I’ll be the first to admit, I am a gadget junkie. This weekend I stepped inside the mall and stepped out with an electric groom tool and a soft serve ice cream maker. It really didn’t matter that even the salesman tried to dissuade me to get the groom tool or that I had previously bought two ice cream makers (which I had each used once). My desire to have a soft serve ice cream party during the summer (only six months away) was enough to cloud my normally better judgement. The truth is, most of the gadgets would be lucky to be used twice… Like my coconut grater, express pizza oven, and smoker (oh actually, that was only used once!).
The one thing that remains constant though, is my trusty Thermomix. A growing number of people I know have jumped on the thermomix bandwagon.
“It can make risotto in 16 minutes!” “Have you tried making the sorbet? “The soups are so creamy!”, they say.
My favourite Thermomix trick is the ability to confit and slow cook food. Because the thermomix is able to regulate temperature, it’s ideal for cooking for a constant heat. Which is why I’ve adapted David Chang’s Chicken and Egg recipe for the Thermomix. This is the recipe that I originally submitted to food writer Dani Valent, who is currently writing Mix: Great Thermomix Recipes featuring Thermomix recipes by chefs and bloggers from around the world. In the end however, I decided to add more of an Asian flavour to the oil and came up with something truly spectacular. I can’t wait for you all to see it – the book, is scheduled for release in October 2011… in the meantime, you won’t regret trying this version.
And as for the groom tool and soft serve ice cream maker? Well, whether I eventually regret the purchases is still to be decided…
Chicken and Egg on The Thermomix
Adapted from David Chang’s Momofuku Cookbook. Non Thermomix version can be found here.
- 8 cups lukewarm water
- 1 cup sugar plus 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 cup salt plus 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 chicken thighs, boned
- 2 strips smoky bacon, cut in half
- 500 ml grapeseed oil (more as needed)
- 2 cucumbers
- 4 cups cooked short-grain rice
- 4 slow poached eggs (recipe follows)
- Handful sliced spring onions to serve
- 1. To make the brine, combine 1 cup of the sugar and 1 cup of the salt along with the water in a large plastic container and stir to dissolve. Add the chicken and seal. Refrigerate between 1 to 6 hours.
- 2. Remove the chicken from the brine and place the chicken in the thermomix bowl along with the strips of bacon, fit snugly in between the chicken. Add the grapeseed oil, around 500 ml but add if more is needed to ensure the chicken is covered.
- 3. Cook on reverse, speed 1 at 70c for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Once done, remove from the pot oven and cool to room temperature.
- 4. When ready to serve, fry the chicken for around 3 minutes each side over medium high heat until crisp.
- Portion the rice into the bowls and top with the poached eggs (recipe follows), pickled cucumbers (recipe follows) and sliced chicken. Sprinkle with spring onions and serve.
Cucumber Pickle Recipe
Slice the cucumbers into strips with a mandolin. Toss with the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 teaspoon salt in a small bowl and allow it to sit until ready to useFor the Poached Eggs
You will need four eggs. Fill the thermomix bowl just below the 2 litre mark. Place four eggs (in their shell) into the steam basket and add more water until the 2 litre mark is reached. Cover the thermomix with the lid. Heat at 60c for 43 minutes on speed 3. Remove from the thermomix and gently crack the tops and tip the eggs into a small saucer.
Doggie Rescue – Foster care for 12 days?
On another note, I just received an email from Monika of Doggie Rescue – a charity very close to my heart. They are working on renovating their premises including the doggie yards and are looking short term foster homes for doggies – just for 12 days. If you can help, please click here or contact Monika’s Doggie Rescue on 02 9486 3133. Renovations will begin on the 26th of July so they desperately need foster homes before 22 July (Friday). If you have any friends who would be interested, please forward these contact details.
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Hi,
Whats a theronmix? This recipe looks great, the chiken looks amazing!!
Fantastic stuff!
Love Jem
Hi Jem,
A thermomix is an all in one kitchen gadget – it can cook, blend, whisk, chop, weigh etc. It’s fantastic and a great time saver.
