For the ppl lauding this product. Just over a year ago they were 2 quid, 400g in weight and a higher percentage of meat. Eff off Iceland and the rest of the supermarket chains.
I see some of the prices and wonder if they hike them up so they can create an offer as these are £4 for 2 online. The shrinkflation though, that is everywhere.
@@danceswithsheep3058 I'm sick of being shafted. I notice the really cheap cider ( in Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's etc £2 a bottle ) alcoholics drink to kill themselves hasn't gone up a penny in 2 years. Funny that.
Charging £6 yesterday for a bag of 750g doner meat (aka mystery meat). £2.25 in Morrison for exactly the same product. Bearing in mind this was also in their ‘warehouse’ which is ‘allegedly’ much cheaper.
A month's shopping for £35 🤯🤯 are you a hermit living off rice and noodles? Even my vegan mate spends that a week and he lives of pretty much combinations of chickpeas, lentils and carrots...
I used to buy the chicken jalfrezi from Iceland and thought it was a nice curry , however I was in Asda one day and thought I'd treat myself to one of their £4 Curry's , these are on another level. Meat content and quality is high and the sauce and ingredients are excellent , as close to a takeaway as I've ever tasted. They can sometimes be found on a 2 for £6 deal but in all honesty even at £4 , I think they are fantastic value for money , well worth a try if you enjoy a good curry !
I recently bought a beef lasagna from Iceland d in the Range for I believe £1.79. I would.d be enough for 2 with maybe chips. It was very tasty. I could really taste the Italian herbs. It has only two layers of pasta, but very enjoyable. Not sure if you’ve reviewed it. If not perhaps give it a try. Love your videos! Trying to catch you live, but usually sit my grandchildren on Fridays. See you on the next one. 💕
This is one of the reasons why a lot of iceland store are being shut down cause of the shrinkage in the product and also the price hikes its unbelievable tbh but these currys are amazingly flavoured another great review pal 👍
Aye, I've got about 8 in the freezer, still, they were a nicker each, 8338. Looks like i'm gonna be shocked next time i go in. Used to get my t/cakes from there too, but they're as dear as all the rest of 'em, now. Seems the way of it !
It looks ok. If you had some rice n a naan bread. 11 pieces is good too, you get around 8 in a take away. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺I’m in Perth, Western Australia, make my own curries 😂
Last one i had of these the chicken was inedible. Put me right off. I rarely shop in Iceland now whereas was regular before. Their prices are shocking.
Iceland prices have gone way off the scale, when they used to offer great value. Although some of the comments here tell us these particular meals are sometimes 2 for £4 which is good value.Notice the old "That's why Mums, go to Iceland" adverts have disappeared from view! No coincidence there, eh! Another great review, thank you, Gareth!
The iceland takeaway curries are actually alright where supermarket curries are concerned i have a had a few in my time... they actually have a bit of heat as well unlike a lot of other supermarket ones... being of indian ethnicity myself i can tell you none of the supermarket curries come close to traditional food cooked by your mum :P (mine are ok but not as good as mums lol)... Actually the asda takeaway ones are half decent as well... ahh i got the end of the video where you say they arent the same anymore... i think you are probably right i havent had one in a long time and they defenitely carried more heat than most other supermarkets which is why i liked them
I got some in an emergency from Morrisons a while back - and my brother (that likes hot curries) couldn't eat it. I had his..... (just talking about the heat here - I bet your mum's food is excellent, just like my best mate at school mum's samosas)
Great review as always! At the moment my favourite curries are the Indian Essence range from Heron. I particularly like their Chicken Vindaloo.{ I find it hotter and spicier than the Iceland version. }Heron offer a meal deal two curries and two starters for £5.00. I always buy two vindaloo's and two Bombay Potatoes. Looking forward to the next review!
I sometimes buy the chicken and fried rice in the same tub. Have you ever noticed ready meal chicken from a lot of the big supermarkets is like Russian Roulette. Some ones have a firm almost chewy rubbery texture which I find really off-putting. In one ready meal it some bits might be ok other bits not. You don't know till you eat it. I googled and when chicken is like that it's probably been overcooked. But I think these manufacturers need to do better.
I have had most of there curries in the past and I find the best way to deal with them is let them thaw out that can be at room temperature or in the fridge which takes longer . Then when it's thawed out heat it on the hob over a low/medium heat doing them in the microwave often makes the chicken taste rubbery and we don't want that. In this day and age you can't afford to put an oven on for 50 minutes unless your have won the postcode lottery or your a wealthy you tube presenter. I think there good with a few chips or some of that Farmfoods vegetable rice.
