MasterChef star Hayden Quinn reveals his quarantine cooking tips

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MasterChef star Hayden Quinn reveals his quarantine cooking tips for making food stretch out over several dishes

By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia

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Chef Hayden Quinn has shared his tips for making food stretch out over many meals – and taste delicious – while in isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

The MasterChef Australia star appeared on The Project on Sunday night and offered some solid advice. 

The 34-year-old, who shared his chicken pie recipe via a video link interview from his kitchen, explained how one ingredient can make several meals.

Thanks! On The Project on Sunday night, chef Hayden Quinn (pictured) shared his tips for making food stretch out over many meals while in isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic  

‘One of the big things is using a dish or meal multiple times,’ he explained. 

‘If you’ve had a nice roast chicken, eaten all the meat and legs left over, shred the chicken off and use it on a chicken sandwich. 

‘The carcass, the roast chook, throw it in a pot, with vinegar, onion, top it up, let it reduce down, you’ve got yourself a nice chicken soup.   

‘Multiple things used multiple ways,’ the celebrated cook concluded. 

Cook it! The 34-year-old, who shared his chicken pie recipe via a video link interview from his kitchen, explained how one ingredient can make several meals

Cook it! The 34-year-old, who shared his chicken pie recipe via a video link interview from his kitchen, explained how one ingredient can make several meals

Tasty: 'One of the big things is using a dish or meal multiple times. If you've had a nice roast chicken, shred the [leftover] chicken off and use it on a chicken sandwich. The carcass, the throw it in a pot, you've got yourself a nice chicken soup,' he said

Tasty: ‘One of the big things is using a dish or meal multiple times. If you’ve had a nice roast chicken, shred the [leftover] chicken off and use it on a chicken sandwich. The carcass, the throw it in a pot, you’ve got yourself a nice chicken soup,’ he said

On the show, Hayden prepared a chicken pie which can be proportioned to feed one person or a whole family. 

He raised the eyebrows of host Tommy Little when he suggested using older vegetables in the fridge like ‘really ugly’ silverbeets and ‘dodgy’ mushrooms – but the chef insisted it’s all fine to eat and tastes great.  

Hayden, who appeared on season three of MasterChef Australia, is back for the 2020 season which sees professionals and former contestants battle it out. 

Yum? On the show, Hayden prepared a chicken pie which can be proportioned to feed one person or a whole family. He raised eyebrows when he suggested using older vegetables in the fridge like 'really ugly' silverbeets and 'dodgy' mushrooms

Yum? On the show, Hayden prepared a chicken pie which can be proportioned to feed one person or a whole family. He raised eyebrows when he suggested using older vegetables in the fridge like ‘really ugly’ silverbeets and ‘dodgy’ mushrooms 

He says of the other contestants, he has his eyes set on Brendan Pang and Reece Hignell. 

‘Brendan makes amazing dumplings, has his own dumpling set-up over in Perth,’ Hayden said. 

As well as appearing on MasterChef, Hayden has also been a judge on the Nine Network cooking program Family Food Fight. 

MasterChef: Back to Win premieres Monday at 7.30pm on Channel Ten 

Back! Hayden, who appeared on season three of MasterChef Australia, is back for the 2020 season which sees professionals and former contestants battle it out

Back! Hayden, who appeared on season three of MasterChef Australia, is back for the 2020 season which sees professionals and former contestants battle it out