Id do my chips in the air frier, chicken in the oven , chop some chillie n fry the onion n peppers in pan 5 mins before its ready then toss it all together with the seasoning and itll be alot crispyer lol 👍
Hi Gaz - i would've cooked the fries on a separate tray until towards the end. Apart from soggy it did look like it tasted delicious. I now love Aldi, although I've never been! Thanks to your sterling work...
A decent deal. The prepared meal looks as appetising as the Serving Suggestion!😃 If you find it needs a bit more heat, try a *little* Tabasco. Mix in well!
Fetched my Mayflower curry sauce out of the ice cube tray, then defrosted and it was lovely. Know what to with leftover sauce now. Thanks for recomending it Gareth. It would be great on your chicken and chips tray. B.
Looked really tasty and your facial expression when you tried it said so! Having said that and you mentioning the veg making the chips a bit soggy makes me think that if I get one, I'll use two trays and keep the chips, and the Chicken and Veg, separate and mix them just before adding the seasoning. So thanks for yet another great review, and adding a new dish to my 'suppers after a bevvy' list! lol
A very popular dish from chippies, in my native land across the Irish Sea, is the Spice Bag. All sorts deep fried veggies, chips and spices with fried chicken. This is an attempt to recreate that in your own kitchen. Hmm... Is it as good as your typical cod and chips? ☺️
Love salt and chilli fries, I use the seasoning from home bargains and bung the fries, onion and peppers all in the air frier with a good coat of seasoning. Superb with a cold beer
Supermarket's are getting better and better with these takeaways. Apart from the Donner if you're having a Donner it's got to be a full on dirty one from the local takeaway 😂🍻🥙 Cheers Gareth
@@eadweard. Snap! I've just stocked up in Chinatown. Ever tried Kucharek? It's the Polish equivalent of Marigold vegetable bouillon powder, but with msg. Can't help dipping my finger in it and licking!.
id rather buy a bag of fries a bag of battered chicken pieces and a bag of chargrilled veg mix , but its all about not having to buy an excess i suppose
Evening Gareth a thought it looked pretty decent to be fair and for the price also was ok.would definitely be a tasty treat when you’ve got home from the boozer after a few Jars! Enjoy rest of your evening 🙂👍🏻
Hi Gareth, I like the look of that, it's a must the next time I go to Aldi,. I think it is a sharer half for you and half for your self🤣🤣I know what will go with that is some melted cheese, as always you are making me hungry, Take care👍👍
Never had salt & pepper chips with five spice mix in my area, only get it with chopped red chilli and salt and onion, tastes great 😃 make my own sometimes dead easy yum yum 😋
I would substitute the bell peppers for jalapeno and chili peppers,like you I'm not a fan of those and neither is my wife,we always ask for our takeaway without them,I do like salt and chili chips with mine as well so might just try that Gareth,another good one big pal
I think you still have quite a long journey before you get your first Michelin star Gareth but keep up the good work 👍. These videos are almost as good as Fawlty Towers😂
through some curry sauce over and it will be spot on, im off to aldi to get one of these boxes and the Southern fried chicken munch box you just reviewed
I was going to say because at my local Chinese the salt and pepper dishes don’t taste like 5 spice. I wondered if it was different up north as lot of takeaway food is.
Best thing you have made as you can claim you cooked and constructed it technically😂 It really looks better then my local takeaway and the chilli flakes are a good call
The Left Handed Cig channel. Try a tin of Stagg Chile with Aunt Bessie's Yorkshire Puds. A fine fine combo for bedsit folk and Baby Bellings. Well it was.
That looks interesting. We don't have the chicken and chips concept here except in freezer meals like Hungry Man or kid's meals. The Hungry Man meals are always soggy after coming out of the oven. We buy the Fries (chips) and chicken separate and air fry them to get them nice and crispy. We Americans tend to dip chicken and fries into sugary sauces like sweet BBQ, ketchup, etc. but I prefer a vinegary hot sauce like Louisiana sauce, with garlic and pepper seasoning on the fries (crisps).