Its pronounced Doe P azza. It translates to Two Onion, or double onion, basically the onion puree you associate with the massala gravy, and slices or diced onion in the sauce as well. At least thats how I made it when I was cheffing :-)
My favourite curry asda use to do a great one nice and big and you had to buy your own rice now they've ruined it and halfed the amount and added rice next to it now its a wel small portion and very little chicken now
Who doesn’t like the odd Ruby Murray and rice? Naan bread and some extras as well. You can’t really go wrong. My favourite at the moment is a nice Korma. It’s not that hot and spicy. I love the coconut taste. Lamb curries are really nice too. Hot curry? I think the hottest curry I’ve ever eaten was cooked up on Bisley Ranges in a tent we shared with a Gurkha shooting team. I swear it would have stripped paint off a car. They used to have it for breakfast, dinner and tea. It would cook all day. It started off pretty mild in the morning😅. Got a bit hotter by lunch 🥵🥵. And killer by early evening 🤬🤬. The whole chickens were tossed into it, including giblets. By lunchtime all the meat had come off of the bone and was so tender. I don’t understand buying ready meal curries though. If, as a lot of people do, you have a slow cooker? Just add fresh ingredients and let it cook while your at work , or whatever. Come home to a nice tasty, tender meal. Keep up the good work. I think you can guess that I love your channel 👍🏻👍🏻.
Looks good, i would guess it is geared towards a meal for 2 with microwave rice or maybe canned potato's. We normally have a stash of ASDA Chicken Tikka Masala or Korma Frozen with Pilau Rice 400g from there mix and match range at 4 for £6 and i buy the JUST ESSENTIALS by ASDA Chicken Curry & Rice 400g by the case at 85p each it is a nobrainer. The just essentials chicken curry is my goto for for a lunch at work, quick, cheap and tasty enough.
I've noticed with a lot of these chicken curries and 'take away' dishes, the chicken hasn't been marinated. It's almost like they make a sauce, and shove a load of chicken chunk in, which has a short time to soak up the sauce during the final home cooking process. Break the chunks in half, the chickens are still white as the driven snow. Incidentally, I have smaller versions of your plates that I've been using for years. Flat plates spill sauces and gravy, and break when dropped. I bought a 12 pack 9" Frisbee's off ebay and use them as plates, 😁don't laugh🤣 I just think outside the box! They're awesome, £12.99 for 12, you can't go wrong, really durable and perfect for sloppy dishes when repurposed and used as plates with a high rim. I have a few of those metal enameled camping plates for larger meals, they don't break either if you drop them. Lol! If it's ok, I'll drop a link for the ones I got in the replies.
Gareth you really need to go to Home Bargains and try the curry sauce range made by Indi Grand. You do have to put your own meat or veg as they are sauces not meals but I am blown away by how authentic they are and at 99p per pouch they are simply amazing. I'd love to know your thoughts on them, all the best mate, Bri
No nasties on in the ingredients Gaz, but what have they done to the chicken for a sell by date to be 09/12/24? Even frozen that seems a long SBD. That's processed to hell then obviously blast frozen. Like you have said many times before, this type of meal has it uses. Pass
This actually looked pretty good for a ready meal curry, makes a change too that there were plenty of chunky bits of chicken, usually there's too much sauce and a where's wally hunt for the chicken lol! Thanks gareth for another great review 👍🏻
At least it's not too sweet. Made a beef curry today from scratch (spicy) Almost wore me out but you would like it. Always worth the effort. Cheers Gareth. 🙏🇦🇺
Had a couple of the beef madras and TBH I have had far worse in fact got one on order and trying a chicken vindaloo from the same range. £3 but if you buy two you get them at £2 each. The only criticism I have is they do not do a Lamb madras but cant have everything :) At £2 each they are great little freezer items, but add a few chilli flakes to warm them up a bit :).
Ten pieces of chicken for three pounds and good flavour gets my vote. Slowly edging towards 100,000 subscribers which you deserve for your cheeky charm and the inventive name for your channel’s, Bald Foodie Guy 😂😂😂😂😂
@@blackbob3358 just wait until the Mealworms are in all processed substitute Meat 😮 laws already passed in EU and now happening UK. We will eat the bugs 🐛
Agree 100% regarding the Vindaloo Gareth, when it came out it was lovely, but then it sadly became the 'improved recipe' which was nowhere near as good. I haven't bought it since. In fact, when I now see anything with improved or new recipe, I steer clear because they ruin them all.
Yes its a shame that some 'Improved Versions' can be the new cheap made version they hope nobody will notice. Some in the food supplier business don't understand that there is a such a thing as the sense of taste out there in the wild.
Is it just me that when I see something you buy that's frozen and then see it's also not even in the frozen tub the first thing that springs to my mind is it's been frozen once in the factory where it was produced but then left to defrost somewhere and then re frozen when it's been put in the supermarket freezer? I know from my basic food hygiene that we shouldn't be trusting food that's treated like that.
