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Peri-peri chicken with giant tabbouleh
This crowd-pleasing plateful is a game of two halves – fire up your fork with peri-peri seasoning (which smothers sizzled chicken in an aromatic tomato sauce) then cool down with our herby tabbouleh! Giant couscous gives extra texture, and soaks up every sensational drop!
SWK: Source of fibre
SWK: High protein
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Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 courgette
- 1 handful of fresh coriander
- 80g baby spinach
- 1 onion
- 1 pepper
- 300g diced chicken breast
- 4 tsp ginger & garlic paste (Ginger, Garlic, Sea Salt, Citric Acid)
- 2 tsp peri-peri seasoning (Garlic Granules, Ground Paprika, Red Pepper, Crushed Chilies, Onion Granules, Rubbed Oregano, Lemon Peel, Birds Eye Chilli Powder, Cracked Black Pepper)
- 200g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 120g wholewheat giant couscous (Wheat, Mustard, Soya) (Whole WHEAT Flour (100%))
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley
Nutritional Information
Calories: 471
Protein: 49g
Carbs: 61g
Fat: 3.9g
Ingredients
- 2 courgette
- 2 onion
- 2 pepper
- 400g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 8 tsp ginger & garlic paste (Ginger, Garlic, Sea Salt, Citric Acid)
- 4 tsp peri-peri seasoning (Garlic Granules, Ground Paprika, Red Pepper, Crushed Chilies, Onion Granules, Rubbed Oregano, Lemon Peel, Birds Eye Chilli Powder, Cracked Black Pepper)
- 600g diced chicken breast
- 240g wholewheat giant couscous (Wheat, Mustard, Soya) (Whole WHEAT Flour (100%))
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 2 handful of fresh coriander
- 160g baby spinach
Nutritional Information
Calories: 471
Protein: 49g
Carbs: 61g
Fat: 3.9g
Peri-peri chicken with giant tabbouleh
This crowd-pleasing plateful is a game of two halves – fire up your fork with peri-peri seasoning (which smothers sizzled chicken in an aromatic tomato sauce) then cool down with our herby tabbouleh! Giant couscous gives extra texture, and soaks up every sensational drop!
Cook time:
30 mins
Cuisine:
South African
Food group:
Poultry
Allergens: Wheat
Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- 1x large non-stick frying pan
- 1x saucepan
Prep the veg
- Halve the courgettes lengthways and slice into ½cm half-moons.
- Peel and thinly slice the onions, then deseed and thinly slice the peppers.
Sizzle & stir
- Spritz a non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a medium heat. Fry the chicken for 2 mins until browned all over.
- Tip in the veg and cook for 5-7 mins.
Turn up the flavour!
- Add the ginger & garlic paste and spice mix to the pan. Cook for 1 min.
- Pour in the passata and 150ml water (250ml for 4 portions). Simmer for 6-8 mins, until the sauce has reduced slightly and the chicken is cooked through.
Sort the couscous
- Meanwhile, cook the couscous in boiling water for 8-9 mins, then drain.
- Finely chop the parsley, coriander and spinach, then stir the herbs and spinach through the couscous.
Dish up
- Serve the saucy chicken with the herby couscous.