one off serves I get a couple of months out of a batch.

sarahs mum said:

Arts said:

furious said:

Bolognaise is simple…

that’s true, but also boring and tasteless when it comes from a jar. I want to encourage people to cook and eat..

I make lots of bolognese. The sauce freezes well. In one off serves I get a couple of months out of a batch.

I make it from scratch.. and freeze, it actually taste better after it’s been frozen… but I can’t count on my participants to freeze meals… they all have to be one offs and it must reach a level of taste and satiation, or they will choose the fast food option..

• that’s true, but also boring and tasteless when it comes from a jar. I want to encourage people to cook and eat..

I will have you know that I don’t make it from any jar!

Arts said:

little help here folks

I am looking for tried and tested easy, tasty, cheap recipes that people make for their families.

I am looking online also, but if anyone has something that they make for their families that is satiating and easy to prepare (with minimal time) and relatively cheap with few ingredients, throw them at me.

Things like a bread bake of some description.
Tuna Pasta with corn (I already have that one)

just those great ‘go to’ meals that you love.

TIA

Cheap as chips and tasty. Tin of smashed tomatos with garlic, chilies, anchovy, salt and pepper, simmer for a bit, add two tins of drained kidney beans, top with sour cream and grated cheese serve with corn chips. Plus kids love it.

And with the same basic recipe also add diced stuffed olives and maybe some fried bacon, at th last minute add a bag of baby spinach leaves, serve with spagetti topped with grated cheese.

In the first recipe the most expensive ingredient is the corn chips, tinned tomatoes and kidney beans come in at 60c each.

AwesomeO said:

Arts said:

little help here folks

I am looking for tried and tested easy, tasty, cheap recipes that people make for their families.

I am looking online also, but if anyone has something that they make for their families that is satiating and easy to prepare (with minimal time) and relatively cheap with few ingredients, throw them at me.

Things like a bread bake of some description.
Tuna Pasta with corn (I already have that one)

just those great ‘go to’ meals that you love.

TIA

Cheap as chips and tasty. Tin of smashed tomatos with garlic, chilies, anchovy, salt and pepper, simmer for a bit, add two tins of drained kidney beans, top with sour cream and grated cheese serve with corn chips. Plus kids love it.

And with the same basic recipe also add diced stuffed olives and maybe some fried bacon, at th last minute add a bag of baby spinach leaves, serve with spagetti topped with grated cheese.

In the first recipe the most expensive ingredient is the corn chips, tinned tomatoes and kidney beans come in at 60c each.

that is great.. thanks

puttanesca is also easy…

kidney beans and refried beans feature a lot in low cost, nutritious meals .. no wonder the Mexicans are such a jovial people

There are a million-&-one quick and easy pasta & rice dishes which are all just variations on cooking chopped onion/garlic in oil or butter, adding meat and other veg & herbs, splash of stock and/or wine, tomato or curry type sauce, then combining with the pasta or rice.

Another delicious and tasty one is smoked ham hock, simmer crap out of and add powdered chicken stock and garlic and pepper. Add dried split peas. At some stage fish out the hock, cut away all the stuff, chop up and return to the liquid. Serve with crusty bread. Should be thick.

One note, underestimate the split peas, it’s easy to say, nahh not enough and later you are looking at porridge.

• There are a million-&-one quick and easy pasta & rice dishes which are all just variations on cooking chopped onion/garlic in oil or butter, adding meat and other veg & herbs, splash of stock and/or wine, tomato or curry type sauce, then combining with the pasta or rice.

Or, as a variant, go for a creamy type finish…

Omelettes are easy peasy.
Some milk and eggs, beat.
Add chopped up cheese, tomatoes any left over meat, anything really, beat.
Pour into hot pan, fold when ready, serve when ready.
Serve with chilled coke poured over half a squeezed fresh orange.
Enjoy.

furious said:

• There are a million-&-one quick and easy pasta & rice dishes which are all just variations on cooking chopped onion/garlic in oil or butter, adding meat and other veg & herbs, splash of stock and/or wine, tomato or curry type sauce, then combining with the pasta or rice.

