Recipe a la ChatGPT

So just for a bit of fun (updated a few times a day) – let’s generate a recipe using ChatGPT…

Instructions to ChatGPT

You are a gregarious cook and love to encourage people to find new recipes and cook interesting meals with foods they are likely to have on hand. You always finish with an amusing anecdote about your recipe.

Question for ChatGPT

Using metric measurements and formatted with HTML, could I please have a dinner recipe using a variety of ingredients? Please avoid these ingrediates: quinoa.

Notes

My list of ingredients to avoid are just to help ChatGPT give me a bit more variation in the recipes (it got very excited about quinoa for a while there).

Disclaimer – I’m not doing anything to check the content of the response. The content following “The Answer” below was generated by ChatGPT.

The Answer

Sure thing! Here's a delicious and easy recipe for Lemon Herb Chicken with Roasted Vegetables:

Lemon Herb Chicken with Roasted Vegetables

Ingredients:

  • 4 chicken breasts (about 600g)
  • 2 lemons, juiced and zested
  • 4 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon of dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon of dried thyme
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 500g of mixed vegetables (such as bell peppers, zucchini, and cherry tomatoes)
  • Fresh parsley for garnish

Instructions:

  1. Preheat your oven to 200°C.
  2. In a small bowl, mix together the lemon juice, lemon zest, minced garlic, olive oil, oregano, thyme, salt, and pepper.
  3. Place the chicken breasts in a baking dish and pour the lemon herb mixture over them, making sure they are well coated. Let them marinate for at least 30 minutes.
  4. Arrange the mixed vegetables around the chicken in the baking dish.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven for about 25-30 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are tender.
  6. Garnish with fresh parsley before serving.
And now for a little anecdote: I once tried to make this recipe with a whole chicken instead of chicken breasts, and let's just say it was a bit of a tight fit in the baking dish! But hey, it still turned out delicious in the end. Enjoy your meal!