Ok Gareth im going to blow your mind here, when they say turn halfway through they mean the tray so the heat distributes equally. You don't need to stir.
It coulda been a contender Gareth, but they gave the wrong instructions 😢 This is to me,a cook all separately or at least on a larger tray. Then bung it into a large bowl add the seasoning and TOSS NOT STIR😊 However that said it looked not to bad.And a fair price One for the short list ❤❤😊 Carry on Allan&Family
Great review Gaz that looks pretty delicious if I say so myself it’s a good job I am off to Aldi tomorrow but I think I will cook the chips and chicken separately so they both go crispy and my mouth is watering 👏👏👍👍
Chicken nuggets and chips with a bag of spice and 150g of chopped onion and peppers. You could buy those ingredients separately and save money, £4 is a lot for what you get here and to be honest not that much more work or time! Normally you add spice seasoning at the beginning and cook with it, not add it at the end! Learn to cook and prepare food yourselves people! You’ll get better quality and value for money!
I got this from Hearon food on the clear out section for around £3. I ended up deep frying my chips and chicken to give them some cripsyness. To much for one meal so had to split into two meals.
now they really want you to work out the amounts. with a separate weight for the 4 items. which is good. but you have to remember that the % are out of each item amount and not the whole. 749g 320g chips 260g chicken 150g veg 12g salts. the veg is only onion red and green peppers. so for £4 is it still worth it. the most expensive is the chicken, but if you can get it from xsell in Heron for around £1.50 for 400g its not like it is hard to do. I still think we could come in under the £4 budget to make
I hope your dog bowl was hot otherwise the meal would end up cold. I'll carry on making my own I reckon using Chinese sauces and my woks. Still, looks quite good and you says it tastes good so that is useful to know. Were there choices of different foods in that range?
I would not use the cooking instructions on the box. Instead, I would cook the chips, chicken, and peppers/onion separately. Otherwise the chips can be soggy, the onions are never properly cooked, and the chicken isn't crispy.
I would have started on a hot tray to get those chips defrosting quicker and the moisture evaporating away. Also having frozen chicken & veg on moist chips instead of sitting directly on a hot tray is a bonkers cooking suggestion. Onions are full of liquid so that was never going to help crisp up anything on that tray.
I have never seen this in any Chinese takeaway in the US,though buffets sometimes have fries for children.It's rather dry for me,I would prefer the infamous General Tso's Chicken which is apprently an American invention.
35 minutes for oven chips is way too long, regular ones take 22 minutes, bloody disgrace. Try a trip to sainsbury's for the aunt bessie oven chips as they were £1.90 with a nectar card or iceland were doing the 5 minute oven chips for half price, they were quite nice.
Id do my chips in the air frier, chicken in the oven , chop some chillie n fry the onion n peppers in pan 5 mins before its ready then toss it all together with the seasoning and itll be alot crispyer lol 👍
That's the dogs dinner ready 😂😊
Can I come and live with you? I can be mistaken for a dog with my habits sometimes.
Hi Gaz - i would've cooked the fries on a separate tray until towards the end. Apart from soggy it did look like it tasted delicious. I now love Aldi, although I've never been! Thanks to your sterling work...
A decent deal. The prepared meal looks as appetising as the Serving Suggestion!😃
If you find it needs a bit more heat, try a *little* Tabasco. Mix in well!
Don't fancy that. I'll stick to smoking it only.
This sounds a yummy meal Gaz, very tasty, great review again sonshine 👌☺️ xx
Cheers ma xxxx
Garth presentation looked better in the dog bowl 😂
thats how he normally eat his food from. but your not meant to know that.
After you added the 5 spice could you have put it back in the air fryer to crisp up a bit?
Fetched my Mayflower curry sauce out of the ice cube tray, then defrosted and it was lovely. Know what to with leftover sauce now. Thanks for recomending it Gareth. It would be great on your chicken and chips tray. B.
