- 250g chicken breast mini fillets
- 1 onion
- 1 lemon
- 1 garlic clove
- 50g dried apricots
- 2 tsp ras al hanut
- 150g wholewheat couscous
- 100g baby leaf spinach
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 300ml boiling water
- Medium pan with lid
- Measuring jug
- Baking tray (optional)
- 1.
Fill your kettle and boil it. Chop the chicken breast mini fillets into bite-sized chunks. Warm a medium pan on a medium heat for 1 min, then add ½ tbsp olive oil and the chicken. Fry for 4-5 mins, turning once or twice, till the chicken is browned all over.
- 2.
While the chicken fries, peel and finely chop the onion. When the chicken has browned, add another ½ tbsp olive oil to the pan along with the onion (keep the chicken in the pan). Season with a good pinch of salt and pepper. Fry, stirring often, for 5 mins till the onion looks glossy.
- 3.
Roughly chop the dried apricots. Grate the zest from the lemon. Peel and grate or crush the garlic.
- 4.
Tip the dried apricots into the pan. Add the lemon zest, garlic and 2 tsp ras al hanut. Cook, stirring, for 1 min, then tip in the couscous and stir.
- 5.
Pour in 300ml boiling water from the kettle. Stir to mix, bring to the boil and then pop on a lid (or use a baking tray if you don’t have a lid) and turn the heat off. Set the pan aside for 5-6 mins till the couscous has absorbed the water and is tender.
- 6.
Fork the baby leaf spinach into the pan to just wilt it. Squeeze in the juice from half the lemon. Taste and add a pinch more salt or pepper or a squeeze more lemon juice if you think it needs it. Divide the chicken and apricot couscous between 2 warm plates and serve with the remaining lemon, sliced into wedges for squeezing.