There were 9 of these curry types available when I looked, just got the Madras & Biriani to try now, think the first will be to hot for me, like some of the previous I tried, didn’t really notice the pepper ratings on them to tell you how hot they may be 😂😂 still it’s a learning curve ❤
Hiya! I bought a mix of 4 Indian curries from Iceland last Tuesday, 2 for £4. I usually go for chili rating of 3 and above. The one l tried contained plenty of chicken. Handy for a quick tea with cauliflower rice. Cheers!
I would like to say that Greggs Sausage-Rolls are the best tasting I have ever eaten, and they are also sold in Iceland supermarkets as frozen to be baked. The best way to bake them is to pre-heat your oven, run each and every Sausage-Roll under a stream of cold tap water for a second, shake off excess water before baking them on a tray covered in non-stick Aluminium foil for 12-15 minutes, once baked remove tray from oven and place the tray containing the Sausage-Rolls on the cooker with hobbs turned off, leave Sausage-Rolls to cool for at least 5 minutes before peeling them off the Aluminium foil on the tray. I then cut the edge of each Sausage-Roll along it's entire length, open the top pastry to reveal the strip of sausage meat, then smear a layer of Primula Jalapeño cheese onto the sausage meat, close the top pastry back before eating; sometimes instead of adding Primula Chilli Cheese, I add hot chilli sauce mixed with Mexican tomato salsa.
@@exploreeverything963 Cooking isn't just about satisfying one's hunger; it is an art form, anyone who isn't creative when it comes to cooking is mentally challenged, ignorant, and has utterly crap taste in food.
@@monty0289 Not flamboyant, it's called being creative and having good taste in food. Without hot chillies and spices British savoury meals are EXCRUCIATINGLY bland.
Hahahaha Baldie😂😂😂😂😂😂at 12 .23 in the video you said it was difficult getting hard eh????? There's some little blue pills you can get for those issues. Great content as per, keep em coming.
Always liked these ,when coming home from the pub (madras & vindaloo) ones. But since the price hike, I've started to get the Heron ones, at £2. Just woof them with fajita wraps, like you would nans or chapattis.
Make your own! I have been making ( cooking) Indian food for years, Spices are pretty cheap and last for months,tomatoes,fresh ginger/garlic onions chicken and fresh Coriander and a Dopiaza in a few minutes and all for about £2 per portion and fresh,it is healthy tasty and can be frozen if you make a few meals,get,cooking you muppets! Lol.
Looks ok, i m not best pleased, you did a video of chicken and bacon kievs aldi, gorgeous, now discontinued, think hubby is about to file for divorce, every time we find something he will actually eat, it gets taken off the market 😩😩😩 please complain on my behalf!!!l They really were mice, or even nice 😂😂
Those plastic food containers again? You could play an active part in protecting people from the diseases caused by ingesting microwaved plastics, that these food providers find easy to make their money from. Dare to be different my friend, don’t give an eff for the big stores force them to do things properly putting their customers health first. Are you up to that? Thanks for your vids Mark, I do enjoy them.
To be fair, from the ingredients 1/3rd of it is meat and the rest is traditionalish curry and a few thickeners - from that POV it's a pretty honest curry. If I make a curry for 4 then 1/3rd meat is a pretty good ratio....
Me and the wife were getting these last year, the spicy tikka masala and a few others. I’m sure they were cheaper than £3 ??? I like a bit of spice so I think I’ll give this one a miss.
Just shows how expensive Iceland has got ‘ like a previous comment those type of curries were £2 12 months ago . Find the Aldi rice and curry combined meals more tastier .
The sweet and sour chicken version of this is the ducks nuts. Way the egg fried rice that gose in the microding for 2 mins. Preflaby the uncle Ben's. Or the cheep version. Both the same thing
Never Known how to pronounce it Iceland are normally pretty good with their food I Remember going to a Takeaway and should Have ordered egg fried rice I ordered Egg Fry Rye
There was a point bout 12 months ago where i couldnt stand these curries because they were really watery, much better now though 🤤 although i miss the carolina reaper 😢
Cant go wrong with iceland curries alot of people moaning beacuse there now 375g but i dont mind as trying to watch the old waistline at the mo but enjoy them and even better when there on the 2 for 4 squid offer lol nice one gazza 👍🏻
I forgot to mention a mix of two favourite foods. A nice mild creamy fish curry. I don’t think I have ever seen a ready meal fish curry, but maybe someone has?
Not a bad knock-off of an Afghan stew; their food isn't usually as spicy as the Bangladeshi version of Indian food we get over here, hence the mild flavour. The two chili rating seems odd, to me.