You're welcome 😊
Cheers Gaz! Me personally I’m off to get one! Top video pal …. Smithy
Nice one
Looked really tasty and your facial expression when you tried it said so! Having said that and you mentioning the veg making the chips a bit soggy makes me think that if I get one, I'll use two trays and keep the chips, and the Chicken and Veg, separate and mix them just before adding the seasoning. So thanks for yet another great review, and adding a new dish to my 'suppers after a bevvy' list! lol
A very popular dish from chippies, in my native land across the Irish Sea, is the Spice Bag. All sorts deep fried veggies, chips and spices with fried chicken.
This is an attempt to recreate that in your own kitchen. Hmm...
Is it as good as your typical cod and chips? ☺️
Love salt and chilli fries, I use the seasoning from home bargains and bung the fries, onion and peppers all in the air frier with a good coat of seasoning. Superb with a cold beer
Sounds great!
Looks good.. Thanks Gareth. I'm off to get one.
Enjoy mate
Why not do the chips separate and mix at the end to keep them crispy👍
That's the dog bowl😂😂😂
I would have done it in the air fryer basket I think it might have been easier to handle.
Spot on Gaz another one bites the dust 👍🔝💪😉😁
Thanks 👍
Mmmmh, the Gareth giggle giggle means it's good😃looks good too and a simple set up, we will add this one for a try, thanks again👍
Our pleasure!
Supermarket's are getting better and better with these takeaways. Apart from the Donner if you're having a Donner it's got to be a full on dirty one from the local takeaway 😂🍻🥙
Cheers Gareth
E621? Everything's better with MSG, Gaz👍.
Mhmmm
You're not wrong. Just getting my bi-yearly kilo shipment today actually.
@@eadweard. Snap! I've just stocked up in Chinatown. Ever tried Kucharek? It's the Polish equivalent of Marigold vegetable bouillon powder, but with msg. Can't help dipping my finger in it and licking!.
@@JonPaul1953 Will keep an eye out for it! I've had the bouillon and that's good stuff.
Had this for the first time last night, really enjoyed it, next time I'd cook it all separately so it s crispier, was tasty as 👌
Looks fantastic 🥰
For that sort of money Gareth looks fine. Definitely not for 2😂😂. Great content again mate 👍🏻👍🏻
id rather buy a bag of fries a bag of battered chicken pieces and a bag of chargrilled veg mix , but its all about not having to buy an excess i suppose
Evening Gareth a thought it looked pretty decent to be fair and for the price also was ok.would definitely be a tasty treat when you’ve got home from the boozer after a few Jars! Enjoy rest of your evening 🙂👍🏻
Hi Gareth, I like the look of that, it's a must the next time I go to Aldi,. I think it is a sharer half for you and half for your self🤣🤣I know what will go with that is some melted cheese, as always you are making me hungry, Take care👍👍
Never had salt & pepper chips with five spice mix in my area, only get it with chopped red chilli and salt and onion, tastes great 😃 make my own sometimes dead easy yum yum 😋
Looks OK no slippage juice going on though lol good review 👍
I would substitute the bell peppers for jalapeno and chili peppers,like you I'm not a fan of those and neither is my wife,we always ask for our takeaway without them,I do like salt and chili chips with mine as well so might just try that Gareth,another good one big pal
I think you still have quite a long journey before you get your first Michelin star Gareth but keep up the good work 👍. These videos are almost as good as Fawlty Towers😂
I wonder if they deliberately didn't mention MSG by name because of the (false) stigma it has. The flavour enhancer E621 is MSG.
through some curry sauce over and it will be spot on, im off to aldi to get one of these boxes and the Southern fried chicken munch box you just reviewed
The seasoning mix is NOT Chinese 5 spice
I was going to say because at my local Chinese the salt and pepper dishes don’t taste like 5 spice. I wondered if it was different up north as lot of takeaway food is.
Best thing you have made as you can claim you cooked and constructed it technically😂
It really looks better then my local takeaway and the chilli flakes are a good call
Chicken nuggets and chips 🤣👍🏻
Oh boy.
