Chilli Up North Blog

Well I did my bit for National Curry Week, I made the curry I mentioned here, The only differences were that i added some peppers and green beans to the lamb, and instead of roasting the sauce in the oven then adding the lamb, I made the sauce, friend the lamb, fried the veg for [...]

If you didn’t already know then this coming week is national curry week, so today I went out and bought the ingredients to make slow cooked lamb curry, I am also going to get a bottle of Cobra ,If I don’t @kirsty won’t speak to me again, plus Cobra have put a lot of effort [...]

This isn’t strictly a chilli recipe and it’s probably not traditional Greek due to my tweaks, but it does have chilli flakes and Tabasco in and taste blooming lovely I found it on Leigh’s blog the other week, made it and thought it was awesome, made it again with a few tweaks, so I have decided put [...]

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 [...]

I recently opened up the blog to any of my twitter followers that wanted a guest spot, i was hoping it would produce a few gems and the first one (courtesy of the lovely @helenaldous ) certainly sounds like it could be a winner and one I will definitely be making very soon. Anwyay enough [...]

If like me you always make too much Chilli Con Carne then you will no doubt end up having to freeze it or eat it the next day in a huge Yorkshire pud or on a jacket spud. Well here is one way to use the left overs, it’s great for parties too…..i can’t find [...]

This was another one of my experimental meals just as we quite often have roast cod with lemon or in bread crumbs so i thought why not combine the two and add a little bit of chilli. This serves two and takes about 10 mins to prepare and 15-20 mins to cook depending on the [...]

Yes, i know this is an obvious one but it really is amazing how many things you can use them in so i thought i would give you a couple of reminders of some of the recipes on here. Chilli Hot Chocolate – a delicious hot chocolate drink perfect for warming you at any time [...]

This is really quick and simple but oh so tasty, the plate in the pic dissapeared within seconds! (Sorry about the rubbish pic, if anyone wants to make them and send me a better pic, then feel free.) I borrowed the recipe from the Hairy Bikers and added some heat!! Ingredients: 500g of ready rolled [...]

This has become a big hit with friends and family, especially the onion rings, the first time i made them i cheated and bought morrisons fusions chilli and lime batter mix. If you don’t want to use beer for the batter use ice cold fizzy spring water. Ingredients 1 Large White Onion 1/2 pint milk [...]