GTBank Food and Drink 2018 Issue 1 | Page 18

Method Step 1: add olive oil to a medium sized saucepan sauté garlic, ginger and onions on a medium heat in olive oil add seasoning cube, curry, salt and pepper and fresh thyme. Step 2: Pour in the couscous, stir until the couscous is well coated with all the flavors. Add boiling water give it a quick stir, then cover the pan. Step 3: Turn off the heat and allow the couscous to sit, covered, for about 10 minutes, or until the couscous becomes fluffy when stirred with a fork. Allow couscous to cool completely. Step 4: While your couscous is sitting or cooling, slice the stems and tops off of the whole bell peppers and carefully remove the cores and seeds from the inside of each bell pepper. Step 5: Spoon couscous into each whole green bell pepper, and sprinkle a dash of salt and pepper on top. Step 6: Roast the stuffed bell peppers in a pre-heated oven at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes or until your bell peppers are just barely tender. Enjoy! Lemon and chilli Chicken INGREDIENTS SERVES: 4 • • • • • • • • 1 whole chicken 1.5-2kg in size ½ large onion 4 cloves garlic 2 large red chilli ( rodo) – add more or less depending 2 tbsp honey 2 lemons 2 seasoning cubes salt and pepper to season Method Step 1: Preheat oven to 180˚C. Step 2: Blend onion, garlic and chilli with a dash of water. Pour in a small bowl and add honey, seasoning cube, salt and pepper. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze all the juice into the bowl and stir it all together. Step 3: Place the chicken, into the roasting tray. Pour the mixture all over then use your fingers to massage it in all over the bird. Step 4: Roast chicken until juices run clear and the skin of the chicken is starting to caramelise/blacken. For a 1.5kg chicken this will take about 1 hour and 10 minutes, for a 2kg chicken add up to half an hour of cooking time. 18 GTBANK FOOD AND DRINK Honey soy Chicken With Carrot Couscous and Kale Salad