Moroccan-style chicken with carrot & orange salad

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Moroccan-style chicken with carrot & orange salad

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Chicken thighs are great for roasting, and much cheaper than breast meat. This tasty meal is a good source of Vitamin C and counts as four of your five a day

Ingredients

2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp each cumin and coriander
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, thinly sliced
3 tbsp pine nuts
3 tbsp raisins
juice 1 lemon
8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
FOR THE SALAD
400g/14oz carrots, coarsely grated
2 oranges
mixed salad leaves
handful chopped coriander

Serves: 4 Preparation: 20 Cook Time: 40 Total Time: 60min

Directions

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Heat oven to /fan /gas Mix tsp of the cinnamon with the cumin and coriander in a small bowl. Heat the oil in a frying pan, add the onion, then quickly fry until lightly coloured. Add the pine nuts, then fry until lightly toasted.
Stir in the spice mix, the raisins and the juice of the lemon. Heat through, stirring, then remove from the heat.
Open out the chicken thighs and spoon a little stuffing on to each. Fold the chicken meat over to enclose the stuffing, then secure each thigh with a couple of cocktail sticks.
Place in a non-stick roasting tin with the cocktail sticks underneath, then sprinkle with the remaining lemon juice and spice mix. Bake for 30 - 35 mins until the chicken is tender and golden.
To make the salad, tip the carrot into a bowl. Using a sharp knife, remove the zest and pith from the oranges, then cut into segments between membranes. Do this over the bowl to catch the juice, letting the segments drop in. Sprinkle with the reserved cinnamon and a little black pepper, then mix well. Divide the salad leaves between 4 plates, spoon over the salad, then sprinkle over the coriander leaves. Place the chicken alongside and serve.

Source: BBC Good Food Magazine