Moroccan Chicken Couscous Bowls

Name: Moroccan Chicken Couscous Bowls
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: 500g chicken breast, sliced into strips; 2 tsp ras el hanout; 1 tbsp olive oil; 250g couscous; 350ml boiling water; 1 courgette, diced; 50g dried apricots, chopped; 1 lemon, juiced and zested; 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds; 2 tbsp fresh coriander, chopped

Spiced chicken strips on fluffy couscous with sweet apricots, pumpkin seeds and a squeeze of lemon.

Nut free

Time20 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.99 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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500 gchicken breastsliced into strips
2 tspras el hanout
1 tbspolive oil
250 gcouscous
350 mlboiling water
1courgettediced
50 gdried apricotschopped
1lemonjuiced and zested
2 tbsppumpkin seeds
2 tbspfresh corianderchopped

Method

1
Toss the chicken with the ras el hanout and a pinch of salt.
2
Put the couscous and apricots in a bowl, pour over the hot stock, cover with a plate and leave for 5 minutes.
5 min
3
Heat the oil in a frying pan. Cook the chicken for 6 minutes, turning, until golden and cooked through.
6 min
4
Add the courgette and cook for 3 minutes until just soft.
3 min
5
Fluff the couscous with a fork and stir in the lemon zest, juice, pumpkin seeds and coriander.
6
Serve the chicken and courgette on top.

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