Harissa spiced cous cous salad

A veg-packed bed of cous cous with a kick of traditional harissa and garlic. Alongside chicken thighs marinated in Nigerian Suya spice.
26.09.2022
  • Serves 10

Ingredients

  • Cauliflower (trimmed, chilled) 1 piece
  • Red capsicum peppers (chilled) 1 pepper
  • Butternut squash (chilled) 800g
  • Red onion (sliced, chilled) 200g
  • Chickpeas in water 1000g
  • Pure Olive Oil (glass) 50ml
  • Olives et Al Harissa paste 50g
  • Casa de Mare cous cous 600g
  • Garlic puree 10g
  • Lemon juice 20ml
  • Mint (chilled) 20g
  • Cayenne pepper (suya spice) 30g
  • Chickpeas in water (suya spice) 400g
  • Garlic powder (suya spice) 30g
  • Gluten-free vegetable bouillon mix (suya spice) 20g
  • Ground ginger (suya spice) 45g
  • Onion powder (suya spice) 45g
  • Smoked paprika (suya spice) 60g
  • Chicken thigh (boneless skin on, chilled) (suya spiced chicken) 10 thighs
  • Cayenne pepper (suya spiced chicken) 3g
  • Chickpeas in water (suya spiced chicken) 80g
  • Garlic powder (suya spiced chicken) 6g
  • Gluten free vegetable bouillon mix (suya spiced chicken) 4g
  • Ground ginger (suya spiced chicken) 9g
  • Onion powder (suya spiced chicken) 9g
  • smoked paprika (suya spiced chicken) 12g

Method

Harissa spiced cous cous salad:
  1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C. Wash, peel and prepare all of the vegetables.
  2. Place the cauliflower, red onion, peppers, butternut squash, oil, harissa paste and chickpeas into a bowl and mix well until they are covered well with the paste.
  3. Place them onto an oven-proof tray and roast until they are tender but still have a little bite to them. Allow them to cool.
  4. Place the cous cous into a bowl with the mint, garlic and lemon juice. Cover this over with boiling water and then cover with cling film until the cous cous is cooked and soft.
  5. Once all cooked and cooled, mix them together.
Suya spice:
  1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C and then roast the chickpeas until they are cooked through.
  2. Once cooked, blitz the chickpeas with all of the other ingredients.
Suya spiced chicken:
  1. First, make the suya spice (using the recipe above)
  2. Place the chicken into a bowl and mix well with the suya spice. Allow the chicken to marinate for at least 30 minutes.
  3. Then place the chicken onto a baking tray with parchment paper. Cook until the chicken is above 75C.
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