STICKY CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE KEBABS WITH COUSCOUS
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp runny honey
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 5 tbsp vegetable oil
- ¼ tsp black peppercorns
- roughly crushed
- 4 x 150g/5½oz chicken breast fillets
- cut into 2.5cm/1in cubes
- 2 garlic cloves
- crushed
- 2 red peppers
- seeds removed and cut into chunks
- 1 courgette
- cut into chunks
- 10 cherry tomatoes
- 1 aubergine
- cut into chunks
- 375g/13oz couscous
- 600ml/20fl oz boiling water
- ½ lemon
- juice only
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 lemon
- cut into wedges
Directions
- Put the honey
- soy sauce
- 4 tablespoons of the vegetable oil and the peppercorns in a large bowl and whisk together.
- Add the chicken
- garlic
- peppers
- courgette
- cherry tomatoes and aubergine
- and toss well. Cover and marinate in the fridge for 2 hours.
- When ready to cook
- preheat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5. Line two baking trays with foil.
- Thread the chicken and vegetables onto 10 skewers
- alternating the ingredients as you go
- then lay them on the prepared baking trays. Roast for 30 minutes
- turning the kebabs halfway through
- or until the chicken is cooked through.
- Make the couscous 10 minutes before you want to eat. Put the couscous in a shallow heatproof bowl
- pour over the boiling water and mix in the remaining 1 tablespoon oil. Leave to stand until the water has been absorbed. Fluff up with a fork and season with salt
- pepper and lemon juice.
- Serve the kebabs with lemon wedges and the couscous