'Salt and chilli pepper chicken and chips' Bruh the brits have colonised the spice bag 💀
Get some Mr Naga chilli pickle slapped in it 🔥🔥👍🏼
Cheers Gaz for the review 👍🏼🇬🇧🇬🇧
Cheers Dan, good idea
@@BaldFoodieGuy Off a well known auction site mate 👌🏼🔥🔥
It looks tasty. A great TV watching meal.
They do a southern fried one too with gravy gonna try find it tomorrow
Think I remember you done a chicken fajitas with those peppers. Sharing platter they have to add humour 😂
Should have done it in the air fryer Gaz so you could just give them a good toss👌🏼
"Loook at all that" in a mini bag. The amount of times i thought that was enough. It never enough.....
The Left Handed Cig channel. Try a tin of Stagg Chile with Aunt Bessie's Yorkshire Puds. A fine fine combo for bedsit folk and Baby Bellings. Well it was.
What happened to the air fryer some of us haven't touched an oven in years 😂
That looks interesting. We don't have the chicken and chips concept here except in freezer meals like Hungry Man or kid's meals. The Hungry Man meals are always soggy after coming out of the oven. We buy the Fries (chips) and chicken separate and air fry them to get them nice and crispy. We Americans tend to dip chicken and fries into sugary sauces like sweet BBQ, ketchup, etc. but I prefer a vinegary hot sauce like Louisiana sauce, with garlic and pepper seasoning on the fries (crisps).
British people now have both chips,and fries,chips are thick cut,and fries are thin cut,more like McDonalds.British crisps,are potato chips here.
You need to try fresh belly peppers - they are not bland, they're juicy and sweet. But they have to be very fresh.
Ok Gareth im going to blow your mind here, when they say turn halfway through they mean the tray so the heat distributes equally. You don't need to stir.
Hmmm 🤔
Yes correct
Mind and toss dem goodies 😊❤❤
I think you should have added it to the baking tray in-between the chips, not on top of the chips 😮 Loved the video anyway Gareth 👍
Cheers Simon
Good review Gareth, that looks good and will have to look out for it
Id love to see u review restaurants like hungry horse etc
Maybe one day mate
Not to shabby mate😊
It coulda been a contender Gareth, but they gave the wrong instructions 😢 This is to me,a cook all separately or at least on a larger tray. Then bung it into a large bowl add the seasoning and TOSS NOT STIR😊 However that said it looked not to bad.And a fair price One for the short list ❤❤😊 Carry on Allan&Family
I think making it from fresh based on what is purported to be in it would be nicer.
going to get this meal on my next visit to aldi
I would definitely cook the chips separately
And yes that’s a meal for one all day long
@@janetpendlebury6808 I’m sorry you feel like but I’m an active person who has no problem with his weight I just like food
Is have cooked the chips separately in the air fryer then mixed it together and covered it all with cheese and back in the oven to melt it 😋
GAZ,now we are talking my language bro 👊,am having it 😊❤❤❤
Match of the day meal 😂 Gareth recommends it ,so it's ok ✌️
Great review Gaz that looks pretty delicious if I say so myself it’s a good job I am off to Aldi tomorrow but I think I will cook the chips and chicken separately so they both go crispy and my mouth is watering 👏👏👍👍
Cheers Peter
Chicken nuggets and chips with a bag of spice and 150g of chopped onion and peppers. You could buy those ingredients separately and save money, £4 is a lot for what you get here and to be honest not that much more work or time! Normally you add spice seasoning at the beginning and cook with it, not add it at the end! Learn to cook and prepare food yourselves people! You’ll get better quality and value for money!
I got this from Hearon food on the clear out section for around £3. I ended up deep frying my chips and chicken to give them some cripsyness. To much for one meal so had to split into two meals.
I like the salt and pepper chicken balls from Aldi but I haven't seen them in stock for about 2 months
I like the frozen salt and pepper squid too and that's gone missing
I would have put it back in air fryer on max for a few minutes to crisp up the chicken and chips and served it in a wrap .. but just my opinion 👍
now they really want you to work out the amounts. with a separate weight for the 4 items. which is good.
but you have to remember that the % are out of each item amount and not the whole.
