Harissa Chicken Pulao recipe

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07/20/2010

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This is a delicious one pot dinner recipe for Harissa Chicken Pulao. Serve the feta, pine nuts, chopped coriander and lemon on the side. If you are trying to encourage your family to try new flavours then this is a great way of doing so.

Ingredients

600g chicken fillet, sliced
62,5ml oil
1 cinnamon stick
1 bay leaf
1 medium onion, finely chopped
4 cloves garlic, crushed
50ml harissa paste
4 cups cooked Spekko Long Grain Parboiled Rice
100g feta
50ml pine nuts, toasted
Salt to taste
Fresh coriander, chopped
1 lemon, cut into wedges - optional
Icing sugar to dust lemons
Salt

Directions

Heat oil in a pot on medium heat. Add cinnamon stick and bay leaf. Fry for 5 seconds until the spices are fragrant and a shade darker.

Add onion and saute until golden brown. Stir in the harissa paste and crushed garlic. Fry the onion paste for a second or two and then add in sliced chicken fillet and salt. Stir fry until the chicken is cooked. If the mixture begins to stick, add 62,5ml boiling water.

Remove from heat. Heat up a non stick frying pan. Dust lemon wedges with icing sugar. Place lemon wedges on the frying pan and allow the sugar to caramelize. Remove from non stick frying pan.

Layer the cooked Spekko Long Grain Parboiled Rice over the cooked chicken.

Pour over 125ml boiling water and cook on a very low heat. The rice should steam gently and be thoroughly heated before serving. Check to ensure the chicken does not stick and burn.

Remove from heat and sprinkle feta and toasted pine nuts over the pulao. Serve with caramelized lemon wedges.

Servings

Serves 6

Recipe provided by Yudhika Sujanani - Spekko Rice ambassador.

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Hazel Moodley on 11/16/2011

Hello everyone....

I would not suggest using Tastic rice as a substitute...spekko rice is all about quality..there are no broken grains and this ensures that your pulao does not resemble a great big mush at the end!

if you are lucky enough to live in cape town...try the pesto princess harissa paste...it is fabulous!

check out more of my recipes on www.yudhika.com or send me an email - hetals@iafrica.com

Yudhika Sujanani on 08/23/2010

This looks very interesting and worth a try, but what the heck is harissa paste and where do you buy it.

Erika on 07/21/2010

Where do you buy harissa paste and Spekko Rice from?

Lara on 07/21/2010

Spekko rice can be found in all supermarkets. Also can be substituted by Tastic rice, or even brown rice.

Ira on 07/21/2010

Harissa Paste is a spicy paste made with chillies.

You can buy it from Woolworths under the label: "Moroccan Harissa Paste"

Recipes ed on 07/21/2010

What does pulao actually mean?

Inez on 07/23/2010

Harissa Chicken Pulao recipe

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