Ten Min Meals 2: Burger Omlet & Spicy Basamic Salad

Ten Min Meals: The Plan...

Just got home? Tired, hungry and lazy? Then these are the meals for you, fast prep/cooking time (most under ten min, no more than 15 total, less time than it’ll take you to go to the takeaway!) they're also work great if you're studying and don't need to procrastinate.

 

Spanish burger tortilla with hot balsamic salad. Serves 2, (or one really hungry person!)

Ingreedients

Half Yellow bell pepper; one quarter sliced lengthways, one quarter diced.

1 Pak Choi head (roughly chopped, about 2.5cm square)

One spring onion thinly sliced

One charlotte or small onion very finely chopped (if it’s much bigger than a charlotte, skip the spring onion and use in its place)

Half cup Quorn chicken pieces OR the same amount of lightly browned chicken breast cubed (this will add about 2-3min to cooking time)

Quarter of a cup of Quorn mince OR lightly browned good quality beef mince

2-3 Eggs (I use organic free range and they’re quite large, so I use 2 but if they’re a bit smaller, use 3)

25g Mozzarella

Pinch salt & black pepper

Pinch paprika

Pinch oregano

Pinch dill

Half tsp. Fiery fragrant hot sauce (see recipe;  to be honest it’s hard to beat this in this recipe, but if you must, use quarter tsp. Encola original hot sauce to quarter teaspoon tomato ketchup, not as good, but ok)

2.5tbs balsamic vinegar

1 tsp. wholegrain mustard

Pinch dark brown molasses sugar (normal works too, just less depth of flavour)

1 tsp. tomato ketchup

3 cloves of garlic.

Drizzle of sesame oil

1tbs olive/veg oil or a knob of butter.

Equipment:

Sharp Knife

Cup

Medium sized non-stick pan (you can use a normal pan too, just use slightly more oil/butter)

Chopping board

Teaspoon

Hand blender/fork/whisk

Grill

Microwave

Salad Bowel

Method:

1: prep all the veg as described above and defrost the Quorn/prep the chicken.

2: put a small 8” non-stick pan, add the oil or butter and begin to sortie the diced pepper, tomato ketchup, Quorn Mince & charlotte, stir occasionally until the onion is transparent, N.B. make sure you don’t use a high heat, as this will a, spoil the timing and b. burn the ketchup, so keep an eye on the heat!

3: Beat the eggs with an electric whisk (hand whisk or fork is fine but it takes longer), add 2 cloves of finely chopped garlic, the dill, oregano a little salt and pepper.

Stir the veg & Quorn in the pan, shake so it’s evenly distributed and pour over the egg mixture, place back on a medium high heat, and turn on the grill!

4: Place the salad veg in a salad bowel.

5: In a small jug or glass, mix the balsamic vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, mustard and hot sauce to make the salad dressing.

6: Sprinkle paprika and grated Mozzarella over the top of the burger tortilla (the surface should have begun to set, but still be a little undercooked) and place under the grill N.B. WARNING! TRY TO USE A SAUSPAN WITH A METAL HANDEL SO IT DOESN’T BURN UNDER THE GRILL, UT MAKE SURE YOU USE AN OVEN GLOVE OR CLOTH TO REMOVE FROM THE GRILL, DON’T BURN YOURSELF (like I just did) until the cheese has melted and the tortilla is cooked through.

7:Mix one tsp. of the dressing to the cup with the Quorn chicken Or chicken, stir vigorously and place in microwave on full power for 30seconds to a minuet, until the dressing coats/has been absorbed by the Quorn.

8:Mix the Quorn chicken into the salad veg, pour over the remainder of the dressing and toss.

At this point both the salad and tortilla should be ready to serve, half on each plate, a great light meal in ten min or less! (Let me know how long it takes you!)

Nutritious, delicious and stupidly fast!

Enjoy and stay safe in the kitchen! :)