Aromatic Mince and Apricots with Minty Bulgur

by BBC Good Food

Use lean beef for this spicy dish – it's a good source of vitamin B12, iron and zinc, as well as protein. You can also cook the mince and freeze it for a busy day.

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Heat the oil in a large pan and fry the onion, stirring occasionally, until starting to turn golden. Add the beef mince and break up with a wooden spoon, then continue cooking until browned. Stir in the cumin seeds, harissa and tomato purée, then add the bouillon powder, chickpeas plus the liquid from the jar or can, dried apricots and 200ml water if cooking for 4. Stir well, then cover the pan and cook over a low heat for 20 mins.

Step 2

Meanwhile, bring a 1 litre pan of water to the boil then add the bulgur. Cover and cook over a medium heat for 15 mins, until tender. Drain if there's any water left in the pan.

Step 3

Meanwhile, cook the tender stem broccoli in a pan of boiling salted water or in a steamer. Once cooked, drain and keep warm.

Step 4

Stir the mint through the drained and cooked bulgur and serve with the spicy mince scattered with the toasted almonds and the tender stem on the side.

  • Ingredients
  • Based on 4 servings
  • 2 Onion, halved and thinly sliced 2x Sainsbury's Onions Loose
  • 300g Bulgur Wheat 1x Sainsbury's Cracked Bulgur Wheat 500g
  • 40g Dried Apricots, halved 1x Sainsbury's Dried Apricots 40g
  • 2 tsp Cumin Seeds 1x Sainsbury's Cumin Seed 38g
  • 15g Fresh Mint Leaves, chopped 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Mint 30g
  • 3 heaped tbsp Harissa Paste 1x Al'Fez Middle Eastern Harissa Paste 180g
  • 2 tsp Vegetable Bouillon Powder, or one stock cube/pot 1x Marigold Swiss Vegetable Bouillon 150g
  • 2 tbsp Tomato Purée 1x Sainsbury's Tomato Puree, Double Concentrate 200g
  • 570g Chickpeas, not drained 1x Bold Bean Co Queen Chickpeas 570g
  • 2 tbsp Olive Oil 1x Sainsbury's Olive Oil 500ml
  • 400g Tender Stem Broccoli, or any greens of your choosing 2x Sainsbury's Tenderstem Broccoli 200g
  • 500g Lean Beef Mince, 5% fat 1x Sainsbury's British or Irish 5% Fat Beef Mince 500g
  • 2 tbsp Toasted Almond Flakes 1x Sainsbury's Flaked Almonds, SO Organic 100g
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