Chargrilled Moroccan Chicken, Sprouting Broccoli and Couscous Salad

Name: Chargrilled Moroccan Chicken, Sprouting Broccoli and Couscous Salad
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: 1 tsp ground cumin; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 500 g/1 lb 2 oz boneless, skinless chicken thighs; 150 g/5½ oz/heaped ¾ cup couscous; 150 g/5½ oz sprouting broccoli, roughly chopped; ½ tsp turmeric; ½ tsp sea salt; 1 red chilli, deseeded; juice of 1 lemon; 2 large handfuls mint leaves, roughly chopped; 2 tbsp olive oil; 2.5 cm/1 in piece root ginger, peeled and roughly chopped; 1 garlic clove; 50 g/1¾ oz/⅓ cup almonds; 1 large handful mint leaves, roughly chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mighty Spice Cookbook

By John Gregory-Smith

Published 2012

About

Ingredients

50 g/1¾ oz/⅓ cup almonds
500 g<

Africa
Morocco
Main course
Spicy
Mediterranean

Method

Heat a frying pan over a medium heat. Add the almonds and gently toast, shaking the pan occasionally, for 4-6 minutes, or until the almonds are a beautiful golden brown. Transfer the nuts to a plate to cool.
To make the spice paste, put all the ingredients in a mini food processor and blend to a smooth paste. Transfer to a large mixing bowl.
Add the c