Recipe No. 2 – Sticky Chicken with Mango Couscous.

Taken from 101 More Low-Fat Feasts – BBC Good Food Books.

 

 

Ingredients

• 1 Large Mango
• 4 spring onions – sliced.
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin.
• 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar.
• 259g couscous.
• 3 tablespoons thick-cut marmalade
• 4 teaspoons grainy mustard
• 4 chicken breasts – cut into 3-4 slices each.

 

1. While the grill is heating to high, peel and cut the mango into bite-size chunks. Mix with 3/4 of the spring onions, the cumin and vinegar, and leave to one side.
2. Place the couscous in a large bowl, add 400ml of boiling water , cover with cling film and leave to one side.
3. Mix together the marmalade and mustard, lay the chicken strips in a roasting dish and brush with around half of the mixture.
4. Grill for 3-4 minutes, then turn and glaze the other side with the remaining mixture. Grill for a further about another 5 minutes until the chicken is thoroughly cooked and the glaze is bubbly.
5. Stir the mango mixture into the couscous and serve with the hot chicken strips spooning some of the juices from the tin on top. Add the remaining spring onions as relish.

 

The chicken tasted succulent and flavoursome although the mustard didn’t come through as much as I thought it might. In my opinion the couscous was a little dry but Sylvia reckoned it was okay. I’m not really a fan of couscous preferring potatoes or pasta, but Victoria [yes dah-rah she did happen to be passing again] agreed with Sylvia that it wasn’t too dry, so I'm probably not the best person to give an opinion. Once again the children loved the meal although Poppy did require the addition of some tomato ketchup and Joey succeeded in putting a large amount of couscous up his nose. All in all I think another successful dish.

Thanks for all the suggestions regarding other websites, books and other such sources. It really is appreciated. We will be studying them over the weekend in order to sort out next week’s menu.