Or, as a variant, go for a creamy type finish…

Yes, a creamy sauce or cheese sauce.

furious said:

• There are a million-&-one quick and easy pasta & rice dishes which are all just variations on cooking chopped onion/garlic in oil or butter, adding meat and other veg & herbs, splash of stock and/or wine, tomato or curry type sauce, then combining with the pasta or rice.

Or, as a variant, go for a creamy type finish…

Yes, a creamy sauce or cheese sauce.

Have you been watching Shortcuts to Glory — Matt Okine vs. Food on ABC these past few weeks? There have been some really good and simple recipes on that show. It’s on iView.

• Serve with chilled coke poured over half a squeezed fresh orange.

That is just wrong…

omelettes are a good one too… tinned mushrooms can be added etc… nice work, thanks

Bubblecar said:

furious said:

• There are a million-&-one quick and easy pasta & rice dishes which are all just variations on cooking chopped onion/garlic in oil or butter, adding meat and other veg & herbs, splash of stock and/or wine, tomato or curry type sauce, then combining with the pasta or rice.

Or, as a variant, go for a creamy type finish…

Yes, a creamy sauce or cheese sauce.

and the easy part is that these often come in ready to pour packets… so no real extra work making creamy bases…

Mad Man Moon said:

Have you been watching Shortcuts to Glory — Matt Okine vs. Food on ABC these past few weeks? There have been some really good and simple recipes on that show. It’s on iView.

no I haven’t.. thanks for the tip… I’ll check it out

ChrispenEvan said:

pumpkin soup with chicken pieces.

1/2 queensland blue, butternut too sweet, onion, celery, any other vegies that are wilting. bit of oil in stockpot. slightly brown vegies. add stock or water, not a lot. steam until soft. use stick blender to puree. cook some chicken breast, shred. add to puree. season to taste.

Yes and you can add chicken pieces to virtually any kind of vegetable soup or stew.

Go particularly well in cream of cauliflower, cream of celery.

pizza is also simple especially if you have a pre-made base – not the frozen “pizza base” you can get but something a little fresher, maybe even a flat bread or similar…

One that the kiddies names train smash, potatoes cut into slices, lay in layers with onion rings and thick cut rings of really ripe tomato, sprinkle yep, garlic and chili on each layer, some salt and pepper, add cream and oven, toward the end add grated cheese to the top.

Maybe not as kid friendly is lambs fry which is still cheap, bacon and onion, fry bacon first, add onion rings, wait a bit, then add floured kidney slices, fry a bit, add the two usual suspects, a bit of sour cream and serve.

As an aside I season a lot of things with fish sauce, smells disgusting, works like salt but savoury.

furious said:

pizza is also simple especially if you have a pre-made base – not the frozen “pizza base” you can get but something a little fresher, maybe even a flat bread or similar…

Naan bread cut in half.

furious said:

pizza is also simple especially if you have a pre-made base – not the frozen “pizza base” you can get but something a little fresher, maybe even a flat bread or similar…

Doesn’t work for me, can’t get the oven hot enough, but then again, I do like a crispy base.

pizza is a bit of a slippery one… participants will more likely go buy a pizza with a coupon than cook it themselves.

Maybe the cheapest and tasty would be mi goring noodles. But horrendous amounts of salt.

• Doesn’t work for me, can’t get the oven hot enough, but then again, I do like a crispy base.

Mine = fan forced at 250^oC for 10 or 11 minutes. Done.

Go up to, maybe, 15 minutes for a crunchy base…

Arts said:

pizza is a bit of a slippery one… participants will more likely go buy a pizza with a coupon than cook it themselves.

Yeah, and it’s usually better.

Also crockpot gear is cheap, it’s just gravy beef, onions and whatever, I like it with mashed spud, not a fan of rice.

Not so cheap is roasts but if you feel like a roast for a special occasion pork is the go, I went shopping this morning and it was 10 bucks a kilo.

