wholesome chickpea moroccan chicken with vegetarian option
ingrediants
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 chicken breasts
- 1 medium onion
- 2/3 cloves of garlic
- 200 green beans
- 100g dried apricots
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp ras el hanout (or to taste)
- 1 tin of quality chopped tomatoes
- 200g green beans
- 1 tin of chickpeas
- 100g dried apricots
- fresh coriander
- 2 persevered lemons
directions
- dice the chicken breasts, slice the onion and finely chop the garlic.
- chop the fresh coriander stems from the leaves, keep both.
- place olive oil, garlic, onion in a pan over a medium heat and sweat for 3-5 minutes
- add the chicken to the pan, keep stirring until the chicken has browned.
- Stir in the ground ginger, ground coriander, cinnamon, cumin and ras el hanout.
- once the spices start to stick to bottom of the pan add the tin of tomatoes and only the stems of coriander. leave to
- simmer for 10 minutes
- chop the apricots and green beans.
- after 10 minutes of simmering add the apricots, green beans & chickpeas.
- simmer for another 20min
- chop the preserved lemons into quarters.
- just before you serve add preserved lemons and leaves of coriander
- serve with cuscus
vegetarian option
- follow all the steps above minus the chicken breasts.