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Invite a crowd round for a memorable chicken tagine recipe that lights up the dinner table. It's the perfect make-ahead meal served with couscous, salad and pickles.


Easy chicken tagine

chicken breast,

600 grams/1lb 5½oz chicken thighs

harissa paste

vegetable oil

onion, sliced

garlic cloves, crushed

cinnamon

tsp cumin

ginger

tsp turmeric

tsp chilli flakes

450 milliliters/16fl oz chicken stock

100 grams/3½oz dried apricots, quartered

tomatoes

salt and black pepper

tbsp mint

tbsp parsley

couscous, cooked according to packet instructions

150 grams/5½oz Greek-style yoghurt

almonds

Freekeh is dried green wheat, harvested while the grains are still soft, then sun-dried. It is very common in the Middle East and North Africa, and is used in the same way as bulgur, couscous or pearled spelt. It works well as an accompanying pilaf or a salad, in this case with pomegranate seeds, pistachios, mint and spring onion.

Each serving provides 347kcal, 6g protein, 46g carbohydrates (of which 7g sugars), 18g fat (of which 3g saturates), 1.5g fibre and	0g salt.


Freekeh salad

200 grams/7 ounces freekeh, pearled spelt or pearled barley

olive oil

spring onions, finely chopped

pomegranate, seeds only

pomegranate molasses

tbsp pistachios, roughly crushed

A rice bowl is a wondrous thing, but often – despite the simplicity of its title – a rather cluttered and complicated one. Here, I have pared it back, to make a gorgeously seasoned rice bowl, with nothing more than a few seeds, herbs and radishes stirred through it, and an avocado to top it. It’s a simple take on an inspiringly expansive idea. So please use this as a starting point only. It’s very much a non-recipe recipe, and every time I make it, I add something different, depending on what’s to hand.

Rice bowl with ginger, radish and avocado

150 grams/5½oz short grain brown rice

fresh root ginger, peeled

radishes,

1½ tbsp tamari or soy sauce

tsp cloudy apple cider vinegar

tbsp mixed seeds,

coriander

avocado

Pearl barley risottos are much cheaper than traditional risottos and have a pleasing nutty flavour that works wonderfully with the butternut squash and sage in this recipe. 
This is designed to be a low cost recipe.

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