OFM Awards 2019: Best Instagram feed – Miguel Barclay

Miguel Barclay’s knack for easy recipes that cost less than a pound made him a social media phenomenon – and our readers’ choice for this award

Before he launched his Instagram account in May 2016, Miguel Barclay was a biochemistry graduate working at an e-commerce company who set himself a regular challenge: meal planning. “It was a game,” he says. “What can I cook for under a pound? I’d calculate it on a spreadsheet at work, then buy the ingredients on the way home.”

55p KATSU CURRY (recipe by Instagram chef @miguel_barclay) ----------------- recipe ------------------- Coat a deboned skinless chicken thigh in seasoned flour, then egg and then seasoned stale breadcrumbs. Shallow fry on a medium heat. Bring half a cup of rice to the boil in 1 cup of water, and simmer with the lid on until all the water has been absorbed. In a saucepan, mix flour, curry powder and honey over a medium heat, slowly adding water and finishing with a splash of soy sauce. ---------------- ingredients --------------- - 1 tablespoon of curry powder: 5p (90g/79p Lidl) - honey: 3p (34g/1.25 Lidl) - splash of soy: 2p - 1 tablespoon flour: 1p (1kg/£1.10 Sainsbury's) - 1 chicken thigh: 29p (7 thighs/£1.99 Lidl) - 1 egg: 6p (15 eggs £1 Lidl) - bread crumbs: 3p - basmati rice: 5p (1kg/£1.35 Lidl) -------------------------------------------- #onepoundmeals #chicken #katsu #curry #katsucurry #recipe #onepoundmealsbook