Chicken Causa Elim

Serves 6 entrees

This recipe needs a 4 inch diameter ring mould.

Ingredients:

Chicken Filling:

1.5kg whole chicken
1/2 leek
4 sprigs parsley
1 stalk of celery, finely diced
2 choko’s
3 Tbsp Elim mayonnaise….pre-made
salt to taste

Potato Layer:

1.2 kg white potatoes
30 ml rice bran oil
30 ml reserved chicken stock (from the poaching water above)
1/2 leek, diced
2 cloves garlic, crushed

Decoration:

1/4 of a purple cabbage and extra sprigs of parsely

Method:

Chicken:

Place the whole chicken in a large saucepan and cover with salted water
Add chopped 1/2 leek and 2 sprigs of the parsley
Bring the pot to the boil, turn down the heat and simmer for about 1 hour (until the chicken is cooked), with the lid only partially covering the pot
Reserve about 1/2 cup of the stock liquid when the chicken is cooked
Shred and finely chop the chicken
Mix with very finely diced celery, the other chopped sprigs of parsley and the mayonnaise.
Salt to taste

Vegetables:

Peel and slice the choko’s and cook (microwave) until quite tender. Set aside
Dice the purple cabbage, cook until soft, then puree to a paste for the decoration

Potatoes:

Peel the potatoes, chop them and boil them in salted water until tender
Fry in some oil, on low heat until tender, the remaining 1/2 leek and garlic. Cool and then puree to a paste
Drain the potatoes and place in a bowl to mash
Add the leek and garlic puree, and 30ml each of the rice bran oil and the reserved stock.
Mash the potato. Add extra reserved stock if the consistency of the potatoes requires it. The ;potato needs to be stiff enough to hold their shape when moulded

TIP:

This dish is served cold or at room temperature, so it can be made earlier on the same day and kept in the fridge until serving time. Even so….I prefer it at room temperature or slightly warm from being served not long after cooking all the ingredients.

Plating:

Divide the potato mixture into 6, the chicken mixture into 6 and the choko’s into 6 serves.
Place a greased, 4-inch ring mould in the centre of the entree serving plate
Each causa has 2 layers of potatoes; bottom and top. So take one sixth of the potato mixture and divide this into 2
Place the first half of the potato into the bottom of the mould. It should be at least 1 cm high
Cover the potato with one sixth of the coked choko’s
Cover the choko with one sixth of the chicken mixture. Again the chicken should be about 1 cm high
Top the chicken with the remaining half of the potato mixture for that causa; again ~ 1 cm high
You can remove the ring mould and repeat this on the other serving dishes
You can refrigerate it at this point for a few hours, or serve it straight away (which is how I prefer it)
Don’t add the purple cabbage decoration until serving time, or a purple mark will spread on top of the white potato

Serving:

This is usually served as a entree dish
Although it can be refrigerated for several hours, I prefer the dish not to be that cold, and served more room temperature to slightly warm
You might enjoy is as part of your Christmas dinner

RECIPES SUITABLE FOR THE RPAH FOOD CHEMICAL ELIMINATION DIET

Disclaimer: Please note that the food chemical elimination diet is a testing tool to find which food chemical substances your body is sensitive to. It is not intended to be a life-long diet. This procedure should be done with the supervision of your dietitian. Once the elimination investigations are complete you need to add foods back to the diet, from the food chemical groups you have been avoiding, to find your tolerance levels to the substances to which you are sensitive.

The following recipes fall into 4 main categories and will help you through this diet investigation and or the initial re-introduction of moderate chemicals.