What’s a thermomix? This looks like a really good recipe 🙂
Great stuff.
Love Jem.
Have the cookbook, have the Thermomix – and the photo looks divine. The ingredients are on my list and I am getting to this tomorrow.
🙂
V
Oh wow! I never knew you could do things like this in Thermie!
I love my Thermie, wouldn’t be without it! I’m going to have to try this very soon! thanks for posting!
OOooo I had no idea that you could do this in the Thermie! He’s my best friend in the kitchen…honestly worth every cent….I’ll be trying this recipe this week 🙂 thanks muchly!!
omg that looks delicious!!!!!!
I have a thermomix and thought of using it for sous vide but never figured how!
I have never imagined you can place the chicken directly in the bowl with oil…I guess I was worried the chicken might get caught in the blade even if it’s on reverse at speed 1. Do you think it will work with other meat or even fish, seal them in a vacuum bag or place them in the basket too?
I have a thermomix, a gift from my mom and I have only used it once and kept it in the cabinet..lonely and forgotten until now..risotto in 16 minutes you say… I’m definitely going to give it a second chance. Thanks Trissa! 🙂
hi Trissa, i just found out you have a blog. =) so happy to have chanced upon this. don’t know if you still recall who i am….your wedding planner. best of wishes and will follow your blog. =)
I try to stay away from gadgets as much as possible – but the thermomix seems to keep popping up and up! great result with this recipe, that’s for sure.
Wow the cook book sounds like a must have – do post a note when it comes out. I am going home to try this recipe, thanks so much for posting
Looks very yummy Trissa!
Looks like a perfect winter warmer dish!
You and the Thermomix make the best of friends! Love what you have done here Trissa!
My Dad’s a Thermomix man, and so I’ve been avoiding it (sometimes he and I deal with our issues through appliances), but I’m intrigued now because you like it so. And I like you. But tell me, a technical question, why so much oil for the chicken?
the chicken looks great.
A Thermomix is my Holy Grail. One of these days…. What a simply marvelous meal this is!
This looks such a lovely dish!
I am tempted by the thought of having one of these machines. Will have to save up. The chicken looks great but the eggs even better. I like the photo
🙂 I knew it! . when I saw those perfectly soft boiled eggs, I knew these are best achieved through using a sous vide water bath or..Thermomix, of course. They have started selling the machine in a retail store here… but too frightfully expensive…:(
Was this recipe taken from his book? I’m just wondering if it’s worth buying as I’m familiar and attracted to only one dish which is the pork buns. Also what does the submerging in oil step do? Can I skip that step? Jen
Wow – that looks so scoffable right now…!
This looks delicious! Thermomix is def on my wishlist. Everyone who has one hasnt regretted it and although they’re pricey, they look well worth it 🙂
Hi Trissa,
You’ve done it again — Yummy recipe with beautiful photography! Now on Groom tool, I have something similar that I have been using. When I clicked on your link and played the Dyson mini video about groom tool, I was totally surprised. I didn’t know that you can also use it on dogs! Thank you for sharing Trissa! 😛
– Best wishes –
ray
Oh hurray for constancy and consistency! So glad to hear you keep returning to Thermomix. I love brining my fowl and can’t wait to try this. It’s such a beautiful expression of “comfort” and “elegance” combined. Salivating here now. Cheers 😉
How intriguing. One day I’d love to see a real thermomix in action. Until then I’ll just enjoy the lovely results vicariously through your blog 😉
I’m a gadget-crazed person myself and my boyfriend always tries (emphasis on the word “tries”) to dissuade me from buying even more stuff I really don’t need. He fails every time 🙂
That soft-serve ice cream maker sounds perfect! I want one. As far as the Thermomix is concerned, I have no idea what it really is. But if it makes risotto and sorbet and poached eggs it must be good.
Love the look of that chicken Trissa.
Magda
Holy Cow! That looks SO delicious! I’m going to have to check out the thermomix now! Thanks for such a feast for the eyes…..