Family recipes
Free family recipes, from weeknight fakeaways to Sunday roasts and proper puddings: each with the full method, and how to adjust it for vegetarians, allergies and fussy eaters.
- Chicken chow mein: Egg noodles tossed with chicken and crunchy veg in a savoury sauce. A speedy, noodle-slurping crowd pleaser.
- Chicken dippers with potato smiles and beans: A freezer tea: chicken dippers, smiley potato faces and beans. Everything goes in the oven and nobody has to think.
- Chicken fried rice: The Friday night takeaway favourite made at home: tender chicken, peas and scrambled egg tossed through rice with a splash of soy. Mild, qui...
- Chicken jollof rice: A smoky tomato and pepper rice cooked with chicken thighs in one pot. A party favourite from West Africa.
- Chicken karahi with naan: A punchy Pakistani curry cooked fast and hot in a wok-like karahi, with fresh tomatoes, ginger, green chillies and black pepper rather than...
- Chicken katsu curry: Crispy baked chicken with a smooth, mild, slightly sweet curry sauce. A top choice for fussy eaters who like a crunch.
- Chicken kievs, chips and beans: Garlicky kievs from the freezer with oven chips and beans. Friday night sorted.
- Chicken pad thai: Sweet-sour-savoury rice noodles with chicken, egg and crunchy peanuts, made with kitchen cupboard shortcuts. Mild as written, with fresh chi...
- Chicken paprikash with nokedli dumplings: Chicken simmered in a rich, rosy sauce of onions, sweet paprika and soured cream, served with tiny Hungarian egg dumplings that soak it all...
- Chicken parmigiana with spaghetti: Italian-American comfort: crisp breaded chicken escalopes topped with tomato sauce and melted mozzarella, with spaghetti on the side.
- Chicken satay with peanut sauce: Golden grilled chicken skewers with a creamy peanut sauce and rice. Contains peanuts.
- Chicken shawarma traybake: Chicken thighs marinated in warm spices, roasted with peppers and onions and stuffed into pittas with a cooling yoghurt sauce.
- Chicken shish with bulgur pilaf and garlic yoghurt: Turkish-style chicken skewers marinated in yoghurt, lemon and paprika, charred on the grill or barbecue and served on a buttery tomato bulgu...
- Chicken tikka masala with big-batch rice: A gently spiced, creamy takeaway favourite. Cook the rice in a big pan and you will have plenty spare for egg fried rice later in the week.
- Chicken tinga tacos: Tender shredded chicken simmered in a smoky chipotle and tomato sauce, a classic from Puebla in Mexico. Pile into warm corn tortillas with q...
- Chicken tortilla soup: A warming tomato and chicken soup topped with crispy tortilla strips, beans and a squeeze of lime.
- Chicken, bacon and sweetcorn pasta: A creamy midweek pasta everyone can agree on: tender chicken, crispy bacon and sweet corn in a simple cheesy cream sauce.
- Chilled gazpacho: A cold Spanish tomato and cucumber soup that needs no cooking, ideal for a hot day with a plate of cheese or bread.
- Chilli con carne: A big, rich pot of beef and kidney bean chilli, built on cumin, smoked paprika and a pinch of cinnamon. Born in Texas from Mexican cooking;...
- Chip shop chicken curry: That mild, glossy, slightly sweet curry sauce from the chippy, with tender chicken and served half and half with rice and chips. A very Brit...
- Classic cottage pie: Rich beef mince under a golden, fork-ridged mash lid, the kind of dinner that disappears fast.
- Classic homemade beef burgers with chips: Proper beef burgers you squash together yourself, topped with melting cheese and stacked how each person likes them, with a tray of oven chi...
- Classic spaghetti bolognese: The weeknight bowl of spaghetti everyone grows up on: a rich, slow-simmered beef and tomato sauce with plenty of hidden veg and a snowfall o...
- Cochinita pibil tacos with pickled red onions: Pork shoulder marinated in achiote and orange juice, then slow-cooked until it shreds, a Yucatán speciality traditionally cooked in an under...