Spicy Moroccan rice

Spice up plain old chicken with a taste of the exotic. Try the delicious taste of a spicy Moroccan rice with chicken, onion, apricots, chickpeas and parsley.

Ingredients

• 4 skinless chicken breasts , diced
• 1 tbsp Moroccan spice seasoning
• 1 onion , finely sliced
• 50g butter
• 300g rice
• 12 dried apricots , halved
• chicken stock cube
• 410g can chickpeas , drained and rinsed
• 15g pack flatleaf parsley , chopped

Preparation

• Coat chicken with the Moroccan spice. Fry the onion in butter until soft.
• Tip in the chicken, then cook for a few mins more. Stir in the rice and apricots, then pour in the stock cube with 700ml boiling water and the chickpeas.
• Cover the pan and simmer for 10 mins until the rice is tender and has absorbed most of the liquid. Toss in the chopped flat leaf parsley and serve.