pomegranate chicken with almond couscous
ingredients:
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 200g couscous
- 1 chicken stock cube
- 1 large red onion
- 600g chicken mini fillet
- 2 tbsp harissa
- 190ml pomegranate juice
- 100g pomegranate seeds
- 100g flaked almond
- 25g fresh mint
direction :
- place the couscous into a heat proof bowl and crumble over half of the chicken stock cube.
- pour boiling water over the couscous to just cover and then cover the bowl with a fresh tea towel and set aside.
- chop the red onion in half and thinly slice
- heat the coconut oil in a large frying pan.
- add the onion to the pan sweat for 3-5 minutes.
- push the onion to one side of the pan, add the chicken mini fillets and brown on all sides.
- stir in the harissa and the pomegranate juice, then crumble in the rest of the stock cube and season well.
- simmer, uncovered, for 10 mins until the sauce has thickened and the chicken is cooked through.
- stir in the pomegranate seeds
- after 5 mins fluff up the couscous with a fork and stir in the almond flakes.
- finely chop the fresh mint
- serve with a handful of fresh mint
- enjoy!