Aldi... what do you recommend?

Fils wrote: »

Yea chicken thigh is either love or hate relationship. I had a look in SuperValu this morning for chicken fillet burgers but nothing there. Was hoping Aldi would come up trumps. Bbq tomorrow and have one fussy eater.

I know it's too late to respond but I've been really enjoying the chicken Thigh fillets on the BBQ from Aldi recently. What I like about them is they are a fairly uniform thickness across the whole piece of meat if you unroll it, so it doesn't need to be malleted like you might need to do with a breast to ensure it cooks evenly.

I cover them with a rub a few hours before hand and they turn out lovely. We usually have it as a burger, but its nice on its own either.

The rub I use:

• 1 Cup light brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons of chilli powder
• 2 tablespoons of ground mustered seeds (original recipe just says mustart powder)
• 2 Tablespoons of Onion Salt (original calls fo poweder, don't see that available here)
• 2 tablespoons of garlic powder
• 2 tablespoon of cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon of salt
• 2 tablespoons of ground pepper
• 1 tablespoon of paprika

It is a little spicy, I would probably rate medium spicy, so maybe half the cayenne and chilli if you prefer it milder

Cook on the indirect\cool side for a little bit and finish them off on the direct heat then.

I'm pretty sure they are fattier than they were the first time I got them, but I just trim some of the excess fat off them. I might try the boned ones next time as they are cheaper and if I am trimming stuff anyways maybe the bone isnt a big deal to extract.

Tried the new 6oz 5% fat Angus burgers - a lovely thick massive burger but a lack of seasoning for me.

A low fat burger is never going to compete with a higher fat one but the seasoning could have made it a winner imo. Good but could be better!

54and56 wrote: »

Same. I think direct heat from below imparts a nice crust on the bottom of the pizza.

As an aside I think the 300g portion when only being stretched to fit in a pan results in a base which is a bit thicker / doughier than I typically like so will try making 3 X 200g thinner bases out of 2 packs and see if that works.

If it does it'll be a nicer base, lower calories and I'll save some €'s

Quick update on this.

Tried splitting the 300g dough in two and made two very thin pizzas.

They were a little smaller than the "normal" version so no doughy crust all around the edge but just as tasty and nice and crispy.

I'd say 2 packs split into 3 X 200g bases would be perfect.

Q whats the best brand of Tea in ALDI? Something like Lyons (i'm talking about black tea here) - TIA

McGrath's tea in Aldi is good.

Are the Saturday pizzas gone? My store was revamped a few weeks ago and I haven't seen them since but I wasn't sure if that was just timing. I really liked them the odd time so it's a shame if they're gone for good.

The FibreNow brownies seem to be gone aswell.

Has anyone seen these recently?

https://www.aldi.co.uk/fibre-now-chocolate-fudge-brownies/p/019478336871200

Their Red Thunder version of Red Bull has disappeared

Probably these kiwis in the current Super 6

My Aldi has been generally really poorly stocked for weeks now. No flavoured sparking water, no free-range chicken, no chicken wings, none of the specially selected tortilla chips (which we are addicted to!), loads of cheeses missing. Is it just my store? I've gone in on different days and times so I'm not coming in right before a delivery or something. Everytime I go in, I end up having to go to another shop on the way home to pick up things that I couldn't get, it's getting annoying.

The coconut icecream mochi are expensive but delicious!