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Mango chicken with couscous

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Mango chicken with couscous

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Ingredients

  • Olive oil
  • Mini chicken fillets about 350g or cut 2 chicken breasts into thin strips
  • Ground cumin 2 tsp
  • Chicken stock fresh, cube or concentrate made up to 300ml, hot
  • Couscous 150g
  • Mango chutney 3 tbsp (Geeta's does a good one)
  • Spring onions 4, sliced into 3cm pieces
  • Coriander a small handful, roughly chopped
Serves: 2   Cook Time: 15 Total Time: 15min whats this
 

Directions

  1. Heat tbsp oil in a wok or large frying pan.
  2. Sprinkle the chicken with the ground cumin and cook for a couple of minutes until lightly browned.
  3. Pour l of the chicken stock over the couscous and leave to soak for minutes.
  4. Add the mango chutney to the chicken, stir well and leave to bubble for a couple of minutes then add the remaining chicken stock and spring onions and cook for minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. Fluff up the couscous with a fork, stir half the coriander through the couscous and the remainder through the chicken and serve.
  5. GI assessment
  6. Don't be put off by the mango chutney. Couscous is a medium-Gi food and will help slow down the rise in blood glucose that occurs with sugary foods.
  7. Recipe extra
  8. Add some blanched green beans or mangetout with the spring onion. Serve with rice instead of couscous.

 

Source: Paula Stain (Olive magazine)

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