29 September 2022
5 Quick & Easy Student Recipes
Spaghetti bolognese is the dream, real talk, but nobody wants it for dinner every night for three years. If you think you need to up your game in the kitchen, read on.
Below you can find a list of student recipes, all of them quick, cheap and easy to make.
Fajitas
Fajitas are one of the best Mexican dishes out there. To make things even better they’re actually fairly easy to cook and can be relatively inexpensive!
Ingredients
- Chicken/Turkey breasts cut into strips
- 2 peppers
- 1 Onion
- Tortilla wraps
- Cumin 1 tsp
- Paprika 1 tsp
- Chilli Powder 1 tsp
- Olive oil 2 tsps
- Black pepper
- Cheese
- Sour cream, salsa & guacamole
Method
STEP 1: Cut up the peppers and chicken into strips along with the onion.
STEP 2: Put the chicken, onion and peppers into a bowl along with the cumin, paprika, chilli powder, black pepper and 1 teaspoon of olive oil. Mix it all together.
STEP 3: Heat the other teaspoon of olive oil on a pan at a high temperature.
STEP 4: Add the chicken, peppers and onions to the pan for 7-10 minutes, keep stirring them so they don’t get burned!
STEP 5: Remove from the heat and serve with plenty of cheese, salsa, sour cream and most importantly the guacamole.
Sausage & butterbean casserole
This is a classic combo and is very affordable making it ideal for those of you who are finding it hard to stick to the weekly budget!
Ingredients
- 1 Onion
- 1 garlic clove (chopped)
- 1 tsp of mixed herbs
- 8 Sausages
- 1 400g tin of butter beans
- 1 400g tin of chopped tomatoes
- 500 ml of Chicken stock made from a stock cube
- 100g of old bread (not too old though…)
- ½ bunch of parsley
- Olive oil
Method
STEP 1: Preheat the oven to 200c/180C Fan.
Step 2: Add the butter beans, tomatoes and chicken stock to the pan. Mix everything together and add some salt and pepper.
Thai green curry
This tasty little number is perfect for those cold winter nights when you’re after a quick meal.
Ingredients
- Thai green curry paste (just the 1 jar will do)
- 2 chicken breast
- 2 peppers
- Half an onion
- 400g rice
- 1 can of coconut milk
- Olive oil
Method
STEP 1: Stick a splash of oil in a frying pan and heat it up.
STEP 2: Add the onions to the pan.
STEP 3: Place the chicken in the pan and fry it off till the meat is white on the outside.
STEP 4: Then add in the Thai green curry paste, don’t forget to make sure the chicken is well coated!
STEP 5: Add in the coconut milk and the peppers and turn the heat down low.
STEP 6: Next you need to add the rice into a pan of boiling water and leave it for around 15 minutes to cook.
STEP 7: When the rice is ready remove it from the boiling water and serve up your masterpiece!
Burgers with spicy wedges
Burger and chips may seem like nothing special, but by making it all yourself you can look like Gordon Ramsey in-front of your housemates instead of just using a frozen one from friendly old Captain Birds Eye.
Ingredients (Burgers)
- 500g Minced beef
- 1 Onion
- 1 Egg
Method
STEP 1: Finely dice up the onion and put it in a big bowl
STEP 2: Chuck in the mince
STEP 3: Don’t forget about the egg, crack that bad boy in there too
STEP 4: At this point, it’s up to how adventurous you’re feeling…you can add in all sorts from salt and pepper to chilli powder or even some cheese (we recommend some feta cheese).
STEP 5: Mix everything together in a bowl
STEP 6: Scoop out a helping of the mix from the bowl and use your hands to roll it into a ball. Don’t forget to flatten it into a patty.
STEP 7: Place on a greased baking tray and cook in the oven or use a grill (don’t forget to turn halfway through).
Ingredients (spicy wedges)
- 4 large potatoes
- Olive oil
- 1 tsp of chilli powder, paprika and mixed herb
Method
STEP 1: Wash your potatoes before cutting them up into wedges.
STEP 2: Grab yourself a plastic sandwich bag and dribble some olive oil in there.
STEP 3: Then add in the wedges and the spices/herbs.
STEP 4: Then tie a knot in the bag and shake it to ensure that all the wedges get covered in seasoning.
STEP 5: Then whack them in the oven at a high temperature for up to 30 mins depending on how good your oven is and how crispy you want them.
Sweet potato & chickpea curry
Vegetarian? Don’t worry there’s one for you too:
Ingredients (Sweet potato & chickpea curry)
- 2 cans of chickpeas
- 4-5 sweet potatoes
- 4-5 mushrooms
- 1 jar of curry sauce
- Rice
Method
STEP 1: Chop up the sweet potatoes into chunks and boil them in a pan.
STEP 2: Empty the can of chickpeas into another pan and cook them on a medium heat.
STEP 3:Chop up the mushrooms too and fry them at a low temperature.
STEP 4: Don’t forget to cook the rice too!
STEP 5: Take the chickpeas off the heat and add to the mushroom pan.
STEP 6: Once the sweet potatoes have boiled add them to the pan.
STEP 7: Pour your curry sauce of choice over the mixture and let it simmer for 10-20 minutes.
