Moroccan Quorn Tagine

This Moroccan dish has authentic textures and flavours and it's ready in just over 30 minutes!

Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes
Difficulty: 2
Serves: 4

Let's Cook

  1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan and cook the onion for 5 minutes or until beginning to soften.
  2. Add Quorn pieces, garlic, cumin and harissa and cook for a further minute.
  3. Then add the apricots, tomatoes and peppers to the pan, stir. Pour over the stock and bring to the boil. Season to taste, cover and continue cooking for 5 minutes.
  4. Add the chickpeas and cherry tomatoes and cook until the vegetables are just tender. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  5. Coat the couscous grains with a little salt and the olive oil, then add 200ml of boiling water, stir and then set aside for the grains to slowly absorb the liquid.
  6. Stir the coriander into the tajine and serve with the couscous, garnishing with a few more coriander leaves.

Ingredients

350g Quorn chicken style pieces
1 tbsp olive oil
1 red onion, thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves, crushed or finely chopped
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1-2 heaped tbsp harissa, depending on how hot you like your food
75g dried apricots, roughly chopped
400g tin chopped tomatoes
1 yellow pepper, deseeded and roughty chopped
1 red pepper, deseeded and roughly chopped
400ml boiling vegetable stock
400g tin chickpeas, drained
125g cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
salt and freshly ground black pepper
 2 tbsp roughly chopped coriander, plus extra for garnishing
200g couscous to serve
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp olive oil
200ml boiling water