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  • All-in-one fiery chicken & sweet potato couscous

    Ingredients
    - 2 Chicken Breasts, fat trimmed and cubed
    - 1 Sweet Potato
    - 125g Cherry Tomatoes
    - 4 unpeeled cloves Garlic
    - 2 fresh Rosemary Sprigs
    - Fry Light
    - 300ml hot chicken stock (made with Bovril)
    - 1 tbsp harisa/1 tsp cayenne pepper
    - 100g couscous
    - 1 lemon wedges to serve

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    Method
    1. Heat the oven to 220c, gas mark 7. Place the chicken, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, garlic and rosemary in a large casserole dish - try to ensure that there is enough room so that they sit in a single layer. Spray with Fry Light, season with salt and pepper and roast for 10-15 minutes.
    2. Mix together the stock and harissa or cayenne and pour it over the chicken. Return to the oven for a further 10 minutes.
    3 Stir the couscous into the dish and cover with foil. Leave for five minutes. Stir up the mixture and serve with lemon wedges for squeezing over.

  • Beef Stroganoff

    Ingredients:-
    - 1 lb 8oz/681g lean fillet steak
    - 2 onions
    - 1 garlic clove
    - 10oz/283g button mushrooms
    - Fry Light
    - A pinch of grated nutmeg
    - 8 level tbsp reduced fat creme fraiche
    - 8 tbsp very low fat natural yoghurt
    - 2 tbsp chopped gerkins
    - Salt and freshly ground pepper
    - Freshly chopped parsley

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    Method
    1. Prepare the ingredients: place the steak between two sheets of cling film, flatten with a rolling pin and cut into thin strips; finely chop the onions; crush the garlic and halve the mushrooms.

    2. Heat a frying pan sprayed with Fry Light, add the onions and garlic and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes. Add the mushrooms, nutmeg and steak and cook for 5-7 minutes, or until the steak is cooked to your liking.

    3. Mix the creme fraiche with the yoghurt and stir into the beef mixture along with the gherkins and heat through (do not boil). Season well and serve immediately sprinkled with freshly chopped parsley.

    Serves 4.
    Syns per serving:
    Original 2
    Green 8 (add 6 if not using steak as H/E)

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