Chicken with Harissa
North Africa inspired chicken with harissa featuring chicken breast. A world classic for one.
Ingredients
- 1 chicken breast
- ¼ tspn salt
- 1 tbspn harissa spice mix
- 2 tbspn fresh green coriander
- 1 tspn garlic
- Couscous
- 1 tspn tomato purée
- knob butter
- ½ preserved lemon (1)
- 150 ml boiling water
- 1 tbspn olive oil (1)
- 80 gm couscous
- 1 tbspn olive oil (2)
- 1 tbspn pine nuts
- 2 tspn harissa spice mix (2)
- ½ preserved lemon (2)
- 100 gm onion (prepared weight)
- 1 tbspn fresh green mint
- 100 gm chickpeas (approx ½ large tin)
Method
- 1
Cut the chicken breast into strips.
- 2
Finely chop the garlic.
- 3
Cut the preserved lemon in half and remove the pips, then chop it all into small pieces and set aside.
- 4
Using a small bowl mix the harissa spice mix (1), garlic, tomato purée, ½ of the chopped preserved lemon and oil (2).
- 5
Mix in the chicken strips and allow to marinate for at least .
- 6
Finely chop the onion.
- 7
Drain the chickpeas.
- 8
Roughly chop the fresh green coriander.
- 9
Roughly chop the fresh green mint.
- 10
Using a dry pan toast the pine nuts until they begin to change colour and become aromatic, then allow to cool and roughly chop.
- 11
Using a medium heat, heat the oil in a wok or heavy pan and cook the harissa spice mix (2) for .
- 12
Add the onion and cook, stirring regularly, for .
- 13
Add the chicken with its marinade and cook, stirring, for .
- 14
Add the chickpeas, 100 ml of hot water, salt and the chopped coriander and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding a little water as necessary to maintain the desired sauce consistency until the chicken is fully cooked. The chicken will be cooked when it is white throughout.
- 15
Meanwhile to make the couscous ...
- 16
In a pan, add the butter and 150 ml of boiling water.
- 17
Add the couscous, the remaining preserved lemon, stir and bring back to a boil.
- 18
Cover the pan and remove from the heat and allow to sit untouched for 4 to .
- 19
Uncover the pan, return to a very low heat and stir in the toasted pine nuts and chopped mint.
- 20
Stir the couscous with a fork and plate up.
- 21
Add the chicken, chickpeas etc.