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Harissa Quinoa Recipe

By 5 December 2024January 27th, 2025No Comments
Shared by Letlhogonolo Sentsima known fondly as “Chef TG”

Resident Executive Chef at Selinda Camp, Botswana

Great Plains Conservation Selinda Recipes 9

Ingredients

  • 1 tin (400g) chickpeas
  • 400g cherry tomatoes
  • 1 each Fresh leek (sliced/ Chopped)
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp turmeric
  • 50mml extra virgin olive oil
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • 200g White Quinoa
  • 400ml chicken stock
  • 2 tbsp harissa paste
  • 100g flat-leaf parsley
  • 100ml extra virgin olive oil

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 190 degrees
  2. Drain your chickpeas, then tip them into a roasting tray along with your cherry tomatoes, sliced leek, cumin, cinnamon, turmeric.  Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 30 mins.
  3. Add your quinoa to the roasting tray along with your hot chicken stock and harissa paste. Give it a good stir, then cover the tray tightly with foil and bake for 15 mins longer.
  4. Whist your quinoa cooks, roughly chop your parsley and set aside.
  5. Once cooked, remove the foil and fluff the bulgur wheat with a fork gently. Season to taste.

Yield: 1.1kg

REMEMBER TO LABEL AND DATE YOUR PRODUCT IN A CLEAN CONTAINER

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