Harissa Chicken and Butternut Squash Pilau
This one pot meal is packed full of flavour, and can be ready in under 30 minutes.
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Ingredients
- 1 Onion diced
- 1 Red pepper diced
- 500 g Chicken thigh diced
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 500 ml Chicken stock
- 250 g Basmati rice
- 350 g Butternut squash diced
- 2 tbsp Rose harissa paste
- 150 g Peas
- 10 g Parsley chopped
Instructions
- Heat some cooking oil in a large pan over a medium to high heat. Add the diced onion and pepper and cook for about five minutes until it softens.
- Add the chicken into the pan and turn the heat up to a high heat. Cook for a few minutes, stirring occasionally until there are no more visible pink bits.
- Sprinkle in the paprika and season with salt & pepper. Cook for a minute.
- Pour in the chicken stock, then add the rice, butternut squash and harissa paste.
- Stir it well, then turn the heat down to a medium. Cover it with a lid or tin foil then leave it to simmer for about 20 minutes, or until the liquid has been soaked up and the butternut squash is tender.
- Take the lid off then stir through the peas and chopped parsley. Serve and enjoy.
2 comments on “Harissa Chicken and Butternut Squash Pilau”
Great one pot recipe. Didn’t have any parsley, but was still lovely. Adding a spoonful of low fat Greek yoghurt on the top finished it off for me. Lovely
Fantastic and happy quick dish. One of my favourites.