Visiting Acoustic Cleaner Clients & Recipe For Returning Home

Did you ever have a day when simple ideas and plans just worked out so well? OK not many I am sure; however I had just such a day a few weeks ago. As Managing Director of Primasonics International I do not get the chance to revisit existing business friends and customers especially if they are located in London – let me explain.

Last year, after conducting extensive trials, we sold a number of our acoustic cleaners to London Waste, located at the Ecopark in Enfield, to be installed in one of their five power plants for preventing ash build up. This plant burns London’s domestic waste and turns it into electrical energy. Well to cut a long but interesting story short, the acoustic cleaners worked well to prevent the build up of ash within the boiler, thus both improving thermal efficiency and reducing operational and maintenance costs.

When I visited with the Plant Engineer again, he informed me that he was so pleased with the performance of our acoustic cleaners that his company were sending us an order for a large number of acoustic cleaners for the remaining four boilers.

As I live in Cumbria, it was a long trip (some 4.5 hours) to reach the site and of course I drove back home the same day. However it sure had been a very satisfying visit! I returned home quite late and not having stopped for any food, I raided my fridge to see what ingredients I could find with which to make a quick, yet tasty and substantial meal – and here is what I made .....

It took some 20 minutes to prepare and was sufficient for two people – it tasted great, so please feel free to try it! By the way, I used the fine textured proper Spanish chorizo, The nearest UK equivalent I can find is Tesco’s Cooking Chorizo - I prefer not to use the typical supermarket, lumpy cooked chorizo.

Don’s ‘Delicioso’ Dinner

Ingredients
Chorizo – 400 g cut into 30 cm chunks
2 Chicken Breasts cut into chunks
1 Small Onion finely chopped
1 Red Pepper deseeded and finely chopped
100 g of frozen peas or sweetcorn of a small can of either.
1 Tablespoon/15 g of Paprika (I like Spanish Sweet Paprika for this dish)
250 ml chicken stock
120 g/4 oz of roughly grated strong cheese such as Spanish Manchego or Mature Cheddar.
1 Pack (250 g) of Uncle Ben’s Cooked Long Grain Rice

What to do
In a deep walled pan put in the chorizo pieces and cook over a high heat for 4 minutes, turning the pieces over from time to time – remove the cooked chorizo retaining the rich red oil in the pan.

With the heat still high put in the chicken chunks and diced onion, stirring well to ensure that all the chicken pieces are tossed in the oil and sealed. Cook for 15 minutes on moderate heat.

Add in the paprika, diced red pepper along with the peas or sweetcorn and still in well, cook for a further 2 minutes before adding the hot stock, allow to bubble and turn heat to low.

Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Stir in the packet of cooked rice and stir well, allow to cook for a further minute.

Divide onto two plates, sprinkle over the grated cheese and place in a hot oven (180°C) or under a moderate grill for a couple of minutes. Serve and enjoy!

Learn about Spanish Manchego Cheese
Learn about the different types of Spanish Paprika