Slimming World Recipe - "Chicken Stock made with Bovril" ???

January 30, 2008 1:06pm CST
Hi all! Am I just being stupid or is this made "exactly how it is said on the tin"??? I tried making a lamb and spinach curry from the "Slimming World 30 Minute Meals" book, and part of the recipe was to add 1/4 pint of chicken stock made with bovril. I added a chicken stock cube to 1/4 pint of Bovril but the end result was the curry tasted very strongly of bovril and not much else. Did I miss something important here??? Thanks in advance, Chris
3 responses
@qouniq (1966)
• Malaysia
30 Jan 08
I think the bovril amount is too much that's why the taste became bovril instead of the curry. I never heard cooking curry using bovril as the ingredient, I think you should have to add 1 cube of chicken stock into 1/4 pint of water and as may be 2 tbsp of bovril intead of 1/4 pint of bovril.
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4 Feb 08
Thanks - made it again tonight as you suggested and it tasted amazing!!! Chris
@qouniq (1966)
• Malaysia
4 Feb 08
wow, i am glad that you finally find the right taste using the ingredient stated.
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@amirev777 (4117)
• India
11 May 08
hi! i m suffering frm obesity so i want to try evrything available in this world to try 2 reduce my weight-i have read and tried so many slimming recipies-but what i hv come 2 conclusion is that only dieting without proper exercise is no good when it comes 2 losing weight.As far as your recipe for curry is concerned you shud try indian curries,there are so many spices added that it will not taste of any particular taste but the variety adds so much 2 the taste-hat it is jst lip smacking!
@jakesmum (154)
• Australia
11 May 08
The Bovril is salty enough already, that's why adding the stock cube as well made it too much. Cooking can be a case of "less is more" in my opinion. I'm a poet and writer, and I love cooking because it allows me another expression of my creativity! Too much of one thing and the balance gets blotted out, with inedible results sometimes. Yucky and wasteful (that's why I have dogs - so my cooking experiments are never wasted!). If you get the balance right, Yummalicious!