One-pan chicken couscous

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1. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan and cook the onion for 1-2 mins just until softened. Add the chicken and fry for 7-10 mins until cooked through and the onions have turned golden. Grate over the ginger, stir through the harissa to coat everything and cook for 1 min more.
2. Tip in the apricots, chickpeas and couscous, then pour over the stock and stir once. Cover with a lid or tightly cover the pan with foil and leave for about 5 mins until the couscous has soaked up all the stock and is soft. Fluff up the couscous with a fork and scatter over the coriander to serve. Serve with extra harissa, if you like.

281 kcalories, protein 20g, carbohydrate 41g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 3g, salt 0.48 g

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• Jen

  21 October 2009

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  Really lovely - added extra harrissa at the end.

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• Frantic Flapjack

  23 October 2009

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  This was very good. Easy to prepare for a week night meal. I didn't have any harissa so used curry paste instead and it worked really well. Good protein dish.

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  03 November 2009

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  Absolutely delish - I added a chilli to mine also as I like extra heat.

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• fiona

  03 November 2009

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  really good just done it for dinner party guest inssited on tkaing recipie home and i got some yummy left overs! very tasty

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• Natalie

  08 November 2009

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  This was very tasty with the harissa. I had to add more water to the couscous, and next time I will soak the apricots in boiled water to soften them a bit before adding them to the pan.

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Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion , thinly sliced
• 200g chicken breasts , diced
• good chunk fresh root ginger
• 1-2 tbsp harissa paste , plus extra to serve
• 10 dried apricots
• 220g can chickpeas , rinsed and drained
• 200g couscous
• 200ml hot chicken stock
• handful coriander , chopped, to serve

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Serves 4

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Prep 5 mins

Cook 10 mins

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Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion , thinly sliced
• 200g chicken breasts , diced
• good chunk fresh root ginger
• 1-2 tbsp harissa paste , plus extra to serve
• 10 dried apricots
• 220g can chickpeas , rinsed and drained
• 200g couscous
• 200ml hot chicken stock
• handful coriander , chopped, to serve

281 kcalories, protein 20g, carbohydrate 41g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 3g, salt 0.48 g

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