Aromatic Spiced Chicken & Apricots with Giant Couscous
Cooking time: 40 mins
Serves: 4
Vegetarian: No
Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- 2 onions, sliced
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp mild paprika
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- 1 pack British free range chicken 4 breast fillets
- 1300ml warm chicken stock
- 200ml boiling water
- 250g pack dried apricots, halved
- 300g giant couscous
- 200g fine green bean
- bunch of fresh coriander, roughly chopped
- juice of half a lemon
- grated lemon zest of 1 lemon
Method:
- Coat the chicken in all the spices, and leave to marinade for 20 minutes.
- Heat the oil in a medium pan and cook the onion for 3-4 minutes on a gentle heat until softened.
- Add the chicken and fry for a further 3 minutes.
- Pour in half of the stock, bring to the boil then cover and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the apricots, giant couscous and remaining stock and simmer for a further 10 minutes, stirring occasionally to ensure the couscous doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan.
- Add the beans and boiling water and cook with the lid on for a further 5 minutes until the beans are cooked to an al dente texture.
- Season with salt and pepper, lemon juice, and then sprinkle the chopped coriander and lemon zest on top. Serve.