Prep Time 10 minutes - 1 hour 30 minutes - Serves 4 When it comes to autumn I crave good hearty comfort food. And this hits the nail right on the head, veg, pancetta, chicken and wine all cooked up and served with loads of mash and veg. I hate the dark nights for trying to take a photo but I also love the early dark nights. Autumn and winter is 100% my favourite time of year. Ingredients 150 g of smoked diced pancetta. 1 kg of skin-on bone-in chicken thighs. 1 onion, diced. 1

Prep Time 5 minutes - Total Time 30 minutes - Serves 2 Chicken cooked with garlic, mushrooms, red wine and cream, possibly my new favourite dinner served with creamy buttery mash. I’ve used breast in this recipe but you could use thighs or alternatively it would go really nice with pork. Ingredients 2 skinless and boneless chicken breasts. 2 tbsps of flour. ½ tsp of garlic granules. 2 knobs of butter. 150 g of mushroom, sliced. 4 garlic cloves, chopped small. 100 ml red wine,

Prep Time 15 minutes - Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes - Serves 4 Give your go to roast chicken recipe a day off and give this moroccan inspired spatchcock chicken a spin, you won’t be disappointed. Beautifully lightly spiced chicken, served with couscous full of herbs, feta and a stunning dressing to drizzle over everything. (You will also find this recipe on page 14 of my book Richard’s Family Favourites click here) Chicken Ingredients 2 kg chicken, spatchcocked. 1 handful of

Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 20 minutes - Serves 2 This is an absolute cracking recipe. Easy and quick to make and the salad with the apple makes for a perfect side. I’ve obviously used chicken in this recipe, but in the past, I’ve used pork and it works so well. Chicken Ingredients 2 chicken breasts, skinless and boneless. 60 g of panko breadcrumbs. 1 lemon, zest only. 30 g of parmesan cheese, freshly grated. A few fresh thyme sprigs, leaves only. 1 egg, whisked. 30 g o

Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 30 minutes - Serves 3 Crisp chicken skin, tender chicken, lemon thyme sauce, do I need to say anymore? This is a quick and tasty meal that the whole family will love. (You will also find this recipe on page 12 of my book Richard’s Family Favourites click here) Ingredients 9 boneless, skin-on chicken thighs. 2 shallots, cut in half lengthways and finely diced. 1 garlic clove, crushed. 1 tbsp of fresh thyme leaves. 200 ml of chicken stock. 100

Prep Time 30 minutes - Total Time 45 minutes - Serves 4 This is one of Isabella’s favourite dinners if not her favourite. And what’s not to love, crispy juicy chicken with peanut coconut sauce and a tangy pickle piled high next to a mountain of rice. Ingredients 4 chicken breasts, skinless and boneless. 100 g of panko breadcrumbs. 2 eggs, whisked. 70 g of flour, seasoned with salt and pepper. Marinade Ingredients 3 tbsps of light soy sauce. 2 tbsps of toasted sesame oil. 1 li

Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 40 minutes - Serves 4 A soup can be warming and comforting as well as cooling and refreshing. It doesn’t matter what time of the year it is, a big bowl of soup is always a good idea, especially when it’s accompanied by some beautiful fresh crispy bread for dipping into. (You will also find this recipe on page 136 of my book Richard’s Family Favourites click here) Ingredients 2 chicken breasts. 340 g canned sweetcorn. 400 ml of coconut milk. 5

Spatchcocking a chicken is a really cool technique to learn and super easy to do. The benefit of doing this to a chicken is that it will ensure faster and even cooking compared to cooking a whole bird. Equipment Kitchen scissors. Chopping board. Place the chicken on a chopping board, breast side down. Starting at the parson’s nose, (this is at the bottom of the bird where you would normally stuff the cavity) cut along the backbone up to the neck. Repeat on the other side then

Prep Time 5 minutes - Total Time 35 minutes - Serves 2 Aldi have decided to celebrate Christmas all over again in the name of Junemas! So they asked me to come up with a mouth-watering recipe using their Junemas range (available in stores now). I selected 2 Gressingham spatchcock poussin which are flavoured with sea salt & four pepper seasoning. I also made a sticky glaze using the new jalapeño chilli jam mixed with freshly squeezed orange. Roasted in the oven and finished of

Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 50 minutes - Serves 4 This is a proper easy family dinner that requires minimal effort and only 1 saucepan and 1 roasting tray. And you can use a jar of shop bought pesto, but if you can try making your own. You pretty much just stick everything into the tray, pop into the oven and then go watch Coronation Street while the oven does all the hard work. (You will also find this recipe on page 16 of my book Richard’s Family Favourites click here

Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes - Serves 4 I think this is my favourite way to cook a whole chicken. Full of flavour and juicy, no one likes a dry bird. Also one no likes a chicken that is super charred on the outside and still pink in the middle. So what I like to do with this is start it off in the oven then finish off on the BBQ. That way you can be sure of super juicy meat and that beautiful BBQ flavour. Ingredients 1.5 kg chicken, ask the butcher to s

Prep Time 15 minutes - Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes - Serves 5 When I was first introduced to Chinese food as a child in Manchester’s Chinatown this was the first dish I tried. A bright fluorescent red sauce, crispy chicken and chunks of pineapple. I remember thinking to myself, chicken and pineapple, what the!! Needless to say, my first impressions of this dish did not put me off and I’ve loved it ever since that rainy day in Manchester. And whenever I walk through Mancheste

Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 1 hour - Serves 5 When you are talking about Spain and it’s food it’s impossible not to mention paella. A dish that originated from Valencia from humble beginnings. It was first made by farms in the rice fields for lunch and it would be cooked over an open fire. Farms would use whatever they had to hand. Normally that would comprise of snails, onions, tomatoes and beans. As the dish spread across Spain people would adapt the recipe using the

Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes - Serves 4 Feeling hot hot, bring a taste of the Caribbean to your dinner table with my version of a Jerk BBQ stewed chicken with the help of Encona Jamaican style jerk BBQ sauce. Yeah man, a perfect dish for any time of the year, in summer you will feel like you’re in the Caribbean and in winter it will warm you up a treat. Ingredients 1 white onion, thinly sliced. 3 garlic cloves, grated. 1 thumb piece of ginger, grated. 1

Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 1 hour - Serves 4 Get a taste of Spain at home with this one pot Spanish chicken recipe, a taste of the med under your own roof. Ingredients 6 chicken thighs, bones in, skin on. 200 g chorizo sausage, cut into 1cm slices. 1 tbsp smoked paprika. Chilli flakes. 1 red pepper, roughly cut. 1 yellow pepper, roughly cut. 500 g of Passata. Fresh parsley, roughly chopped. Fresh thyme. 400 ml chicken stock. Red wine vinegar. 250 g of cherry tomatoes,

Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 30 minutes - Serves 3 Curry in a hurry, from fridge to table in just 30 minutes. I’m all for slow cooking but sometimes you need that fix pronto. And this is the perfect recipe for when you want a curry but don’t want to spend too much time in the kitchen. Next time you fancy a curry don’t jump on that app and order one because this recipe will be quicker and tastier than what you get from the takeaway. (You will also find this recipe on page

Prep Time 5 minutes - Total Time 45 minutes - Serves 2 Warning eating these will result in a messy face and very sticky fingers. But will also guarantee satisfaction, so much so that Mick Jagger will be satisfied. Wings have to be the ultimate snack, tender, sticky, spicy and I could eat a never-ending bucket full. (You will also find this recipe on page 26 of my book Richard’s Family Favourites click here) Wing Ingredients 1 kg of chicken wings. Pinch of chilli flakes or to

Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 40 minutes - Serves 3 This is a really easy hearty warming and satisfying dish. So simple to make and will make you smile. And I know it doesn’t look like the most attractive looking stew but where it’s lacking in looks the knockout flavour makes up for it. Love me tender chicken, stunning sausages in a Dijon mustard white wine sauce with lots of fresh herbs, I mean what’s not to love? Ingredients 600 g skinless & boneless chicken thighs, rou

Prep Time 15 minutes - Total Time 40 minutes - Serves 2 Good quality sausages make for brilliant meatballs as they are already packed full of amazing flavours, so they don’t really need much adding to them. And this recipe is a prime example of how you can turn a humble sausage into a cracking Caribbean inspired dinner. (You will also find this recipe on page 18 of my book Richard’s Family Favourites click here) Ingredients 10 chicken chipolatas. 1 tbsp of jerk power. 2 tbsps

Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 1 hour - Serves 5 Winter, summer or autumn, any time of the day, highly intoxicated or sober as a judge there is never a bad time for a good kebab. Although if you are intoxicated stay out of the kitchen you don’t want the Fire Brigade knocking on your door. I love all types of kebabs from lamb, pork, Indian style, Turkish style give me any of them but this Mediterranean chicken kebab has to be my favourite. Smoky and spicy chicken sat proudl