wholesome chickpea moroccan chicken with vegetarian option

ingrediants 

  1. 2 tbsp olive oil
  2. 2 chicken breasts  
  3. 1 medium onion
  4. 2/3 cloves of garlic
  5. 200 green beans
  6. 100g dried apricots
  7. 2 tsp ground ginger
  8. 1 tsp ground coriander
  9. 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  10. 1/2 tsp cumin
  11. 1 tsp ras el hanout (or to taste)
  12. 1 tin of quality chopped tomatoes
  13. 200g green beans
  14. 1 tin of chickpeas
  15. 100g dried apricots
  16. fresh coriander
  17. 2 persevered lemons

directions

  1. dice the chicken breasts, slice the onion and finely chop the garlic.
  2. chop the fresh coriander stems from the leaves, keep both.
  3. place olive oil, garlic, onion in a pan over a medium heat and sweat for 3-5 minutes
  4. add the chicken to the pan, keep stirring until the chicken has browned.
  5. Stir in the ground ginger, ground coriander, cinnamon, cumin and ras el hanout.
  6. once the spices start to stick to bottom of the pan add the tin of tomatoes and only the stems of coriander. leave to
  7. simmer for 10 minutes
  8. chop the apricots and green beans.
  9. after 10 minutes of simmering add the apricots, green beans & chickpeas.
  10. simmer for another 20min
  11. chop the preserved lemons into quarters.
  12. just before you serve add preserved lemons and leaves of coriander
  13. serve with cuscus

vegetarian option 

  1. follow all the steps above minus the chicken breasts.  

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