Kedgeree.

rice, smoked cod, hard boiled eggs.

Silverside is another cheap cut of meat, easy peasy to cook and the leftovers can be made in to another cheap meal, a funky full salad roll. Good crusty bread, fresh tomatos, grated carrot, onions, cheese, the same baby spinach used for the sauces and a nice Dijon.

AwesomeO said:

Silverside is another cheap cut of meat, easy peasy to cook and the leftovers can be made in to another cheap meal, a funky full salad roll. Good crusty bread, fresh tomatos, grated carrot, onions, cheese, the same baby spinach used for the sauces and a nice Dijon.

By fresh I meant ripe. I usually grow my own but of season if I buy I get the vine ones, they are a bit more expensive at about 5 or 6 dollars but in a sunny spot they will ripen till super soft and juicy the other ones don’t do that, they just stay hard. Roma or cherry tomatos ar superior to the ordinary single type tomatos that don’t ripen. Roma can do more than just be cooked.

AwesomeO said:

AwesomeO said:

Silverside is another cheap cut of meat, easy peasy to cook and the leftovers can be made in to another cheap meal, a funky full salad roll. Good crusty bread, fresh tomatos, grated carrot, onions, cheese, the same baby spinach used for the sauces and a nice Dijon.

By fresh I meant ripe. I usually grow my own but of season if I buy I get the vine ones, they are a bit more expensive at about 5 or 6 dollars but in a sunny spot they will ripen till super soft and juicy the other ones don’t do that, they just stay hard. Roma or cherry tomatos ar superior to the ordinary single type tomatos that don’t ripen. Roma can do more than just be cooked.

I usually just use roma. less pulp, and the ones for making your own bol sauce.

AwesomeO said:

Also crockpot gear is cheap, it’s just gravy beef, onions and whatever, I like it with mashed spud, not a fan of rice.

Not so cheap is roasts but if you feel like a roast for a special occasion pork is the go, I went shopping this morning and it was 10 bucks a kilo.

Bought one last week – $6/kg. Good this week with all the family here.

And the last one, another favourite, get a bulk pack of chicken wings, they are also cheap. You put them in a big icecream container and add curry powder or paste, fish sauce, garlic and chili, shake it about a bit then leave it overnight in the fridge, arrange on a pan and oven. Big favourite with kids and a big enough pile filling as well as cheap.

Score extra points if you get the discounted chicken wings with a day left.

thanks you guys… this is really good stuff… not all usable in this situation, but plenty of it is, and with tweaking, others can be…

you’ve all saved me a heap of time.

I will be testing some of these recipes and taking photos for the recipe card samples for the grant application.. keep them coming

Arts said:

I will be testing some of these recipes and taking photos for the recipe card samples for the grant application.. keep them coming

She’s taking us for mugs. Doin’ her homework the entire time…

Witty Rejoinder said:

Arts said:

I will be testing some of these recipes and taking photos for the recipe card samples for the grant application.. keep them coming

She’s taking us for mugs. Doin’ her homework the entire time…

Probably doing a book

Arts Degrees Do Get You Somewhere A Book Deal

Witty Rejoinder said:

Arts said:

I will be testing some of these recipes and taking photos for the recipe card samples for the grant application.. keep them coming

She’s taking us for mugs. Doin’ her homework the entire time…

I’ll make sure I say – and without the help of the holiday forum (https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/) this project would never have been possible…

I suppose I should be taking notes too, but that would be like copying Arts’s homework.

A quick and easy Germanic pork dish I do quite regularly: pan-fry a pork chop, cutlet or steak in a little butter until nicely done, then remove from pan and in the remaining fat add a small chopped onion and a couple cloves chopped garlic, brown a little, then add several heaped tablespoons of sauerkraut (tinned or vacuum-packed) plus a light sprinkle of caraway seeds. You can also add a little splash of apple cider if you like. Cook until well heated through, then push the sauerkraut to the side of the pan and put the chop back in to reheat.

