Spiced chicken with vegetable couscous
( SERVES 4 )
17/12/2006
Spiced chicken
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| 1 tbsp | Flour |
| 1 tsp | Ground paprika |
| 1 tsp | Ground tumeric |
| 1 tsp | Ground cumin |
| 1 tsp | Ground coriander |
| ½ tsp | Chilli powder |
| 1 to taste | Salt & freshly ground pepper |
| 4 | Chicken breasts |
| 2 cm | Olive oil |
| 1 cup | Chicken stock |
| 3 tbsp | Pine nuts |
| 2 tbsp | Fresh parsley |
Vegetable couscous
| 2 tbsp | Olive oil |
| 2 cloves | Garlic |
| 1 | Red onion |
| 1 tsp | Ground coriander |
| ¼ cups | Chicken stock |
| 1¼ cups | Couscous |
| 3 | Courgettes |
| 1 | Red pepper |
| ¼ cup | Fresh coriander |
| 1 to taste | Salt & freshly ground pepper |
Directions
To prepare Spiced chicken:
- Combine flour, spices, salt and pepper and use to dust sliced chicken. Heat a nonstick frying pan, add a little oil and pan-fry chicken in two to three batches to lightly brown all over. Remove chicken to one side.
- Add chicken stock to the pan and bring to the boil, scraping any sediment from the pan. Return chicken to the pan and simmer for 5 minutes to heat through and finish cooking. Serve on top of vegetable couscous, scattered with pine nuts and parsley.
To prepare Vegetable couscous:
- Heat a saucepan, add 2 tbsp oil and coarsely diced onion and cook over a medium heat for 8 minutes to soften but not brown the onion. Add crushed garlic and ground coriander and cook for minute more. Stir in stock and bring to the boil.
- Pour couscous into the pan and stir to combine. Remove from the heat, cover pan and leave instant couscous for 10 minutes to steam and soften.
- Meanwhile, heat a nonstick frying pan, add a little oil, thinly sliced courgettes and red pepper,cut in chunks with seeds removed. Stir-fry to lightly brown.
- Fluff up couscous with a fork. Stir through cooked vegetables and coriander. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

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