This is extreme false advertising this is not dopiaza , im Asian and i cook and have curry every single day, also the the base ingredient the main thing a curry is made out of is onions , u put a whole onion very thinly cut put it in a pot with oil and stir till all the onion over the heat until it's fully dissolved, or you can just blend the onion and oil in the pot till it looks like a soup , then add any spice and preferred meat , prawn fish chicken lamb beef pork anything u chose then cook till cooked add water if too dry and wala bobs ur uncle thats your curry , also add natural yoghurt to reduce the spices, btw a dopiaza curry technically has big chunks strips of green pepper and big pieces of onion which u can physically see with your eyes , so only way to fix it is either change the name of add the extra ingredients or reduce the price 😊😊
I had one of those about six months ago n it was absolutely delicious. I bought another one the week after. An incredibly tasty meal. I don't like hot curries nowadays so a Dopiaza is spot on for me. Lots of flavour and a very mild heat.
The bottom line is you get what you pay for but I do think takeaway are a RIP off at the end of the day its chicken thighs in sauce and you can make the same for £4 for 2 with the help of TH-cam
I hate it when Iceland put prices up extortionately and then their big boss appears on tv virtue signalling to the govt and viewers, he better prepare for the dole office!!!
I think for me when it comes to curry, ready meals just don't match up to a Indian takeaway. They all seem to have the same base flavour. I'd rather save my money and have a proper Indian takeaway as a treat
It's good emergency food, when you get back and its too late to cook, or after a crappy day when the last thing you feel like doing is cooking, add some rice and you are done.
For the ppl lauding this product. Just over a year ago they were 2 quid, 400g in weight and a higher percentage of meat. Eff off Iceland and the rest of the supermarket chains.
I see some of the prices and wonder if they hike them up so they can create an offer as these are £4 for 2 online. The shrinkflation though, that is everywhere.
@@danceswithsheep3058 I'm sick of being shafted. I notice the really cheap cider ( in Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's etc £2 a bottle ) alcoholics drink to kill themselves hasn't gone up a penny in 2 years. Funny that.
They`ve got no choice but to put prices up. It`s Putin`s fault as his caused the energy crisis.
£1.59 before lockdown
Charging £6 yesterday for a bag of 750g doner meat (aka mystery meat). £2.25 in Morrison for exactly the same product. Bearing in mind this was also in their ‘warehouse’ which is ‘allegedly’ much cheaper.
I think they change the recipes on food items and sometimes use cheaper or leave stuff out, just my opinion but they never seem to be quite as good🤔🤔
I totally agree!
I chose to go to Aldi yesterday and was surprised a month's shop was 35.50 and I compared to Iceland and saved money. Iceland are becoming robbers
a months shop was 35 quid lol what do you live on 35p packs of noodles
A month's shopping for £35 🤯🤯 are you a hermit living off rice and noodles? Even my vegan mate spends that a week and he lives of pretty much combinations of chickpeas, lentils and carrots...
I used to buy the chicken jalfrezi from Iceland and thought it was a nice curry , however I was in Asda one day and thought I'd treat myself to one of their £4 Curry's , these are on another level. Meat content and quality is high and the sauce and ingredients are excellent , as close to a takeaway as I've ever tasted. They can sometimes be found on a 2 for £6 deal but in all honesty even at £4 , I think they are fantastic value for money , well worth a try if you enjoy a good curry !
Cheers Dave
I recently bought a beef lasagna from Iceland d in the Range for I believe £1.79. I would.d be enough for 2 with maybe chips. It was very tasty. I could really taste the Italian herbs. It has only two layers of pasta, but very enjoyable. Not sure if you’ve reviewed it. If not perhaps give it a try. Love your videos! Trying to catch you live, but usually sit my grandchildren on Fridays. See you on the next one. 💕
Cheers Pink
The portions are getting smaller
This is one of the reasons why a lot of iceland store are being shut down cause of the shrinkage in the product and also the price hikes its unbelievable tbh but these currys are amazingly flavoured another great review pal 👍
Cheers Vortex
@BaldFoodieGuy np always bro and fyi these things taste so much better when done in the oven flavour intensifys 10 fold
Iceland`s could become another Wilko`s the way things are going.
Aye, I've got about 8 in the freezer, still, they were a nicker each, 8338. Looks like i'm gonna be shocked next time i go in. Used to get my t/cakes from there too, but they're as dear as all the rest of 'em, now. Seems the way of it !
@@sparsh415 Can see it, all day long, ar' kid.
They are on offer now at 2 for £4, that’s pretty good value.
It looks ok. If you had some rice n a naan bread. 11 pieces is good too, you get around 8 in a take away. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺I’m in Perth, Western Australia, make my own curries 😂
Yes definitely Maria
good choice on making your own, have you seen the state of AU ready meals? We'd be lucky to get 4 pieces of chicken, absolute rip off & disgusting
Last one i had of these the chicken was inedible. Put me right off. I rarely shop in Iceland now whereas was regular before. Their prices are shocking.
Agreed. It’s like fake meat
It's processed meat that's why, formed meat is used in frozen ready meals.
Iceland prices have gone way off the scale, when they used to offer great value. Although some of the comments here tell us these particular meals are sometimes 2 for £4 which is good value.Notice the old "That's why Mums, go to Iceland" adverts have disappeared from view! No coincidence there, eh! Another great review, thank you, Gareth!
