All-in-one Stuffed Chicken Thigh Thermomix Varoma Meal with Curry Sauce
How do you use your Thermomix Varoma steamer?
To take full advantage of this under-utilised part of your best friend in the kitchen, why not make an all-in-one healthy steamed meal? You can cook your protein and some veg in the Varoma itself, some rice or potatoes in the internal steamer/simmering basket, and your sauce on the bottom.
Try this meal here, based on chicken, or look up some other all-in-one Varoma meals here on the blog.
All-in-one Stuffed Chicken Thigh Thermomix Varoma Meal with Curry Sauce
This is more of a template than a recipe and you can vary it infinitely by using different protein, different types of bread, different herbs and spices, and different sauce ingredients. Just last night I used some beautiful fish fillets, French bread, shallot and tarragon for a gorgeous dinner. ThermoHubby John licked his lips throughout the meal! Serves 4 to 6.
Ingredients
leftover bread: 2 or 3 slices from a loaf or about 1/3 of a baguette or 1/4 of a French stick
a handful of fresh herbs, whatever’s in the fridge or growing in your garden (parsley, tarragon, basil, coriander… use your imagination!)
6 chicken thighs, bone removed or purchased boneless
2 carrots
1 medium courgette/zucchini
1 tin coconut milk
1 tsp curry powder or to taste
1 chicken bouillon cube – or – 1 tsp Thermomix stock paste – or – liquid chicken stock to top up
300 g white rice (Basmati, Thai or your choice)
1 tsp sea salt – more or less as you prefer
You will also need:
about 12 toothpicks
Method
1. Make breadcrumb stuffing: add your leftover bread and herbs to the TM bowl and Turbo pulse once or twice briefly. Reserve.
2. Flatten your boneless chicken thighs and add a Tbsp or two of stuffing to one half. Fold over and close with toothpicks. Repeat for all six thighs. Place stuffed thighs on the bottom of the Varoma dish (the deep bottom part).
3. Make ribbons of courgette and carrot with a vegetable peeler and place on the Varoma tray (the top part). Set the tray on the dish, put the lid on and set aside.
4. Add coconut milk, curry powder and bouillon cube/stock paste if using. Add liquid stock or water to top up the TM bowl to the 1-litre mark. Place the internal steamer basket into the TM bowl and then press the weighing scales button. Weigh in 300 g of rice, pop the salt on top of the rice, put the lid and the MC on the TM and rinse your rice 10 seconds/Speed 7.
5. Remove the Measuring Cup, place the Varoma on the lid and cook 25 minutes/Varoma setting/Speed 3. Check the vegetable ribbons after about 15 minutes and remove the tray if already cooked through.
6. Remove the Varoma and set it on a plate with the lid still on. Return the tray of veg to the Varoma if required; this should heat your veg ribbons back up. Remove the internal steaming basket using the handy hook on the TM spatula, set aside and keep warm. Check the consistency of your sauce. If it’s as thick as you’d like, start plating up your meal. If you’d like your sauce thicker, reduce it on Varoma setting/5 minutes/Speed 3. Check consistency and repeat if necessary until you get it the way you like it.
Don’t forget to remove the toothpicks from your chicken thigh parcels before eating š Serve chicken with rice and veg and top with sauce.
Madame Thermomix’s Top Tricks and Tips:
- This is a totally versatile recipe because you can use any kind of herbs in your stuffing and any kind of sauce to cook it over. In the French TM demonstration you make soup in the bottom and rice, protein and veg in the other layers, serve some soup and turn the rest into a sauce by adding some crĆØme fraĆ®che/sour cream and some spices. It’s magic!
- Alternatively, reserve the Varoma tray and vegetable ribbons and *very carefully* add it to the Varoma after the first 15 minutes of cooking. This way all the elements of your meal will be cooked and hot at serving time.
- If you wish to use brown rice you’ll need to adjust the cooking times by starting your rice first and popping the Varoma on top after the first 10 to 15 minutes of cooking.
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Bon appƩtit !