749g 320g chips 260g chicken 150g veg 12g salts.
the veg is only onion red and green peppers.
so for £4 is it still worth it. the most expensive is the chicken, but if you can get it from xsell in Heron for around £1.50 for 400g
its not like it is hard to do. I still think we could come in under the £4 budget to make
Definitely need some curry sauce for that - the goldfish Chinese curry sauce paste is amazing and would be lush on that - be like a spice bag
We're all wondering. Did you pick up the escapee bit of Chicken? I would've, but me floors kinda clean!
That seasoning looks like a bag of sand - is it the first instalment of a Build Your Own Beach kit?
i had the southern chicken one. really good kfc flavour
careful gareth looked like you threw that chicken like a shotput
Not much of a Tosser Gareth. Ended up on Floor.
I think you made it all soggy tossing it in the bowl loads of time. You could have just sprinkled the spice on top.
Love watching the menace at work as always 😁
Haha 👍
Awesome review and interesting 🙌👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Looked tasty
Enjoyed watching 👀
Best wishes, gareth 👍
Thanks Kizzy 👍
make up a small amount of mayfower curry sauce or mayflower sweet and sour sauce for dips!
may be better to do all parts individually then combine in the bowl
Three second rule! Waste not want not!
😂😂😂
I'd prefer it crisper but its something different I guess 👍🏻
That's a bargain if cooked right.. better from chinese takeaway..even better in Ireland 🇮🇪
I hope your dog bowl was hot otherwise the meal would end up cold. I'll carry on making my own I reckon using Chinese sauces and my woks. Still, looks quite good and you says it tastes good so that is useful to know. Were there choices of different foods in that range?
Shep. Is barking. Mad now. His bowl smells of human food. Lol
Did you put it back on your plate 😮
Haha 👍
Great review really enjoyed
Much appreciated!
Give it a toss! Need a bigger baking tray 😩
It's Monosodium glutamate that brings the flavour out
Aw you could have rescued that fallen chicken using the 5 second rule 😥
It does not exist, usa movie bullshit: the more moist an item is the more bacteria will adhere in a micro second!!!!!! 👎👎👎
I would not use the cooking instructions on the box. Instead, I would cook the chips, chicken, and peppers/onion separately. Otherwise the chips can be soggy, the onions are never properly cooked, and the chicken isn't crispy.
I would have started on a hot tray to get those chips defrosting quicker and the moisture evaporating away. Also having frozen chicken & veg on moist chips instead of sitting directly on a hot tray is a bonkers cooking suggestion. Onions are full of liquid so that was never going to help crisp up anything on that tray.
id grate a few handfuls of cheese on that and lots of barbeque sauce :))
I have never seen this in any Chinese takeaway in the US,though buffets sometimes have fries for children.It's rather dry for me,I would prefer the infamous General Tso's Chicken which is apprently an American invention.
35 minutes for oven chips is way too long, regular ones take 22 minutes, bloody disgrace.
Try a trip to sainsbury's for the aunt bessie oven chips as they were £1.90 with a nectar card or iceland were doing the 5 minute oven chips for half price, they were quite nice.
Get some "pepper x" seeds then and grow chillies, you will likely regret it, lol... 😂😂😂
Looks like a chippy version and for £4 it's a bargain
Love the vlog but I think everyone is worried about how the fox is with the donner meat still 😅
Down fox a&e having its stomach pumped?
@@lparky4409 😄😄😄
In the immortal words of Philip Madoc in Dads Army, 'I don't vant soggy chips, I want zem crispy unt golden brown. 😂😂
10 second rule for the bit on the floor
A good dollop of hoisin sauce would really elevate this gastro miracle !😅
2 servings on the box = 1 serving for me 😊
Would need 6 pints of Stella before considering eating this😅
Serves 2 or one Gareth
Hope she's got plenty of air freshener at the ready 🤣🤣