You're welcome 😊
The iceland takeaway curries are actually alright where supermarket curries are concerned i have a had a few in my time... they actually have a bit of heat as well unlike a lot of other supermarket ones... being of indian ethnicity myself i can tell you none of the supermarket curries come close to traditional food cooked by your mum :P (mine are ok but not as good as mums lol)... Actually the asda takeaway ones are half decent as well... ahh i got the end of the video where you say they arent the same anymore... i think you are probably right i havent had one in a long time and they defenitely carried more heat than most other supermarkets which is why i liked them
Cheers Jay
I got some in an emergency from Morrisons a while back - and my brother (that likes hot curries) couldn't eat it. I had his..... (just talking about the heat here - I bet your mum's food is excellent, just like my best mate at school mum's samosas)
What supermarket curries are the best?
asda takeaway range is pretty good@@s125ish
I don't think iceland is value for money as much as it used to be
Great review as always! At the moment my favourite curries are the Indian Essence range from Heron. I particularly like their Chicken Vindaloo.{ I find it hotter and spicier than the Iceland version. }Heron offer a meal deal two curries and two starters for £5.00. I always buy two vindaloo's and two Bombay Potatoes. Looking forward to the next review!
Thanks for sharing!
Wow that is a good price....
What is Heron?, is it a supermarket?, if so are there any in London?
@@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO ... Heron food stores are not in London, they are only in the North of England, the Midlands and Wales.
@@martinwebb1681 Thank you for replying
I buy these they are delicious 😋 and good for the money 👍If you've got an Iceland bonus card I think they are cheaper than £3
I sometimes buy the chicken and fried rice in the same tub. Have you ever noticed ready meal chicken from a lot of the big supermarkets is like Russian Roulette. Some ones have a firm almost chewy rubbery texture which I find really off-putting. In one ready meal it some bits might be ok other bits not. You don't know till you eat it. I googled and when chicken is like that it's probably been overcooked. But I think these manufacturers need to do better.
I have had most of there curries in the past and I find the best way to deal with them is let them thaw out that can be at room temperature or in the fridge which takes longer . Then when it's thawed out heat it on the hob over a low/medium heat doing them in the microwave often makes the chicken taste rubbery and we don't want that. In this day and age you can't afford to put an oven on for 50 minutes unless your have won the postcode lottery or your a wealthy you tube presenter. I think there good with a few chips or some of that Farmfoods vegetable rice.
Cheers pal
Iceland has been cutting the size of their packs. Vegetables 1kg now 700g.
Us northerners can't pronounce that lingo and I v had that meal it's awfull.
But everyone is different.
I prefer to make mine from scratch❤
Its pronounced Doe P azza. It translates to Two Onion, or double onion, basically the onion puree you associate with the massala gravy, and slices or diced onion in the sauce as well. At least thats how I made it when I was cheffing :-)
Cheers pal
My favourite curry asda use to do a great one nice and big and you had to buy your own rice now they've ruined it and halfed the amount and added rice next to it now its a wel small portion and very little chicken now
Who doesn’t like the odd Ruby Murray and rice? Naan bread and some extras as well. You can’t really go wrong. My favourite at the moment is a nice Korma. It’s not that hot and spicy. I love the coconut taste. Lamb curries are really nice too. Hot curry? I think the hottest curry I’ve ever eaten was cooked up on Bisley Ranges in a tent we shared with a Gurkha shooting team. I swear it would have stripped paint off a car.
They used to have it for breakfast, dinner and tea. It would cook all day. It started off pretty mild in the morning😅. Got a bit hotter by lunch 🥵🥵. And killer by early evening 🤬🤬. The whole chickens were tossed into it, including giblets. By lunchtime all the meat had come off of the bone and was so tender. I don’t understand buying ready meal curries though. If, as a lot of people do, you have a slow cooker? Just add fresh ingredients and let it cook while your at work , or whatever. Come home to a nice tasty, tender meal.
Keep up the good work. I think you can guess that I love your channel 👍🏻👍🏻.
Cheers Gerry, you're very kind pal thank you. 😊
I have found the best curry’s from supermarkets are mumtaz ones from Morrison’s gaz.
Would have this with 2 minute rice quick and easy.
Looks good, i would guess it is geared towards a meal for 2 with microwave rice or maybe canned potato's. We normally have a stash of ASDA Chicken Tikka Masala or Korma Frozen with Pilau Rice 400g from there mix and match range at 4 for £6 and i buy the JUST ESSENTIALS by ASDA Chicken Curry & Rice 400g by the case at 85p each it is a nobrainer. The just essentials chicken curry is my goto for for a lunch at work, quick, cheap and tasty enough.
Just essentials all day long, 11000, but do'nt tell every bugger, please !!
