h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I've been cooking some pretty nice stuff of late, though it's largely just been one of three dishes, all of which are similar. Anyway, here's one of 'em.

Roy's/Socket's Chicken Breast With Nice Stuff In And Around It With Funky Salad

Stuff for the chicken:

Chicken breast,
Bacon,
Brie,
A little grated mature cheddar,
Fresh basil,
Cayenne pepper,
A little garlic.

Stuff for the salad:

Green stuff,
Tomatoes,
Olives,
Fresh basil,
Grated mature cheddar,
Goats cheese (decent stuff, not the processed nonsense),
Olive oil,
Balsemic vinegar,
Wholegrain mustard.

The plot:

Whack your oven on at about 210 ish. Slice off a bit of brie, chop up a few basil leaves, chop up a little garlic (TBH you might as well use garlic granules), lay three slices of bacon down, slice the side of the chicken breast, pop the brie, basil and garlic in the resulting gash, pop the breast on the bacon and wrap the bacon 'round the breast taking care to get it as well sealed as possible to avoid brie dribblage. Pop a little grated cheddar on top and finish with a sprinkle of cayenne pepper (mostly for the look of the thing as anything.)

Whack the breast and bacon construction on an oven tray and pop it on the middle shelf of the oven. It'll take 25 mins ish, possibly 30.

Get a bowl, whack in the green leaves, basil, some goats cheese, tomato (quartered, eighthed, chopped, whatever you preference), olives, grated cheddar, a bunch of olive oil, a splot or two of balsemic vinegar and a healthy dollop of wholegrain mustard. Put the lid on and shake it around a bit. Shake it around some more. Shake it a third time while having a little boogie.

Wander off for a bit.

When the chicken's done take it out of the oven and pop it on a plate. Take a healthy dollop of the salad and whack it on the plate next to the chicken.

Sit down, eat it and wonder why you're still single.

>> Sit down, eat it and wonder why you're still single <<

Well, at least that explains all the whacking.

RF

In the gutter with the first reply. Well done sir.

Fear not, this isn't a CUP recipe so there's no 'little extra love' in the mix.

>> In the gutter with the first reply. Well done sir. <<

Standards have to be maintained, you know!

RF

hello roy

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what do'yah fink??

'Allo Revvers. I fail to see how this relates to my recipe.

Anyway, I've replied in ya' journal dude.

Roy, how would you feel if we published this as a Post Recipe?

I'm just excited, sorry about placing it here

Skankster: feel free! I'd be quite chuffed actually.

Revvers: come on now mate, I know you're excited but you can't go flouting your humbuckers just anywhere you know.

sorry mate

Great! I've emailed it in

Top stuff. The line about being single isn't necessarily part of the recipe you know!

Blimey. Roy's stuffed a bird. Who'd have thought it?

Sounds tasty, by the way. I must get some brie and so forth.

Believe it or not I have stuffed a bird before, though it was a long time ago (LiftLiker can vouch for me there.) Mind you, it wasn't much of a stuffing and she wasn't much of a bird (LiftLiker can vouch for the latter part of that too.)

It is really, really nice, and I weep to sit here eating it alone.

Not really. I sit here feeling dead chuffed with myself for not taking the Super Noodle option.

So, you've stuffed one before.

What's it like? No, maybe I don't need to know as such.

And don't weep while you're eating - the salad will go soggy.

It's not that great to be honest. They've got bits missing.

Fear not, if ever I notice the salad getting soggy I know just the thing to perk it up again. Just lick it a little.

That adds a whole new dimension to the recipe.

I must admit that does look kinda tasty! Shame Quorn just isn't a proper substitute for the bird..

gad, cheese on toast is coolio, or does that open me up (GAD inunenndo.............christ what can a person say without innudeendo) eeep........................ gugger humbuckers