Chilli Up North Blog

I know you are all probably sick of Ham and Gammon after the festive period but now is a great time to buy a nice big ham as they are on offer just about everywhere. This is pretty much a Jamie Oliver recipe out of a little booklet that my future mother in law gave [...]

I made these a couple of nights ago as a spur of the moment thing when I managed to get some monkfish.  Sorry about the lack of picture but I will take one next time I make it. It serves 2, so just buy a piece of fish that’s the size you want depending on [...]

I have no idea what should go in chow mein so im guessing this is as about as authentic as one of those dvd’s you seen on car boot stalls, but it tasted good and went down a treat. It serves two  or three and takes no time at all, you can add chicken or [...]

This is a really nice, quick and simple prawn curry, that can all be done in one pan so doesn’t need much washing up afterwards so perfect for a mid week tea. Serves 2-4 Prep time: 10 mins Cooking time 10 mins Ingredients 5 fresh chillies, finely chopped 3 tsp ground coriander, 2 tsp cumin [...]

I made this last night as a bit of an experiment, I had a ginger parfait when we were out for a meal a few weeks ago and thought it would work quite well with some chilli and a bit of rhubarb so this was what I came up with. It’s incredibly easy to make [...]

I made this as a bit of an experiment, I love peas with mint and chilli so thought I would try and combine them into a lovely spring/summer soup ready for my fresh pea harvest. Serves: 2 Cooking Time:  10mins Ingredients: 250g frozen peas (or fresh if you have them) 300ml chicken or vegetable stock [...]

This is based on the Hairy Bikers chicken curry from their latest (and excellent) book “Mums Know Best”, they used chicken and it didn’t have the veg in, i also added a few more chillis to spice it up a little bit. It takes about 10-15mins to prepare then I put it in the slow [...]

This was another one of my experimental meals, I made it for 1 as I had made salmon for Emily and I can’t stand the stuff so treated my self to a nice piece of cod loin. As with all my recipes you can change the amount of chilli you use depending on how firey [...]

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 [...]

This is an adapt ion of a Jamie Oliver recipe  that I spiced up a little, you can also use jarred red or green pesto if you are after an even quicker fix and just add some dried chilli or chilli flakes. Serves 2 Ingredients 1 x 400g cod loin fillet (skinned and boned) 1 pack of parma ham [...]