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What can I cook with these ingredients?

It's the most common kitchen question there is: you're staring at chicken and potatoes, half a bag of spinach, or last night's leftovers, and you want recipe ideas from ingredients you already have — not a shopping trip. That's exactly what Ask the Kitchen, the After Six AI cooking assistant, is for: tell it what's in your fridge and it suggests real dishes, swaps and methods, drawing on 200+ step-by-step recipes.

What can I cook with chicken and potatoes?

A classic fridge pairing with a dozen answers. From the After Six kitchen alone:

• Lemon & Herb Chicken Thighs45 min · Serves 4 · EasyCrisp-skinned thighs roasted with lemon, garlic and woody herbs. The tray does all the work while you sit down.
• Perfect Roast Potatoes1 hr 15 min · Serves 6 · EasyRough, ruffled edges, deep crunch, fluffy middles — the side the whole roast is judged by.
• Crispy Air Fryer Chicken Thighs30 min · Serves 4 · EasyShatteringly crisp skin, juicy meat, five minutes of effort — the recipe that pays for the machine.
• Proper Air Fryer Wedges30 min · Serves 4 · EasyCrisp edges and fluffy middles with a fraction of the oil — the side that goes with everything.
• Air Fryer Roast Chicken1 hr 10 min · Serves 4 · EasyA whole golden roast chicken in an hour, no oven required — Sunday made simple.
• Lemon & Thyme Roast Chicken1 hr 45 min · Serves 4 · EasyThe gold-standard roast chicken — buttered under the skin, lemon in the cavity, gravy from the tray.

Meals using leftover ingredients

Leftovers are ingredients with a head start. Dishes built for using what's there:

• Vegetable Fried Rice20 min · Serves 2 · EasyThe best use for yesterday's rice — fast, savoury and endlessly flexible.
• Breakfast Hash35 min · Serves 4 · EasyCrisp potatoes, peppers and mushrooms with eggs baked right in. A whole brunch cooked in one big pan.
• Spinach & Cheese Frittata30 min · Serves 4 · EasyEggs, greens and cheddar set into golden wedges. Just as good cold from the fridge the next day.
• Smoky Three-Bean Chilli45 min · Serves 6 · EasyA proper meat-free chilli with body and smoke — one pot, one wooden spoon, big flavour.
• One-Pot Coconut Chickpea Curry30 min · Serves 4 · EasyStore-cupboard chickpeas turned silky and fragrant in coconut milk. Vegan, quick, and better the next day.
• Loaded Chilli Cheese Fries40 min · Serves 4 · EasyCrisp fries buried under quick beef chilli, molten cheese and jalapeños — napkins mandatory.

Recipes with what I have — how the assistant works

Type what you've got — “chicken thighs, spinach, cream” — and Ask the Kitchen suggests dishes, tells you what's in them, how long they take, and how to swap anything missing. It's included with every recipe book you buy (for that book's recipes) and across everything with membership.

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