While all this is going on, boil a few spuds. Serve pork, sauerkraut mix & taters with a knob of butter, white pepper + mustard of your choice.

Michael V said:

AwesomeO said:

Also crockpot gear is cheap, it’s just gravy beef, onions and whatever, I like it with mashed spud, not a fan of rice.

Not so cheap is roasts but if you feel like a roast for a special occasion pork is the go, I went shopping this morning and it was 10 bucks a kilo.

Bought one last week – $6/kg. Good this week with all the family here.

Yeah pork is cheap and the roasts are usually big, you need to cook it for one meal, then wack it back into the oven to cook a bit more..
Don’t forget it as you relax and enjoy a post repast balloon of brandy in your favourite leather chair in front of a roaring fire with a platter of selected cheeses.
Easily enough done.

I see where you were coming from now. How about a faux you could call it a maxdonalds fixh burger, I do this one as well, you do it on the first day of buying the soft white bread (I don’t go through a whole load quickly so I freeze it after a few days) anyhoo, a bulk pack of frozen fish fingers, there are 40 in a box and they are cheap, fry up four, arrange on margarined aforementioned soft white bread, smear on some jar tartare sauce.

Goes well with the munchies.

Arts said:

Thomo said:

My fav when I was batching was Apricot chicken

A few bits of chicken , pour on a tin of apricot halves and the juice , sprinkle dry French Onion soup mix on top .
Med Micro wave for 20mins
Prepare , cook and serve in same dish.
Plus some boiled rice

thanks :)

Apricot chicken is made with a tin of apricot nectar in our house.

Oh, and we bake it in the oven to reduce the sauce.

Hot potato salad.

New potatoes boiled. Add finely diced onion,capsicum, celery, parsley, fresh dill or seed. Fried bacon or ham steak pieces. Dress with sour cream and some seeded mustard. Serve with chunky bread.

Spag carbonara.

put on spag. Fry bacon pieces. Take away all but a couple of teaspoons of fat. in a bowl mix cream, an egg, and parmesan. Combine all. (extra egg yolk if you like eggy. I don’t. I cook it till the egg looks dead. This isn’t the traditional.)

Oven baked potatoes.

Bake in the jacket. Vary toppings. Ham/bacon/salami/smoked salmon/smoked chicken. Fried onions/chopped shallots/green onions. Coleslaw. Cheese. Sour cream.

Stir fried Beef strips and onions.

Mix beef strips in cornflour and egg white. It turns into a gluggy consistency. Heat wok or pan and cook some at a time..placing them on newspaper/kitchen paper as they brown. Throw in quartered and split onions..(and tinned baby corn/ capsicum slices/bok choy etc) Put the beef back in. Sprinkle pan with a little sugar and keep on stir frying. Add sherry and soy sauce. Serve on boiled rice.

I had to get home to find the quantities for this. I generally just make it up…

Quick chick ‘n’ spaghetti

You will need:

250g spirelli (you can use any pasta, but I reckon spirelli works best for this)
A Continental cream of chicken soup pack
half a cooked chook, boned and broken into bits.
chopped green capsicum
some almonds

Cooke the spirelli. Drain. Make up the cream of chicken soup with 1 cup water and 1 cup milk. (Cold) Put the spaghetti, the chook, the chopped green capsicum, the almonds and the soup into a casserole and mix it up.

Cook at 190C for 15-20 minutes.

Quite nice with a topping of soft breadcrumbs too. You can also mix in some grated cheese into the breadcrumbs.

fresh pasta

00 hard durum wheat flour
eggs

ratio of 1 egg for every 100gram of flour

Mix them together in a bowl or on a bench until combined. Then kneed it (stretch it) until the texture changes to smooth. It will take about 5 minutes. Wrap it in glad wrap so it doesn’t dry out and wait about 30 minutes or until the dough doesn’t spring back fast when you push a finger in it.

Roll it out evenly until it is thin enough to see your hand through it and you are good to go.

