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Chicken Dishes

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

The best and healthiest way to cook chicken dishes is by cooking it skinless and steamed. Steaming is healthier because you do not need oil to cook these dishes, thus making it free from additional trans fat that can be found in cooking oil. Deep-frying is not advisable especially when you are on a low-cholesterol diet. That makes this way of cooking an excellent choice if you want to keep high cholesterol food out of your diet. Poultry can also add extra flavor to salads. It can also be made into sausages that are delicious, and can be stuffed inside roast chickens. In the past, poultry is cooked in various common methods like baking, roasting and frying. Cooking easy chicken dishes also varies from different cultures all around the globe like breaded and deep-fried, and delicious chicken curry.

Almost every part of the chicken is processed. Even the chicken feet and innards are popular in Asian countries like China. It is also popular in Caribbean and French cuisine. Parts like the chicken’s buttocks and chicken innards are normally eaten in some parts of South East Asia and East Asia. There are also simple dishes that are easy to prepare, like chicken barbecues! Barbecued chicken thighs and drumsticks are delicious. It also takes a longer time to cook, but you can pre-cook it for about two minutes in the microwave to save some time. Without pre-cooking, it may take 30 minutes to barbecue. You can also barbecue boneless chicken thigh because it cooks quickly, sometimes it can only take 2 minutes per side. There are many ways in which you can cook poultry. You can stir fry it using a little oil, and the addition of a variety of low-calorie vegetables makes the dish even healthier. Chickens can also be grilled and poached. Some extra left over chicken and vegetables can be made into a soup.

There are other healthy chicken dishes that you can choose from if you are on a diet, like the healthy chicken pasta and stir fry. Chicken is an essential part of a healthy meal. It is rich in protein, and low in cholesterol. For health and safety reasons, remember to make sure: The chicken is completely cooked; remove all the chicken skin before cooking to cut the fat and calories, heat up leftovers and only keep the dish for a two to three days after cooking.

Fusion Food – A Multicultural Feast

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Fusion dishes combine elements of various culinary traditions while not fitting into any one of them specifically. It is food that offers the best of both worlds. In culture and tradition menus are limited to the availability of food. The lucky thing about a country like Australia is the wide range of fresh, seasonal produce – fruits, meats, herbs, spices – available to us removes some of those limitations. The inclusion of uniquely Australian flavours and produce into other the food of other cultures offers an exciting menu opportunity not available anywhere else in the world.

Australia has a wealth of delicious, fresh foods available. Australia is a country in which people from many different cultures reside, socialise, and marry. Over time through community networks, neighbours and families great food styles, fantastic flavours and different methods of cooking have become fused. Chefs in Australia are lucky to have food experts and chefs from so many different backgrounds to learn from. They are also incredibly fortunate to have such a wide range of fresh produce, including spices, herbs and seasonings to draw on.

Australia’s isolation offers advantages to fusion food. Beyond just the produce available and range of backgrounds of chefs our isolation allows us some distance from the strictures of tradition. Tradition and culture are still celebrated but guests from other cultures are invited. The culture and traditional base of the families grows over generations. Our isolation and multiculturalism leads to blending of families and traditions and that blending leads to exciting fusion food.

Anyone with a passion for food, or an excitement about flavour has an abundance of opportunity to experiment. Even local supermarkets stock wider ranges of fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices and cuts of meat than ever before. A feast of flavours and a flair for food create rewarding taste sensations. Combining the best of many worlds in delicious new dishes that can become part of our dining pleasure is the benefit of the growth in fusion menus in modern Australian cuisine.