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Saturday 30 July 2011

* lemon chicken tagine

Ingredients (serves 4)

2 tablespoons plain flour
2 tablespoons Moroccan seasoning
8 (110g each) Steggles chicken lovely legs
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 red onions, halved, sliced
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 cup chicken stock
1 lemon
150g green beans, trimmed
1/3 cup pitted green olives, halved
Couscous, toasted slivered almonds and fresh coriander leaves, to serve

Method

1. Place flour, seasoning and chicken in a large snap-lock bag. Seal. Shake to coat. Heat half the oil in a large, heavy-based frying pan over high heat. Cook chicken in batches, turning, for 3 to 4 minutes or until browned all over. Transfer to a plate.
  
2. Reduce heat to medium-high. Heat remaining oil in pan. Add onion and garlic. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until softened. Return chicken to pan. Add stock and 1/2 cup cold water. Cover. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook for 15 minutes or until slightly thickened.
  
3. Peel strips of rind from lemon. Juice lemon. Add rind, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, beans and olives to pan. Cover. Cook for 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Remove cover. Increase heat to medium-high heat. Simmer for 2 minutes or until sauce thickens.
  
4. Serve tagine with couscous, almonds and coriander.

* Moroccan fish with couscous

Ingredients

100g couscous
300ml vegetable stock , hot
1 small onion , diced
olive oil
1 large courgette , cut into small dice
1 tbsp harissa
2 tomatoes , cut into small dice
2 fat skinless fillets sustainable white fish
½ small bunch flat-leaf parsley , chopped

Method

Put the couscous in a bowl, pour over half the stock, cover and leave to plump up. Cook the onion in a little olive oil until softened. Add the courgette and cook for 3 minutes. Add the harissa, tomatoes and the rest of the stock and bring to a simmer. Sit the fish on top of the veg, put on a lid and simmer for 5-7 minutes until the fish is just cooked.

Mix the parsley through the couscous. Serve the fish on top of the couscous then spoon over the veg and juices.

Nutrition per serving:

375 kcalories, protein 43.1g, carbohydrate 34g, fat 8.4 g, saturated fat 1.2g, fibre 2.6g, salt 1.6 g