I fry chunks of chicken then add this and it makes a meal for two.
I've noticed with a lot of these chicken curries and 'take away' dishes, the chicken hasn't been marinated. It's almost like they make a sauce, and shove a load of chicken chunk in, which has a short time to soak up the sauce during the final home cooking process. Break the chunks in half, the chickens are still white as the driven snow.
Incidentally, I have smaller versions of your plates that I've been using for years. Flat plates spill sauces and gravy, and break when dropped. I bought a 12 pack 9" Frisbee's off ebay and use them as plates, 😁don't laugh🤣 I just think outside the box! They're awesome, £12.99 for 12, you can't go wrong, really durable and perfect for sloppy dishes when repurposed and used as plates with a high rim. I have a few of those metal enameled camping plates for larger meals, they don't break either if you drop them. Lol! If it's ok, I'll drop a link for the ones I got in the replies.
Great plates, keep all the gravy in lol
I have these with Aldi micro rice for 42p, £2.50 a meal can't go wrong.
Gareth you really need to go to Home Bargains and try the curry sauce range made by Indi Grand. You do have to put your own meat or veg as they are sauces not meals but I am blown away by how authentic they are and at 99p per pouch they are simply amazing. I'd love to know your thoughts on them, all the best mate, Bri
Cheers Bri will do.
No nasties on in the ingredients Gaz, but what have they done to the chicken for a sell by date to be 09/12/24? Even frozen that seems a long SBD. That's processed to hell then obviously blast frozen. Like you have said many times before, this type of meal has it uses. Pass
Cheers Adz
This actually looked pretty good for a ready meal curry, makes a change too that there were plenty of chunky bits of chicken, usually there's too much sauce and a where's wally hunt for the chicken lol! Thanks gareth for another great review 👍🏻
Cheers James, all the best pal 👍
Great review Gaz..yes slippery chicken 🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔
Nice one
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Soz couldn't help it 😂
Looks all right that curry Gaz x
As you mentioed towards the end they have changed all the recipes of these the Biryani one used to be spot on but its horrible now 😐
I've never had a microwave meal with chicken where the chicken doesn't come out as tough as old boots.
That's because its formed processed chicken, and not actual chicken pieces.
At least it's not too sweet.
Made a beef curry today from scratch (spicy)
Almost wore me out but you would like it.
Always worth the effort. Cheers Gareth. 🙏🇦🇺
Cheers Phil
3 pounds really enjoy the Iceland Currys but it remember them being only £1.50
Yes shot up in price
Looked a yummy curry.👍 Did you have a good time at Beamish,and Alnwick castle.
Yes we all had a great time. 👍 thank you 😊
Had a couple of the beef madras and TBH I have had far worse in fact got one on order and trying a chicken vindaloo from the same range. £3 but if you buy two you get them at £2 each. The only criticism I have is they do not do a Lamb madras but cant have everything :) At £2 each they are great little freezer items, but add a few chilli flakes to warm them up a bit :).
That's a shame as you've highly rated these in the past. I still find them very good tbf 👍
Yes not as good as they were mate.
Ten pieces of chicken for three pounds and good flavour gets my vote.
Slowly edging towards 100,000 subscribers which you deserve for your cheeky charm and the inventive name for your channel’s, Bald Foodie Guy 😂😂😂😂😂
Cheers Philip
@philipmason9537 ... It's processed formed chicken that's used in frozen ready meals not actual breast pieces.
@@martinwebb1681 At that price I wouldn’t expect anything else but I’ll still try it.
@@philipmason9537 ... Good luck with that. 🙂
You should try the chicken madras my favourite i buy to stock up freezer taste very authentic
Cheers Wendy
It's all Formed Chicken in ready meals...Processed is the correct description 😮 Great Review 😋🙏
And, 5121 ? We're all processed. The state has ya well logged !! ( Orwell, 1946. )
@@blackbob3358 just wait until the Mealworms are in all processed substitute Meat 😮 laws already passed in EU and now happening UK. We will eat the bugs 🐛
@epcode5121 ... Yes, I wouldn't touch any of those meals with a bargepole, full of muck. 🤮
@@martinwebb1681 agree, they are not good for our health. I'm 60 and cook the old way. Mind I enjoy watching these food tasting channels 😃
Ok if you are having a long day at work and good as a back up with other bits thanks for the vid godbless all
No problem 👍
I've found the iceland curries to be ok for a quick fix cheap and cheerful
Cheers Carl
Decent amount of chicken in there, imagine it would be nice with a few chips to dip in the sauce 👍
Agree 100% regarding the Vindaloo Gareth, when it came out it was lovely, but then it sadly became the 'improved recipe' which was nowhere near as good. I haven't bought it since. In fact, when I now see anything with improved or new recipe, I steer clear because they ruin them all.
