Chicken, Chorizo & Butternut Squash "Ragu"

Jen's Food Blog

Sep 5

If you're looking for a tasty but low calorie recipe, then this is a good one for any time of year. This is a low carb, high protein meal so is great alongside an active lifestyle and is rich in tomato and paprika making it lovely and tasty. I chose to have this with a small side of cous cous and salad but it would go well with pasta and/or rice too. Approx. calories per portion = 550.

Ingredients (for 2 people);

60g chorizo, diced
1/2 onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, chopped/1 tsp easy garlic
1 tsp hot smoked paprika
40g sun-dried tomatoes chopped
300g chicken breast, diced
300g chopped tomatoes
100g butternut squash, diced into small cubes
50ml chicken stock (I used most of 1 stock cube, and put the rest in with the cous cous)
1 tbsp lemon juice
Handful of parsley, chopped
60g un-cooked cous cous
Salad leaves to serve

Method (Approx. 45 mins including prep);

In a large, deep frying pan/casserole dish with a matching lid (although I didn't have a lid I used tin foil), fry the chorizo over a medium heat for approx. 5 minutes until it starts to crisp up and release its oil.
Add the onion and fry for a further 3 - 4 minutes until soft.
Add in the garlic and cook for 1 - 2 minutes before stirring in the paprika and sun-dried tomatoes.
Add the chicken to the frying pan and fry until coated in all the spices and beginning to brown.
Pour in the butternut squash, chopped tomatoes and stock, and turn the heat down to low. Cover and cook for 30 minutes until the butternut squash and chicken is cooked all the way through and tender, and the sauce has thickened up. Add seasoning to taste.
Meanwhile, place the cous cous into a bowl with some of the chicken stock cube, a little of the chopped parsley and some paprika and seasoning, and pour in enough boiling water until it covers the cous cous by a few millimetres. Stir and cover the bowl and leave for around 5 minutes, letting the cous cous cook.
Stir the lemon juice and chopped parsley through the ragu and serve everything up into bowls to enjoy.

Give this delicious meal a try and let me know what you think.

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Happy munching!

Jen

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