Chilli Up North Blog

Paella is one of those things that seems to differ depending on who you talk to and where you go, I’ve never been a fan of the ones crammed full of fish and tomatoes, I tend to prefer the meaty ones, especially the one I once had with rabbit in. This is a super simple, [...]

I’d bought an Old El Paso Crispy chicken fajita kit  a while back and not used all of the seasoning for some reason, when I discovered the leftover packet in the cupboard I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it. As much as I’m not a fan of the kits and preffer to [...]

A couple of days ago I recieved a press release along with this delicious sounding recipe that I thought some of you might like, obviously I’d spice things up a bit with a little bit of chilli and by using a hot and spicy chorizo. There’s also a chance for the budding cooks reading this [...]

After the amazing suicide wings at Hickory’s in Chester I thought I’d have a go at making some my self, I very nearly just coated them in the Smart Arse Sauce that The One Stop Hot Shop sent me, but decided that would be the easy and slightly lethal option. The idea is you can [...]

This is a wicked roast chicken recipe, it’s really easy and really tasty, you can make it even easier by using a pre mixed seasoning packet like the discovery chilli con carne seasoning or the old el paso fajita spices. They all work really well it’s just a case of finding your favourite. The same [...]

already mentioned how much I love Reggae Reggae Sauce, but I’ve never actually posted any of the ways that I use it so here is the first, and possibly one of my favourite ways of serving Reggae Reggae Sauce. You can easily substitute the chicken for pork fillet, it works an absolute treat, just adjust [...]

This is a lovely light and flavoursome dish with added chilli zing. I can’t find my picture of it so if anyone makes it please could they take a picture and send it this way.. Ingredients 1 fresh mango (peeled and diced) Hand full of fresh pineapple (skinned and diced) Fresh mint Fresh coriander 3 [...]

I was looking for recipes to help clear my recent bout of man flu, when a friend on twitter suggested i make chilli, chicken and ginger soup, he kindly provided me with the recipe and it’s too good not to share! So over to Pete…. This works best if you have some leftover chicken from [...]

Another guest post this time courtesy of photographer extrordinaire (check him out on twitter or have a look at his stunning pics here ) Stuart tells me he picked this recipe up on his travels and has slightly westernised i. Apparently as long as it’s bitingly hot, sour, salty and has loads of mint it’ll [...]

This chicken uses a very quick chilli sauce, you can always substitute it for a spicy tomato sauce or something similar. Sorry about the poor photo i was in a rush! Ingredients 2 chicken breasts half a pack of good quality thinly sliced chorizo 2 large hot chillis 1 carrot 1 red pepper 1 yellow [...]