What are your best 3/4/5 ingredient recipes?

[candleshoe]

My current favourite is:

350g pkt. spaghetti (cooked as on pkt.)
12 rashers of steaky smoked bacon (diced and fried till brown)
150g pine nuts (dry fried in non-stick pan till golden)
190g jar of sun-dried tomato pesto

When pasta is ready stir in tomato pesto, toasted pine nuts and fried bacon and serve!!

Yum

I sometimes add cougettes too (2/3 of them cut into julienne strips/matchsticks and boiled for 3 mins in with spaghetti)

Eldritch kebabs:
Chicken thigh fillet,chopped then fried or grilled.
Shredded lettuce
Chopped flat leaf parsley or mint
Chilli sauce (preferably Shito-yes, it really is called that)
Pitta bread

Crab spaghetti:
Spaghetti
Chilli
Lemon juice
Crab meat
Flat leaf parsley
Olive oil

Mix together and add to spaghetti

Lemony pork:
Sliced belly pork
Potatoes
lemon juice
oregano
onions

Roast all in same tray, although does need salad with it

Prawns and guacamole style dip:
King prawns
Avocado
Lemon
Chilli

Dip prawns into mashed up avocado with lemon and chilli mixed in.

Wow - these are making my hungry! Like the sound of 'twatted chicken' and chicken pesto pasta.

TONIGHT'S DELICIOUS, FABULOUS AND SUPER SPEEDY LOW EFFORT 5 ingredient meal is .........

steak with bearnaise sauce
mixed vegs
roast potatoes in garlic and rosemary
Fru lemon cheesecakes
bottle of Prosecco
I am cheating for Valentine's day with a Waitrose £15 supper deal!

Focaccia with Sardines and Roast Tomatoes
Serves Four:

20 cherry toms
12 fresh sardine fillets
1 focaccia loaf
3tbsp olive oil (herby or garlicky one if you have some)
s&p to season

Preheat oven to 190 C
Put toms in roasting dish
Drizzle over oil
Season with s&p
Roast 10-15mins

Preheat grill to high
Brush sardines with oil
Lay them on baking sheet
Grill 4-5 mins each side

Split focaccia bread horizontally and cut each piece in half to give for equal pieces.
Toast the cut side under the grill until golden.

Top with sardines and tomatoes and an extra drizzle of oil.
Season with black pepper and serve!

bump

Cod, mashed potato, chorizo, shallot and green beans.

SpanishOmelette
fry potatoes until soft and mushy
Fry onions until transparent
add eggs and place in frying pan, let it fry and set.

you can add bacon , chorizo or ham to make it extra delicious

easy peasy but yummy.

Great thread!! Thanks for resurrecting lamamakat- I was having DD2 when it first appeared, I surmise!

Mine is-

tortellini,
pesto,
frozen peas

3 ingredients, takes 3 minutes and everyone loves it.

Sliced smoked salmon
Sliced mushrooms
Single cream
Pasta

Fry the mushrooms until soft, add the smoked salmon and the cream and cook until thickened slightly, then add the pasta and mix it all together. Yum!

2 Shallots
1 packet of sausages
tin of chopped tomatoes
chopped red pepper
1/2 litre of chicken stock

Fry the shallots, red pepper and sausages until browned. Transfer to a casserole dish, cover with the chopped tomatoes and add the stock. Bung it in the oven for an hour. Yum!

Had no-one actually mentioned carbonara?

Pancetta
Eggs
Parmesan
Butter
Spaghetti.

Or butter bean & chorizo salad
Thinly sliced red onion
Tomatoes
Tinned butter beans
Fried chorizo
Flat leaf parsley
(you need a dressing too though so maybe a few more ingredients)

Smoked mackerel pate
Smoked mackerel
butter
lemon juice
pepper
(maybe a little creme fraiche)

Shoulder of lamb with potato & tomato gratin
Shoulder of lamb
Sliced pot
sliced toms
spike lamb with anchovies & garlic
Mix more anchovies & garlic with pots & layer in roasting tin
Layer toms on top
Place lamb on top over rack
Chuck some wine in (ok wine makes it six, but you'd be drinking it anyway)

Pea & ham soup
Ham bone
onion
celery
split peas
bay leaf

Or just really good cheese & a dressed green salad with bread

Or dressed crab with bread & butter, or potted shrimps mmmmm.

Have just noticed this is a really old thread so may be singing in the wind here.

Thank you spiderslegs - I'll try those this week I think! Mmmm