Yes thought they had done something to it cheers
Yes its a shame that some 'Improved Versions' can be the new cheap made version they hope nobody will notice. Some in the food supplier business don't understand that there is a such a thing as the sense of taste out there in the wild.
Improved recipe = them cutting their costs
Hi Gareth looks good mate . Bargain price . Cheers mate .
Looked very tasty enjoyed watching
Best wishes Gareth
Glad you enjoyed it Kizzy
Is it just me that when I see something you buy that's frozen and then see it's also not even in the frozen tub the first thing that springs to my mind is it's been frozen once in the factory where it was produced but then left to defrost somewhere and then re frozen when it's been put in the supermarket freezer? I know from my basic food hygiene that we shouldn't be trusting food that's treated like that.
Their Extra Hot Chicken Tikka Massala is nice, so is their Madras.
There were 9 of these curry types available when I looked, just got the Madras & Biriani to try now, think the first will be to hot for me, like some of the previous I tried, didn’t really notice the pepper ratings on them to tell you how hot they may be 😂😂 still it’s a learning curve ❤
Looks healthy Gareth. I am going to get one of these to try.👍Top notch😄
Cheers Ian enjoy mate
Hiya! I bought a mix of 4 Indian curries from Iceland last Tuesday, 2 for £4. I usually go for chili rating of 3 and above. The one l tried contained plenty of chicken. Handy for a quick tea with cauliflower rice. Cheers!
Sounds great!
Hi duse it matter 😂😂 it's all in the taste enjoy
Will be nice with rice and naan bread. Enjoy watching these videos and thank you for the video xx
You’re welcome 😊
These used to be 2 quid
every vid .takes a bite ..2 seconds later ...hmmmmmm. you just love food. you are too nice ,.id be like that's crap ..
Hang on... those percentages don't seem to add up ! ... 28%+99%+20% = 139% Even if you take the chicken as 99% then the onions 20% still 119% !!!!
I would like to say that Greggs Sausage-Rolls are the best tasting I have ever eaten, and they are also sold in Iceland supermarkets as frozen to be baked. The best way to bake them is to pre-heat your oven, run each and every Sausage-Roll under a stream of cold tap water for a second, shake off excess water before baking them on a tray covered in non-stick Aluminium foil for 12-15 minutes, once baked remove tray from oven and place the tray containing the Sausage-Rolls on the cooker with hobbs turned off, leave Sausage-Rolls to cool for at least 5 minutes before peeling them off the Aluminium foil on the tray. I then cut the edge of each Sausage-Roll along it's entire length, open the top pastry to reveal the strip of sausage meat, then smear a layer of Primula Jalapeño cheese onto the sausage meat, close the top pastry back before eating; sometimes instead of adding Primula Chilli Cheese, I add hot chilli sauce mixed with Mexican tomato salsa.
Cheers pal
Got too much time on your hands lad
That's an extremely flamboyant way to eat a sausage roll
@@exploreeverything963 Cooking isn't just about satisfying one's hunger; it is an art form, anyone who isn't creative when it comes to cooking is mentally challenged, ignorant, and has utterly crap taste in food.
@@monty0289 Not flamboyant, it's called being creative and having good taste in food. Without hot chillies and spices British savoury meals are EXCRUCIATINGLY bland.
Hahahaha Baldie😂😂😂😂😂😂at 12 .23 in the video you said it was difficult getting hard eh????? There's some little blue pills you can get for those issues. Great content as per, keep em coming.
Think that chicken was from the USA, a place called kentucky.😂😂😂my jokes are getting worse, I'm the only one that's laughs.
Always liked these ,when coming home from the pub (madras & vindaloo) ones.
But since the price hike, I've started to get the Heron ones, at £2.
Just woof them with fajita wraps, like you would nans or chapattis.
Make your own! I have been making ( cooking) Indian food for years, Spices are pretty cheap and last for months,tomatoes,fresh ginger/garlic onions chicken and fresh Coriander and a Dopiaza in a few minutes and all for about £2 per portion and fresh,it is healthy tasty and can be frozen if you make a few meals,get,cooking you muppets! Lol.
Looks ok, i m not best pleased, you did a video of chicken and bacon kievs aldi, gorgeous, now discontinued, think hubby is about to file for divorce, every time we find something he will actually eat, it gets taken off the market 😩😩😩 please complain on my behalf!!!l They really were mice, or even nice 😂😂
The vindaloo and rice from Aldi is decent and it's 2.50 I think. Would probably rather have that.
Goodness knows what they put in these cheap dinners( no idea where the chicken came from!!! Lot of cats gone missing recently!!🤦♀️)😎
Those plastic food containers again? You could play an active part in protecting people from the diseases caused by ingesting microwaved plastics, that these food providers find easy to make their money from. Dare to be different my friend, don’t give an eff for the big stores force them to do things properly putting their customers health first. Are you up to that? Thanks for your vids Mark, I do enjoy them.
