I live alone and I must admit, sometimes when I get home from work, I wish that dinner was already on the table waiting for me. But never would I ever pick up the phone to get takeout. (Ok, ok, maybe the odd
fish and chips as a special treat)
Now I'm no stranger to
making takeaway alternatives at home. So when I was invited to try out Sainsbury's 'Makeaway' range, I thought it'd be a good opportunity to try out some new takeaway alternative recipes on some friends, to show them how easy and cheap it can be.
(That was the plan anyway.)
Sweet Chilli Prawn Rolls
These little prawn bad boys only take about 15 minutes to bake in the oven. They are packed out with prawns (surprise!), bean sprouts, carrot, ginger, lime and coriander, all mixed with sweet chilli dipping sauce. It can be a little fiddly to wrap them up in the filo sheets, but after the first couple, you'll get the hang of it in no time. Just imagine that you're wrapping up a portion of fish and chips and you'll be fine. Serve these warm with extra dipping sauce. Be warned though, they will disappear quickly!
Turkey Udon Pad Thai
Udon are my favourite type of noodles, although admittedly, the 'quick-to-cook' ones you get from your bog-standard supermarket are nowhere near as good as the ones you can get from a Chinese supermarket. In any case, it does save you precious minutes (and an extra pan) when whipping this dish up, as you don't need to pre-cook the noodles separately beforehand. This recipe also uses a packet Pad Thai sauce, whereas normally I like to make my own sauces from scratch, just because you know exactly what you're eating. It was secretly pleasing though to be able to just pour the sauce in straight from the packet at the end ;-) It went down very well with my friends also and they were impressed that it didn't take long to make.
Thai Green Beef Burgers
Now this last dish here I didn't make for my friends, but was for my lunch the next day. I have not really tried Thai green curry before because I fear it will be too hot for my spice intolerable palate, so thought I'd coax myself into trying green curry paste in a Thai Green Beef Burger instead. The result? Yes my eyes were streaming a little by the end, even though there was only 1 tbsp of paste per burger, but it was super tasty! It probably didn't help that I added a dollop of sweet chilli sauce onto the burger just before eating also, whoops!
It did encourage me to try making a Thai green curry though (which I'll post about another day as that's a whole other story I need to tell you about!).
But back to my friends. They were making plenty of yummy noises whilst eating my prawn rolls and pad thai, so I asked them if it would encourage them to try making stuff like this themselves instead of ordering a takeaway next time. "Hm, maybe," said one, with a mouthful of noodles, "But I think I'll just come round to yours instead so you can make it again!"
Well, I'll count that as a partial success then I guess?!
If you liked this, you might want to try making these other takeaway alternatives too.
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