CHEROULA YOGHURT CHICKEN WITH SPICED TOMATO BULGUR

CHEROULA YOGHURT CHICKEN WITH SPICED TOMATO BULGUR

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 2-3
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, August 20, 2017.

Enjoy the deliciously exotic blend of garlic, lemon and spices in this one!


Ingredients

CHERMOULA YOGHURT CHICKEN

  • 300g chicken thighs
  • 1½ teaspoons chermoula
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons natural yoghurt (reserve remainder, to serve)
  • ½ teaspoon salt

SPICED TOMATO BULGUR

  • ¾ cup bulgur wheat
  • ¼ red onion
  • 1 tablespoon bulgur spices
  • ¼ cup chicken stock
  • ½ tomato, diced 1cm
  • ½ courgette, grated
  • ½ bag baby spinach leaves, roughly chopped
  • 1½ teaspoons olive oil

TO SERVE

  • Reserved natural yoghurt
  • 1½ teaspoons chermoula
  • 1-2 spring onions

Steps

  1. a full kettle to the boil.
  2. Pat chicken dry with paper towels and cut into 2-3 pieces. Place in a shallow bowl with all remaining chermoula yoghurt chicken ingredients and toss well to coat. Season with pepper and set aside to marinate.
  3. While chicken is marinating, add bulgur and a pinch of salt to a large, heat-proof, bowl and cover with boiling water. Cover and leave to soak for 15-18 minutes, until grains are tender. Drain well through a sieve and return to bowl.
  4. Finely dice onion and set aside. Heat a drizzle of oil in a medium fry-pan on mediumhigh heat. Cook chicken for 2-3 minutes each side, until golden and cooked through. Set aside, covered in foil, to rest for about 5 minutes before slicing thickly.
  5. Return pan to heat with a drizzle of oil (if needed). Cook onion for about 1 minute, until softened. Add bulgur spices and cook a further 1-2 minutes, until fragrant. Add stock and cook for about 1 minute, until almost evaporated.
  6. Remove from heat and transfer to bowl with drained bulgur. Add tomato, courgette, baby spinach and olive oil. Toss to combine and season to taste with salt and pepper. In a small bowl, combine reserved yoghurt and chermoula. Thinly slice spring onions.
  7. place spiced tomato bulgur onto plates and top with slices of chermoula yoghurt chicken. Dollop with chermoula yoghurt and sprinkle with spring onions.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2142 kj
512 kcal
Protein 31.1g
Carbohydrate 40.1g
Fat 23.8g