Actual chicken breast 99% that's good.
To be fair, from the ingredients 1/3rd of it is meat and the rest is traditionalish curry and a few thickeners - from that POV it's a pretty honest curry. If I make a curry for 4 then 1/3rd meat is a pretty good ratio....
Me and the wife were getting these last year, the spicy tikka masala and a few others. I’m sure they were cheaper than £3 ??? I like a bit of spice so I think I’ll give this one a miss.
How about trying this one Gareth..Morrisons Hungry Joes BBQ Chicken Melt, see what you think 😳
Just shows how expensive Iceland has got ‘ like a previous comment those type of curries were £2 12 months ago . Find the Aldi rice and curry combined meals more tastier .
I bought the Aldi vindaloo after your review but not enough chicken but takeaways doing the same.
The origin of the chicken comes from any country in the EU and beyond the Dublin not English,most companies do get it from Dublin
I got the same size plates pretty much the same from wilko 👍🏻.. you can fit a good Sunday roast on them 😉
The sweet and sour chicken version of this is the ducks nuts. Way the egg fried rice that gose in the microding for 2 mins. Preflaby the uncle Ben's. Or the cheep version. Both the same thing
Origin of the chicken was an egg. You're welcome.
Never Known how to pronounce it Iceland are normally pretty good with their food I Remember going to a Takeaway and should Have ordered egg fried rice I ordered Egg Fry Rye
Yeps when you say.............."I've been shopping" we know its a gudun
Icelands food is dodgy mate stay away from it , apparently chicken being recalled , few of their irish stores have closed recently , mind yourself 👍
12.22 did I miss hear? Think a doctor can help with that. As for the food, i dont think I've ever tried anything from iceland 🤔
I really like the iceland curries but i stopped buying them once the price went above £1.50
There was a point bout 12 months ago where i couldnt stand these curries because they were really watery, much better now though 🤤 although i miss the carolina reaper 😢
Cant go wrong with iceland curries alot of people moaning beacuse there now 375g but i dont mind as trying to watch the old waistline at the mo but enjoy them and even better when there on the 2 for 4 squid offer lol nice one gazza 👍🏻
I forgot to mention a mix of two favourite foods. A nice mild creamy fish curry. I don’t think I have ever seen a ready meal fish curry, but maybe someone has?
Cheers Gerry
Not a bad knock-off of an Afghan stew; their food isn't usually as spicy as the Bangladeshi version of Indian food we get over here, hence the mild flavour. The two chili rating seems odd, to me.
This is extreme false advertising this is not dopiaza , im Asian and i cook and have curry every single day, also the the base ingredient the main thing a curry is made out of is onions , u put a whole onion very thinly cut put it in a pot with oil and stir till all the onion over the heat until it's fully dissolved, or you can just blend the onion and oil in the pot till it looks like a soup , then add any spice and preferred meat , prawn fish chicken lamb beef pork anything u chose then cook till cooked add water if too dry and wala bobs ur uncle thats your curry , also add natural yoghurt to reduce the spices, btw a dopiaza curry technically has big chunks strips of green pepper and big pieces of onion which u can physically see with your eyes , so only way to fix it is either change the name of add the extra ingredients or reduce the price 😊😊
Like i've said in the past if its a little watery add some crispy onions and it adds to the flavour aswell as thickening it up .....!!!!!!
Maybe needed a bit of spicing up? They should label them from zero to cor blimey guvnor
I had one of those about six months ago n it was absolutely delicious. I bought another one the week after. An incredibly tasty meal. I don't like hot curries nowadays so a Dopiaza is spot on for me. Lots of flavour and a very mild heat.
Yep, mr Patton, i went to the local Asda, just to compare. Roughly the the price, but crap !!
The bottom line is you get what you pay for but I do think takeaway are a RIP off at the end of the day its chicken thighs in sauce and you can make the same for £4 for 2 with the help of TH-cam
This has been out for at least 18 months. The only thing ‘new’ about it is the price rise and reduced size. They must think we are stupid.
I hate it when Iceland put prices up extortionately and then their big boss appears on tv virtue signalling to the govt and viewers, he better prepare for the dole office!!!
I think for me when it comes to curry, ready meals just don't match up to a Indian takeaway. They all seem to have the same base flavour. I'd rather save my money and have a proper Indian takeaway as a treat
This would go well with a 50p sachet of Micro rice from Aldi to soak up that sauce. Dopiaza is a bit mild for me.
If i get a watery curry like that i usually mix half a teaspoon of cornstarch with water and mix it in 5 mins before end of cooking Gazza.
Great idea
It's good emergency food, when you get back and its too late to cook, or after a crappy day when the last thing you feel like doing is cooking, add some rice and you are done.
Needs another min in Microwave until its bubbling then youll find its a bit thicker.
3 quid /me faints... how is a chicken breast 99%... what is the other 1%