It takes 2 minutes in salted boiling water.

Eat it vegies. Or make ravioli from it and use a basic filling.

Spiced chicken with lentils

Cook 1/2 cup dried red lentils in boiling water for 30 minutes. Drain well. Heat a splash of vegetable oil in a saucepan over high heat. Add 1 chopped onion, a chopped clove of garlic and 2 tsp grated ginger and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add 4 skinless chicken thighs (quartered) and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add lentils and 2 cups water and simmer for 20 minutes, until thickened. Stir through 2 Tbsp butter and a handful of chopped coriander until butter is melted. Serve with basmati rice and warm naan bread

And one I found and trialled the other day. Definitely going into the repertoire.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/t/recipe?id=10355004

Enough lentils to fill the belly. Water, stock cube.
Put water in saucepan, add lentils. Turn hotplate to low, allow to simmer. Add stock cube anytime you so desire. Add extra garlic, chilli, anything else you think that may enhance this delicious flavour or indeed garnish with parsley and chives. You can of course spread it on buttered bread with added vegemite if so prefer.

buffy said:

Oh, and we bake it in the oven to reduce the sauce.

baked might be better, since participants may not have microwaves.

Arts, if a recipe is not quick and easy, it’s not even attempted here. When I have time, I’ll post links to the Taste recipes I like and use.

Here are a few of our keepers from Taste:

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/chicken-piccata/F0OizAUg

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/paprika-chicken-4/5d5b54ab-870c-4af0-8814-cb9adc28052f

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/seared-kangaroo-raspberry-glaze/8179a9df-2188-4050-adea-2163424650ed

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/lamb-rosemary-shepherds-pie-roasted-garlic-mash/fe42092c-a358-4718-9cd1-1d4aa37e9767

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/zucchini-sugar-snap-pea-salad-green-goddess-dressing/1cac5e4b-30fe-4068-8358-a4385e74ccb9

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/moroccan-beef-skewers/89773f2d-6a91-4673-9d38-a41330401053

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/pork-cutlets/a0e7b6ce-30fc-40ec-871e-3f3f8c90cdf6

thank you one and all for your contributions to this thread

If you can make a passable Ragu sauce, you can add a little ‘mexican spice’ to it and serve with half a dozen options like rice, tomatoes, red onion, capsicum, corn kernels, sour cream, chilies, baby spinach leaves, grated tasty cheese, Chorizo sausage… Served with warmed Tortillas. I have fed armies on this kind of stuff. Only requires one burner, one cast iron pan, and twenty minutes with a sharp knife to prepare.

Rule 303 said:

If you can make a passable Ragu sauce, you can add a little ‘mexican spice’ to it and serve with half a dozen options like rice, tomatoes, red onion, capsicum, corn kernels, sour cream, chilies, baby spinach leaves, grated tasty cheese, Chorizo sausage… Served with warmed Tortillas. I have fed armies on this kind of stuff. Only requires one burner, one cast iron pan, and twenty minutes with a sharp knife to prepare.

oh, you mean a Bol sauce. why didn’t you say, you flog?

;-)

ChrispenEvan said:

Rule 303 said:

If you can make a passable Ragu sauce, you can add a little ‘mexican spice’ to it and serve with half a dozen options like rice, tomatoes, red onion, capsicum, corn kernels, sour cream, chilies, baby spinach leaves, grated tasty cheese, Chorizo sausage… Served with warmed Tortillas. I have fed armies on this kind of stuff. Only requires one burner, one cast iron pan, and twenty minutes with a sharp knife to prepare.

oh, you mean a Bol sauce. why didn’t you say, you flog?

;-)

LOL.

Italian mates who would never forgive me…

Finely dice some spring onions.Fry in the bottom of a sauce pan with a little garlic and ginger if on hand. Add hot water and half a sachet of chicken stock from a pack of two minute noodles. Bring to the boil. Beat in a beaten egg. Add one of those dicky little tins of creamed corn and the two minute noodles.

sarahs mum said:

Finely dice some spring onions.Fry in the bottom of a sauce pan with a little garlic and ginger if on hand. Add hot water and half a sachet of chicken stock from a pack of two minute noodles. Bring to the boil. Beat in a beaten egg. Add one of those dicky little tins of creamed corn and the two minute noodles.

