Moroccan Chicken Rice

Submitted by English_Rose

"Spice up plain old chicken with a taste of the exotic."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, diced
• 1 tablespoon moroccan seasoning
• 1 onion, finely sliced
• 2 ounces butter
• 10 ounces rice
• 12 dried apricots, halved
• 1 chicken stock cube
• 14 ounces chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 1 tablespoon flat leaf parsley, chopped

directions

1. Coat chicken with the Moroccan spice.
2. Fry the onion in butter until soft.
3. Tip in the chicken, then cook for a few mins more.
4. Stir in the rice and apricots, then pour in the stock cube with 2 3/4 cups boiling water and the chickpeas.
5. Cover the pan and simmer for 10 mins until the rice is tender and has absorbed most of the liquid.
6. Toss in the chopped flat leaf parsley and serve.