By oscarthegrouch

Re: Chicken Basque plus substitute for Heinz Tomato Frito
06 Sep 2008 09:54

Sorry for another thread on Chicken Basque. I made this last night & it was delicious! In fact, OH told me that he would prefer this to paella. Instead of cooking the chicken breasts whole, I cut it up into smaller peices & I follwed Nenna's suggestion and used cider instead of wine.
On a related note, I would like to ask, what would be a good substitute for Heinz Tomato Frito? I was scouring Tesco a few days ago & they did not have it on stock.
Many thanks in advance!

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By nenna

Re: Chicken Basque plus substitute for Heinz Tomato Frito
06 Sep 2008 10:37

Glad you found my tip useful oscar, I also find it difficult to get Frito from some places and don't always want to make the trip to Tesco. I did make it with a passata like bottled mixture I bought from Lidl, and it turned out fine, unfortunately it had chilli flavouring which my 2 grand -daughters weren't partial to, a bit too hot for them! However I think anything of the same consistency is worth trying, after all it will still be edible, and you can dedide which you like best.

By Noreen Collins, Message Board Moderator

Re: Chicken Basque plus substitute for Heinz Tomato Frito
06 Sep 2008 11:31

Oscar - if you go to Your Recipes on the Community home page and type Frito in the white box you will see that Krish has a recipe for it in his profile.

Did you ask for it in Tesco? The reason I ask is that I was looking for it recently and it was nowhere to be seen near the sauces etc., where you would usually find it. I went to Customer Services, they looked it up on their computer, and gave me the aisle number and which side it was on (which I thought was pretty impressive!), and there it was with the gravy granules. It might be worth asking next time as I think it sometimes ends up where you aren't expecting it.

It's fabulous recipe isn't it??

By Gravy Queen, Buckingham Pantry

Re: Chicken Basque plus substitute for Heinz Tomato Frito
06 Sep 2008 12:58

I'm still using Passata instead of Frito. No sign of it yet in our Tesco Nor, I'll keep checking.

By Noreen Collins, Message Board Moderator

Re: Chicken Basque plus substitute for Heinz Tomato Frito
06 Sep 2008 13:07

GQ - have you asked Customer Services for it?

By oscarthegrouch

Re: Chicken Basque plus substitute for Heinz Tomato Frito
06 Sep 2008 14:20

The Tesco I go to usually have it so I guess it just so happened that they didn't have it while I was there.

Thanks for all your suggestions! The passata would make a good substitute as I see it is widely available.

I will definitely make this dish again. BTW, I used risotto to make this dish.

By Abe

Re: Chicken Basque plus substitute for Heinz Tomato Frito
07 Sep 2008 12:52

I'm lucky my Tesco always seems to have Frito. Stored next to tinned toms and tomato puree. xx

By Gravy Queen, Buckingham Pantry

Re: Chicken Basque plus substitute for Heinz Tomato Frito
07 Sep 2008 15:10

I will ask next week Nor and report back mon capitaine! :-)

By oscarthegrouch

Re: Chicken Basque plus substitute for Heinz Tomato Frito
08 Sep 2008 10:42

Hi Noreen,
I found the reicpe. Thanks a lot!

By Carolyn

Re: Chicken Basque plus substitute for Heinz Tomato Frito
08 Sep 2008 19:47

Tried 3 different large Sainsburys and Waitrose, no joy for the Frito