The moment I finished reading the topic for this months Carnival of Natural Parenting: Family Recipes, I knew exactly which recipe I would share: Vranameer Chicken.

Welcome to the April 2013 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Family Recipes

This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month our participants are sharing their recipes, their stories, their pictures, and their memories.

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Translated from Afrikaans, Vra Na Meer means Ask For More. That’s what this is all about. Eating more cause it’s so yum.

Actually, some time after my mother’s terminal diagnosis, I sat down and asked myself what I would wish I could have asked five, ten, twenty years from now. One of the first things I thought about was this recipe from makeadish.net/.

My mother has never been big on food. She’s not much of a cook, and doesn’t particularly enjoy spending time in the kitchen – although she’s a fabulous baker! But this was a meal she would cook for us.

Be warned. It’s not what I would call healthy, although it could be made healthier, but it is really quick and easy and very, very, very tasty. It would particularly appeal to anyone who likes sweet and sour Chinese food.

I’ll have to try it again sometime with made-from-scratch ingredients.

 

Vranameer Chicken : A Family Recipe
Recipe Type: Main Meal, Chicken
Cuisine: South African
Author: Luschka
Serves: 3 – 4
You could make this recipe healthier by making the mayonnaise and chutney from scratch before hand. The chutney you use also makes a difference to the flavour. Traditionally you use Mrs Balls Chutney (Amazon US), but any sweet fruity chutney works.
Ingredients
  • 6 to 8 chicken portions
  • 3 onions, chopped
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 1 cup chutney
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • Salt and pepper
  • Herbs to taste
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 160°C
  2. Brown the chicken and set aside in an oven-proof casserole dish.
  3. Sauté the onions gently for 10 to 15 minutes until they are soft and has a golden colour. Add the water and mix to make a ‘soup’.
  4. Mix onion with chutney and mayonnaise, and pour sauce over chicken.
  5. Cover casserole dish and bake in oven at 180°C for an hour.
  6. Serve with fluffy rice and fresh, mixed salad.
Serving size: 1 Calories: 439 Fat: 5.3 Saturated fat: .3 Carbohydrates: 89.5 Sugar: 33.8 Sodium: 1146 Fiber: 3.2 Protein: 6.7 Cholesterol: 11.9

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26 Comments

Vranameer Chicken : A Family Recipe

  1. Definitely need to share this with a friend who LOVES flavours like this. I have a few bottles of hot sauce from South Africa but I never know what to put them on as I don’t eat meat! Any suggestions would be most welcome 🙂

    1. Is that a Nando’s sauce, by chance? Mix it in with rice/pasta/quinoa to ‘flavour’ it. Use it to spice up pretty much anything! Use it in place of your regular seasoning, or along with it!

  2. YUM! I think that sounds great and is definitely a new recipe for me! I also think it could be adapted to our current restrictions, so I am pinning it for future meal planning. Thanks for sharing!

  3. Just the name makes me want to try it!! I love that you connect this recipe with you mother. It’s amazing how powerful our memories attached to food can be!

  4. “Ask for more” — how adorable is that! I love sweet and sour chicken so want to give this a try. Sam already makes our mayo, so it would just be figuring out the chutney.

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