(I think Sarah was 9 or 10 when I taught her this. Can you make me that again Mum? I will show you how once more..)

I have chosen two of the recipes to use as ‘examples’ in my grant application, but have decided that I can afford a dietician’s advice for the rest of the project. Thanks again for your ongoing support

One of my quick and easy go to recipes :)

500g chicken thighs sliced 2 tble balsamic vinegar 1 tble brown sugar 2 cloves of garlic 1 tble olive oil 250g cherry tomatoes 100g spinach leaves 1/2 cup basil leaves
Best to use a glass or ceramic dish to marinate the chicken pieces.
Whisk vinegar, sugar and garlic in a small bowl, pour over chicken, add salt and pepper. Turn chicken to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes or you can use it straight away. I like to marinate during the day while at work.. up to you.

Cook the chicken using the oil in a deep pan, once cooked remove from the pan.

Add cherry tomatoes to pan, stirring occasionally until tomatoes start to soften. Return chicken to pan. Add spinach. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes or until spinach is just wilted. Top with basil leaves.

Serve.

Spider Lily said:

One of my quick and easy go to recipes :)

500g chicken thighs sliced 2 tble balsamic vinegar 1 tble brown sugar 2 cloves of garlic 1 tble olive oil 250g cherry tomatoes 100g spinach leaves 1/2 cup basil leaves
Best to use a glass or ceramic dish to marinate the chicken pieces.
Whisk vinegar, sugar and garlic in a small bowl, pour over chicken, add salt and pepper. Turn chicken to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes or you can use it straight away. I like to marinate during the day while at work.. up to you.

Cook the chicken using the oil in a deep pan, once cooked remove from the pan.

Add cherry tomatoes to pan, stirring occasionally until tomatoes start to soften. Return chicken to pan. Add spinach. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes or until spinach is just wilted. Top with basil leaves.

Serve.

Sounds tasty.

I’m tempted to tell you a couple of my simple faves, but then I’d have to think about the actual amounts that I am putting in …

dv said:

I’m tempted to tell you a couple of my simple faves, but then I’d have to think about the actual amounts that I am putting in …

Yes, my amounts tend to be intuitive.

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

I’m tempted to tell you a couple of my simple faves, but then I’d have to think about the actual amounts that I am putting in …

Yes, my amounts tend to be intuitive.

1/
Brown a chopped onion in butter in a pan, add a couple of crushed cloves of garlic and a chopped big red chili, cook on low heat in the butter for a bit. Add some salt and two tablespoons of mustard powder. Sometimes I might put some pepper in there, or cayenne, whatever. Add 3 finely sliced chorizos, let that cook until the base has been imbued with its juices. Add a tub of tomato paste (140 ml), mix in the pan. If you’ve got chopped olives you can add them. Add cooked pasta, mix.

One day I didn’t have any pasta so I used ramen: the results were a big hit here, surprisingly. Let the ramen cook in the sauce, don’t precook it!

2/
Brown a chopped onion in butter in a pan, add a couple of crushed cloves of garlic and a chopped big red chili, cook on low heat in the butter for a bit. (Probably fair to say that most of my non-dessert cooking starts like that). Add some salt, black pepper, a tablespoon of turmeric, a teaspoon of cayenne, a tablespoon of white sugar, let that go for a while on low heat. Then put in a finely chopped apple or pear, let that go for a bit. Add eight pieces of chicken, coat them with the sauce.
Let it cook for 90 mins on medium heat, turning and so forth occasionally. It’s not quick if you include cooking time but prep time is brief.

I’m assuming y’all know how to cook so I don’t need to say “stirring” or tell you when onions are browned or what an appropriate temperature for cooking chicken is or how to know if it is properly cooked.